Project Name & Location
City of Winston-Salem, NC
Lawrence Joel Veterans
Memorial Coliseum Roof
Replacement
2825 University Parkway
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Nature of Firm’s Responsibility
Roof Replacement Design
Services, Construction
Administration Assistance and Full-
Time Quality Control Inspection
Completion Date
March 2008
Estimated Cost (In Thousands)
Entire Project:$611,500 +/-
Work for Which Firm Was/Is Responsible: $611,500 +/-
In 2008, RCS completed the design for a roof replacement at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, home of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. The actual roof replacement and construction administration were completed by the end of 2008. The project involved approximately 125,154 square feet of roof replacement across the entire coliseum. The existing roof system prior to replacement utilized a roof insulation material known as phenolic foam, which had a manufacturer’s defect that caused premature rusting of the structural metal deck. As a result, the roof replacement project included comprehensive metal deck remediation, which involved cleaning and painting, overlaying the existing deck, or complete deck replacement where necessary. The newly selected roof system for this project was a white, 60-mil PVC single-ply membrane installed over a double layer of high-thermal roof insulation, mechanically fastened to the metal decking. The project was successfully completed under budget and ahead of schedule.
