Metal building chosen for cost and time restraints

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

The 124,090-square-foot (11,528-m2) Con-Way LaSalle XLA complex in LaSalle, Ill., utilized 154,800 square feet (14,381 m2) of the StarShield Roof System and 28,800 square feet (2,676 m2) of the StarMark Wall System, both in Snow White, from Star Building Systems, Oklahoma City. Completed in October 2008, a custom metal building was chosen due to cost and time restraints. The ability to utilize several wall systems, as well as wrap-around door jams, made the custom metal building very appealing for the project.

Along with the products from Star, split-face block was used on the office’s exterior walls. The builder fabricated a mezzanine that is used in the office. A straight façade with a 5-foot (2-m) projection from Star was used around three sides of the office. The façade framing was wrapped with 3,315 square feet (308 m2) of a special flat panel from MBCI, Houston. Additionally, rigid insulation from Dow Corning Corp., Midland, Mich., was used in the service shop instead of vinyl face insulation.

The 1,300-foot- (396-m-) long building sloped from one end to the other, posing a challenge for the builder. The dock building was built on a slope foundation wall and every four bays the building height shifted, even though the eaves remained at the same elevation.

TranSystems Corp., Kansas City, Mo., was the architect; Layton Construction, Sandy, Utah, was the general contractor; Altra Builders, University Park, Ill., was the builder; and Joliet Steel
& Construction, Joliet, Ill., was the steel erector.

Dow Corning Corp.

MBCI

Star Building Systems

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