Project Profile:
Celtic Health Care

Project Location:

Adams Township, Pennsylvania

Architect

Art Ruprecht, AIA
RSH Architects
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Installer:

West-More Roofing, Inc.
Greensburg, Pennsylvania

Products Used:

SnapLok standing seam metal roofing with matching snow guards
SP-120 metal soffit panels

Materials:

24-gauge galvanized steel in Cadet Gray painted finish for roofing, .032 aluminum in Sandstone painted finish for soffit

Additional Information:

Celtic Health Care is an example of a flawless installation by West-More Roofing, made possible by the project architect's hands-on approach and demand for nothing less than perfection when it came to metal roofing application.

During the shop drawing phase, Linda Willhide of RSH Architects turned to her local IMETCO Architectural Representative and his team of manufacturer's engineers to help her ensure that all roofing seams and soffit joints aligned perfectly to achieve the desired aesthetic precision. In lieu of opting for an inexpensive trim assembly at the parapet transition, she specified a vertically-installed CF-12 wall panel with stiffening beads at four inches on center.

Additionally, special concerns over snow management at all pedestrian areas dictated the use of snow guards. By choosing IMETCO's non-penetrating, Kynar painted, extruded aluminum snow guards, the snow management system became an integrated, non-invasive part of the monolithic roof assembly. IMETCO's Engineering team also assisted with proper placement of the snow guards by conducting load calculations and developing installation patterns to properly manage a ground snow load of 25 psf, as required by ASCE 7-02 guidelines.

This Celtic Healthcare project was featured in the September 2008 issue of metalmag.