Excellence
in Construction Quality
Award
Last year,
AWCI’s Industry Awards Committee
instituted two categories for the
Excellence in Construction Quality award,
one for AWCI member contractors whose
contract for the project is less than $1
million, and the other is for the AWCI
member contractors whose contract is more
than $1 million. All the nominations this
year were in the $1 million-plus
category, so there’s only one
winner for 2003, and that’s the
Gaylord Palms Resort and Spa.
Gaylord Palms Resort and Spa is a
Florida-themed destination resort located
on 63 acres in Kissimmee, FL. It offers
1,406 guest rooms, numerous restaurants,
a variety of entertainment venues and a
Canyon Ranch Spa.
Gaylord Palms is designed in an
old-Florida theme, reflecting the
history, culture and classic architecture
of the Sunshine State-all depicted under
separate distinct areas under
Gaylord’s signature glass-enclosed
atrium.
KHS&S Contractors of Orlando, FL,
completed more than 230,000 square feet
of the resort’s massive nine-story
exteriors, more than 48,000 square feet
of the Florida themed interiors, and the
interior hotel guest room facades,
including more than one-half mile of
balustrades.
The AWCI contractor’s scope of work
for the exteriors included everything
except the tile roof, windows and dome
ceiling. Specifically, KHS&S erected
more than 230,000 square feet of
scaffolding, completed the approximate
1.1 million linear feet of metal stud
framing and applied more than 450,000
square feet of EIFS, a half-mile of
exterior balustrade and numerous
GFRC/GFRG forms and foam shapes.
On the interiors, the AWCI contractor
completed the facades of hotel rooms that
overlook the center atrium as well as the
atrium’s themed environments.
The manufacturers that contributed to
this job are Dryvit Systems, Inc,
Dietrich Industries, Georgia-Pacific
Gypsum Corporation, Treadway Industries
Inc, Unimast Incorporated and USG.
The AWCI members who supplied materials
for the project include R S Elliott &
Associates Inc, Kobrin Builders Supply
and Treadway Industries Inc.
Courtesy of AWCI
