Clear to the End Huge Clear Span Keynote Feature of Avionics Building

摘要

Construction on the Universal Avionics Systems Corp. campus in Tucson, a 225-ft.-wide clear-span structure, is nearing completion. The 60.000-sq.-ft, one-story building is linked to an existing Universal Avionics structure by three connecting corridors, mirroring the corridor links among other campus buildings. Ultimately, the new 5.3 million dollars building will house 120 to 130 employees in the Engineering Design Center. "This is the second large clear-span building we've built for Universal Avionics, both of them very similar with Butler-type clear-span metal roof structures," said Tom Chestnut, president of Chestnut Construction of Tucson, the general contractor. "This kind of building is unusual in Tucson, but it allows the users total flexibility in how they configure the building because there are no interior columns to work around."