Project Profile
Continental Airlines Hangar #56
Newark International Airport, NJ
End Use:
Aircraft Maintenance Hangar
Client:
Continental Airlines, Inc.
Size:
265' x 270' x 50' Clear Hgt. Hangar; 25' x 265' Two-Story Shop Building
Description:
Afast track, design build approach was used to design and construct this 72,000 sq. ft. facility for Continental Airlines in just under 11 months. The structural framing system was designed and supplied by Butler Heavy Structures and incorporated tapered truss columns and 10' deep roof trusses on a 3:12 slope. Economies were realized by utilizing Butler's standard Z-shape, coldform members for the roof purlins and wall girts.
The building provides an interior clearspan of 258' and has been designed to accommodate up to three widebody aircraft at a time. The hangar doors were supplied as part of Butler Heavy Structures' scope of work and incorporate ten (10) 50' tall leaves and a 20' tail door.
To meet Factory Mutual insurance requirements, Butler supplied a 22-gage MR-24® standing seam roof and increased the number of roof purlins in high uplift areas. Other products supplied by Butler include the 26-gage Butlerib® II wall panels, the exclusive Sky-WebTM fall protection and insulation support system, all roof and wall insulation, and all of the structural steel framing for the shop building.
Butler Builder®: M. Gordon Construction Co.
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