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| Date | 8/6/2009 8:59:40 AM |
| Written By | LGM & Associates Technical Flooring Services |
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| Abstract | PITTSBURGH—One of the biggest construction news items coming out of Pittsburgh in 2009 has been the long-anticipated opening of the new Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh (CHP). Moving from an aging building to a... |
| Article | PITTSBURGH—One of the biggest construction news items coming out of Pittsburgh in 2009 has been the long-anticipated opening of the new Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh (CHP). Moving from an aging building to a new campus with state-of-the-art equipment, CHP opened its doors earlier this year thanks to the help of thousands of hours of work by INSTALL flooring professionals. For 15 months, crews of 30 men from Spectra Contract Flooring, a Pittsburgh-based contractor that employs only INSTALL professionals from the Greater Pennsylvania Regional Council of Carpenters, worked to complete the project. Work included 45,000 yards of Forbo’s Marmoleum sheet and 150,000 yards of Marmoleum tile, 5,000 yards of Altro Flooring with flashcoving, 10,000 yards of Toli sheet, 24,000 yards of InterfaceFlor carpet tile, and 180,000 linear feet of Johnsonite base. “This is, by far, the biggest and longest running flooring project we’ve encountered in the Pittsburgh market,” said Bob Meyer, flooring rep for INSTALL. Steve Paul, operations manager of Spectra, agreed, adding that the schedule and design intricacies meant sometimes working on five different floors at once and logging lots of overtime. It also meant special training to expertly place the high-end flooring materials. For more on INSTALL, call 215.582.4108. |