Chamberlin revitalized the CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Pavilion in downtown San Antonio, Texas, and resolved persistent water intrusion issues.
The CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Pavilion in downtown San Antonio, Texas, is a medical office building encompassing 146,402 square feet of office space with about 75 percent of the building encased in tall glass windows. The lower seven floors of the structure house over 600 parking spots. Built in 1986, the high rise was now experiencing water intrusion and was in need of rejuvenation. Chamberlin Roofing & Waterproofing was selected as the prime contractor to restore the skin of the building by cleaning, wet glazing and sealing the envelope plus repairing precast panel joints in the parking garage.
The pavilion was occupied during construction and busy with patients and staff coming and going throughout the weeks. It is also less than 300 feet from busy Interstates 10 and 35. These locale and operational factors presented pedestrian and vehicular safety concerns during the restoration process. During installation of the elastomeric coating, care was taken to protect cars in the parking levels and in surrounding areas from coating that could drip or get caught in the wind. Much of this work was performed at night when there was less traffic.
Before and after: Chamberlin cleaned the building envelope and restored the weathered, delaminated existing coating with a new elastomeric coating
The entire building envelope scope was completed from swing stages with multiple drops. A mansard roof about eight feet high lining the perimeter of the building’s roof posed a rigging challenge for the swing stages. Chamberlin worked with Big City Access to design a rigging system that could extend over the mansard roof. Extended outriggers were the solution, and over two dozen drops were completed safely. In fact, the project concluded with zero safety incidents.
The owner appreciated the expedience and the aesthetic outcome of the renovation. The elastomeric coating turned the mansard roof from red to gray and the facade from beige to a bright white. The coating refreshed the envelope’s appearance and the color scheme modernized the building’s look.