Offi ce condominium development off ers space perfect for professionals
The Edie’s Crossing offi ce condominium development in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., offers the small business or professional person the opportunity to buy or lease high-quality, Class A space in a park-like space. Six additional 20,000-square-foot buildings are planned for the offi ce park. The design-build project used a pre- engineered metal building frame from American Buildings Co., Eufaula, Ga., for the structure. “The job started as a classic cottage design
to fi t the personality of the area, but about halfway through it was determined the building needed to have a more high-tech, sharper look to attract a broader range of tenants,” notes John Paone, project architect, Paone Architec- ture PC, Saratoga Springs. “The fl exibility of the [Lewisville, Texas-based] Metl-Span panels allowed us to change the look of the building completely and with virtually no cost increase. With the pre-engineered building and the modu- lar panels, we were able to redesign the look just by changing the colors and switching to a horizontal application. That was huge.”
Approximately 14,000 square feet of Metl-
Span insulated metal panels in two profi les were used on the fi rst building. The panels were installed in both horizontal and vertical applica- tions. More than 7,200 square feet of 3-inch CF42 Santa Fe wall panels in Regal Gray were installed vertically, along with approximately 3,600 square feet of 3-inch CF24 and CF30 Striated wall panels in Cool Zinc Gray that were installed horizontally. “Being metal building guys, we like the pro-
ductivity and effi ciency of the insulated panel,” says Mike Munter, vice president of Munter Enterprises Inc., Middle Grove, N.Y., the gen- eral contractor. “You generally visit the wall once and you’re done. In this case, of course, we had some interior framing and drywall work to be done.” Munter reports the greatest challenge was
coordinating the layout of the windows and doors to line up with the panels in the horizontal application. “But everything went smoothly,” Munter adds.