Institutional

TrusSteel Tops New Florida Megachurch 

The truss systems for the many roofs over the new Coral Baptist Church contained just about about every type of truss under the sun. There were piggybacked trusses, flats, drags, hips, commons, monos, and radials - with about every bearing condition under heaven: heavy steel, CFS steel, bar joists, and masonry. Over the main sanctuary space, four foot deep bar joists with hipped ends were used to cross the huge span, and a TrusSteel truss systems was placed on top of the joists to create the roof pitch. The many small cuolas and towers provided challenges that were solved using radially-framed truss systems.

Location : Coral Springs, FL 
Project Completion : 2004 
Architect : Schwab, Twitty & Hanser Architectural Group 
Truss And Roofing Installer : Brannon Specialties 

TrusSteel Authorized Fabricator
Scosta Corporation

Sebring, FL
941-385-8242

Ronald Reagan Presidential Library

The addition to the Reagan Presidential Library was opened to the public in early 2004.  President Reagan's last visit to the library was on June 8, 2004.

TrusSteel Authorized Fabricator
Pacific Coast Truss
626-968-4595

Girl Scouts Headquarters of KY

Construction for the new Headquarters Building for the Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana is nearly completed. The building will provide the Girl Scouts with a facility that will provide many amenities to the troops and their leaders. The 42,000 square foot, $6.5 million dollar building, located on Lexington Road, will house multi-use scout program, an overnight troop house and volunteer training areas for the thousands of members in the metro area, as well as the central administrative operations of the Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana. The facility will open its doors in the summer of 2005.

TrusSteel Authorized Fabricator
Tri-State Cold-Formed Steel Trusses and Accessories
1-877-785-8787
Ed French
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www.tristatecfs.com

Fire Station, Louisville, KY

The firefighters in the new Golden City station in Louisville, KY will never have to worry about their firehouse going up in flames. The new station received noncombustible TrusSteel roof trusses!

The large, open truck bays were covered with 85 foot clear span trusses that were shipped to the job site in two pieces, assembled together on the ground, and lifted onto the top plate.

TrusSteel Authorized Fabricator
Kintec LLC
502-241-9456

Church Gets Roof From Above

On a sunny morning in October, 2000, the Pembroke Pines Baptist Church saw a TrusSteel roof descend on top of their new building. Within a couple of hours, the entire 22 ton roof truss structural system was in place and ready to receive its final layer - Arma-tile metal roofing.

"The Baptist church was the first ground-assembled TrusSteel and Arma-Dek project in the U.S.," said Harry Williams of truss erector Creative Concepts in Construction. "We used our MegaLift Technology to lift the largest roof section we've ever done. It weighed about 70,000 pounds and was about 15,000 square feet, that's about 5,000 more than we normally do."

But the job went smoothly and many members of the congregation showed up early in the morning to witness two cranes lifting the roof onto their new house of worship..

TrusSteel Authorized Fabricator
Scosta Corporation
941-385-8242

 St. Mary's Monastery, Rock Island, IL

A beautiful, unique project, in that most of the walls are curved in some way, plus a variety of roof levels and types.  No problem for this experienced TrusSteel fabricator.

TrusSteel Authorized Fabricator
Cascade Manufacturing, Cascade, IA
563-852-3231

Beaumont Texas Transport Authority

When the City of Beaumont, TX received a federal grant to update its outdated Central Transfer Facility, the city knew it had a big job ahead of it. The job entailed replacing the existing steel frame and plexiglass shelters with a new facility capable of handling eight buses with covered connection areas and permanent restrooms. The site was an irregular triangular shape in an historic section of town. In addition, the transit station had to be constructed with vandalism-resistant materials and be economical to build due to budget constraints.
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To meet these requirements, CFS (cold-formed steel) trusses from Alpine Trussteel, in conjunction with brick columns, were used to construct the 6,000 sq. ft. Dannanbaum Station. The trusses arrived at the jobsite ready to install, thereby reducing erection time. The three bus loading areas have eave heights of 9'6" and 14' with double-sloping hip roofs.
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The new transit station, located across from a 1930's train station which was converted to an office building, was designed to look like an early 1900's train depot.
from Metal Architecture magazine, April, 2002

TrusSteel Authorized Fabricator
All Pan, Houston, TX
713-434-8343

Heather Gardens Clubhouse, Aurora, CO

TrusSteel Authorized Fabricator
Douglas Clony Group, CO
303-289-4567