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Lynnwood Recreation Center
If you have children…or maybe your inner child needs to let loose, the new Lynnwood Recreation Center will be a perfect fit. With an abundance of pools, slides and water amenities the community center will be the hit of the summer for this Washington State suburb. Open almost two months, the new recreation center has one goal- create a healthier environment for it’s community to work and play at. Through a $25.5 million environmental construction/features facelift the City of Lynnwood did just that.
Structural Insulated Panel Roof
The renovated facility comes with it’s own controversy surrounding the high price-tag public building. Even with controversy, two things are certain: 1- It will be FUN (you have to admit that) and 2- It meets environmental needs and will be kinder to the earth and the physical community around it.
The existing Recreation Center was built in 1976, and extensive updates were required to make this an energy-efficient and environmental building. Along with many environmental factors included in the design of this LEED registered community center (certification goal of Silver), Premier Structural Insulated Panels, SIPS, were chosen to frame the large low slope roof portion of the building. The General Contractor was pleased with the large roof installation stating, “This stuff is slick, we have never installed a roof so fast.” Installed in just under 3 days, a SIPS low slope roof adds many benefits to the structure of a building:
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