College students face many challenges throughout their four, or five, or even eight years of higher education. They develop as adults, as individuals, as a community of students with similar goals during their time in school. Much can be said for the cold formed steel trusses that have become a regular part of new construction projects on Washington University in St. Louis’ Danforth campus in St Louis. The latest project, the Thomas Eliot B Dormitory, sports a complex and intricate roof system consisting of 350 unique cold-formed steel truss designs. Ultra-Span fabricator/partner Engineered Steel Products teamed with St. Charles, Mo., based panelizer and framing contractor Gateway Panels to deliver yet another successful cold formed project to the St. Louis region.
Washington University, founded in 1853, maintains an elite reputation as an institution of higher learning in many academic fields, including medicine, engineering, research, and law. As its website states, “To promote learning, the University encourages independence, boldness, and originality of thought.”
The same can be said for the buildings, both old and new, that dot the 169-acre Danforth campus. Several older campus buildings, in fact, have even been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Suffice it to say, expectations are always high when new structures are added to this historic and regal campus.