Hello Rg76,
Below you will find all the information that I uncovered
regarding the development of the " Caesars Palace? Las Vegas.
?Opened in 1966 at a cost of $25 million, Caesars captured national
attention as an opulent Roman-Grecian fantasy land. Nearly 40 years
later, the 85-acre complex now features more than 2,400 guest rooms in
four towers, more than 100 retailers, four heated outdoor pools, a
23,000 square foot spa, nearly 20 restaurants and cafes, world class
entertainment, almost 150,000 square feet of casino space, and 160,000
square feet of meeting space.?
LSBA
http://www.lsba.org/annualmeeting2005/caesars_palace_and_local_attra.asp
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?Caesars Palace is located on approximately 80 acres at the northwest
corner of Flamingo Road and Las Vegas Boulevard on the Las Vegas
Strip. Caesars Palace features 2,408 guest rooms and suites,
approximately 166,000 square feet of gaming space and ten restaurants.
In addition, the property also offers a 4.5 acre swimming pool
complex, a 23,000 square foot spa/fitness facility, a wedding chapel,
110,000 square feet of meeting and convention space, and a 49,000
square foot event/exhibit pavilion. The 4,100-seat Colosseum at
Caesars Palace opened in March.?
Hoover?s
http://www.hoovers.com/free/co/secdoc.xhtml?ipage=2664670&doc=0&attach=on
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Caesars Palace
Opened: Aug. 5, 1966
Cost: $25 million at time of opening (renovation and construction
projects in excess of $1 billion since original opening to 1998)
Rooms: 2,423
Casino: 129,750 square feet
Meeting space: 160,000 square feet
Showroom: 4,000-seat Colosseum
Location: On the northwest corner of Flamingo Road and the Las Vegas Strip
?Caesars Palace was the first themed hotel and casino in Las Vegas.
Located at the heart of the Las Vegas Strip, Caesars was constructed
in 1966.?
?A 4.5-acre Garden of the Gods outdoor area with three swimming pools
was completed in 1998.?
?In April 2003, the property embarked on its most ambitious project to
date - the Colosseum, a $95 million contemporary replica of its
ancient namesake in Rome.?
?The Forum Shops at Caesars Palace recently completed its $139 million
expansion in time for the 2004 holiday season. The venue, which
attracted nearly 18 million visitors in 2002, added 175,000 square
feet to its existing 500,000 square feet. This expansion marks the
third addition for the 12-year-old shopping venue.?
Las Vegas Convention And Visitors Authority
http://www.lasvegas24hours.com/press/lv_press_kit.jsp?pressId=154
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Total Casino Square Feet: 129,000+
The Garden of the Gods, a 4.5-acre pool complex and a world-class
23,000-square-foot fitness center and spa.
http://www.a2zlasvegas.com/hotels/strip/caesars.html
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Number of rooms: 2,399.
Casino: 45,000 square feet
Major ballrooms include:
Colosseum Ballroom, 35,000 square feet;
Caesars Ballroom, 24,000 square feet;
Palace Tower, 110,000 square feet.
http://www.vegas.com/resorts/caesars/
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In 1966 the Caesars Palace:
- 14 stories
- 34 acres
- 700 rooms
- cost of $25 millions
General Contractor: Taylor International Corp
Architect: Melvin Grossman
?Jay Sarno opened the 14-story, $25 million Caesars Palace on 34 acres
along Las Vegas Boulevard. The 700-room resort was financed using a
$10.6 million loan from Teamsters Central States Pension Fund.?
Sarno had hired Miami architect Melvin Grossman to design Caesars,
using a 135-ft. setback from the Strip, allowing for a frontage
parking lot with a long axis of fountains marking an entry drive.
Taylor International Corp., of Las Vegas, who also built the Riviera
and Tropicana, was the general contractor. Caesars had a vast, low
casino set under an oval-shaped windowless dome.
Nevada History
http://southwest.construction.com/news/nvhistory/archive/0305.asp
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Caesars Palace 1962-1967
- 34 acre complex featuring a crescent shaped 14 story tower
- 680 rooms
- 800 seat circus Maximus Theatre
Concept and design man: Jay Sarno
Construction Companies:
R.C. Johnson Construction Company
Morey Mason Company
Taylor International Corportation
Architect: Melvin Grossman
Design: Jo Harris
Signage:
Young Electric Sign Company
AdArt
25,000 square feet of meeting and exhibition space
Charlie Monahan: Convention Sales director
See photographs and additional information here:
http://www.lvstriphistory.com/ie/cae1962.htm
1968- 1969
The entire complex covered 34 acres with 16 acres of landscaping and
parking facilities for 1300 cars.
Bacchanal Room Fine Cutlery Designer: Harry Draisner:
June 15, 1969: broke ground for first high rise
http://www.lvstriphistory.com/ie/cae1968.htm
August 6, 1970
Centurion Tower
14 stories
222 rooms
Location: North side of the property
November 1979
FANTASY Tower
22 stories
600 rooms
40,000 square feet of new public areas
Cost: $25 million
Totall 2000 rooms
1980
Omnimax Theatre
October 1981
Racetrack created for Grand-Prix races
Atari Adventure Center
2000 square feet
http://www.lvstriphistory.com/ie/cae1970.htm
1992
Forum Shops opened
July 1995
Caesars was bought by Sheraton ITT Corportation
June 18th 1966
Caesars Magical Empire
66,000 square feet
Designed by Landmark Entertainment Group
General Contractor: Tishman Construction
Architect: Paul Steelman
Consultant: Milt Larson
November 7, 1997
Palace Tower
Cost: 495 million
1134 rooms
1997 Starwood Hotel and Resorts acquired control of ITT, therefore Caesars.
December 1999 Park Place took 100% control
April 10, 2001 Coliseum construction announced
Cost: 65 million
22,000 square foot stage
Located near the entrance of the Forum Shops
In addition a 35 story 800 room hotel tower that would make a total of 3250 rooms
http://www.lvstriphistory.com/ie/cae1989.htm
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Little of the original (1966) Caesars Palace survives, but the Roman
theme has been continued in subsequent additions and renovations
Pool area at Caesars Palace designed by Lifescapes International
http://www.ateonline.co.uk/?showid=14&pageid=1578
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Architects
?Caesars Palace has had a new architect for every new owner, it seems.
In 1966, Jay Sarno hired Melvin Grossman to deliver a convex tower and
a mix of statuary ranging from late Greek to Renaissance, ostensibly
to approximate ancient Rome; in the 1990s, ITT International entrusted
Marnell Corrao Associates with the Forum Shops, a cinematic
approximation of the empire complete with indoor sunrises and sunsets,
and had David Rockwell design a new tower to dwarf Grossman's original
structures.
Current owners Park Place Entertainment haven't exactly scored any
brownie points with me lately--I think stripping the metal latticework
and cool blue lighting from the façade was a mistake. Scott Walls of
Bergman, Walls & Youngblood is handling the update.
(. . .)
?Grossman practically built it into the foundations?
Las Vegas Weekly
http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/2002/04_11/art_tfb.html
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Cabana Palace and Desert Palace were names for the resort project
during its initial planning phase.
Developer: Jay C. Sarno
Interior designer: Yates-Silverman, Inc.
Landscape architect: Lifescapes International, Inc.
Electrical engineering: JBA Consulting Engineers
Electrical engineering: Dynalectric Las Vegas
Facade consultant: KHS&S Contractors
Electrical connections: Young Electric Sign Company
Palace Tower
Height 133 m
Floors 29
1998
Forum Tower
Height 71 m
Floors 22
1979
Roman Tower
Height 52 m
Floors 16
1974
Centurion Tower
Height 45 m
Floors 14
1966
Augustus Tower
Height 111 m
Floors 26
2005
Links to each of these companies can be found here:
http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/cx/?id=101687
Palace Tower
Developer: Jay C. Sarno
Developer: Marnell Corrao Associates
Architect: Bergman, Walls & Associates, Ltd.
Architect: Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo
Construction Company: Perini Corporation
Construction Company: Accuracy Glass & Mirror, Inc.
MEP engineering: Raymond Group
Interior designer: Yates-Silverman, Inc.
Landscape architect: Lifescapes International, Inc.
electrical engineering: JBA Consulting Engineers
electrical engineering: Dynalectric Las Vegas
acoustics consultant : Pelton Marsh Kinsella
facade consultant : KHS&S Contractors
fire protection : Statewide Fire Protection
electrical connections: Young Electric Sign Company
facade supplier : Dayton Masonry
facade supplier: Stromberg Architectural Products
facade supplier : Oldcastle Glass
Links to each of these companies can be found here:
http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=122215
Forum Tower
Developer: Jay C. Sarno
Construction company: Marnell Corrao Associates
Mechanical engineering:JBA Consulting Engineers
Interior designer: Yates-Silverman, Inc.
Landscape architect: Lifescapes International, Inc.
Electrical engineering: JBA Consulting Engineers
Electrical engineering : Dynalectric Las Vegas
Facade consultant: KHS&S Contractors
Electrical connections: Young Electric Sign Company
Window supplier: Super Sky Products, Inc.
Links to each of these companies can be found here:
http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=122214
Roman Tower
Developer: Jay C. Sarno
Interior designer: Yates-Silverman, Inc.
Landscape architect: Lifescapes International, Inc.
Electrical engineering: JBA Consulting Engineers
Electrical engineering: Dynalectric Las Vegas
Facade consultant: KHS&S Contractors
Electrical connections: Young Electric Sign Company
Links to each of these companies can be found here:
http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=199141
Centurion Tower
"Opening on August 5, 1966, the original tower in the Caesars Palace
resort, designed by Melvin Grossman, was adjoined to the Centurion
Tower during its construction in 1970."
Developer: Jay C. Sarno
Architect: Melvin Grossman
General contractor: Taylor International Corp.
Construction Company: R. C. Johnson Construction Company
Construction Company: Morey Mason Company
Interior designer: Yates-Silverman, Inc.
Landscape architect: Lifescapes International, Inc.
Electrical engineering: JBA Consulting Engineers
Electrical engineering: Dynalectric Las Vegas
Facade consultant: KHS&S Contractors
Electrical connections: Young Electric Sign Company
Links to each of these companies can be found here:
http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=199140
Augustus Tower
"This tower is proposed in place of an 864-room tower which was put on
hold following the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade
Center.
The Circus Maximus dinner theater was demolished to make way for the addition."
Developer: Jay C. Sarno
Construction Company: Perini Corporation
Interior designer: Yates-Silverman, Inc.
Landscape architect: Lifescapes International, Inc. Electrical
engineering: JBA Consulting Engineers
Electrical engineering: Dynalectric Las Vegas
Facade consultant: KHS&S Contractors
Electrical connections: Young Electric Sign Company
Steel supplier: Hirschfeld Steel Company, Inc.
Links to each of these companies can be found here:
Source: Emporis
http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=194635
Augustus Tower: Construction Status
Here are some images that were taken during the construction phase:
http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/cs/?id=194635
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Caesars Palace
3570 Las Vegas Blvd. S
Opened 1966*
Architect/Consultant Melvin Grossman
Cost$25 M
Rooms:
680 Orig
2400 Now
3370 Est. 2005
# Floors: 14
1980-1990 Additions
Architect/Consultant: Marnell Carrao
1992 Forum Shops Opened
Architect/Consultant:
Dougall Design Associates (Interior Designer)
Marnell Carrao Associates (Design/Build)
Cost: $90 M
2003 Forum Shops Expansion Est. Completion Oct. 2004
Donnell Design & Associate (Interior Designer), KGA Architect
(Architect) and Perini Building (General Contractor)
Cost: $139 M
2004 Forum Shops Expansion's Grand Opening
Donnell Design & Associates (Interior Designer),
KGA Architects (Executive Architect)
Perini Building (General Contractor)
Cost: $139 M
UNLV Libraries
http://www.library.unlv.edu/arch/casinosbyname.html#c
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Original Designer: Jo Harris
?Jo Harris, 70 was the original designer for Caesars Palace and Circus Circus?
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/1997/Dec-30-Tue-1997/business/6662863.html
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Architect Paul C. Steelman president of Paul Steelman Cos
?His firm, founded in 1987, did renovations, additions or expansions
on Treasure Island, Showboat, Golden Nugget, Caesars Palace and
Harrah's, among others.
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/1998/Jul-07-Tue-1998/business/7741244.html
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Palace Tower - 1997 Addition
Palace Tower and Second Wing Forum Shops (250,000 sf)
Bergman, Walls & Youngblood, Ltd. (Production)
Wimberly, Allison, Tong, & Goo (Design Architects),
Wilson & Associates (Interior design),
James Adams Design (Theming design),
Lifescapes International Inc. (Landscape designer)
Perini Building (General Contractor)
Cost: $ 600 M
UNLV Libraries
http://www.library.unlv.edu/arch/casinosbyname.html#c
-Developers - Jay C. Sarno and Marnell Corrao Asssociates.
-Architect - Wimberlly Allison Tong & Goo
-Architect - Bergman, Walls & Associates, Ltd
Height: Roof 133.0 m
Floor Count: 29
Units/rooms: 2399
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=2473
David L. Vail
Safety engineer
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/1998/Jan-06-Tue-1998/business/6713141.html
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2000 Renovations
Bergman, Wall & Youngblood (Architect)
Wilson & Associates (Interior Designer)
Cost: $60 M
UNLV Libraries
http://www.library.unlv.edu/arch/casinosbyname.html#c
?Caesars Palace spends $20 million to update the facade on its older
towers, part of a $60 million renovation project for the 34-year-old
hotel-casino. Scott Walls, principal architect for the project, said
the new facade would be a "monumental change" for Caesars, and one
that was overdue. "
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2000/Aug-30-Wed-2000/business/14274315.html
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2003 Coliseum Theater Opened
?The 4,000-seat Colosseum theater, attached to Caesars Palace casino,
is 120 feet high and 256 feet in diameter. It will feature a
22,450-square-foot stage that is 120 feet across.?
Perini Building Co. (General Contractor)
Cost: $ 95 M
Caesars project executive: Mike Nunn
Sceno Plus (Architect)
?Montreal-based Sceno Plus to develop an architectural concept and
theater design loosely inspired by Roman aesthetics with a
contemporary look, Sceno Plus President Patrick Berge said.?
Assisting architect: GSB
The assisting architect for the project was Oklahoma City-based GSB.
Other subcontractors included:
Hansen Mechanical Contractors,
Bombard Electric Co.,
KHD&S Inc. for the drywall and framing
SME Contractors for the steel.
Las Vegas Review Journal
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2002/Oct-21-Mon-2002/business/19864029.html
Colosseum Showroom Facts:
- Seats 4,100 people; the farthest seat from the stage is 120 ft.
- 22,000 sq. ft. semi-circular stage -- roughly the length of a
40-yard field goal in football
- Exterior diameter is 256 ft.
- Exterior height is 140 ft. -- seven stories
- 120 ft. wide x 45 ft. high proscenium arch -- one of the world's
largest stage openings
- Truss roof -- free of support columns that obstruct views
- Two levels of cantilevered double-mezzanine seating
- 68,000 lb. steel box girders support approximately one-third of the structure
- Construction required over 600,000 man-hours
- 700 people were on site daily at the peak of construction
Structure contains:
- 5,100 tons of steel
- 7,700 erectable pieces of steel
- 8,000 yards of concrete placed over slab on grade and metal decking
to create the sloped rakes for seating
- 800 tons of air conditioning
- 142 miles of electrical wire
- Fire sprinklers with 100,000 ft. of pipe that holds 10,000 gallons of water
Business Wire
http://www.businesswire.com/webbox/bw.041703/231075398.htm
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2004 Luxury Tower plus Convention & Meeting Facility Addition
Bergman Walls & Associates
Cost: $ 376 M
Rooms: 949
Floors: 26
Project architect is Bergman Walls Associates
Structural engineer is Martin & Peltyn
Mechanical engineer is JBA Engineering
Electrical engineer is RHR.
general contractor: Perini Building Co.
Executive project manager: Mike Nunn
?The new project, which includes a $76 million addition to the
resort's convention and meeting facilities and $11 million in related
enhancements.?
?The new 345-foot-tall luxury tower will bring the number of rooms at
Caesars Palace to 3,349.?
Las Vegas-based Perini Building Co. was general contractor for the project.
Mike Nunn, executive project manager for Perini
Las Vegas Review Journal
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2004/Oct-27-Wed-2004/business/25099243.html
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8-0-8 at Caesars Palace
Architect Joyce Orias of Yates-Silverman in Las Vegas
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2000/Nov-22-Wed-2000/living/14836525.html
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New 949-Room Hotel Tower to Crown The New Caesars Palace in 2005
?A new 949-room luxury hotel tower, designed to be among the most
elegant in Las Vegas, is the latest project?
When completed in 2005, the new tower will bring the total number of
rooms available at Caesars Palace to 3,370.
A total of 241,000 square feet of flexible meeting and convention space.
The Forum Shops at Caesars will soon grow by 175,000 square feet to a
total of 675,000 square feet.
Caesars
http://www.caesars.com/Caesars/LasVegas/PlanAMeeting/Facilities/RomeRebuilt.htm
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Perini Building Co.
Caesars Entertainment Inc. has finalized Perini Building Co.'s
construction contract to build the new 26-story luxury hotel tower.
Perini Building Co. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Perini Corp.
Bergman Walls & Associates
Bergman Walls & Associates is the executive architect on the project.
This is the second tower Bergman Walls and Perini have designed and
built on the Las Vegas property. In the 1990s, the two firms delivered
the Palace Tower.
When completed in 2005, the new 345-foot-tall luxury tower will bring
the total number of rooms available at Caesars Palace to more than
3,300.
?Perini recently completed building Caesars Palace's new Roman Plaza
Perini's construction contract for the Plaza is $20 million.
The Plaza spans the northwest corner of the Caesars property. The site
is between two high-traffic pedestrian bridges that provide easy
access for visitors traveling to and from nearby resorts and casinos?
Architect GSB Inc
Architect GSB Inc. designed the festive 125,000-square-foot Plaza to
draw pedestrian traffic from the Strip to the famous hotel and casino.
?Other projects completed by Perini for Caesars Entertainment Inc.
include the Colosseum, Palace Tower, Garden of the Gods pool, two
exclusive pool villas, Centurion Penthouse remodel, exterior facade
reskinning, North Casino remodel, Celine Dion's Boutique and a
two-story underground valet parking garage.?
Business Wire
http://www.businesswire.com/webbox/bw.072704/242095723.htm
Perini
www.perini.com.
Bergman Walls & Associates
http://www.bwaltd.com/bwaweb/cpo.html
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Del Webb Corporation
In 1973, Caesars contracted Del Webb Corporation to build a 16 story,
333 room high-rise tower to be completed September of 1974.
http://www.a2zlasvegas.com/hotels/history/h-caesars.html
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Signage:
Type of Display: neon, incandescent
Media: steel, plastic, masonry
Non-neon treatments: paint
Animation: none
Artistic Context
1. Manufacturer:
1: YESCO Pylon
2: Ad art
2. Designer: unkn
3. Date of Installation: 1966, unkn, 1998
4. Date(s) of any major redesign/move: On-going additions since 1966
http://gaming.unlv.edu/v_museum/neon_survey/surveys/caesars_palace.html
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Two of the new villas at Caesars Palace will overlook the pool. The
interiors are being developed by Wilson & Associates Interior Designs
of Los Angeles
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2000/May-15-Mon-2000/business/13555513.html
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The Forum Shops at Caesars Las Vegas, Nevada
PROJECT TYPE:
?A 250,000-square-foot retail center anchored by the Caesars Palace
Hotel and Casino. The Forum Shops is located on Las Vegas's famed
"Strip," Las Vegas Boulevard. Comprising 70 shops and boutiques?
?Designed to resemble an ancient Roman streetscape, The Forum Shops
includes several unusual design and entertainment features, including
Roman piazzas, fountains, and "animatronic" sculptures.?
DEVELOPERS
Simon Property Group, Inc.
115 West Washington Street
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
317-636-1600
Gordon Group Holdings, Ltd.
1310 Montana Avenue, Suite A
Santa Monica, California 90403
310-458-5678
ARCHITECT
Marnell/Corrao Associates
4495 South Polaris Avenue
Las Vegas, Nevada 89103
702-739-9413
INTERIOR DESIGNER
Dougall Design Associates, Inc.
35 North Arroyo Parkway, Suite 200
Pasadena, California 91103
818-432-6464
?The Forum Shops is situated on an 8.4-acre site just north of Caesars
Palace on land that was formerly used as a Grand Prix racetrack and
employee parking. The center is L-shaped, with the long leg facing Las
Vegas Boulevard and the short leg abutting and tied into the Olympic
Casino of Caesars Palace.?
LAND USE INFORMATION
Site Area: 8.4 acres
Gross Building Area (GBA): 370,000 square feet
Gross Leasable Area (GLA): 250,000 square feet
Number of Levels: One retail level, with valet parking and video
arcade on a sublevel
Total Parking Spaces: 525
See detailed development cost information here:
The Urban Land Institute
http://defcon-hq.com/uli/casestudies/c026009.htm
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Young Electric
?The 163-foot Caesars Palace Celine Dion marquee cost $7.8 million and
features two, 50-foot-wide Mitsubishi Diamond Vision LED screens which
can broadcast live television programs and is linked with Bally's and
Paris via fiber optics. Like the bulk of the Strip marquees, it was
designed and built by Young Electric.?
Las Vegas Review JOurnal
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Sep-14-Sun-2003/business/22099182.html
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PROJECT
The Forum Shops at Caesars, Las Vegas, Nevada
ARCHITECT
Dougall Design Assoc., Inc.
OWNER
Melvin Simon & Assoc., Inc.
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
Marnell Corrao Assoc.
DRYWALL CONTRACTOR
M.J. DiBiase/Simmons Contracting
CASTINGS CONTRACTOR
Cederquist Inc.
PROJECT
Texas Capitol Preservation and Extension Project, Austin, Texas
ARCHITECT
3D/International, Inc.
OWNER
State Preservation Board
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
Charter Builders, Inc.
CASTINGS CONTRACTOR
Casting Designs, Inc.
Gypsum Solutions
http://www.gypsumsolutions.com/newscenter/news/architectural/cs_hydrocalfgr.asp
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KHS&S
Caesars Palace Facade Renovation
?Charged with renovating three separate towers to produce a new "face"
for Caesars Palace, KHS&S used their creative ingenuity to manufacture
and place 224 panels, 25 18-foot-tall fluted columns with
eight-foot-gold-leaf Corinthian capitals and more than four miles of
cast GRFC balustrade handrails. Working at heights up to 23 stories to
install 1000-pound balustrades, the 115-man crew was secured by
overhead tie-off systems, allowing them to work on eighteen-inch
working ledges for 15,632 hours without incident.?
KHS&S
http://www.khss.com/frames/commercial/butt7.htm
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CAESARS PALACE HOTEL EXPANSION
FBA Engineering
?FBA performed the investigation and retrofit of two 15-story concrete
shear wall structures to accommodate a two-story vertical luxury suite
expansion. Seismic analysis required a separate study of the dynamic
interaction between the relatively flexible steel frame addition and
stiff existing structure to determine appropriate stiffness to
mitigate the "whiplash" effect. This special study allowed economy in
both steel frame addition and the retrofit of existing lower
structure.?
FBA Engineering
http://www.fbaengineering.com/exp_hig1.html
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