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George Ranch High School and Antoinette Reading Junior High School campus, Richmond, Texas

One of Metallic Building Co.’s most intricate projects to date grew from a sheet with nothing more than gridlines and conceptual elevations. Metallic’s district sales manager, project manager, engineers and draftsmen worked tirelessly with the project architect, PBK Architecture, and Drymalla Construction for nearly two years to develop the massive, state-of-the-art high school and junior high school campus.

The campus consists of nearly 375,000 square feet of first floor space with an additional 82,000 square feet of mezzanines and second floor space. The complex also includes a 35,000-square-foot field house, as well as 15,000 square feet of canopies and a 3,500-square-foot chiller building.

The project features soaring 50-foot ceilings, mammoth arched windows and walkways, intricate ceiling finishes and features, multiple catwalks and mechanical platforms, as well as a myriad of suspended HVAC water chiller pipes and audio visual equipment.

 

George Ranch

 

The complex utilizes Metallic’s SuperLok standing-seam roof system finished in Metallic’s Signature 300 Rustic Red coating. The roof features more than a dozen large clearstory cupolas, as well as numerous louvered 18- by 23-foot dormers which were utilized to conceal much of the HVAC equipment. The exterior walls are finished in Metallic’s Signature 300 Snow White coating and consist of a combination of Texas stone veneer and PBU wall panels. Roof extensions and eave canopies also feature Metallic’s 12-foot-wide Artisan soffit panels.

Metallic provided a complete package for the project, including not only the custom-design building system but all mezzanines, catwalks, canopies, stairs and custom handrails.

Program manager: Gilbane Building Co., Houston

Construction manager: Drymalla Construction, Houston

Architect: PBK Architecture, Houston

Erector: Steel Masters LP, Houston

Roofing contractor: MacJr. Steel Erectors Inc., Houston

Metal building, roof and wall panels: Metallic Building Co., Houston, www.metallic.com