1:32When the design is wrong
Don Ross on a 34-foot freezer wall at a clear span that needed an intermediate girt, why the owner lost pallet positions when it was left out, and why D.W. Ross won't sell a job that isn't designed right.
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Panels above the roof
Don Ross on a steel-frame refrigerated building where wall panels ran above the roof deck: the steel had to carry the wind load, so an additional girt was added.
Don Ross, D.W. Ross Company. 0:58.
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We had another project that we supplied a general contractor and an Amish crew down in Southern Ohio. This was an exterior envelope, steel frame, refrigerated structure. They had some other panels that went above the roof. And the structural steel wasn't there to support the wall panels for a 30 mile an hour wind load, because these panels were exposed above the roof deck. And as a consequence, an additional girt had to be added.
The other party said, oh no, our panels will work. Well, we sold the project with our Kingspan product line. And with the temperatures and with the wind loads, it wouldn't have worked. And our panels meet the industry standards of all these other suppliers. There's no magic wand that says our panel stronger than your panel. It's the same material. It's the same core.
Don Ross, President, D.W. Ross Company
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