Oregon State University - Kelley Engineering Center

C4237 Oregon State University
Kelley Engineering Center

Location: Corvallis, Oregon
Website: engr.oregonstate.edu
Architect: Yost Grube Hall Architecture
Customer: Western Partitions (Tel#: 503-620-1600)
Representative: Design Rep (Tel#: 503-228-7028)

Project size: 15,600 square feet
Products: Planx, Wood Ceiling/Soffit/Troughs
Grid: Formed steel
Panel: Wood veneer laminated over straw fiberboard
Sizes

Planx: 2" wide panel plus 1/2" reveal at various lengths

Wood Ceiling/Soffit/Troughs: Various widths and lengths
Finish: Eastern hard maple quarter cut with tinted sealer and clear coat

Featuring sustainable "green" design elements, the new building includes wireless classrooms, flexible learning laboratories, office clusters, and common areas that encourage communication including, "plug-and-learn" alcoves built into spaces often underutilized in traditional building designs and a centrally located E-café where faculty, staff, students, and industry partners can gather to share ideas. Built to LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) “Gold” specifications for sustainability, the Kelley Engineering Center’s many “green” building elements will be used to educate students and others about sustainability and renewable energy issues, before, during, and long after construction.

Ceilings Plus panels minimize contribution to indoor air contamination because they are fabricated off-site to reduce on-site cutting and finishing, they do not contain frangible materials that release fibers or dust, and have smooth, dense surfaces that are easy to clean.

Prefabricated panels from Ceilings Plus are factory-cut to size, significantly reducing field cutting and scrap that would have to be diverted into the construction waste stream. In addition, panels are wrapped to minimize packaging while still protecting the panels during transport and handling.

Each panel is held in place by torsion springs and the panel can easily be removed for access to the plenum.

Arboreal wood panels contain no added urea-formaldehyde resins.

Straw Fiber Board (CLASS III)
Flame Spread: 76-200
Smoke developed: Less than 450

Completed Project Photos Photographer: Al Kiechle