
"The Station Casino, Kansas City, MO, asked us to think: How to build the roof section on the ground and put it into place with a crane. How to transpose foam to look like brick and formed EIFS to resemble stone. How to create circular-radius beams out of foam."
This project asked for a great deal of everything. Everything we do: EIFS, metal studs, drywall, batt insulation, acoustical ceilings, plastering, lath and plastering, theming, even some cast products. Originally contracted for only a small part of the total project, we worked our way to a multimillion-dollar job. It asked us to think. For instance, how to build the roof section of the portechochere on the ground and then to lift it directly into place with a crane. How to transpose foam to look like brick. How to transpose formed EIFS to resemble stone. How to create circular-radius beams out of foam. All on a ten-month construction timetable.
| Architects involved: Morris & Brown Architects, Devine deFlon Yaeger , Inc., Pellham Phillips Hagerman, & Peckham Guyton Albers & Viets |
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