Rockland Children’s Psychiatric Center

Project Info

The Rockland Children’s Psychiatric Center was not originally designed to utilize prefabricated exterior wall panels.  The active jobsite and aggressive schedule lead to a design build subcontract that involved a design assist phase including a PMU test at Intertek in York, PA.  The testing was to verify the punch windows could withstand a 300lb person running full speed into the window which was simulated with a cast iron wrecking ball.  Specialty windows and heavier steel studs at the window jambs were the solution to this safety requirement.