The Chinle elementary and Junior High School is located on the Navajo reservation in the northeast corner of Arizona. This Omni*Hub dome creates an amphitheater with a 102-foot/31 meter diameter dome, at the school for multi-activities. The dome covers 7,956 square feet / 739 square meters of area supported on eight concrete columns. The dome […]
Conservatek is invading South America in many ways. Conservatek’s Omni*Hub spaceframe canopy is featured at the new Toyota Dealership in Santa Cruz, Boliva which is in the center of South America. It came to us through our Web Page, which creates exposure throughout the world and is a success in creating overseas inquiries. The owner […]
This is a 141′ diameter dome that was design/built for Chrysler Corporation’s new Technology Center in Pontiac, MI. The photo shows the assembly of a prototype section built for review by Lee Iaccoca and other Chrysler executives. The facility is a styling dome that replaces one built 20 years ago but with better technology and […]
This project was a combination retrofit between a new and an existing building. The support and flashing were designed for differences in settlement between the two buildings and the integrated gutter system provided a cost savings in order to meet the project’s budget. Features and Benefits: Geo*Hub II spaceframe with a 5.7′ X 5.7″ module […]
CST’s 170′ (51.8 meter) diameter dome is a unique dome enclosure that it is a replacement dome suspended one foot inside the original Climatron Dome built in the 1960’s by Bucky Fuller. The dome supports a glass glazing system with each triangular panel divided into 2 lites of glass. The dome creates a beautiful and […]
In a joint venture with Estrusa, the major aluminum extruder in Equador, Conservatek provided design, engineering, fabrication and installation support to create one of the largest clear span structures in Conservatek’s history. The structure is of an ovoid cone design which is divided into 32 space truss sections. The system used for this project is […]
Client: Continental Farms, Miami, FL Engineer: C and A Engineers, Miami, FL Architect: Antonio De Soto, Jr., Miami, FL Contractor: Aluminum Fabricators, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Convergys is a dynamically growing firm in the information system and their facilities needs are growing with them. For their new facilities in Lake Mary, the Farmers Baker Barrios team has created two state of the art glass canopies for the entryways. The glass is supported on the new “STARBURST” glass support bracket mounted on […]
A Star*Dome forms the restaurant over the underwater observatory at Coral World in the Virgin Islands. The dome was chosen since it could be shipped to the Caribbean pre-fabricated which eliminated time on the job site working under unusual conditions over the water. This structure was built on a 40′ diameter concrete cylinder with two […]
Coral World is a corporation that is building underwater observatories and sea life educational and recreational centers throughout the world. In 1977, the second Coral World was built in the U. S. Virgin Islands featuring four “AL-Wood” domes. More recently, two “AL-Wood” domes were built on Paradise Island in the Bahamas. The “Al-Wood” dome system […]