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OVER STQRY <br />• 1I ~ ,I , ,__1 e ~~ . r <br />o e <br />i <br />1 ~ ( _ ~ I <br />This is die Hero roof cnvity ojLedfazl High School in Tlron~nsvilfe, N.C., slrorviug just-insmJJed b inches of fiberglrtss irts+rlnrion. This project is orre of !5 in the <br />Dnvidson County School District to Ge re-roofed n~itJr n retrofit uretnl roofing systeur. tgHN ~tARTINDALE PHOTOS <br />Retrofitting an entire district <br />By Chuck Howard. PE <br />t` , ~ n 1989, James Palmer, maintenance <br />director for Davidson County <br />i ~ ~ ~ Schools in Lexington, N.C., visited a <br />nearby school district to see how it <br />had soh~ed its flat roof problems by using a <br />sloped metal retrofit roof system. 'T'his visit <br />was prompted by the fact Davidson <br />County was continually spending money <br />on fixing flat roofs, only to end up with the <br />same flat roof design. Palmer and the <br />school board were determined to find a <br />more permanent solution to their costly <br />and continual problem. <br />Bill Bilger, PE, an employee of the <br />North Carolina Department of Public <br />Ltstruction, had designed and overseen the <br />construction of the project Palmer was vis- <br />iting. Iwas fortunate to be the contractor <br />for this project, one of the first performed <br />in North Carolina. This visit resulted in the <br />design, bidding, and construction of the <br />first metal retrofit roof in Davidson <br />County at Fast Davidson High School the <br />following }'ear. 1 was, again, fornutate to be <br />able to provide the construction services <br />for this project, with Bilger providing the <br />design services. <br />What seemed to be a rather random <br />series of activities developed into a very <br />decisive direction of roof replacement for <br />the school district. Now, more than lG <br />years later, the district's foresight has pro- <br />vided l5 of its schools with metal retrofit <br />roofs. These school projects amount to <br />more than 800,000 square feet of this type <br />of roof system and ap roxim*atel ~ 55.5 mil- <br />lion in capital outlay, ~~l{~iibr~~urrently <br />Attachment number 2 <br />22 ~1L''rAl. ROOEI\G a FEBRUARY/MARCH 2006 <br />