The Rapid Laker Line Operations Center

Grand Rapids, MI

The Rapid Laker Line Operations Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan, uses 6,000 GreenGirt CMH Clips™ over metal studs, behind MCM panel cladding, with mineral wool insulation. It is a bus rapid transit operations center, designed by Progressive AE.

A bus rapid transit operations center is a large, working building that still has to be heated efficiently through a Grand Rapids winter. Its wall hangs MCM panels on GreenGirt CMH Clips, discrete thermally broken attachment points that hold the cladding without running continuous metal through the insulation, so the wall keeps a high effective R behind the panels. For a utilitarian transit facility, that gives a durable metal-panel exterior with minimal thermal bridging at the attachments.

Category Transportation
Size6,000 Clips
System TypeGreenGirt CMH Clips™
Girt Size / Orientation / OC4" | V | 16" OC
Insulation TypeMineral wool
CladdingMCM panels
SubstrateMetal studs
ArchitectProgressive AE