Masonry Magazine August 2005 Page. 29
MASONRY IS AT THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE BAYLOR SCIENCE BUILDING PROJECT.
All of the exterior walls are concrete masonry unit backup. The exterior sports an impressive blend of modular velour and modular scratch-face Baylor Red brick, with cast stone and custom concrete masonry unit white banding providing contrast.
The project presented a major scaffolding challenge. For the block work, traditional frame scaffold was utilized, working from floor to floor on the inside. The dampproofing crew used suspension scaffolding and a boatswain's chair, while the veneer crew worked from a heavy-duty climbing tower system. Coordination between the systems and the specific crews was an everyday priority, with 504,000 square feet of scaffolding at heights of more than 60 feet.
Crews installed 180,000 grey CMU. The details around the wing section windows made use of three sizes of CMU in a complicated step-in and step-out pattern. This design was necessary to accommodate the cast stone/custom CMU/brick convergence at the exterior. The architect used 31,000 custom CMU; 5,100 square feet of cast stone; and 1,000,000 modular face brick in an accent banding pattern for the envelope.
At one point, the crew size reached 96 onsite employees. Making efficient use of staffing, equipment, material and time, Brazos Masonry was able to complete the $3.7 million contract in an approximate 15-month timeframe.
The following interview with Mackie Bounds, Owner of Brazos Masonry, Inc., describes the logic, strategies and pure willpower that the management and crews used to execute the needs of this elaborate worksite that would later become the Baylor Science Building.
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