Volo Aviation, Stratford, Conn.
Posted
10/3/2011
Designed to house privately owned commuter jets, this
48,000-square-foot facility provides a fixed base of operations for
a jet-leasing company. Industrial Building Systems LLC used a
Continuous Truss framing system from Varco Pruden Buildings for the
ultra-efficient hangar with a 280-foot clear span. The hangar,
capable of housing as many as 10 jets, has a 215-foot-wide
mechanically operated door.
The builder used two different roof systems, a SSR and SLR, both
from Varco Pruden. The 3,000-square-foot flight operations portion
of the structure includes a reception area and lounges for
passengers, pilots and crew. It has a wing-like SLR roof supported
by skewed columns.
The hangar area includes a 5,000-square-foot office component on
a mezzanine level and mechanical support spaces at grade. The
highly reflective epoxy hangar floor shows off the aircraft to
great advantage, while celebrating the operating room conditions
that surround the jet fleet maintenance.
Varco Pruden also supplied the Panel Rib wall panels in Zinc
Grey. Exterior materials include aluminum, stainless steel,
corrugated metal and translucent polycarbonate insulating wall
panels.
Builder: Industrial Building Systems LLC,
Shelton, Conn.
Architect: Beinfield Architecture PC,
Norwalk, Conn.
Metal building, roof and wall panels: Varco
Pruden Buildings, Memphis, Tenn.,
www.vp.com
