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Salt Lake City Library
Therma-Floor®
Location:
Salt Lake City, UT |
Scope:
- 15,477 square feet of Therma-Floor® poured at 2-1/2" inches
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Architect:
Moshe Safdie |
General
Contractor:
Big D Construction
Salt Lake City, UT |
Maxxon Dealer:
Noel Williams Construction Specialties, Inc. |
Overview: Cheers and applause burst from the hundreds of onlookers who came to see the opening of the new 65 million dollar City Library in Salt Lake City, UT. The 240,000 square-foot-structure features limestone, glass and exposed girders, offering panoramic views of the Wasatch Mountains and plenty of natural light.
In the library's new Urban Room, radiant heat was used because it warms objects, not air. The five story wide open area would have been difficult to heat with a conventional system since warm air rises, with the possibility of overheating upper floors.
Therma-Floor was selected to cover the radiant heating tubes because of its high strength (typical range of 2,000 to 3,000 psi (14 to 21 MPa)) and ability to handle heavy foot traffic, evident by the 16,000 people who visited the library on opening day.
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