Force 10 Engineered Building System

Schools - Saipan

The Saipan Government needed several school buildings built very quickly to satisfy their growing population of children. The region also suffers from devastating Typhoons, that have caused severe damage to many building over the past fifty years, as well as extreme high temperatures that necessitate the use of air conditioning for classrooms. An independent thermal engineer demonstrated that by utilizing the Force 10 system's insulated wall panels and roof, the school board would save 30-40% in cooling costs when compared to conventional masonry construction. The Force 10 Special Projects Division was awarded the contract to build over 60 classrooms and completed all of the buildings in less than 20 weeks. These classrooms can be safely utilized for typhoon shelters when the devastating storms threaten to destroy the homes of the local population.

		The two story Marianas High School utilizes the Force 10 floor system for the upper floor covered deck.. All of the steel columns and beams used to support the covered deck and reduced pitch roof were supplied pre-cut to length and pre-drilled for easy installation with machine bolts. Pre-cut hardwood railings, hardwood exterior decking and stairs were included in the exterior component package to help reduce the construction schedule.
		Steel portal beams and columns are used to provide a large open space in this High School classroom.
		The Hopwood Jr. High School was constructed supplied with sliding glass windows and screens, our standard pre-painted 26 ga."Zincalume" roofing and special order classroom doors.
		The W.S.R. Primary School features a gable roof extension used to create an attractive covered entry area with security lighting above the special order classroom doors. Force 10 also supplied all the gutters, downspouts and Hardie's fiber-cement soffits.
		All of the electrical wiring has been hidden in the trusss space above the gypsum ceiling and in the 2 inch diameter electrical chase tubing that runs vertically in all Force 10 wall panels.

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