Metal Construction News, February 2019

PROJECT FOCUS HEALTH CARE Health Care Market Activity In October health care construction was 424 billion It was 1 percent less than 2017 and fl at since September Nonresidential construction increased annually 73 percent and added 01 percent monthly Total construction was 49 percent higher than the previous year and 01 percent lower than the month before Value of construction put in place in the U S October 2018 September 2018 October 2017 Health care construction 42400 0 1 Nonresidential construction 767131 01 73 Total construction 1329452 01 49 Note in millions of dollars seasonally adjusted annual rate as reported by the U S Census Bureau on Dec 3 Percent change October 2018 from UPMC Outpatient Center Ebensburg Pa Colorful metal panels at various depths create a distinct appearance on the exterior of UPMC Outpatient Center The project utilized structural insulated panels SIPs and a rainscreen system For more projects visit www metalconstructionnews com projects health care For the building envelope Hudson Construction Inc general contractor for the project installed more than 20000 square feet of SIPs Syntheon Inc s Accel E Wall Panels For exterior cladding Hudson Construction installed IMETCOs IntelliScreen rainscreen and Element metal wall panels coated in four colors of Fluropon coating from Sherwin Williams Coil and Extrusion Coatings formerly Valspar Corp The company installed 10000 square feet of Element panels 125 inches deep in Weathered Copper 8000 square feet 4 inches deep in Almond Suede 4200 square feet 4 inches deep in Roman Copper mica fi nish and 1000 square feet 4 inches deep in Georgian Brick Additionally Hudson Construction installed 1500 square feet of IMETCOs 3 inch deep Latitude concealed fastener equipment screen panels with factory mitered corners and concealed splice plates in Platinum Silver The Element panels were attached to horizontally applied vented hat channels The prepunched vented hat channel support framing was affi xed at 16 inch on center vertical stud frames within the SIPs system With a combination of vented hat channels and concealed vented trim components at the sill and head conditions the assembled system performs as a back ventilated dry seal rainscreen system via continuous convection ventilation The use of 4 inch and 115 inch depth panels in the same surface plane provided the aesthetics of offset panels without additional framing The three story 46500 square foot UPMC Outpatient Center was completed for 20 million General contractor installer Hudson Construction Inc Hermitage Pa www hudsonconstruction com Architect CORE Architects LLC Pittsburgh www corepgh com Coatings Sherwin Williams Coil and Extrusion Coatings formerly Valspar Corp Minneapolis www valsparcoilextrusion com Circle 45 Metal wall panels IMETCO Norcross Ga www imetco com Circle 46 and Syntheon Inc Leetsdale Pa www syntheoninc com Circle 47 Photos courtesy of IMETCO 34 METAL CONSTRUCTION NEWS February 2019