High volume, high turnover, guest comfort and expectations: architects designing for the hospitality industry face some unique challenges. Fortunately, they have an optimal partner in Trim-Tex, whose durable, attractive, cost-effective finishing solutions help maintain the integrity of an architect’s original design over the entire life of a building, even in high traffic spaces subjected to all the pressures of professional hospitality.
Vinyl beads are a perfect fit for hotels: they allow the client to build an elegant, beautiful aesthetic without blowing their budget on expensive, labor-intensive custom upgrades. Even more important, however, is vinyl’s flexibility and durability. Vinyl beads offer excellent protection against impact and expansion, both of which can cause unsightly cracking and incur unnecessary repair costs.
Products like Trim-Tex Deflection Bead protect against building expansion (caused by environmental factors as diverse as humidity, temperature, and building movement). Installing these products during the building’s initial construction is a great investment that will save the client maintenance costs in perpetuity. That’s why Trim-Tex expansion protection products have been used in such high-profile projects as the JW Marriott (built in conjunction with the quarter-billion dollar Mall of America Expansion) and the Kohler Lodge in Green Bay (a four-diamond hotel in the Titletown District).
The same flexibility that allows vinyl to perform so well in expansion protection scenarios also makes it an excellent choice for corner protection. Vinyl beads like those produced by Trim-Tex offer the same basic impact protection for drywall edges as metal beads, but have the additional advantage of being dent-resistant. Where a hard impact can dent a metal bead, requiring expensive repairs even if the drywall is intact, Trim-Tex vinyl beads bounce back to their original shape. Even better, vinyl beads are available in a huge array of sizes and shapes, such as the Bullnose Splayed Corner Bead used in Chicagoland’s Oakbrook Mall or the flush corner guard system, Bumper Bead, at the Chicago Marriot Marquis.
Many of the Trim-Tex beads also make use of a special Tear-Away design that saves on labor and installation cost. The beads include a tear-off strip that protects the adjacent surface from compound and paint and is then easily removed to leave a perfectly clean, finished edge.
Trim-Tex products like these are designed to make beautiful buildings that will pass the test of time, maintaining their beauty for many years with minimal maintenance – a perfect solution for the demanding world of hospitality.
Find all these solutions and more at www.trim-tex.com
Related Stories
| Aug 11, 2010
29 Great Solutions for the AEC Industry
AEC firms are hotbeds of invention and innovation to meet client needs in today's highly competitive environment. The editors of Building Design+Construction are pleased to present 29 "Great Solutions" to some of the most complex problems and issues facing Building Teams today. Our solutions cover eight key areas: Design, BIM + IT, Collaboration, Healthcare, Products, Technology, Business Management, and Green Building.
| Aug 11, 2010
Arup, SOM top BD+C's ranking of the country's largest mixed-use design firms
A ranking of the Top 75 Mixed-Use Design Firms based on Building Design+Construction's 2009 Giants 300 survey. For more Giants 300 rankings, visit http://www.BDCnetwork.com/Giants
| Aug 11, 2010
International Living Building Institute established to advance 'living buildings'
The idea of a Living Building, a high-performance building that produces its own power and cleans and reuses all of its water, is gaining momentum around the world. In an effort to oversee the global development of Living Buildings, the International Living Building Institute (ILBI) has been established.
| Aug 11, 2010
10% of world's skyscraper construction on hold
Emporis, the largest provider of global building data worldwide, reported that 8.7% of all skyscrapers listed as "under construction" in its database had been put on hold. Most of these projects have been halted in the second half of 2008. According to Emporis statistics, the United States had been hit the worst: at the beginning of 2008, "Met 3" in Miami was the only U.S. skyscraper listed as being "on hold". In the second half of the year, 19 projects followed suit.
| Aug 11, 2010
Structure Tone, Turner among the nation's busiest reconstruction contractors, according to BD+C's Giants 300 report
A ranking of the Top 75 Reconstruction Contractors based on Building Design+Construction's 2009 Giants 300 survey. For more Giants 300 rankings, visit http://www.BDCnetwork.com/Giants
| Aug 11, 2010
IFMA workplace study: Average space per employee up 40 sf since 2007, likely due to corporate layoffs
The International Facility Management Association has released “Operations and Maintenance Benchmarks, Research Report #32,” a study outlining the facility trends affecting workplaces throughout North America. Among the new report’s findings are that the average space per person has risen nearly 40 square feet since 2007, likely due to recent corporate layoffs.
| Aug 11, 2010
ASHRAE research targets tying together BIM and energy efficiency
Ensuring that a common language of “energy efficiency” is spoken by both building information modeling software used by architects and energy analysis and simulation software used by engineers is the goal of new research funded by ASHRAE.
