Project: TVF&R Fire Station 59
Location: Willamette Falls/West Linn, Oregon
General Contractor: CSI Construction.
Square footage: approx. 7,013 sq. ft.
Status: Completion Fall 2009
The fire station is a 2-story all wood construction. The only exception is where wood beams were unable to adequately span with the required load and clearance requirements. Steel wide flange beams were used in these cases with wood nailers fastened to the top flange with carriage bolts. Open web wood joist were used to span over the apparatus bay and repeated in the roof at the same location to minimize additional loads to the second floor joist. The remainder of the floor and roof framing was accomplished by using plywood web joist.
The foot print of the second floor was smaller than the first floor, creating an offset above. A steel angle was bolted to the studs to carry the brick on the upper wall. Many of the windows around the building had curved lintels. Steel HSS jambs and HSS headers were used to acheive this.
The construction of this building went fairly smooth, with the usual twist and turns. Head clearance at the main stair became an issue and we had to modify the frame that was already in place. The stair at the back needed an additional support, so a rod was added and supported off the glulam beam above.
In addition to Station 58 and 59, our office did Station 34 and Station 53 an several others.
In addition to Station 58 and 59, our office did Station 34 and Station 53 an several others.
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