Puget Power Bremerton Headquarters Building

The building was experiencing widespread leakage at windows as well as extensive cracking in its EIFS cladding.

The EIFS cladding was experiencing serious cracking, especially at sun-exposed locations.

Widespread window leakage was causing extensive interior damage.

To assure proper execution of corrective measures, the PL:BECS project manual included detailed, step-by-step installation drawings.

The PL:BECS evaluation documented and mapped extensive cracking in the building’s EIFS cladding.

Bremerton, Washington
Client: Puget Power
Dates of Service: 1995-96

Project Summary: This Bremerton Headquarters building of Washington State’s largest private utility company had been experiencing extensive leakage since shortly after its construction in 1981.  The leakage affected all above-grade portions of the building, as well as some sub-grade walls.  In addition, the building’s Exterior Insulation and Finish System (EIFS) cladding experienced severe cracking.

Exterior envelope systems include sub-grade shot-crete walls and concrete floor slabs, pre-cast concrete, metal, and stucco wall claddings, reinforced hot-rubber waterproofing, and roofs of low-slope membrane types as well as sloped standing seam metal systems.

PL:BECS Services: PL:BECS provided services in two phases.

The first consisted of an overall evaluation of the building’s exterior systems, including store-front and curtain-wall windows, roof, EIFS cladding, glass-block masonry, and sub-grade concrete walls.  This evaluation revealed problems with all of the building’s exterior enclosure elements.  The PL:BECS report provided detailed corrective recommendations and cost estimates for various options.

In the project’s second phase, PL:BECS prepared detailed construction drawings and specifications outlining the corrective work, as well as identifying appropriate general and specialty contractors.