Project Profile:
Tunxis
Community College

Project Location:

271 Scott Swamp Road
Farmington, Connecticut

Architect

Dubose Associates
Hartford, Connecticut

Installer:

Goldseal Roofing
Watertown, Connecticut

Products Used:

Materials:

16" wide Series 300 symmetrical seam panels in .040 aluminum with a custom blue/gray painted finish; tapered panels

Additional Information:

Tunxis Community College was chartered by the State of Connecticut in 1969 to serve the Bristol-New Britain and Farmington Valley areas. It first opened for classes in October 1970 with 494 students; today approximately 7,000 full- and part-time students attend the College each semester enrolled in credit and continuing education classes. This rapidly growing community college sits in picturesque Farmington, Connecticut.

In the spring of 2007, this 95,000 sq. ft. expansion was completed, crowned by the Series 300 standing seam metal roofing system. The architect chose IMETCO's flagship system for the expansion to compliment an original building, which also features Series 300 (seen in the foreground of the photo to the right). This early building was fomerly a shopping plaza that was rennovated two decades ago with Series 300 metal roofing in a "Natural Patina" painted finish.

The 2007 campus expansion doubled the size of the existing college, and added a much-needed modern library, as well as substantial classroom space and science laboratiries. The project architect, Dubose Associates, chose the same metal roof system that had performed so well over the past 20 years, but selected a more contemporary custom blue-gray painted finish to highlight the college's impressive rebirth.