Hybrid structure used for building addition

by Jonathan McGaha | November 30, 2009 12:00 am

The ORX Railway Corp. in Tipton, Pa., which provides rail car wheels for railways throughout the world, added a 200-foot- (61-m-) wide by 325-foot-
(99-m-) long operational facility as an addition to an existing structure. For the main structural building, the builder used Memphis, Tenn.-based Varco Pruden Buildings’ Deck Frame, a system that allows pre-engineered structures to be used with non-metal roof systems. The hybrid structure incorporated soldier columns, crane beams, roof bar joists and parapets. Exterior walls featured Varco Pruden’s Panel Rib sheeting in Ash Gray, along with brick and masonry.

The new 65,000-square-foot (6,039-m2) facility provides ORX the capability to support almost all railway car manufacturing companies with wheels assembled and milled precisely to their needs. A high-bay structure with overhead cranes and large overhead doors offers ease of material handling, which lends to increased productivity and timely shipping of the product.

Construction on the project began in March 2007 and was completed in February 2008. L. Robert Kimball & Associates Architects and Engineers Inc., Ebensburg, Pa., was the architect, and Ralph J. Albarano & Sons Inc., Duncansville, Pa., was the builder.

Varco Prudent Buildings

Source URL: https://www.metalarchitecture.com/projects/hybrid-structure-used-for-building-addition/

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