b'Industry NewsCase Studyby RSS SolutionsProject: Washington University School of Medicine Clinical Sciences Research Building Location: St. Louis, Missouri Roofing Contractor: RSS Roofing Services & Solutions Duration: One month Man Hours: 1,643W ashington University School of Medicine in St.an issue involving water that would pool on the roof in Louis, Mo., is consistently ranked among the topvarious areas. To fix this issue, workers installed a new roof 10 medical schools in the country. The schools facultydrain to improve drainage. physicians see patients at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St.There was one stumbling block that the workers noticed Louis Childrens Hospital.when first assessing how the job on the North Tower The Medical Campus was founded in 1891 and hasAddition would be completed.Getting the materials to since expanded its facilities to cover nearly 17 city blocksthe roof would prove to be a challenge because access to (approximately 164 acres). The Medical Campus is homethe 12th floor cooling tower was limited. The way that to several buildings that house laboratories for researchthe RSS workers addressed the issue was by bringing all including the Clinical Sciences Research Building, whichmaterial in carts through the loading dock, up an elevator was constructed in the mid-1980s. In the late 1990s,and through a penthouse door. the school had outgrown the original research buildingDealing with the waste materials is always an issue when and needed to expand.The faculty and staff decidedhandling a roofing job of any size. Workers made sure that to expand the facilities and build the North Towerall waste materials were transported out of the building Addition. The addition currently includes laboratory spacein large wheeled bins, similar to the way that they had where scientists in anesthesiology, immunobiology andoriginally taken the materials to the roof to begin with. cardiovascular research, among other areas, carry out theirThe project, which carries a 20-year warranty, was work.designed by HKW Architects. The roof and sheet metal By the summer of 2015, the cooling tower roof on theman hours totaled 1,643 and included working Monday North Tower Addition was in need of repairs. In order tothrough Saturday. But due to the dedication of the five ensure the facultys continued operation in the laboratoriesman team, RSS was able to complete the project on budget and research facilities, the roof needed to be fixed. RSSand in one month.Roofing Services & Solutions was hired to complete theAbout RSS Roofing reroofing process.During the renovation, RSS removedServices and approximately 4,000 sq. ft. of concrete pavers, roofSolutionsmembrane and saturated tapered insulation to expose the structures concrete deck. As many of these roof itemsRSS Roofing would be reused, RSS was responsible for field-verifyingServices and Solutions is a nationally-recognized, design-reusable components and properly disposing of damagedbid-build roofing contractor covering projects of all sizes for components.the commercial, industrial and institutional markets. With After removing the existing roofing materials, RSSmultiple locations, including St. Louis, Mo.; Columbia, Mo.; installed new tapered insulation, 80 mil Versico PVC whiteEvansville, Ind.; Nashville, Tenn.; Central Florida; and a membrane and reinstalled the concrete pavers. After theSpecial Projects division, RSS is capable of providing roofing RSS workers reinstalled the concrete pavers, there was stillservices to a large portion of the country.www.mrca.orgMidwest Roofer 33'