Skewed Walls, IMPs Elevate Museum Design

by Christopher Brinckerhoff | June 4, 2024 6:00 am

A metal building system with skewed walls and insulated metal panels (IMPs) met goals for a design-build project to construct Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md.

Brendan Knarr, director of business development at Steel Building Specialists Inc., says, “Sometimes sites have their limitations, and, to maximize square footage, skewed walls are the necessary solution. In the case of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum project, the owners wanted a sail-looking feature, and the skewed wall helped accentuate that design.”

MTD Erectors Inc. erected a 1,084 m² (11,665 sf) metal building system with a jack beam from Nucor Buildings Group, a division of Nucor Corp.

“Clear-span frames and a jack beam provided a clear, open concept,” Knarr says.

On the roof, MTD installed Nucor’s 22-gauge steel standing seam roof system in Kynar Terra Cotta, and insulated it with 1,208 m² (13,000 sf) Bay Insulation Systems Inc.’s Skyliner insulation system.

At walls, MTD installed All Weather Insulated Panels Inc. (AWIP) IMPs with a heavy embossed finish in Adobe. For daylighting, MTD installed AWIP’s translucent polycarbonate, insulated wall panels.

“The mix and match of metal panel profiles, metal trims and finishes provides the curb side appeal the end user had envisioned,” Knarr says.

Owner: Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels, Md.
Architect: Annum Architects, Boston, www.annumarchitects.com[2]
General contractor: Gilbane Building Co., Philadelphia, www.gilbaneco.com[3]
Erector: MTD Erectors Inc., Thurmont, Md., (301) 698-0270
Distributor: Steel Building Specialists Inc., Halethorpe, Md., www.sbsmd.com[4]
Insulation: Bay Insulation Systems Inc., Green Bay, Wis., www.bayinsulation.com[5]
Metal building system: Nucor Buildings Group, a division of Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., www.nucorbuildingsgroup.com[6]
Metal wall panels/translucent wall panels: All Weather Insulated Panels Inc. (AWIP), Vacaville, Calif., www.awipanels.com[7]

Endnotes:

[Image]: https://www.metalarchitecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/1694195958-1228.jpeg
www.annumarchitects.com: https://www.annumarchitects.com/
www.gilbaneco.com: https://www.gilbaneco.com/
www.sbsmd.com: http://www.sbsmd.com/
www.bayinsulation.com: https://bayinsulation.com/
www.nucorbuildingsgroup.com: https://www.nucorbuildingsgroup.com/
www.awipanels.com: https://www.awipanels.com/

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