High Performance Building

Dow Performance Silicones Building the Future – Reviving the Brilliance of the

Case Study: The , Mandalay Bay Resort & , Caesar’s Palace

City and Country Las Vegas, , USA Products* • DOWSIL™ 790 Silicone Building Sealant • DOWSIL™ 795 Silicone Building Sealant Key Participants • Curtainwall Design and Consulting, Inc., Dallas, Texas • Sierra Glass & Mirror, Inc., Las Vegas, Nevada

*Prior to February 2018, products listed were branded as Dow Corning.

Challenge price tag. But the first impression is made for structural joints in spandrel panels by the grand Italianate facade, a creation in at the floorlines and in skylights. Finally, Buildings in Las Vegas’ desert location Exterior Insulation and Finish Systems (EIFS) M.J. Dibiase/Simmons Contracting used are put to the test by some of the most and glass. Given the Bellagio’s emphasis on DOWSIL™ 790 Silicone Building Sealant extreme natural conditions on the quality, Curtainwall Design and Consulting, to seal joints in the EIFS panels. planet. Structural components are tested Inc., of Dallas, Texas, persuaded general by extreme ultra violet (UV) exposure At Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, looks contractor Marnell Carrao to switch from and unrelenting temperature extremes matter. The casino itself is a monument urethane to silicone sealants. year after year. Because of these difficult to what Las Vegas is all about – luxury, conditions, many contractors turn to Dow They explained that urethanes have too opulence and wealth – in short, gold. At sealants when clients push the limits of short a service life in the high desert heat, 43 stories, the resort’s 660,000-square construction capabilities. and a failed sealant cannot be ground out foot exterior window wall and glass slab of an EIFS joint without damaging the covers gleam with 24-carat gold-coated Solution panel. As a result, Sierra Glass & Mirror, glass. Even the sealants are gold colored. Inc., of Las Vegas, Nevada, used DOWSIL™ Sierra Glass and Mirror, Inc. Everything about the 3,000-room luxury 790 Silicone Building Sealant for perimeter selected custom colored hotel and casino Bellagio is impressive – window seals, as well as DOWSIL™ 795 DOWSIL™ 790 Silicone the art collection, the conservatory, the Silicone Building Sealant for internal seals, Building Sealant to seal shopping, the casino, and the $1.6 billion such as end dams and water diverters, and joints between EIFS and

C A S E S T U DY | United States of America John Gustafson, vice president and principal for Curtainwall Design and Consulting, Inc., says, “Dow has the best track record in Las Vegas. We have an outstanding history with this product.” Clearly, for building in extreme conditions, DOWSIL™ sealants are the material of choice.

Result With a long performance service life and attractive color options, DOWSIL™ sealants revived the weather sealing performance and brilliance of the Las Vegas strip.

Contact Us Dow is collaborating with industry professionals around the world to develop aluminum framing due to its superior of the 30-story freestanding high-rise solutions to improve the energy efficiency movement capabilities. Furthermore, matches the Roman theme of the original of buildings for a more comfortable DOWSIL™ 795 Silicone Building Sealant hotel, while adding accommodations environment. Learn more about Dow’s was used to seal glass to metal because of for convention business and The Forum full range of High Performance Building its superior adhesion in this application. retail shops. Curtainwall Design and solutions by visiting us online at Consulting, Inc. specified DOWSIL™ 790 Exterior Insulation and Finish Systems consumer.dow.com/construction. Silicone Building Sealant for sealing joints (EIFS) are widely used on buildings along between EIFS panels and between EIFS Dow has sales offices, manufacturing sites the Las Vegas strip because they are cost and aluminum framing members. The and science and technology laboratories effective and easy to adapt to almost any low-modulus silicone offered superior around the globe. Find local contact theme. Even so, a new addition to Caesar’s weather resistance without exerting information at consumer.dow.com/ Palace used EIFS on a scale never before undue stress on the bond line. ContactUs. seen, even in Las Vegas. The exterior

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