Sheathing Takes Center Stage at the Student Residence
The student residence construction process continues to make headway with the completion of the precast skin of the building. The next step on the exterior is the installation of an extended exposure sheathing, which is a moisture and mold resistant panel designed to attach to the outside of sidewall framing. It serves as a water resistant underlayment for exterior materials including masonry bricks, which are part of the outside skin of the structure. The face of the sheathing is made of a coated fiberglass paper. The installation of this material has been started on the south facing side of the structure. It appears purple-blue in the image.
Other exterior progress includes work on the penthouse, another name for the roof, where a large screen structure is being built to visually shield the view of the air handling equipment. It appears as a rectangular form in the image.
Although not visible from the street, progress continues in the interior of the residence. The sprinkler system has been roughed-in on floors 1, 7-9 and the duct work for heat and air conditioning has been initiated on floors 7-9.
The Structure
The nine-story, $40 million structure is designed by Beacon Architectural Associates with a brick and limestone façade. Its 104 two-bedroom suites that include bath, kitchenette and living spaces will accommodate 208 students, each with individual bedrooms, the standard for graduate student housing. Walsh Brothers is the contractor for the building, which is expected to take 18 months to complete.
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