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Fluor Corporation Headquarters

Project Name: Fluor Corporation Headquarters
Project Location: Irving, Texas
ALUCOBOND PLUS Materials: 10,000 sq. ft. of 4 mm Bone White
Year of Installation: 2006
Architect: Forum Studio, Inc., St. Louis
Fabricator: NOW Specialties, Inc., Carrollton, Texas
General Contractor/Installer: Clayco, Inc., St. Louis
Attachment Method: Stainless steel fasteners

Alucobond® Louvers Let the Texas Sun Shine in Without Heavy Heat Load

When executives at engineering and construction giant Fluor Corp decided to build a new global corporate headquarters in Irving, Texas, last year, meeting a tight construction deadline was of the utmost importance. Design plans for the 140,000-square-foot, three-story, dual-wing corporate building were begun in mid-June 2005, with ground-breaking in late July. Just eight months later, construction was completed. Similar projects, according to Fluor, usually require a 16-month timeline to complete.

Buzbee Dental

Project Name: Buzbee Dental
Project Location: Springfield, Missouri,
ALUCOBOND PLUS Materials: 5,400 sq. ft. of 4 mm Cadet Grey & Custom Birch
Year of Installation: 2005
Architect: Butler, Rosenbury and Partners,
Springfield, MO
Fabricator/Installer: Universe Corporation, St. Louis

Innovation in Metal and Glass

It’s enough to make you smile: a dental building constructed with innovations in metal and glass that yield cost control, performance and beauty. Buzbee Dental in Springfield, Missouri, features 5,400 sq. ft. of 4 mm Alucobond® Material as exterior cladding panels in colors of Birch and Cadet Grey. Chosen in part for their superior formability, the Alucobond panels were engineered, fabricated and installed by Universe Corporation, St. Louis. “This project uses a rainscreen system that has a non-progressive installation, meaning that any one panel can be removed and re-installed without disturbing adjacent panels,” said Matt Ford of Universe Corporation. “We worked with the designer on panel module size and other details to control costs.”