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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.”