POINT AT POIPU, Koloa, Kauai, Hawaii
RETROFIT TEAM
EIFS INSTALLER: Creative Partition Systems, Lihue, Kauai
EIFS DISTRIBUTOR: Honsador Lumber, Lihue
MATERIALS
Managers at the Point at Poipu, a 220-unit, 10-building compound, overlooking the secluded sands of Shipwreck Beach, set out to tackle water-intrusion problems.
“The existing buildings were a direct-applied skin and, in the coastline environment, it was very apparent it wasn’t holding up very well,” explains Preston Lingaton, project manager for Creative Partition Systems. “The decision was made to tear off the existing cladding and install the Outsulation Plus MD system. We saw a range of water-intrusion problems as we started opening up the existing buildings, which made us realize the decision to pull off the existing cladding was the right move.”
Given the 500,000 square feet of Outsulation Plus MD needed for the project, the decision was made to renovate two buildings per year during a five-year period. This approach not only made the workload more manageable for the construction team, it also allowed the resort to remain open during the entire project. Residents and guests were shifted to other buildings as their buildings underwent renovation.
“We wanted a product that was going to, number one, insulate to save on energy bills and give a return to our ownership and, number two, protect from the elements, which is what the original siding did not do,” says Mario Moreno, senior chief of Facilities for Diamond Resorts, the brand overseeing the property.
“Any time you can save energy and save costs, of course it goes to the bottom line and that’s what makes an owner really happy,” adds Jaime Shigeta, general manager at the Point at Poipu. “The biggest change we have seen is in the exterior of the buildings and how great the buildings look. That is usually one of the first things the owner sees when they return … . The buildings just look really exquisite.”
EIFS MANUFACTURER: Dryvit
PHOTOS: Dryvit