The growing Blount Community Church of Maryville, Tenn., was in need of a new facility, including areas for worship, daycare and classrooms. The affordable solution was to erect metal building framing and install insulated metal panels (IMPs) from Metl-Span.
“The congregation wanted an inexpensive facility that wasn’t just code compliant, but better than code compliant,” says Dan Brittain, AIA, an associate with Michael Brady Inc. of Knoxville, Tenn. “The idea of insulated metal panels was a hard sell at first, but a little education about the energy efficiency benefits and durability helped. When I proposed the insulated metal panels and it came in under budget, we were given the go-ahead.”