Ellucian Office

Best Flooring Solution

When you think of construction, you know that there are numerous obstacles that present ongoing challenges on a daily basis. The Ellucian Project was not shy when showing us how laborious it would be from the very start. Let’s also not forget that the building was aging fast and the project was a demanding restoration that showed its teeth throughout, but in the end, was nothing short of stunning. Many projects start out with a floor that is virtually ready to be refinished. However, this renovation was extra special in that the floor had a whole slew of hidden challenges that reared their ugly heads once the work commenced. The first challenge was with the structure of the slab and the floor beams supporting it. They were spaced so far apart, that the 2” pans, poured with lightweight concrete, still had a sag of about 2 inches in between each span. This was no picnic. Don’t forget, this building needed a major renovation and there was a considerable amount of old adhesive, patch work, and other problematic flooring issues we had to deal with as well. The next step in this major overhaul was to skillfully level the floor. To do this, an onerous amount of work needed to take place, including a lot of necessary equipment to get the job done, needed to take place. Planetary grinders, shot blasters, vacuums, and the equipment to go along with everything was brought in to prepare the concrete for the application of the underlayment. As you may know, this is no simple task! But, to get the job done right for impressive floors, it is an absolute must. The shot blasters and grinders create a rough, porous surface for the underlayment, which is later poured on top, to sink in and become a strong surface for the flooring to go on top. Nonetheless, after all of this hard work priming the floor before the adhesive is poured on top, they decided to sand and paint the ceilings creating drywall dust and paint to contaminate the clean substrate we created. At this point, we had to, once again, shot blast the floors to open up the concrete once more in preparation for priming. Now, we are in a crunch for time lost in having to redo the work. At this point, the floors are finally ready to be self-leveled. Only specific areas are able to be self-leveled now due to time and budgetary constraints, therefore we focused on the areas that were getting the LVT. The arduous part of this was the area that LVT was going was curvy and angled around a carpeted area in the center of the room. A form was intricately created out of 2 by 4’s to minimize the pouring to just the specific areas in which it was needed. The floor was also a mirror image of the ceiling, so this needed to be exact for the room to have the overall look and feel the designer created. This proved another challenging task in leveling the transition from the carpet to the LVT and, once again, took time from our demanding time schedule. In addition to the flooring at the Ellucian Project, we were tasked with the metal studs, drywall, ceramic, drop ceilings, wood paneling, and other interior finishes completing this job. Every task proved to have a problematic twist due to the complexity of the interior design Ultimately, the Ellucian Project was a major success and we are very proud of the outcome. The relentless and arduous challenges presented to us throughout this job were overcome with the skill from our team here at Acousti Engineering Company and we are thrilled to have this job in our repertoire.

Greatest Space Challenges

When you think of construction, you know that there are numerous obstacles that present ongoing challenges on a daily basis. The Ellucian Project was not shy when showing us how laborious it would be from the very start. Let’s also not forget that the building was aging fast and the project was a demanding restoration that showed its teeth throughout, but in the end, was nothing short of stunning.

Many projects start out with a floor that is virtually ready to be refinished. However, this renovation was extra special in that the floor had a whole slew of hidden challenges that reared their ugly heads once the work commenced. The first challenge was with the structure of the slab and the floor beams supporting it. They were spaced so far apart, that the 2” pans, poured with lightweight concrete, still had a sag of about 2 inches in between each span. This was no picnic. Don’t forget, this building needed a major renovation and there was a considerable amount of old adhesive, patch work, and other problematic flooring issues we had to deal with as well.
The next step in this major overhaul was to skillfully level the floor. To do this, an onerous amount of work needed to take place, including a lot of necessary equipment to get the job done, needed to take place. Planetary grinders, shot blasters, vacuums, and the equipment to go along with everything was brought in to prepare the concrete for the application of the underlayment. As you may know, this is no simple task! But, to get the job done right for impressive floors, it is an absolute must. The shot blasters and grinders create a rough, porous surface for the underlayment, which is later poured on top, to sink in and become a strong surface for the flooring to go on top.
Nonetheless, after all of this hard work priming the floor before the adhesive is poured on top, they decided to sand and paint the ceilings creating drywall dust and paint to contaminate the clean substrate we created. At this point, we had to, once again, shot blast the floors to open up the concrete once more in preparation for priming. Now, we are in a crunch for time lost in having to redo the work.

At this point, the floors are finally ready to be self-leveled. Only specific areas are able to be self-leveled now due to time and budgetary constraints, therefore we focused on the areas that were getting the LVT. The arduous part of this was the area that LVT was going was curvy and angled around a carpeted area in the center of the room. A form was intricately created out of 2 by 4’s to minimize the pouring to just the specific areas in which it was needed. The floor was also a mirror image of the ceiling, so this needed to be exact for the room to have the overall look and feel the designer created. This proved another challenging task in leveling the transition from the carpet to the LVT and, once again, took time from our demanding time schedule.

In addition to the flooring at the Ellucian Project, we were tasked with the metal studs, drywall, ceramic, drop ceilings, wood paneling, and other interior finishes completing this job. Every task proved to have a problematic twist due to the complexity of the interior design

Ultimately, the Ellucian Project was a major success and we are very proud of the outcome. The relentless and arduous challenges presented to us throughout this job were overcome with the skill from our team here at Acousti Engineering Company and we are thrilled to have this job in our repertoire.

Toughest Site Conditions

When you think of construction, you know that there are numerous obstacles that present ongoing challenges on a daily basis. The Ellucian Project was not shy when showing us how laborious it would be from the very start. Let’s also not forget that the building was aging fast and the project was a demanding restoration that showed its teeth throughout, but in the end, was nothing short of stunning. Many projects start out with a floor that is virtually ready to be refinished. However, this renovation was extra special in that the floor had a whole slew of hidden challenges that reared their ugly heads once the work commenced. The first challenge was with the structure of the slab and the floor beams supporting it. They were spaced so far apart, that the 2” pans, poured with lightweight concrete, still had a sag of about 2 inches in between each span. This was no picnic. Don’t forget, this building needed a major renovation and there was a considerable amount of old adhesive, patch work, and other problematic flooring issues we had to deal with as well. The next step in this major overhaul was to skillfully level the floor. To do this, an onerous amount of work needed to take place, including a lot of necessary equipment to get the job done, needed to take place. Planetary grinders, shot blasters, vacuums, and the equipment to go along with everything was brought in to prepare the concrete for the application of the underlayment. As you may know, this is no simple task! But, to get the job done right for impressive floors, it is an absolute must. The shot blasters and grinders create a rough, porous surface for the underlayment, which is later poured on top, to sink in and become a strong surface for the flooring to go on top. Nonetheless, after all of this hard work priming the floor before the adhesive is poured on top, they decided to sand and paint the ceilings creating drywall dust and paint to contaminate the clean substrate we created. At this point, we had to, once again, shot blast the floors to open up the concrete once more in preparation for priming. Now, we are in a crunch for time lost in having to redo the work. At this point, the floors are finally ready to be self-leveled. Only specific areas are able to be self-leveled now due to time and budgetary constraints, therefore we focused on the areas that were getting the LVT. The arduous part of this was the area that LVT was going was curvy and angled around a carpeted area in the center of the room. A form was intricately created out of 2 by 4’s to minimize the pouring to just the specific areas in which it was needed. The floor was also a mirror image of the ceiling, so this needed to be exact for the room to have the overall look and feel the designer created. This proved another challenging task in leveling the transition from the carpet to the LVT and, once again, took time from our demanding time schedule. In addition to the flooring at the Ellucian Project, we were tasked with the metal studs, drywall, ceramic, drop ceilings, wood paneling, and other interior finishes completing this job. Every task proved to have a problematic twist due to the complexity of the interior design Ultimately, the Ellucian Project was a major success and we are very proud of the outcome. The relentless and arduous challenges presented to us throughout this job were overcome with the skill from our team here at Acousti Engineering Company and we are thrilled to have this job in our repertoire.