REIMAGINE PERFORMANCE
Chemeketa Community College Health Sciences Complex
PROJECT SUMMARY
Building Owner
Architect
Chemeketa Community College, Salem, OR
SRG Partnership, Inc.,
Portland, OR
CENTRIA Dealer
General Contractor
Installer
Kenco Construction, Inc.,
Seattle, WA
Lease Crutcher Lewis
Construction
Portland, OR
Kenco Construction, Inc.,
Seattle, WA
CENTRIA Products Used:
MetalWrap™ Series 100 2” Horizontal;
Square Feet: 18,840; Gage: 29/29
MetalWrap™ Series 200 2” Horizontal;
Square Feet: 10,454; Gage: 29/29
Concept Series CS-200; Square Feet: 12,158;
Color: Silversmith; Coating: Sundance Mica;
Finish: Smooth; Gage: 20
Concept Series CS-260; Square Feet: 4,969;
Color: Silversmith; Coating: Sundance Mica;
Finish: Smooth; Gage: 20
IW Series Concealed Fastener IW-10 Vertical;
Square Feet: 5,588; Color: Silversmith;
Coating: Sundance Mica; Finish: Smooth;
Gage: 20
Total Square Footage: 74,000
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REIMAGINE PERFORMANCE
Why MetalWrap Series?
A high insulation factor, advanced thermal performance
and moisture protection were important elements
in the design of this campus addition.
Site Experience:
Chemeketa Community College’s $38.2 million renovations
focused mainly on Building 8 of the college’s Health Sciences
Complex. The 74,000 square foot project revamped the
facilities that house training space and equipment for nursing,
dental hygiene and pharmacy technology students. The
architects commissioned to redesign Chemeketa Community
College’s Health Sciences complex knew that CENTRIA’s
MetalWrap Series would meet the project’s significant
performance and sustainability goals, while providing
long-term value.
“We were looking for products that could provide a high
insulation factor and create a tight system that would
eliminate air flow exposure,” said Jenn Alger, project
manager for general contractor Lease Crutcher Lewis
Construction. “We pursued CENTRIA’s metal back-up
panels because they came as a complete system. Not only
did they help us attain our required R factor, they also
minimized our concerns about dew point and moisture
collection because of their single component design. We did
a number of field tests to monitor air penetration and water
intrusion, and CENTRIA products exceeded expectations.”
Traditionally, installing effective backup panels requires
multiple layers (i.e. batt or board insulation, exterior sheathing,
air barriers, vapor retarders or building wrap) and can result
in moisture build-up and entrapment within the wall cavity.
Covering nearly 29,000 square feet of the building, MetalWrap
Series effectively solves this issue using CENTRIA’s patented
advanced thermal and moisture protection technology
(ATMP®) in a single insulated composite backup panel.
MetalWrap Series can be used with metal, brick and
terra cotta. This flexibility makes it simple for architects
to achieve project goals with a single specification for
both single-exterior and mixed-exterior buildings.
“We were adding approximately 74,000 square feet to an
existing structure, so we worked to tie the new products
into the original building,” said Bjorn Clouten, an architect
at SRG Partnership, the firm who redesigned the complex.
But it wasn’t just superior performance and that made
MetalWrap Series integral to this renovation.
“Sustainability was a major goal of this project,” said
Alger. “Rather than installing large pieces of equipment for
mechanical ventilation, we looked for a product that would
provide a tight enclosure, yet would allow room for exterior
insulation. Because MetalWrap™ Series is a product that
does both, air flow is controlled naturally, reducing duct
work and controlling temperature within the building.”
The architects, installers and general contractors also
discovered another valuable aspect of working with
CENTRIA—the people.
“CENTRIA has an excellent group of professionals who are
trained to support you during various phases of the project,”
said Richard Mackey, Installer, Kenco Construction, Inc. “They
guide you from the design process, through the manufacturing
and shipping phases and are on hand during installation,
providing the support that leads to a successful installation.”
In addition to the performance and sustainability goals
CENTRIA products met during this project, they also
provided Chemeketa Community College with long-term
value that will reduce costs over the life of the building.
“There really is no finer product to use to skin a building,”
said Mackey. “If every building were clad in metal, the
whole industry that feeds off removing and replacing
exterior skins would need to find something else to do.”
MetalWrap Series 100 and Series 200
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