Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems` Aircraft Integration Center

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Transportation and Aviation
A project goal for Primos Station in Clifton
0.032-aluminum R-Mer Seam metal roof panels in
Heights, Pa., was to construct durable features
Colonial Red with a Kynar 500 finish on the shelter.
that maintain a classic railroad aesthetic. Two
Photos: Melissa Cooper
Metal updates train station
The 5,730-square-foot project was designed
Steel supports aviation manufacturing facility
Northrop Grumman Corp.’s Aircraft Integration Center of Excellence in Building 100 in St.
Augustine, Fla., was designed to withstand wind
platforms were built with a steel-framed passenger
to improve safety and boarding operations and
speeds of 130 mph to comply with Florida’s Build-
station and shelter. Glass block windscreens and
upgrade the station’s Americans with Disabilities
ing Code. The center bay’s 215-foot, clear-width,
standing seam roofs were installed on the struc-
Act compliance. The two accessible high-level plat-
bottom-rolling sliding door was detailed to meet this
tures. The station is clad in brick with cast stone
forms, one for inbound and one for outbound, were
requirement. A bottom-rolling sliding door system
accents and its roof extends to create a passenger
designed to service six-car trains.
was designed to run inside the clear opening of
waiting canopy.
The project increased station parking and added
EP Donnelly Inc. installed 5,300 square feet of
the door without any roof overhang. Horizontal
a new kiss-and-ride drop off area at the inbound
structural steel framing was designed to brace and
Innovative Metals Co. Inc.’s (IMETCO) 0.04-alu-
parking lot, signage, site furnishings and lighting.
transfer the load to the main roof truss bottom
minum SnapLok metal roof panels in Colonial Red
Construction was completed in four phases and
chord level at 40 feet above the finished floor to
with a Kynar 500 finish on the station. Southeast-
scheduled to minimize impact to passengers and
support the 30-foot-high, bottom-rolling sliding door
ern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA)
train service. The $7.8 million reconstruction proj-
system. Many high-bay door systems are designed
installed 430 square feet of The Garland Co. Inc.’s
ect was completed in April 2013.
to run outside of the clear opening for the door with
a large overhang of the roof framing system and a
soffit. This is undesirable in a high-wind zone.
FabArc Steel Supply Inc. supplied and fabricated
steel for the 368,000-square-foot project. Phase
one, the high bay assembly area and support of-
Owner: Northrop Grumman Corp., St. Augustine, Fla.
fices, was completed in May 2015. Phase two, the
Architect: The Austin Co., Irvine, Calif.
support shop, is scheduled for completion in April
General contractor: The Austin Co., Atlanta
2016. Structural steel was specified to construct
Steel supplier/fabricator: FabArc Steel Supply Inc., Oxford, Ala., www.fabarc.com, Circle #57
clear spans, and for rapid fabrication and erection.
Metal roof panels: Kingspan Insulated Panels Inc., Deland, Fla., www.kingspanpanels.us, Circle #58
The structural frame has more than 10,000
pieces of steel weighing more than 5,200 tons connected with 100,000 high-strength bolts. The project utilized 220-foot steel trusses to span the center
Owner: Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), Philadelphia
Architect of record: Michael Shapiro, RA, at SEPTA
General contractors: DeCo Management Corp., Fort Washington, Pa., and SEPTA
Metal roof panels: Innovative Metals Co. Inc.’s (IMETCO), Norcross, Ga., imetco.com, Circle #55, and The
Garland Co. Inc., Cleveland, www.garlandco.com, Circle #56
Aviation & Industrial Fabric Doors
work and maintenance access catwalks. Truss load-
film applied to the IMP roof and the project team is
ing accommodates a 12-ton overhead crane system
pursuing LEED Gold certification.
in the 220-foot bay and 8-ton cranes in the 85-foot
high bay and 85-foot steel trusses to span the north
The design called for a 40-foot clear height
and south side bays. Each 220-foot-long by 28-foot-
above the finish floor. The long-span roof trusses
the bottom chord of the trusses were provided for
high steel truss weighs more than 80 tons.
were field-assembled and erected with long-
complete coverage within the high bay.
The high bay roof has 237,000 square feet of
Installers: EP Donnelly Inc., Warrington, Pa., and SEPTA
lated Panels Inc. Solar power is generated via a
reaching cranes due to tight job-site conditions. The
bays. Six under-hung bridge cranes suspended from
The exterior envelope was constructed with
metal deck and the shop building roof has 72,000
space between the 220-foot truss bottom chord
IMPs supplied by Kingspan Insulated Panels; hur-
square feet of metal deck, topped with insulated
and the top chord was designed with eight plat-
ricane projectile-resistant exterior window glazing
standing seam panels supplied by Kingspan Insu-
forms to house air-handling units, distribution duct-
was installed at the office spaces.
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