Meeting the Construction Schedule for Northern Nevada Sierra Medical Center
Construction schedules are the cornerstone of communication between the architect, owner, general contractor, sub-contractors, and suppliers to carefully orchestrate timely and safe construction of any new project. All projects experience setbacks due to a myriad of circumstances, Covid-19 for instance, or the more typical weather-related delays. Shrink wrap provides the flexibility to deal with any delay or obstacle.
The Northern Nevada Sierra Medical Center is a new full-service 350,000-square-foot hospital currently in construction in Reno, Nevada. The project required nine separate concrete pours of approximately 15,000 square feet each during the oncoming Sierra Nevada winter season with average nighttime lows below 32 degrees.
The Shrink Wrap Company provided weather-tight containments at the building exterior by attaching to the safety cables on each floor and providing a demising wall to provide three containments per floor. Over a nine-week period beginning November 3, including Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, The Shrink Wrap Company installed nine separate containments on three floors.
The result? SR Construction had no lost pour dates, all occurred as scheduled. In addition, upon completion of each pour, the shrink wrap containment provided the ability to heat the area necessary to apply the moncoate fireproofing for the structural steel beams.
How did we do it with no windows or storefronts? The Shrink Wrap Company provided shrink wrap windows by installing a fur strip around the perimeter windows opening a shrink-wrapping film in place and providing a weathertight waterproof opening, while still allowing over 90% opacity. This allowed SR Construction to continue with MEP, insulation, and sheetrock to continue meeting the schedule.
Building openings such as a stairwell or elevator doghouse, when AHU units aren’t set, isn’t a problem either. Using shrink wrap and tensioned polywoven cord, The Shrink Wrap Company can encapsulate any opening, any shape, or size and give you a watertight shrink wrap cover, easily removed and recycled.
Have a construction project that you need help with staying on schedule? Get a quote today! Shrink wrap might be your solution.