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April 5, 2019

Light-Gauge Steel Framing Oregon

Photo by Sam Bennett
Windward includes 80 miles of interior steel studs.

The Windward
Lake Oswego (Block 137)

Location: Lake Oswego

Contractor: Western Partitions

Architect: Ankrom Moisan Architects

Team: Hilti, Knez Building Co., Simpson Strong Tie, Spears Construction Supply, Steeler

The Windward (Block 137) project is a mixed-use facility consisting of three different buildings. The ground floor houses primarily commercial space over two floors of underground parking with three to four floors of apartments taking up the lion’s share of the buildings.

Western Partition’s estimating team described this project as a 440,000-square-foot custom home. Unlike most multi-story apartment or condominium buildings, most units were not duplicated.

The location in downtown Lake Oswego created serious access issues, requiring just-in-time deliveries with the exception of the custom windows.

Custom windows were one of the bigger challenges of the project. More than 293 different window sizes combined with three different rough-opening size changes from the design team during construction for a total of nearly 800 changes. Since the windows were stored on the floors, crews constantly had to work around them during framing.

Framing was installed in a variety of ways. The top floors of all three buildings (both walls and roof) were prefabricated in an offsite facility and delivered to the site. The rest was stick-built in place, encountering numerous dimension problems. The roof framing had 17 different pitches ranging from 20/12 to 4/12. Once the load-bearing wall panels were in place, flat-roof panels sheathed in plywood were flown in to brace the structure.

The Western Partitions team installed more than 80 miles of interior steel studs and track and nearly 13 miles of exterior steel studs and track, using more than 37,500 labor hours over a 13-month period. Western Partitions said this project was a testament to the skills, talents and efforts of the skilled craftsmen, who were members of four major unions.

Juror's comment: “This project was like creating a 444,000 square-foot custom home that showcases the versatility of materials to achieve a totally unique design.”


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