A group’s communications

Canam U.S. engineering teams in Point of Rocks, MD, and Chesterfield, MO, joined forces to design 13 triangular trusses for the Marywood University School of Architecture in Scranton, PA. The university’s former Health and Physical Education building is being expanded in order to accommodate the new facility.

The unique trusses, which were put in place this spring, are approximately 9’ deep and 28’ long, and composed of 4” round pipe and 1” plate. NCR Design, one of two customers for this project, also mandated Canam U.S. to size all the members and connections for the specified geometry.

Architect Dave Hemmler and founding dean Gregory K. Hunt preferred the truss design over beams, columns or sloped joists in order to obtain a vast, open environment that will be complemented by multiple skylights. In keeping with its tradition of educating students to live responsibly in an interdependent world, the university is pursuing LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification for the new facility

The customers for this project are Rise Construction, which is located in Lake Ariel, PA, and structural Engineer of Record Nick Ruether, of NCR Design in Dunmore, PA.


An artist’s rendering of the School of Architecture. The triangular trusses are partially visible at the top of the drawing.