Who makes panels from COR-TEN AZP?

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Author Message Vivian Volz, RA, CSI, CCS Senior Member Username: vivianvolz Post Number: 83 Registered: 06-2004 Posted on Wednesday, December 06, 2006 - 07:32 pm:    I have a project that was designed in the hopes of using COR-TEN weathering steel as a cladding, but in the course of our research we (the royal we) discovered that US Steel doesn't recommend using COR-TEN as cladding. They offer an alternative, COR-TEN AZP, which is Galvalume with a paint on it that looks like weathered COR-TEN. (Yes, we know, it's fake COR-TEN.) I'm interested in getting a sample and locating a fabricator. I have not had any luck finding fabricators who offer it. Can anyone suggest someone? Thanks. George A. Everding, AIA, CSI, CCS, CCCA Senior Member Username: geverding Post Number: 240 Registered: 11-2004 Posted on Thursday, December 07, 2006 - 04:43 pm:    Interesting, Corrugated-metals website talks about fabricating Cor-Ten as cladding, so I wonder if they would do fake Cor-Ten for you? In light of what US Steel is saying about cladding, it would seem the fabricators who currently do Cor-Ten should covert to the new version. Vivian Volz, RA, CSI, CCS Senior Member Username: vivianvolz Post Number: 84 Registered: 06-2004 Posted on Tuesday, January 09, 2007 - 02:15 pm:    Still waiting in hope. Starting to be afraid to specify the stuff for fear of its not actually existing. Does anyone else know of a fabricator who uses Cor-Ten AZP? Ralph Liebing, RA, CSI Senior Member Username: rliebing Post Number: 516 Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Tuesday, January 09, 2007 - 02:24 pm:    From http://www.metalroofing.com/v2/forums/index.cfm?action=mboard.members.viewmessages&ForumTopicId=517&ForumCategoryId=10 "Contact Metal Sales. They have a factory in Redlands, CA which produces quite a bit of weathering steel roofing". Kenneth C. Crocco Senior Member Username: kcrocco Post Number: 80 Registered: 04-2003 Posted on Tuesday, January 09, 2007 - 04:46 pm:    Try this location: www.azahner.com/invn_prod_metals.cfm They have a great book on metals and I know first hand they have produced metal panels with cor-ten. (but I don't know how it turned out.) A possible name if you need one at Zahner is Roger Reed. Vivian Volz, RA, CSI, CCS Senior Member Username: vivianvolz Post Number: 85 Registered: 06-2004 Posted on Tuesday, January 09, 2007 - 06:30 pm:    Thank you, Kenneth and Ralph. Still can't find the fake stuff, but a soup-to-nuts company like Zahner may be another angle on this design. I appreciate the contact name. The pencil is never really down, is it? Mark Gilligan SE, CSI Senior Member Username: markgilligan Post Number: 126 Registered: 05-2005 Posted on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 02:55 am:    While Corten has its place I do not believe you want it on the exterior of a building. The rust oxide will drip onto the glass and other wall surfaces. Your building will look old before its time. In addition the protective oxides can wash away if exposed to a significant amount of runoff which can lead to more rust and loss of section.