 Description: A
ridged (double slope) building in which the ridge is off-center
Gable: The triangular portion
of the endwall from the level of the eave to the ridge of the roof.
Finish: Red Oxide Primer
(standard), Grey Primer (available upon request)
Usage: Low rise
construction
 Limitations: Supports widths from 10'
to 600' or more, heights from 10' to 100', clear spans up to 250'
or more, and roof
slopes
of 1/4 : 12 up to 12 : 12
Features:
- Designers have the capability of arranging sidewall columns that
are straight
- or columns with the more economical tapered section
- A&S fabricates all main framing in accordance with the company's
strict AISC
- quality certification guidelines
- Interior support columns available as either pipe sections or
H sections
 - A&S frames come with welded subassemblies. Roof purlin and
wall girt
- support plates are factory welded to the main frames
- Purlins are supported laterally by the welded plates
- A&S furnishes all structural bolts with a corrosion protective
plating
- Frames are prefabricated as much as possible
- End wall frames can be simple post and beam type construction,
or can be
- built with a full interior type rigid frame to accommodate future
expansion
- Asymmetrical shape
Benefits:
- Flexible design providing for maximum utilization of interior
space.
- The benefit of the quality fabrication practice of A&S is
the reduction in building
- assembly labor, and subsequently lower erection cost.
- Wider buildings are feasibly more economical
- Saves erection time and increases the overall stiffness of the
building
- Reduces the amount of purlin roll experienced under heavy loading
- Improves the appearance of the building and helps to speed up
erection
- process, and no more rusted bolts to contend with
- Eliminates costly field work needed to "customize" the
frames for specific
- building configurations
- End walls are furnished in a variety of configurations, again
with the flexibility to
- meet any need
- Economical savings on material costs and allows the end user
to save on
- heating and cooling costs.
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