Project Profile: Metl-Span’s Color Palette Offers School District Unlimited Flexibility

LEWISVILLE, Texas — The Hillsboro (Ore.) School District made plans to construct stand-alone gymnasiums at elementary schools that were sharing gym and cafeteria space. W.L. Henry Elementary School and McKinney Elementary School were among the first of eight gymnasiums to be constructed, as a Metallic Buildings structure, completed with Metl-Span insulated metal panels (IMPs) for the roofing and walls.

“We wanted to design an exterior cladding system that was cost-effective, attractive, met energy requirements, was fast to construct, and most critically, would be compatible with a pre-engineered metal building structural system,” said Alyssa Leeviraphan, AIA, LEED AP, of Mahlum Architects of Portland. “This meant the panels would need to serve as the exterior cladding, the building envelope and the interior finish.