Metal Construction News, January 2021

For more projects visit www metalconstructionnews com projects PROJECT FOCUS SPORTS RECREATION Great Park Ice FivePoint Arena Irvine Calif Great Park Ice FivePoint Arena is a massive 212739 square foot sports complex housing four hockey rinks The National Hockey League NHL team the Anaheim Ducks uses it as a training facility It is also used for public skating skate lessons curling youth and adult hockey To construct the complex three metal building systems were used They are enveloped with insulated metal roof and wall panels IMPs One building has an Olympic size hockey rink and two NHL hockey rinks The metal building is a 221 foot wide by 423 foot long by 32 foot tall clear span structure A second building houses an arena with an NHL hockey rink seating capacity for 2500 spectators The clear span metal building is 166 feet wide by 282 feet long and 38 feet tall The third metal building system for the complex all of which were supplied by Nucor Building Systems a division of Nucor Corp connects the two large buildings It is an 81 footwide by 155 foot long lean to metal building off the arena The pre engineered structures support a conventional steel and glass lobby structure The roof dead load exceeded 20 pounds per square foot and required a special bracing system CoreBrace LLC fabricated buckling restrained braces BRB with concrete fi lled steel tube encasing steel bars Due to housing four ice rinks and keeping the building at a constant 55 F the facility was designed similar to a cold storage facility with IMP roof and wall panels At the roofs All Weather Insulated Panels Inc s SR2 IMPs were installed The panels are Silversmith on the exterior and Imperial White on the interior At the walls All Weather Insulated Panels ST40 IMPs in Silversmith Imperial White and DM40 IMPs in Imperial White on both sides were installed Metal building systems met the projects requirements for span and cost says Jerry Hancock vice president at PreFab Builders Inc which erected the buildings and installed the IMPs Amusement and Recreation Market Activity In October amusement and recreation construction was 262 billion it was 94 less than 2019 and 1 less than September All nonresidential construction was 37 less than the previous year and fl at since September Value of construction put in place in the U S Percent change October 2020 from October 2020 September 2020 October 2019 Amusement and recreation construction 26216 1 94 Nonresidential construction 792407 0 37 Total construction 1438515 13 37 Note in millions of dollars seasonally adjusted annual rate as reported by the U S Census Bureau Dec 1 I like to say we take a structural steel design and take the fat out he says Owner Irvine Ice Foundation LLC Newport Beach Calif General contractor Swinerton Santa Ana Calif www swinerton com locations santa ana Architect LPA Inc Irvine www lpadesignstudios com Installer PreFab Builders Inc Fullerton Calif www prefabinc org Buckling restrained brace BRB fabricator CoreBrace LLC West Jordan Utah www corebrace com Circle 42 Insulated metal panels All Weather Insulated Panels Inc Vacaville Calif www awipanels com Circle 43 Metal building system Nucor Building Systems a division of Nucor Corp Charlotte N C www nucorbuildingsystems com Circle 44 Photos RMA Photography Inc www metalconstruct ionnews com 36 METAL CONSTRUCTION NEWS January 2021