SCOTTSDALE, AZ - Managed by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., the new Westin Kierland Resort and Spa recently opened its doors, at 120 feet tall. Inside the resort, the waterjet capabilities of Precision H2O are on display in the elevator lobby and inside the elevator cabs. Precision H2O made the intricate stone cuts necessary to fabricate the lobby's classic rug design, created by Barry Design Associates, Inc. of California.
Original plans for the hotel's flooring called for an actual wool rug to be placed over stone tiles. However, because the thickness of a wool rug would cause a traffic safety hazard and present additional maintenance issues, waterjet technology was used to transform the rug design into natural stone. Impex Development, Inc. of Seattle, WA, and the Woodbine Southwest Corp. installed the waterjet-cut stone designs.