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BY MARY E. KREMPOSKY, ASSOCIATE EDITOR PHOTOS COURTESY OF C.A.S.S. SHEETMETAL
ounding a curve of Romeo Plank (C.A.S.S.), an experienced sheet metal details across the board and on two 70-
Road in Clinton Township brings contractor well schooled in the copper foot-tall towers rising from the church
into view one of the most inspired craft, into the fold as both roofing and interior and projecting through the roof.
and unconventional rooflines in demolition contractor. C.A.S.S.’s contract “It was a snap-on standing seam panel
Michigan. The roof of St. Paul of Tarsus also encompassed roof protection, tempo- system that is made for decoration only,”
Catholic Church undulates like a water- rary roofing, wood decking, and single- said Parvin. “It is only supposed to be
slide, cascading in serpentine ribbons of ply roofing. used on mansard, storefront type of appli-
copper from both sides of a central ridge. “We were awarded the contract after a cations. As the most inexpensive type of
This series of concave and convex curves daunting pre-award review of the com- panel system in the prefinished market, it
yield an overall shape similar to a bell. pleteness and qualifications that C.A.S.S. is not to be used with copper.” In this sys-
The portion of roof over the former apse brought to the table on this difficult proj- tem, a seam cap – separate from the over-
(the interior space housing the altar) ect,” said Glenn E. Parvin, C.A.S.S. presi- all panel – is merely snapped over the ver-
forms an almost three-dimensional bell of dent. Having prepared a proposal three tical “legs” of two abutting panels. Water
copper with the same sinuous line as the years ago, C.A.S.S. aced the final “job flowing down the serpentine roof would
rest of this remarkable roof. interview” with the help of a specially then migrate into the seam caps.
There was only one flaw in this heaven- constructed mockup of the roof’s finicky This inappropriate system installed on
ly canopy of copper: the roof leaked mis- center panel. C.A.S.S. built the mockup the complicated curvature of the roof cre-
erably since its installation in the 1980s. panel in its shop, placed it in the back of a ated the perfect storm. Rainwater and
The parish endured the leaks with the pickup truck, and delivered it to the snow melt would pool in the center swale
long-suffering patience of Job until suffi- future jobsite as part of a presentation of this undulating roof, flooding both the
cient funds were available for renovation explaining the old world craftsmanship seam caps flowing down the roof and
of both the roof and the church interior. needed to truly save the ailing roof. The what is called head laps or traverse seams
For this desperately needed renovation, mockup clearly showed the difference flowing across the expanse. The traverse
the parish placed its faith in Constantine between the existing copper roof and the seams link the three panels needed to
George Pappas, AIA proposed approach. form each 45-foot-long ribbon of copper
Architecture/Planning, Troy, as architect flowing from the roof ridge to the eave.
and Campbell/Manix, Inc., Southfield, as Established roofing industry guidelines
general contractor. The project team The existing copper roof was a classic dictate the proper location of head laps or
THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS
brought Detroit-based Custom case of the wrong system installed in the traverse seams. “In this case, the head
Architectural Sheet Metal Specialists wrong place, coupled with poor flashing laps needed to be placed in a 6:12 slope (6
C.A.S.S. not only obtained the contract for roof renovation but
FOILING THE COPPER THIEVES
the demolition contract for the entire interior, as well. The com-
plex nature of the project compelled C.A.S.S. to request an
expansion of its scope of work beyond the copper roofing trade.
C.A.S.S. asked to assume responsibility for demolishing the two
Tarps serve as temporary weather protection as the new copper roof
takes shape to keep Mother Nature at bay for a lifetime to come.
ON THE JOBSITE
towers down to the roof, removal of the ing electrical and fire suppression systems C.A.S.S. “This was a first for C.A.S.S.,”
skylight forming the ridge of the roof, and added another layer of complexity to the said Parvin. “We demolished two existing
providing temporary cover for the sky- job. “Who would handle the deck repairs canopies and the two 70-foot towers from
light and exposed gaps in the deck. “We necessary at the approximately 100 electri- above the roof to the concrete interior
believed coordination and responsibility cal boxes being removed and infilled with floors. We saw cut the concrete floors,
issues could be complicated in terms of exposed finished wood decking?” said removed the carpet, and demolished the
temporary weather protection in terms of Parvin. altar. We also removed the existing electri-
infilling the gaps of the wood decking For efficiency and better control, cal systems and infilled the decking at the
after tower removal,” said Parvin. Campbell/Manix then turned over the locations of the removed lights.”
The removal and replacement of exist- entire tower and interior demolition to With the aid of Connelly Crane Rental
Corp., Detroit/Redford and
Holt/Lansing, C.A.S.S. began tower dem-
olition in late October 2007. Parvin and
John Martin, C.A.S.S. foreman, met with
Denny Connelly of Connelly Crane to
plan and execute the demolition.
“Demolition of the towers took two days
and the wood decking infill another two
days,” said Parvin.
In tearing off the old copper roof,
C.A.S.S. worked with Campbell/Manix in
selecting a recycling company, H & H
Metals, Inkster, to recycle approximately
20,000 lbs. of the old copper.
HENRY
ENRY FORD
ORD ESTATE
STATE “Approximately $35,000 to $50,000 in
recycled copper was returned to the
NEW CRANBROOK OBSERVATORY
SPECIALIZING IN THE CONSULTING, DESIGN AND Meanwhile back in the Detroit shop,
THE COPPER CRAFT
a pinewood derby track sitting in our metallic glow. Parvin anticipates the around and will require custom tapered
shop, measuring 14-foot long and 2-foot entire roof will be complete in spring 2008. panels,” said Parvin. Redeemed from an
wide and created to allow us to make the The most difficult portion – the former ailing roof, the St. Paul of Tarsus parish
copper panels fit.” apse - will soon be underway. “The three- plans an expansion on its current site in
Skilled C.A.S.S. craftsmen, headed by dimensional bell is segmented all the way the near future.
shop foreman Rick Mark, hand tooled the
panels and seams and finally shipped the
carefully crafted work of their hands to
the job site and up to the rooftop where on
C.A.S.S. Sheetmetal craftsmen navigate
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
RETAIL
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CONSTRUCTION TRENDS
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By Don Wilson
he construction of new building quantity of space completed (tabulated in Construction declined in 1991 through
space for the retail market and the square feet by SEMCOG) during a particu- 1993 with the plunge in retail revenues in
renovation of existing stores has lar year, with the change occurring in retail 1987 and 1988. Building then increased in
lately been one of the mainstays of non- sales volume (adjusted for inflation) two 1994-96 with the upturn in retail spending
residential general contractors and their years earlier. Sales are advanced two years in 1992-94, contracted during 1997 with
sub-contractors during the downsizing of to approximate the delay in time involved the drop-off of spending in 1995 and then
the Detroit area’s economy. This is espe- to plan and implement the construction expanded in 1998 through 2002 with
cially since the peak of the last business activity as required by the growth or strengthening sales in 1996 through 1999.
cycle and non-residential construction decline in business volume. With the decline in retail spending, after
activity in 2000. Projects in the retail mar-
ket, 22.8% of all non-residential building
space in 2004-06, were only 31% lower DETROIT AREA CHANGE IN RETAIL SALES / SPACE BUILT
than in 1998-2000 compared with a 37%
drop in all other types of non-residential Space Built (Square Feet-Millions) Change in Retail Sales Volume Two Years Earlier (01$-Billions)
1999 and occurrence of the 2001 recession, DETROIT AREA RETAIL EMPLOYMENT / REAL ESTATE DEMAND
the need for additional space and making
improvements moderated in 2003-04 as Employment (000) Real Estate Demand Index (2000=100)
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
weaken as the number of high paying DETROIT AREA PRIVATE SECTOR WEEKLY EARNINGS / HOURS WORKED
manufacturing jobs disappear, retail prices
creep upward, and wage rates are cut as
Earnings (Dollars) Hours Worked
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MGM GRAND
ASAP!
Trend Millwork: Elegance
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D eli ve re d O n D e m a n d
B y M a r y E . K r e m p o s k y, As s o c i at e E d i t o r
photos courtesy of trend millwork
lay is big business in the hospitality industry. Entering the doors of one of the region’s newest play-
grounds, visitors to MGM Grand Detroit know casino management isn’t playing games; MGM Mirage
clearly takes entertainment seriously. The casino has set one of the best dinner tables in town at Michael
Mina’s Saltwater restaurant and the Wolfgang Puck Grille. With celebrity chefs, expanded gaming
space, and nightlife aglow at such venues as the V lounge - recently named to Nightclub & Bar Magazine’s list
of Top 100 Nightclubs of 2008 - MGM has rolled out the red carpet for the entire Midwest.
Preparing for this lavish and non-stop tors is displayed throughout the interior woods into high-end, custom applica-
party for thousands required the talents of MGM Grand. tions. In line with a trend over the last
and organizational skill of hundreds of Trend Millwork’s forces spent a hectic 8 five years of expanding the scope of work
companies under the direction of MGM to 10 months preparing for one of for millwork contractors, Trend Millwork
Grand Mirage, Las Vegas; Tre Builders, Detroit’s biggest parties. Polishing stain- handled high polished stainless steel, a
Las Vegas; and the design team of less steel wine racks to a mirror finish, variety of wood veneers, leather bar com-
Hamilton-Anderson/SmithGroup Joint arranging delivery of reconstituted ponents, glass, and other non-traditional
Venture, Detroit. A 44-year-old company veneers from across the globe, and field work items in its assigned areas. The
with offices in Windsor and Lincoln Park, assembly of a 1,200 lb. door were all part millwork itself entailed a dazzling array
Trend Millwork, Inc. fabricated custom of playing the perfect host. Altogether, of both natural and reconstituted wood
millwork using a diverse menu of woods, Trend’s diverse and well-crafted work veneers, ranging from natural walnut to
both solid and veneer, virtually all graces Saltwater and Wolfgang Puck Coleidolegno reconstituted veneer
installed with the aid of its minority part- restaurants, both designed by New York imported from Italy. Reconstituted
ner, Foster Finish Carpentry, Inc., MBE, City-based firm, tonychi and associates; veneer is a man-made veneer composed
Detroit. From Hornbeam booth dividers the hotel lobby and its exclusive living of real wood fiber with colorants added to
in Wolfgang Puck to Santos Rosewood room for guests; the third-floor confer- simulate the color and grain pattern of
and Red Gum column covers and wall ence level; and the casino’s gaming floor, actual wood veneers. Luca Bonanni,
panels in the casino’s promenade, the promenade and elevator lobbies. Trend vice president of operations,
wonderful craftsmanship of Trend Trend tackled a broad scope of work believes MGM Grand contains the most
Millwork and its own team of subcontrac- and transformed a varied palette of diverse roster of woods the company has
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schedule of all three casinos was a game of skill not chance. The
successful completion of all three projects in a single year was
living proof of Trend’s new corporate slogan, “We Manufacture
the Impossible,” developed by David Muzzatti, president of the
thriving firm. At MGM Grand, Trend prepared, submitted and
obtained approval for over 300 shop drawings in a short span of
time. “Shop drawings began as soon as we got the contract,”
said Bonanni. “Preparing shop drawings, finish samples, and
product date submittals was basically a two-and-a-half-month
process.”
After shop drawing approval, Trend’s master strategy for
MGM Grand can be summarized as divide and conquer. Trend
split its forces into two teams. One team scanned the project for
items not requiring any field measurements or coordination
with other trades, such as the pit podiums and security stands
in the gaming floor and the freestanding furniture in both
Saltwater and Wolfgang Puck. “This team focused on getting
these basic, freestanding items into immediate production upon
The interior of Saltwater is swimming in fine cuisine. Massive shop drawing approval, while the other team focused their
energies on the rest of the contract,” said Bonanni.
Coleidolegno millwork frames the privacy booths, adding to the
The second team gathered field measurements ASAP by
elegance of this quality interior.
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security podiums and the main cashiers Bonanni. “For this reason, we had to doors and flooding the gaming floor and
cage whose metal grills and finishes were have accurate field measurements and we celebrity chef restaurants at MGM Grand
also fabricated and installed by the prolific had to be very careful in the shop.” Detroit. At Saltwater, lovers of food and
Trend team. The same story repeated itself in the beauty will satisfy both appetites within
Accurate field measurements were par- casino promenade, a long angular corri- the elegant confines of this highly rated
ticularly critical in the entry arch to the dor whose high ceiling again dictated the eatery. The entry door is only an appetiz-
hotel’s opulent private living room for use of end-matched veneers to maintain a er for the custom work within. Made of
guests and in the living room, itself. Like beautifully flowing line of wood grain. Coleidolegno reconstituted veneer, the
entering Valhalla, towering 20-foot-tall “Any mistakes or any delay in field mea- wood is a light, almost blonde color with
columns cloaked in Macasar Ebony surements would have had a big impact a natural clear finish. While the door is
reconstituted veneer frame a bonfire on meeting the schedule,” said Bonanni. veneer, the trim and plinth block is solid
Coleidolegno. “Solid Coleidolegno is
very rare,” said Bonanni. “We had to
actively search for the solid wood.”
Massive in size, this entry door is a 10-
foot-wide, 17-foot-tall monolith weighing
approximately 1,200 lbs. A light touch of
the “door handle” – a 16-foot-long verti-
cal bar of custom metal – will open this
hefty, 4-inch-thick portal. No, it’s not
magic; it’s custom Rixon pivot hinges
designed to carry the weight and size of
the door. Not commonly used and of an
uncommon size, this heavy-duty steel
hinge is embedded in the concrete floor
and measures approximately 12 inches
long by 6 inches wide, said Bonanni. A
companion pivot hinge is installed near
the ceiling.
The sheer heft and size of the door
mandated field assembly. “The biggest
challenge with this large entry door was
being able to engineer it in a way that it
could be completely cut, machined, pre-
finished in our shop, and then sent out in
components that could be easily assem-
bled in the field,” said Bonanni. Trend
also worked with the designer to proper-
ly place the door’s beautiful joinery or
Approximately 3,500 square feet of Macasar Ebony, a reconstituted veneer from Italy, dresses the
towering columns and wall panels of the hotel’s lavish living room.
seams. The seams had to align with
seams in the adjacent Coleidolegno arch-
burning in a contemporary fireplace Altogether, MGM Grand has 5,000 way – an arc so massive it resembles two
shaped like a slot and spanning almost square feet of natural Santos Rosewood side walls and a ceiling as it frames the
the entire wall of this palatial space. veneer from Brazil and 1,500 square feet entire glass front of the restaurant and
Because the Ebony only comes in 10-foot of Red Gum veneer placed in the column seems to project into the interior mosaic
lengths and the columns and entries are covers and raised panels of the prome- ceiling.
20 feet tall, the panels of this heavily nade and in the mirror frames of the casi- Massive Coleidolegno millwork also
striped wood had to be end matched and no’s 12 parking structure elevator lobbies. fills the interior, forming two 18-feet-tall
sequenced matched to maintain the “Each panel was tagged for each area,” and 24-feet-wide canopies over the priva-
desired pattern and visual flow of the continued Bonanni. “Our field carpenters cy booths. “The upright pieces are solid
wood grain. Any errors in cutting the played a huge part in making sure mis- Coleidolegno and the canopy is veneer,”
panels in the shop or measuring the pan- takes did not happen.” said Bonanni. “The biggest challenge was
els in the field would be costly, and that’s the sheer size of the millwork. We prefin-
one thing no one would want to measure. ished and machined the panels in our
“With sequence and end matching, if we Now that the sawdust has cleared and shop. We built it as large as we could in
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as possible to better coordinate the work 12-feet-high by 7-feet wide. The glint of our first vertical application of
with food equipment, plumbing, and mirror-finished stainless steel racks adds Hornbeam, which is typically used as a
other involved trades. The actual bar top an urban sophistication to this Up North floor application,” said Bonanni. “Also,
is stone handled by Michigan Tile & type of motif. this Hornbeam is a manufactured wood
Marble Co., Detroit, but all the coordina- Adding to the grille’s rustically chic block using timber salvaged from the bot-
tion came through our auto-cad drawings sensibility, the divider walls between tom of lakes. Distributed by Kaswell
as far as size and proper layout.” booths are composed of an unusual appli- Flooring Systems, Framingham,
Per the architect’s design, Trend’s pro- cation of European Hornbeam. “This was Massachusetts, blocks of wood are pro-
lific fabrication shop also carved the bar’s
solid Wenge posts, turning the Wenge on
a lathe using a custom profile to create
these decorative spindles of swiveled
wood. The main hostess station is anoth-
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millwork is formed of two almost inter-
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duced from salvaged virgin timber originally cut down in the cement board placed on both sides of a 13-foot-tall steel frame.
1800s and left at the bottom of waterways.” “We also worked closely with the designer who elected to incor-
For the Wolfgang Puck Grille, 2,000 square feet of European porate a 1/4-inch reveal around the perimeter of the panel to
Hornbeam end grained block was imported from France and allow for some movement,” said Bonanni.
transformed into 20 different booth walls. Each divider is com- Upon arrival, the Hornbeam had to acclimate to the environ-
posed of 4-by-4-inch blocks of Hornbeam applied on both sides ment for four to five days to minimize the amount of shrinkage
of the divider and trimmed in poplar. Each block was hand or expansion after installation. “The manufacturer’s recommen-
applied and glued down with mastic, ultimately forming a sin- dation was to just empty all the boxes in a large pile,” said
gle panel with a subtle variety of pronounced end grains. Bonanni. “This not only gave the material a chance to acclimate
Trend carefully managed each step of the process to meet the but also mixed the various color shades and grain patterns
project’s rigorous quality and scheduling standards. “With a together to ultimately create a more interesting wall divider.”
Once the Hornbeam mosaic was assembled into panels, Trend
faced the hurdle of sanding these heavy wood canvases. “The
500- to 600-lb. panels were too heavy to run through a belt
sander,” said Bonanni. Inspired by the traditional use of
Hornbeam as flooring, Trend hired a flooring contractor to sand
and finish the panels, essentially treating the vertical booth
dividers like a floor. “The panels were placed on the floor for
the sanding and finishing process,” said Bonanni. “The sanding
and finishing was a three-week process because, unlike finish-
ing a floor, these panels had to be sanded and finished with
three coats of water-based finish on both sides. Each coat
required a day to dry, so it was very time consuming.”
diverse materials ranging from the leather bar top and stainless
and metals, and the log racks of high-polished stainless steel and natur-
steel foot rails to the glass and metals of the back bar, as well as
al Walnut.
lead time of 10 to 12 weeks, it was imperative that we place the the millwork. “It is constructed of lacquered-finish MDF panels
order for the material as soon as possible,” said Bonanni. with solid white oak batten and a pickled finish running
While Trend waited for the arrival of the Hornbeam, the through the face of the bar,” said Bonanni. “We again coordinat-
firm’s fabrication shop was busy properly engineering and ed our work with the food equipment, plumbing and the elec-
manufacturing the substrate framing. Trend worked closely trical before fabrication to make sure all the pieces fit.”
with the distributor in finding the right substrate that would Beyond these two celebrity restaurants, Trend’s work fills the
control movement caused by the shrinkage and expansion of the hotel lobby’s main registration area and its sumptuous living
finicky Hornbeam. The end result is a substrate of hardy fiber room reserved exclusively for hotel guests. Thanks to the Trend
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ity work has taught roofers at CEI, Howell, to walk tall, but they never realized how use-
ful the skill would be at the Intramural Sports Building (IMSB) at the University of
Michigan’s Ann Arbor campus.
A total of 45,000 square feet of roofing ing system. A parapet wall, up to eight
needed to be replaced at the building, feet high, runs the perimeter of the gut-
but no access was available from inside ter.
the facility or on the south side, so con- CEI stripped the roof and gutter area
tractors needed to walk over the top of down to the underlying roof deck or con-
the ridge to gain access to the north side. crete shingles and installed a new metal
The exhausting trip was a daily ordeal, roof along with a Firestone RubberGuard
even for roofers who were used to walk- Platinum EPDM system over the gutters.
ing tall. Since snow slides down the metal roof
and collects in the gutter area, the .090-
INSTALLING THE ROOF mil thick product was selected for its
The IMSB, built in 1928, was the first col- increased durability.
legiate intramural sports building in “This was our first .090-mil job,” said
America. The original concrete shingle Eric Cook, operations manager for CEI.
roof, totaling 32,800 square feet, was cov- “The standard is .060-mil but I was very
ered by metal roof panels that were impressed with this product. I think it
attached directly onto a furring strip, was easier to install than the .060-mil. It A total of 45,000 square feet of roofing
needed to be replaced at the Intramural
commonly called a hatrack, which was was heavier, but it was almost impossible Sports Building at the University of
installed on top of the concrete. The to wrinkle because it was so thick. This Michigan’s Ann Arbor campus. Built in 1928,
pitched roof includes a 12,200-square- was not an easy job by any means, but the facility is the first collegiate intramural
foot gutter area that was covered with a this product made a difficult job a little sports building in America.
four-ply, modified asphalt, built-up roof- easier.”
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A temporary staircase outside on the north side of the building provided the
only access to the roof during the project. U of M’s track ran along the south
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The smooth anodized panels were also with sufficient reach to place materials on up, walk up the 5-12 pitch roof, and then
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source accountability for the roofing need to bring the panels over by hand, side of the ridge,” said Cook. “The 5-12
materials. The new metal panels were set the roof pitch was a familiar obstacle for was pretty easy to walk on, but the 7-12
on a dual hatrack system that was every member of the crew. was a little more difficult.”
installed onto purlins set 16” o.c. on the “Every day you had to take the staircase An existing hatch provided access to
roof. Holes were drilled through the con-
crete tiles to allow for attachment to the
underlying steel and specialized purlins
were created to provide a secure fit on
the uneven surface of the concrete.
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roof on the other side of the ridge to gain access to the south end of the building.
the roof, but crews would have still need- installed ladders and platforms for two Street,” said Cook. “We had to set up road
ed to make the daily trek over the ridge new roof hatches that provide access to and sidewalk closures. We rented cement
because its position. Using the roof hatch both sides of the ridge, which will greatly barricades in addition to our own eight-
would not have made the project much simplify future roof work. foot-high construction fence and they
easier but transporting workers and Positioning of the roof hatches was kept the majority of people out, but we
materials through the building would only part of the logistical challenge asso- still had a few people walk through. We
have disrupted the operation of the IMSB, ciated with the IMSB project. The limited tried to be as polite as we could, but we
so the University informed contractors staging area that was available on the also had to make sure that no one got
that their only access to the roof would ground significantly altered pedestrian hurt.”
be by a temporary stairway outside. Mid- and vehicular traffic on the site. Pedestrians were only one group that
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vide a chance to learn from our perfor- was also a molasses test, as time until the The Public Safety Building was built in
mance – it just may take longer in results could be evaluated flowed more 1979 and the 26,300-square-foot roof looks
some cases. Roof consultants at Roofing slowly than sugary syrup on a winter’s day. typical of the construction of the time, but
Technology Associates, Ltd., Livonia, for Instead of making a premature declaration, appearances can be deceiving. A jail facility
example, waited 16 years to see if the innov- consultants at Roofing Technology on the top floor of the building mandated a
ative solution used to repair the roof deck at Associates wisely waited until the roof mem- more durable material than the steel that
the Public Safety Building in Southfield had brane applied in 1992 was recently sampled would have been commonly used for the
dried out the existing lightweight insulating and the deck underneath was analyzed roof deck, so reinforced concrete was used
concrete fill so it wouldn’t need to be before saying “Mission Accomplished.” instead. A layer of lightweight Elastizell insu-
removed. Since this was one of the firm’s lating concrete was placed atop the rein-
first projects, it could be thought of as an forced concrete to add insulation value, and
the material was screeded to provide a slope The water issues got worse over time, and said Mathers. “You would have lost all the
towards the rainwater drains. The top layer Roofing Technology Associates provided an insulating value of the material and you
was an asphalt roof system with aggregate assessment in 1992. would have had disposal costs, plus you
to provide a watertight barrier. Once water “We took two-inch cores out of the insu- would have needed to add new material to
breached the top layer, damage to the insu- lating concrete, and the holes actually filled create a slope.”
lating concrete came quickly. up with water as soon as we took the cores The concrete deck underneath the insu-
“They had leakage all over,” said Michael out,” said Michael Bode, RRC, vice president lating concrete was not a concern because it
Mathers, RRC, president of Roofing of Roofing Technology Associates. was dense enough to resist water damage.
Technology Associates. “It had been leaking Clearly, the roof of the Public Safety Since water had saturated the lightweight
for a long period of time. So much water had Building needed some work. Roofing concrete, its composition was critical.
leaked through the roof system that the Technology Associates approached the pro- Perlite, a volcanic glass that is heated to
owner’s maintenance personnel began cut- ject with a goal of minimizing the necessary cause expansion, is added to some light-
ting holes in the roof and putting portable labor to reduce costs. Salvaging the light- weight concrete mixes to add insulating
pumps inside the holes to pump the water weight concrete was a key goal. value. All insulating concrete tends to crum-
from within the lightweight insulating con- “Taking all of the insulating concrete out ble under freeze/thaw conditions in a wet
crete to the roof drains.” would have been a very expensive process,” environment, but the addition of perlite
Consultants at Roofing Technology Associates waited for 16 years to see if the innovative
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lenge. Few projects illustrate this phrase more clearly than a recently completed
courthouse in Clinton Township. The efficiency of the 47,000-square-foot facility that
combines operations for the two branches of the 41-B District Court, which previously
functioned in two separate facilities, is obvious to anyone who visits. The innovative
ideas that truly make this facility work, including a geothermal system and a massive
basement that separates prisoners from the general population while providing space
for extensive mechanical systems, lie below grade where they are shielded from view.
Construction manager The Dailey Co., Lake Orion, and project architect French
Associates, Inc., Rochester, combined their talents to create the tip and the iceberg that
facilitates the orderly functioning of the 41-B District Court.
Once people pass through one of the three entry points, they are in a
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THE ICEBERG
Geothermal systems always involve
extensive excavation. They can be
designed vertically, with wells that are
dug hundreds of feet into the ground, or
horizontally with shallowly buried pipes
running over a large surface area. Site
size made a horizontal system a more cost
effective option for the 41-B District
Court, so all of the space underneath the
parking lot was used for this purpose.
“If you dig down under the asphalt at
any spot on that site, you’ll hit a geother-
mal pipe,” said Paul Danko, project man-
ager for the Dailey Co. “In order to install
the system, we had to dig the entire park-
ing lot down 10 feet and then build it back
up after the geothermal loops were
installed.”
In addition to the geothermal system, a
15-foot deep, 20,000-square-foot base-
ment was excavated to house holding
cells and mechanical equipment. A total
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basement, and each was individually
ducted to a mechanical shaft. A high
degree of coordination was needed to
allocate space between various contrac-
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for tradesworkers were also problematic
because the extensive excavation took up
much of the site. Large amounts of soil
also needed to be stored on the site to
bury the geothermal pipes at the proper
elevation, but existing springs and
Clinton River Valley soil conditions ham-
pered this effort.
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too wet to go back into the hole, so we
had piles of original soil and we still had
Despite a small site and having to devote a significant amount of floor space for a total of five to truck in sand. There must have been
functional elevators, the project team was still able to include three separate courtrooms, the 3,000 cubic yards of material in the way as
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3100 Madison Ave.
Wyoming, MI 49548
Phone: 616-459-2505
Fax: 616-459-9682
www.safway.com
FastSigns of Auburn Hills MTS Construction, LLC Strut Tech Systems, LLC (WBE)
1532 Opdyke Rd. 111 S. Woodward Ave., Suite LL101 8405 Andersonville Rd., Suite G
Auburn Hills, MI 48326 Birmingham, MI 48009 Clarkston, MI 48346
Phone: 248-758-1572 Phone: 248-723-9706 Phone: 248-625-7605
Fax: 248-758-1579 Fax: 248-723-9702 Fax: 248-625-8028
Foremost Duct, Matrix Controls Group, Inc. Walter Toebe Construction Co.
Division of Ark II Mfg., LLC 30200 Groesbeck Hwy. 29001 Wall St.
35901 Schoolcraft Rd. Roseville, MI 48066 Wixom, MI 48393
Livonia, MI 48150 Phone: 586-777-4182 Phone: 248-349-7500
Phone: 734-793-4000 Fax: 586-777-4183 Fax: 248-349-4870
Fax: 734-793-4001
Midway Strutural Pipe & Supply, Inc. Walltek Design Build, Inc.
Kern Enterprise 1161 Clara St. 51 S. Washington St., Suite F
124 E. Eleven Mile Rd. Jackson, MI 49203 Oxford, MI 48371
Hazel Park, MI 48030 Phone: 517-787-1350 Phone: 800-910-5835
Phone: 313-520-9249 Fax: 517-787-4537 Fax: 888-910-3607
Fax: 248-336-9778 Email: jadams@midwaystructural.com
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Laurence, LTD Phil’s Services, Inc. (Formerly S.S. Seeding, Inc.)
3520 Okemos Rd., Suite 6-171 50 S. Williams Lake Rd. 6091 Rolling Green
Okemos, MI 48864 White Lake, MI 48386 Grand Blanc, MI 48480
Phone: 248-521-2302 Phone: 800-559-1411 Phone: 810-444-1059
Fax: 517-589-5594 Fax: 248-738-0457 Fax: 248-618-1126
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