Dome
This is a Dome that was to be installed on a pool house roof. The dome has an outside dimension of 15’-5” from flat to flat. The base of the dome is an octagon shape that was designed to capture the double 3/4" layer rib sections. The skin of the dome was 1/2" thick plywood that was installed after the base and ribs were set on the flat roof area.
Once the dome was erected in its final location, a standing seam Copper roof was installed.

Parts – These are the parts as they appear after machining from sheets of 4’x 8’ Plywood.
This shows a stack of base parts and rib parts, with the test section sitting on the top of the stack.	This shows the stack of parts that make up the outer skin	Close up of skin parts. The inside face was machined with curved kerf cuts, to allow the 1/2" thick plywood to bend to the form of the dome.

Construction – This set of photos shows the dome as it was test assembled in our shop.
			This shows the detail of the octagon shaped base
This shows the assembly with four of the sixteen ribs installed	Overhead view of the four ribs in position	Continuing to add more ribs	All ribs in place
This shows the start of the application of the outer skin	Continuing skin application	More skin application	Last skin installed

Single Section - In order to provide the correctly size copper pieces and keep the roofer out of the cold January weather, a single section was created, complete with a stand that placed the section at the correct attitude as related to its assembled position. The roofer had never had this sort of luxury prior to this project, and was overjoyed when he was able to bring this test section to his warm shop. The roofer was able to fabricate all sixteen sections in his shop and installed the pre-formed and precut copper sections with ease, on the dome assembly.

Assembled