1. Using Shade and Shelter in Zoo Environments
23rd Annual AZFA Conference
October
Omaha Nebraska
Presented by Superior Recreational Products

2. Shade Applications in the Zoo environment
Today’s Agenda
UNIT ONE
Shade Applications in the Zoo environment
UNIT TWO
Choosing Styles and Shapes of Various Pre-Engineered Structures
UNIT THREE
Meeting Engineering Requirements

3. UNIT ONE Shade Applications in the Zoo Environment

4. Benefits of Shade Reduces Temperatures by up to 20 degrees F
Unit One: Shade Applications in the Zoo Environment
Benefits of Shade
Reduces Temperatures by up to 20 degrees F
Blocks up to 99% of harmful UV rays
Protection for assets and inventory
Creates inviting spaces for guest and patrons

5. Shade Applications Spectator viewing Areas Point of Sale Locations
Unit One: Shade Applications in the Zoo Environment
Shade Applications
Spectator viewing Areas
Point of Sale Locations
Commons Areas
Wildlife Exhibits
Revenue Generation

6. Bleachers and Grandstands
Unit One: Shade Applications in the Zoo Environment
Shade for Spectators
Bleachers and Grandstands
Ft Worth Zoo
Find a Hip Structure
Oklahoma City Zoo
Sea Life Park

7. Shade for Point of Sale Locations
Unit One: Shade Applications in the Zoo Environment
Shade for Point of Sale Locations
Sea Life Park

8. Shade for Events and People Gathering
Unit One: Shade Applications in the Zoo Environment
Shade for Events and People Gathering
Seabrook Island Pictures

9. Shade for Wildlife Exhibits
Unit One: Shade Applications in the Zoo Environment
Shade for Wildlife Exhibits
Kansas City Zoo
Replace both photographs.
Sea Life Park
Milwaukee County Zoo
Milwaukee County Zoo

10. Shade Structures for Revenue Generation
Unit One: Shade Applications in the Zoo Environment
Shade Structures for Revenue Generation
Audubon Zoo
Ft Worth Zoo

11. Unique Needs and Spaces
Unit One: Shade Applications in the Zoo Environment
Custom Applications
Unique Needs and Spaces
Oklahoma State University
Shade and a style of shade for every situation.
Tulsa Zoo

12. UNIT TWO Choosing Styles and Shapes of Various Pre-Engineered Structures

13. The Sun’s Path Determines Where a Shade’s Shadow Will Become Effective
Unit Two: Choosing Styles and Shapes
The Sun’s Path Determines Where a Shade’s Shadow Will Become Effective
Summer High
Winter Low

14. Unit Two: Choosing Styles and Shapes
The Sun and Direction will Determine Your Shade Strategy
Shade, Sun and South all start with an “S”, understand how the path of the sun moves across the southern hemisphere in the winter and the summer
Understand how the path of the sun moves in the winter and summer
Consider both location and orientation for maximizing shade coverage for users

15. The Two Basic Styles of Shade
Unit Two: Choosing Styles and Shapes
The Two Basic Styles of Shade
Framed Units vs. Sails
Framed Units
Sail Units

16. Unit Two: Choosing Styles and Shapes
Common Styles
Square/Rectangle Sail Octagon/Hexagon
Cantilever Umbrella Hyperbolic

17. What is Included with Framed Units?
Unit Two: Choosing Styles and Shapes
What is Included with Framed Units?
Columns
Elbows
Rafters
Y Connections
Ridge Beam
Fabric
Tensioning Cable
Base Plates/Embedment

18. Unit Two: Choosing Styles and Shapes
Glide Elbow

19. What is Included with Sail Units?
Unit Two: Choosing Styles and Shapes
What is Included with Sail Units?
Must know for a customer:
** Fabric does breakdown over time in the weather, must be cleaned and has to be removed in hazardous conditions or the frame can be damaged while fabric will be lost. Ask who will be responsible for this and “train” them on how to do is a win.
Columns*
Tabs
Connection Hardware and Tensioning Cable
Fabric
Base Plates/Embedment

20. Unit Two: Choosing Styles and Shapes
Sail Connections

21. What To Look For in a Shade
Unit Two: Choosing Styles and Shapes
What To Look For in a Shade
Fabrics with up to 99% UV protection.
Fabrics with 80% water repellency.
Galvanized tension cable with hardware.
Glide Elbow tensioning system that makes it easy to remove and reinstall canopies.
Superdurable powder coat steel frames in a wide range of colors.
Pre-engineered to meet current and local building codes.
Frame (Support) vs. Fabric (Shade)

22. UNIT THREE Meeting Engineering Requirements
Take freight out and replace with footer detail, show one of our layout views of “this is how something goes in the ground”

23. Footers and Load Bearing Characteristics
Unit Three: Meeting Engineering Requirements
Building a Structure
Footers and Load Bearing Characteristics
Product built to minimum standards IBC 2012
Local building code may supersede with a higher requirement for footer sizing due to exposure rating
What is shown on plans must be inspected, approved, and built
Nice to have stages. 1) Dig hole and put rebar 2) poured in concrete with jbolts sticking out or column in ground 3) surface mount column

24. Building For Wind Speed
Unit Three: Meeting Engineering Requirements
Building For Wind Speed
Florida, Texas, and California have the highest requirements. Try to find all three maps.
Engineering documents must comply and certify to this requirement by region
Impacts the size of steel and footer sizing in ground

25. Unit Three: Meeting Engineering Requirements
Building for Success
Know how many sets of engineering documents are needed, who is scheduling the footer inspections, approval, and close out permit

26. Unit Three: Meeting Engineering Requirements
Construction Process
Needed site access and preparation should be completed
Need room for staging of product and heavy equipment
Need to know dimensions of coverage, available footprint, and elevation concerns
Ensure ground is level, compacted properly, and you have verification of all underground utilities prior to digging

27. Unit Three: Meeting Engineering Requirements
Staging of Product and Equipment
Consolidate slide 31 and 32

28. Start to Finish Can Take Up To 12 Weeks
Unit Three: Meeting Engineering Requirements
Start to Finish Can Take Up To 12 Weeks
After Concept Approval and PO is Submitted
2-3 days for order confirmation and color approvals
1 week to set up drawings
3 weeks for engineer to complete Signed and Sealed Engineer Drawings
1 week to send drawings to General Contractor to submit application for permit
1-3 weeks for Building Department approval
4-5 weeks for fabrication cycle
1 week to install, inspect footers, and put on fabric (perhaps longer if installing multiple structures)