By Cayden Wemple.  

GCP Utilized Applied sciences has partnered with the Weitz Building Academy at a Florida highschool to create a possibility for prime schoolers to be taught development expertise. 

For 5 years robust, GCP Utilized Applied sciences has labored with the Weitz Building Academy at Seminole Ridge Excessive Faculty in Loxahatchee, Florida to advance the abilities of scholars who need to earn expertise within the development discipline. In 2019 and 2020, utilizing merchandise GCP donated, the Weitz Building Academy college students had been tasked with constructing two new properties for Habitat for Humanity. These properties had been 1,206 sq. toes with three bedrooms and two baths. 

Challenges 

Transportation, scheduling and making a classroom setting on-site incurred time and bills, however it was additionally essential to make sure pupil security on the construct website. Duties needed to be completed at every job website, leaving uncovered sections susceptible throughout transportation. Along with all of this, Florida’s altering climate, with intensified tropical storms and hurricanes, brought about delays and emphasised the necessity for homes that face up to extreme climate situations. 

To deal with these obstacles, the Weitz Building Academy adopted modular development strategies for the undertaking. College students constructed modular sections of their workshop, then transported them to jobsites for ultimate meeting. By utilizing this technique, the scholars averted climate delays in addition to the hazards of the jobsite itself. To guard their work throughout transportation, they utilized GCP Utilized Applied sciences’ self-adhered climate barrier merchandise. 

Options 

GCP’s VYCOR® enV-S™ climate barrier addressed the transportation problem in modular development. With out siding, the properties needed to endure freeway pace winds throughout transport from the workshop to the Habitat job websites. The totally adhered VYCOR® enV-S™ climate barrier sealed to the substrate, resisting injury and handed the freeway wind take a look at. 

The donation of GCP’s GRACE ICE & WATER SHIELD® self-adhered roofing underlayment additionally performed an important function. Utilized within the workshop, it served as non permanent roof protecting, making certain premium climate barrier safety for the modular homes’ roofing programs. It sealed to itself, the roof deck, and round fasteners, stopping water leakage even in Florida’s wet and windy local weather.