Castlen Steel
The Rundown
Two expansive fertilizer storage buildings in Owensboro, KY, feature EpoxxiShield™-coated steel frames, ExxoTec™ Elite fabric cladding, and passive ventilation systems, engineered by Legacy Building Solutions for durability and operational efficiency.
Feature Details
- Two buildings: a 108 ft x 350 ft building with a 50 ft x 221 ft lean-to and a 108 ft x 280 ft building with a 50 ft x 149 ft lean-to (158,000 total sq ft)
- 15 psf ground snow load, 105 mph wind load, exposure C, seismic zone D
- All steel frame members coated with EpoxxiShield™ COR Elite
- White and gray ExxoTec™ Elite PVC fabric cladding
- Passive ventilation through 18-in mesh soffits
- White ARV-2000 roof vents, and eight black mesh endwall vents
- Each building has two 16-ft x 14-ft coil overhead doors and two standard walk doors
- Foundation is a combination of 1-ft piers and 2-ft cast-in-place walls for the lean-tos
- Buildings have been designed and engineered for conveyor and catwalk loads
- Installed by Legacy crews
Industry
Bulk Commodity
Size
158,000 total sq ft
Location
Owensboro, KY
Year
2021
Testimonials
Legacy was very easy to work with.
The old buildings used tubular steel, and no matter what you do, the salt gets inside the tubes and corrodes them. They came out here with their crew, rented all their equipment, and erected the buildings in three weeks flat – a week ahead of schedule. It's a stand-up company.
The Legacy construction crew was very professional and courteous.
Because of our soil issues, we simply couldn't afford to construct a more traditional building. The concrete costs made a more traditional building cost prohibitive. The lightweight design of our Legacy building allowed us to reach a compromise between soil conditions and cost. Regarding the design and construction phases of the building, I can say that the process went exceptionally well. When I made eleventh-hour changes to the job, Legacy handled them with ease. They finished the job well ahead of schedule, worked safely, and followed our stringent safety requirements to the letter.
Everything that Legacy said they were going to do, they did.
We obviously had contracts, but the overall feel was kind of like the olden days, where you felt you could just take somebody at their word. Price is a major factor in any purchase decision. But we didn't blink at having to pay a little more for the Legacy structure. Sometimes you have to spend more to get a higher quality building. The installation was very smooth. Legacy's in-house crew worked in cold winter conditions, and they erected the building within five days. They were a very professional group, and I'd highly recommend them. We like the sidewall columns going straight up instead of curving down like in our hoop buildings. First off, it lets us put more product in there. And our front-end loaders can get much closer to the walls and drive straight down the sides. It gives us more working room and increases our efficiency. In the long run I think this will be a building that requires less maintenance. Legacy was so outstanding to work with that I didn't even bother looking at pricing elsewhere.
