The Atlantic Fields Performance Center is a fitness, wellness, and athletic training facility at Discovery Land Company's Atlantic Fields private golf community in Hobe Sound, Florida. American Commercial Glass installed the commercial glazing package — impact-rated storefront, curtainwall, and specialty glazing appropriate for a modern club amenity building. The Martin County location requires all exterior glazing to carry Florida Product Approval under the Florida Building Code's WBDR coastal requirements. ACG worked with general contractor Proctor Construction.
| Project Detail | |
|---|---|
| Owner / Developer | Discovery Land Company |
| General Contractor | Proctor Construction |
| Architect | Project team confidential |
| Location | Hobe Sound, FL (Martin County — FBC WBDR) |
| Building type | Private club performance / fitness center |
| Systems | Impact-rated storefront, curtainwall, specialty glazing |
| Manufacturer | ESWindows (Tecnoglass) |
| Code jurisdiction | Florida Building Code — WBDR. Florida Product Approval required. |
The Atlantic Fields Performance Center is an amenity structure within the Discovery Land Company development — the kind of club building that supports the community's active lifestyle program, typically including fitness facilities, athletic training areas, wellness spaces, and supporting locker facilities. Performance centers at luxury private clubs are designed to be architecturally impressive as well as operationally functional; large glass walls that bring natural light into training and workout spaces are a common design element.
American Commercial Glass installed the commercial glazing package at the Performance Center as part of the multi-structure Atlantic Fields engagement with Proctor Construction. The scope included impact-rated storefront systems, curtainwall where the building program required large glazed expanses, and specialty glazed openings consistent with the structure's architectural design.
Performance centers with large glass walls in Florida WBDR jurisdictions require careful attention to both impact compliance and thermal performance — large glass areas in a fitness facility generate solar heat gain that must be managed through low-E glass selection consistent with Florida Energy Code SHGC requirements. ACG coordinated glass make-up selection with the architect to achieve the transparency the design required while meeting code thermal performance standards.
Martin County's WBDR designation required Florida Product Approval documentation for all exterior glazing. ACG provided FPA submittals for the Performance Center permit package as part of the broader Atlantic Fields multi-building engagement.
Technical highlights of the Atlantic Fields Performance Center glazing scope:
The Performance Center glazing schedule was coordinated with Proctor Construction as part of ACG's multi-phase Atlantic Fields engagement. Performance center structures at private clubs are typically tied to the community's member amenity opening schedule — members expect fitness and wellness facilities to be operational when the community opens, creating firm glazing installation targets.
Large glass installations at performance centers require careful coordination with the GC for glass setting equipment access — large curtainwall or storefront panels may require crane or vacuum lifter equipment, and the performance center's location within the development site affects the logistics of glass delivery and installation equipment staging.
The Atlantic Fields Performance Center is a fitness, wellness, and athletic training facility at Discovery Land Company's Atlantic Fields private golf community in Hobe Sound, FL. ACG installed the commercial glazing package — impact-rated storefront, curtainwall, and specialty glazing — as part of the broader multi-structure Atlantic Fields engagement with Proctor Construction.
Fitness facilities typically have large glazed areas to bring natural light into workout spaces. In Florida, these large glass areas must be impact-rated for WBDR compliance and managed for solar heat gain through low-E glass selection consistent with Florida Energy Code SHGC requirements. Thermally broken frames reduce conductive heat gain at the frame. ACG coordinates glass make-up selection to balance transparency, impact compliance, and thermal performance for fitness facility glazing.
Low-emissivity (low-E) glass has a microscopic coating on one surface of the glass that reflects infrared radiation while allowing visible light to pass through. Low-E coatings reduce solar heat gain (SHGC) and winter heat loss (U-factor), improving thermal performance. Florida Energy Code requires minimum SHGC performance for commercial glazing; ACG specifies low-E coatings consistent with the code requirements for the project's climate zone and orientation.
Florida Energy Code (based on IECC with Florida amendments) requires commercial glazing to meet minimum Solar Heat Gain Coefficient (SHGC) values that vary by climate zone and the glazing's window-to-wall ratio. South Florida climate zones have strict SHGC limits due to high solar intensity. ACG coordinates glass selection with the architect and energy compliance documentation to confirm SHGC compliance on Florida commercial projects.
Proctor Construction was the general contractor for the Atlantic Fields Performance Center, as part of the overall Atlantic Fields development in Hobe Sound, FL. ACG provided the glazing scope across the Performance Center and three other Atlantic Fields structures through the Proctor Construction relationship.
Yes. American Commercial Glass installs curtainwall systems — including ESWindows impact curtainwall with Florida Product Approval — at commercial buildings including private club amenity structures. Curtainwall scope includes shop drawing and engineering coordination, anchor design, and complete field installation.