Turbine Facilities: 103,000 Sq. Ft.
Description:
Butler Heavy Structures provided the structural steel design and the primary, secondary and cladding materials for this 123,000 sq. ft. multi-unit combined cycle complex. An addition to an existing facility, the new complex includes a Steam Turbine building that houses two steam turbine generators and two Gas Turbine buildings that house a total of four gas turbine generators.
Welded-up, step-crane columns were used in all the buildings to support 70-ton and 10-ton auxiliary CMAA Class C top running bridge cranes. All the primary steel framing was hot-dipped galvanized, with secondary framing formed from galvanized sheet and coil materials. Butler’s MR-24® standing seam roof system was used on all of the units as well as Butlerib® II wall panels. Butler Heavy Structures also designed and supplied all the miscellaneous metal (platforms, starr towers and caged ladders) for the buildings.