The innovative wing roof that took off at the airport is helping Sukup Steel Buildings, a relatively new steel building manufacturing industry, drive rapid growth.
The Sukup wing roof in the hangar of the new Ames (Iowa) City Airport uses two barrel vault sections, each covering half the area of the building. The eccentric wings “meet” above the center of the structure and are connected by specially designed trapezoidal brackets. There are large windows between the brackets. The 4-foot-high “ladder r” connects the roof sections firmly and provides a lot of space for windows.
The wing roof design was originally developed for the hangar at Mason Airport in Iowa. This is the idea of Sukup Manufacturing Co. CFO Steve Sukup and his wife Vicki.
Steve Sukup (Steve Sukup) said: “The idea of the wing used in the aircraft hangar seems to be a natural thing.”
The recent hangar projects have helped to demonstrate the commercial building design capabilities of Sukup Steel Buildings, which were initially established primarily as a manufacturer of agricultural storage buildings. In 2015 and 2016, the number of commercial buildings exceeded the number of agricultural buildings.
“We have a rapidly expanding and talented workforce who can design buildings that meet most needs,” said department manager Jeremy Woodland.
Sales and service representative Jim Shipley said that the company also has some of the latest and most advanced metal manufacturing equipment. He has 25 years of experience in the metal construction industry. The width of the PHI submerged arc through welding machine is 8 to 72 inches, and the flange range is 5 to 16 inches. There are Peddinghaus saws for cutting and drilling slabs and angles, and two Peddinghaus beam lines for cutting and drilling beams. The newer of the two can also cut grooves, drill threads and assign part numbers to beams.
Shipley said that the ASC lin strip mill can produce 4 to 16 inches wide C and Z strips and ring bundles, and can switch contours in just a few minutes, and Jorns Eco-TwinMatic is the latest and most technologically advanced in the United States. Decoration clip industry.
Sukup steel structure engineers design supports for the wing roof. Bill Mosi said that the facts have proved that the Sukup wing roof is an attractive choice in many industries. In addition to the aircraft hangar, the Sukup wing roof is used for an agricultural equipment dealer office/warehouse in Hamilton, Michigan, and is also located in an open-air market in Wisconsin, and attracts other people seeking eye-catching forms.
The combination of form and wing roof design can provide more natural lighting than traditional roofs.
The new hangar is one of the two physical components of the Ames Airport modernization project. The other will be the new terminal.
Kulhane said that the design of the building is linked to the design of the research park near the university, which is the destination of many airport users.
Nadine Wreghitt, who co-ordinates building materials manufacturing at Sukup, said that since the airport currently does not have deicing capabilities, a heated hangar will help make winter takeoffs as planned.
Post time: Mar-12-2021