October 9, 2024
Washington State University – Life Sciences
Location: 10000 S.W. Commerce Circle, Wilsonville
Contractor: Harver Company
Architect: SRG Partnership
Team: Plasterers Local 82, Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters
Contractor: Harver Company
Architect: SRG Partnership
Team: Plasterers Local 82, Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters
Providing high-quality flexible space for research programs and laboratories for undergraduate and graduate courses, Washington State University’s Vancouver Life Sciences Building fits a lot of uses into a 60,000-square-foot unique mix of mass plywood and traditional construction techniques.
With design by SRG Partnership and general contracting by Andersen Construction, The Harver Company was chosen as the partner to construct the top structural attic floor, exterior skin, extensive roof system, along with the interior buildout.
Early in design, using Integrated Project Delivery and Target Value Design, The Harver Company helped reach a decision which would make this building unique in the world as the only building using mass plywood as the attic floor, exterior walls, and roof sheathing.
The Harver Company brought forward the idea of using mass plywood in three locations. Using mass plywood on the attic and exterior walls allowed for larger energy savings contributions, install speed and cost. Using mass plywood for the roof sheathing allowed the spacing of the trusses to grow from 16 or 24 inches on center to ten and a half feet on center. The result was substantial savings that helped bring the project to budget. The 23,000-square-foot attic slab was completed in just five days. The mass plywood exterior skin took just ten working days to install. Being part of designing and constructing the only building in the world of its kind is an experience that the whole team is immensely proud of.
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