Wausau Window and Wall Systems provided the window system for the award-winning University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine's Biomedical Sciences Tower III
April 24, 2007 (Press Release) --
Wausau Window and Wall Systems provided the window system for the award-winning University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine's Biomedical Sciences Tower III. Boston-based Payette Associates, Inc. designed the facility, known as BST 3, with JSA Architecture Planning Engineering Interior Design of Pittsburgh.
Most recently, the biomedical sciences tower earned a 2006 Honor Award for Design Excellence from the American Institute of Architects, Pittsburgh. Additionally, BST 3 received a 2006 Building Excellence Award from the Master Builder's Association and was Awarded Project of the Year by the Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania.
Construction of this 344,000-square-foot building was a joint venture between Mascaro Construction Company, L.P., of Pittsburgh and Hunt Construction, Princeton, N.J. Wausau worked closely with the construction team to provide three curtainwall systems installed by long-time customer, D-M Products, Inc. of Bethel Park, Pa.
Meeting schedule, performance and aesthetic needs of the building, Wausau fabricated 60,000-square-feet of window and curtainwall systems finished by Linetec with a durable 70% Kynar® coating. Approximately 23,000-square-feet of Wausau's RX 4750 Series was used for areas where a continuous ribbon of windows was desired. Four thousand square feet of its HP Wall and slope wall systems were installed for enhanced sound and thermal performance. For the remaining 33,000-square-feet, D-M Products chose Wausau's 7250 Series U-Wall unitized curtainwall.
Wausau shipped the unitized system and other products already assembled, glazed in panelized frames (units) helping reduce labor and time at the job site, while ensuring the quality standards possible with a factory's controlled climate. "BST3's location was in a very confined, urban setting. Our pre-assembled products allowed D-M to install the units with minimal work needing to be done on-site," explains Merle Glaser, regional sales and marketing manager. "The job was fairly complex with unique transitions between window and wall systems. It even included a glass ceiling in the lobby."
The glass features incorporated into BST 3's unique façade impressed the jurors of the AIA Pittsburgh Design Awards who commented that it is an "unusually handsome urban building…there is good layering and bridging of interior and exterior spaces. The open public glass corners would seem to be a wonderful surprise for visitors and an appropriate use for such an important area within a complex building."
BST 3 is the companion building to two other connected laboratories on the campus, BST and BST South. The newest tower in this trio answers the university's need for modern, up-to-date research laboratories for such fields as molecular genetics, cellular biology and biochemistry. To maximize square footage, BST 3 is organized into two bars of laboratory facilities, shared by a central corridor.
Most recently, the biomedical sciences tower earned a 2006 Honor Award for Design Excellence from the American Institute of Architects, Pittsburgh. Additionally, BST 3 received a 2006 Building Excellence Award from the Master Builder's Association and was Awarded Project of the Year by the Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania.
Construction of this 344,000-square-foot building was a joint venture between Mascaro Construction Company, L.P., of Pittsburgh and Hunt Construction, Princeton, N.J. Wausau worked closely with the construction team to provide three curtainwall systems installed by long-time customer, D-M Products, Inc. of Bethel Park, Pa.
Meeting schedule, performance and aesthetic needs of the building, Wausau fabricated 60,000-square-feet of window and curtainwall systems finished by Linetec with a durable 70% Kynar® coating. Approximately 23,000-square-feet of Wausau's RX 4750 Series was used for areas where a continuous ribbon of windows was desired. Four thousand square feet of its HP Wall and slope wall systems were installed for enhanced sound and thermal performance. For the remaining 33,000-square-feet, D-M Products chose Wausau's 7250 Series U-Wall unitized curtainwall.
Wausau shipped the unitized system and other products already assembled, glazed in panelized frames (units) helping reduce labor and time at the job site, while ensuring the quality standards possible with a factory's controlled climate. "BST3's location was in a very confined, urban setting. Our pre-assembled products allowed D-M to install the units with minimal work needing to be done on-site," explains Merle Glaser, regional sales and marketing manager. "The job was fairly complex with unique transitions between window and wall systems. It even included a glass ceiling in the lobby."
The glass features incorporated into BST 3's unique façade impressed the jurors of the AIA Pittsburgh Design Awards who commented that it is an "unusually handsome urban building…there is good layering and bridging of interior and exterior spaces. The open public glass corners would seem to be a wonderful surprise for visitors and an appropriate use for such an important area within a complex building."
BST 3 is the companion building to two other connected laboratories on the campus, BST and BST South. The newest tower in this trio answers the university's need for modern, up-to-date research laboratories for such fields as molecular genetics, cellular biology and biochemistry. To maximize square footage, BST 3 is organized into two bars of laboratory facilities, shared by a central corridor.
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