Adventist Healthcare, White Oak Medical Center

SGH consulted on the design of the building enclosure, including below-grade/plaza waterproofing, facade, and roofing systems. Highlights of our work include the following:

• Helping establish design criteria and select enclosure systems to meet requirements for high-performance and long-term durability
• Reviewing the building enclosure design for airtightness, watertightness, thermal performance, condensation resistance, and constructability
• Consulting on the facade design, including a combination of masonry, metal panel, phenolic resin panel cladding, glass rainscreens, and helping develop details to integrate them with adjacent window and curtain wall assemblies
• Performing hygrothermal analyses to inform recommendations for the arrangement and specification of insulation and vapor retarders within the exterior walls
• Consulting on wind uplift design requirements for low-slope roofing assemblies
• Observing construction and performance testing of an on-site facade mockup
• Providing construction phase services, including reviewing contractor submittals, responding to requests for information, observing ongoing construction, and helping the project team address challenging and unforeseen field conditions