You Can’t Judge a Book by The Cover!
Rock and roll pioneer Bo Diddley’s song “You Can’t Judge a Book by The Cover’ could never be truer when looking at the new Ephrata Borough Wastewater Treatment Plant in Ephrata, PA.
This unassuming building rates a “10” on the Metal Building Manufacturer’s Association (MBMA) scale for the complexity of a project’s design and detailing requirements. The wastewater treatment plant qualified as a Complexity 10 project according to the MBMA due to the intricate details that are required for both the overall usage of the building, as well as to add to the aesthetics.
Several key elements contributed to this rating:
- The project involved a transverse crane system, used to remove the rotating assembly from the centrifuges inside the building.
- Vulcan also designed false rafters to be used in this project, which is an efficient method for two buildings of different heights to be tied together without having to add an entirely new frame line to do so.
- Structural loads were added to the design of the building system so that the building could support mezzanines constructed by others.
- The project included the point loads, special deflection limits, unsymmetrical frames, changing building widths, galvanized steel members, and insulated metal roof and wall panels.
Even the exterior aesthetics added a level of complexity to the project by requiring the insulated metal panel (IMP) walls to change between vertical and horizontal orientation. Vulcan had no problem detailing the IMP walls to achieve the customer’s desired application method.
New Year, New Beginnings
The new year brings new beginnings at Vulcan Steel Structures. One of them being a new salesman, Ed Leviton. Ed is kicking off his venture into a new career. With just a few months as a new member of the Vulcan team under his belt, he’s excited about his future. Ed takes pride in joining this family-owned business, saying that Vulcan is “a large company that has a small-town feel.”
Ed knows about being a member of a successful team. He was on the first state high school championship football team in Clinch County, Georgia. And the legacy didn’t stop with the football season! That same year, Clinch County won the triple crown – state champions in football, basketball and baseball.
Ed is a native Georgian, originally from Fargo, but he has called the Valdosta area home for close to 20 years. He has two sons – Tripp and Walker – who enjoy hunting and fishing with their dad.
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