Far Horizons: Heideman Associates Inc.

Heideman Associates Inc. was the engineer for this 13,600-square-foot agriculture building for the poultry industry in Fiji. It is owned by G F International of Fiji. The contractor for the project, which was completed in February, was Hostetler Sales and Construction of Buffalo. Unusual circumstances and challenges for this project included time zone differences afternoon here was tomorrow morning there and the transfer of information. E-mail was the only reliable source of information transfer because timing telephone calls was difficult, and regular mail, even express, took up to 2 1/2 weeks. The design criteria for the structure complied with Australian building codes, which required design for cyclonic wind loads of 157 miles per hour.