TWA HOTEL Project Spotlight

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MANAGING DIRECTOR: DEVELOPER: GENERAL CONTRACTOR: INSTALLER: CONTRACTOR: Pump Truck Industrial LLC MCR Development Turner Construction Pyramid Floor Covering Sorbara Construction Port Washington, NY New York, NY New York, NY Port Washington, NY Lynbrook, NY The TWA Terminal at New York’s JFK Airport Soars to New Heights

The Situation Between the daunting security check-in lines, the Flight Center, an observation deck, a flight delays, unnecessary baggage fees rooftop pool with views of the runway, eight and everything in between, airports aren’t restaurants and bars and a 50,000-square- usually top of mind when people think of a foot (4,645 m2) event center. The hotel fun experience. The historic renovation of the would also feature museum exhibits devoted TWA terminal at New York’s John F. Kennedy to TWA, the Jet Age and the mid-century (JFK) International Airport, however, may modern design movement. be cool enough to completely change your perspective on airports. The Challenges

The TWA terminal at JFK Airport, n Honoring TWA’s History: New flooring commissioned by airline owner Howard that was durable, safe and level was a Hughes and designed by architect Eero necessity to pay homage and preserve Saarinen, opened in 1962. The TWA Flight the work done by the original architect. Center evoked 1960's style with soaring n Tight Schedule: In order to minimize ceilings and unique tube-shaped pedestrian disruption of other construction areas corridors. Ushering in the Jet Age in New within the building, the leveling had to be York City, the Flight Center was one of the installed quickly to meet tight deadlines. first terminals to feature enclosed passenger The installation teams also had to work jetways, closed-circuit TVs, baggage carousels alongside multiple trades to meet the and an electric schedule board. In 1994, the established time limits. terminal was designated a New York City landmark, and by 2005, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. After the A LATICRETE Solution building sat vacant for more than 15 years To help maintain the landmark’s historical due to its inability to accommodate modern design, the construction process required all air travel, the Port Authority of New York new floors that were durable, safe and level. and New Jersey enlisted MCR and MORSE In addition, the floors were to be installed Development to transform the TWA Flight quickly to meet tight deadlines and minimize Center into a hotel and the project broke disruption of other construction areas ground in 2016. within the building. The project’s general contractor, Turner Construction – New York, By spring 2019, the 200,000-square-foot 2 turned to Pyramid Floor Covering and the (18,581 m ) terminal, which is physically SUPERCAP® System to deliver and meet connected to JetBlue’s Terminal 5, was these requirements. expected to become the lobby of the TWA Hotel. The only hotel inside JFK Airport, the Sean DeGaray with Pyramid Floor Covering TWA Hotel would provide all the amenities for and Sorbara Construction chose the modern day lodging — hundreds of guest SUPERCAP System in an effort to shorten the rooms in hotel wings designed to reflect installation logistics challenge exponentially.

2 The system not only delivers spectacular time- savings and is cost-effective, but it requires Outcome less labor thanks to its ability to remove the “I’ve worked with LATICRETE before. I’ve need for workers to manually open hundreds seen SUPERCAP on other jobs, but this was of individual bags of product and pumping my first direct experience with SUPERCAP. It equipment. Further, this unique system allows was a great experience. They are nimble, in all of the floor-leveling products to be pumped and out with virtually no disruption. That’s directly into the building to its designated not the norm on any construction site. The floors. It effectively and quietly flattens floors time savings are tremendous, we only had to in only one day, allowing following trades to shut down each 16,000-square-foot continue work immediately the next day, and (1486 m2) floor for two days, versus a week minimizing obstruction to any tenants residing or more when we used to install SLU the old in the building during renovations. way. That’s a big deal,” said Vecchione. “JFK is a very complex In May 2019, the only on-airport, AirTrain- location to operate in,” accessible hotel at JFK opened its doors. said Peter Vecchione, Today, visitors can enjoy Eero Saarinen’s Turner Construction Project iconic TWA Flight Center at the heart of the Supervisor. “We had TWA Hotel, where restaurants, bars and retail to work with the Port outlets have taken flight. Two hotel wings, Authority and JetBlue all designed to reflect and defer to the landmark day, every day to get TWA Flight Center, sit behind the historic materials, equipment and manpower in and building and contain 512 guest rooms with out of the jobsite. It’s a mountain of planning views of JFK’s runways (perfect for aviation and logistics. Having SUPERCAP® shortened fans who want to watch flights take off) and our logistics challenge tremendously. No fixed the TWA Flight Center. stationary pumps, no hand mixing, no small bags, no waste and we’re compliant with the Since the grand opening, the TWA Hotel new OSHA silica dust rules, which helps keep has been recognized as a recipient of the our workers and jobsite safe.” 2019 State Historic Preservation Award for “Excellence in Historic Building Rehabilitation” The SUPERCAP System combines LEED by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. contributing, GREENGUARD certified, low alkali, self-leveling cement-based technology with “New York has transformed over centuries a computer-controlled mobile blending unit. into a state defined by its diverse history, Independent analysis proves that SUPERCAP and there is no better way to see that history installations are silica dust-free, exceeding than in our unique architecture and places,” OSHA's regulations. This revolutionary system Cuomo said in an official press release from benefits the entire project from design to December 2019. completion by providing predictable results that can shave weeks off a project schedule, while delivering a perfectly flat floor for following trades to build out on. Images on this page courtesy of the TWA Hotel

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