Metal Construction News, November 2018
Four Winds Plaza Reroof Annas Retreat Saint Thomas U S Virgin Islands Completed July 2018 Total square footage 162525 square feet Owner Four Winds Plaza Corp Annas Retreat General contractor West Essex Management Corp Wharton N J 973 989 8787 Metal installer Thomas Phoenix International Eastampton N J www thomasphoenix com Metal roof panels Butler Manufacturing Kansas City Mo www butlermfg com Circle 46 the entire reroof package including a new MR 24 roof slope build up structurals perimeter trims and transitions gutter downspouts and vertical wall panels to close off any gable or high gaps created by the slope build up The slope build up necessary to install this roofi ng was completed by attaching 5 inch zee purlins to the existing bar joists using long Tek 5 screws Also 16 gauge vertical cee posts were installed to support 3 inch zee purlins at a 025 12 pitch The Butlerib II wall panels by Butler closed off the sidewalls and the new high eave Also There were two smaller units steeper slope that were reroofed with Butlers Butlerib II exposed fastener panel Russ says Its a similar scope but using spanning members as sub purlins to attach the new roof over the existing corrugated exposed fastener panels Butler Manufacturing has had a long term relationship with the projects ownership supplying metal buildings and reroof materials for many of its projects for many years Common thread through all these projects was the use of Butlers MR 24 roof where possible ownership is a big believer in the long term value of this product and has specifi ed it consistently for the past 20 years or more Russ says Turzi says with the new metal roofi ng system Four Winds Plaza can use all of the roof water drainage to fi ll its 500000 gallon underground cistern which is used for the shopping centers fi re pump Also As Saint Thomas is a mountainous island this roof is also visible from the nearby Tutu Shopping Mall and the clean lines of a new standing seam roof are most defi nitely more aesthetically pleasing than the old rubber membrane Allen adds There was no architect on this reroofi ng project The owners in house Butler Builder entity acted as the design builder Russ says Butlers specialty engineering group provided prescriptive design for the local Saint Thomas 168 mph wind speed Butlers Roof Group provided detailed installation schematics for the fi eld work along with electronic parts ordering for the individual eight roof surfaces that made up the entire Four Winds Plaza reroof project Awards judge Lewis McNeel AIA associate Lake Flato Architects San Antonio says he felt the metal reroofi ng made the environment better and that it cleaned up the building It looks like a challenging historical context with a lot of weather issues he adds It happened in an urban context that needed simple humble projects to happen November 2018 METAL CONSTRUCTION NEWS 25 www metalconstruct ionnews com
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