Skylight Survey and Consultation
Clackamas Town Center is a shopping mall on unincorporated land in the Clackamas area of Clackamas County, Oregon. It opened in 1981. It is managed and co-owned by General Growth Properties and is currently anchored by J.C. Penney, Macy’s (including a separate home store), Nordstrom, and Sears. It also includes a 20-screen Century movie theater.
Skylights of concern are the Acrylic Barrel Vault Skylights
(A. B. C.) Acrylic Barrel Vault Skylights 6′ wide, various lengths. (D.) Custom shaped with angled curb ends, various sizes. (E.) Parallelogram shape, (angled skylight ends) 6’ x 33’ nominal.
- (33 ea.) 6’ x 24’ nominal
- (1 ea.) 6’ x 20’ nominal
- (2 ea.) 6’ x 16’ nominal
- (3 ea.) custom shaped with angled curb ends, various sizes, 6’ width and approximate 70 linear feet.
- (6 ea.) parallelogram shape, (angled skylight ends) 6’ x 33’ nominal
What We Found:
- The skylight survey revealed cracked and crazed acrylic, single glazed.
- Gaskets degrading.
- Minimal structural support.
- Operations manager has been repairing or replacing a portion of the lens’s every year.
Recommendations
These skylights are old and beyond their life expectancy. And they show it. The acrylic is brittle and the skylights are actually a fall hazard for anyone on the roof. Replacement is due and recommended.
The skylights should be replaced with a product that has a better quality of light transmittance, more energy efficiency and made of a material, such as polycarbonate or high strength acrylic, that provides security and safety to both the employees working on the roof and the public below.
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These same skylights seem to be here in 2018. Eep.