Tile installation meets demands of a busy environment
Faced with a tight timeframe and active jobsite, the installation team for the renovation at the Glendale Galleria Mall turned to a complete Laticrete system for a successful end result
There are always challenges to renovating existing tile structures, but when the project is also constricted by a small window of opportunity, being able to source high-performing building materials from a single supplier can be critical. That was the task presented to Andrew Games, vice president of Premier Tile and Marble, when he began work on the Glendale Galleria Mall renovation project in Glendale, CA, in 2013. The job called for the tiling of 270,000 square feet of the mall’s interior flooring and wall spaces, which included corridors, restrooms and food court. In addition, an 8,000-square-foot exterior living wall was tiled along with areas of exterior paving.
“During renovation, the mall remained open for business. All work performed during each shift had to be finished, cleaned and ready prior to the mall opening,” explained Games. “Since the mall’s tenants must be ready for business by 9 a.m., we only had a very small window of time to perform our work. That window was from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. Based on the schedule, we needed to install around 3,000 square feet of tile per night, finished.”