Boggy Creek High School

Best Flooring Solution

Boggy Creek HS is a $75.6M high school located in Kissimmee FL. It will teach 3,000 students in a STEM related field. The campus consists of 11 buildings, with the classroom buildings being 3 stories tall. We were tasked with all the flooring, metal stud drywall, drop ceiling, and sound proofing on the project. On this job, We had 4 variations of carpet covering 41,000+ SF, 13 variations of VCT covering 350,000+ SF, and 8 variations of LVT covering 16,000+ SF. Bringing a grand total of 25 different variations of flooring, covering close to 410,000 SF. And let’s not forget the 7.7 MILES of rubber cove base we had to install. Each building had its own color scheme and layout. You will see in the pictures that there are 5+ different colors on every floor, and layout was always a pain. The most difficult part was trying to layout the radius’s in each of the classroom buildings. Each entrance has a 60’ radius with a few different color inlays within it. We tried layout by hand, didn’t work. Tried using our Hilti Total Station for the layout, but the time it took to layout one floor was too long. Even if we decided to go with the layout from the Total Station, I don’t believe that we could perfectly match the cuts by hand. This route would take forever and end with a lot of wasted material. We decided to go with a company called INTARSIA. We sent them the CAD files of the layout, and a handful of boxes of VCT, and we received perfectly cut material (via water jet), number coordinated along with a layout guide that made install a breeze. It would have taken days to do it any other way, instead it took us hours. Well worth the added cost.

Greatest Space Challenges

Boggy Creek HS is a $75.6M high school located in Kissimmee FL. It will teach 3,000 students in a STEM related field. The campus consists of 11 buildings, with the classroom buildings being 3 stories tall. We were tasked with all the flooring, metal stud drywall, drop ceiling, and sound proofing on the project.

On this job, We had 4 variations of carpet covering 41,000+ SF, 13 variations of VCT covering 350,000+ SF, and 8 variations of LVT covering 16,000+ SF. Bringing a grand total of 25 different variations of flooring, covering close to 410,000 SF. And let’s not forget the 7.7 MILES of rubber cove base we had to install.

Before we can start install, we need to prep the floors. The job was a little behind schedule when we started so we had to push all the electricians, plumbers, drywall, and drop ceiling crews to get what they needed done so we could start preparing floors, and once they're prepped, no one can walk or work on them. Originally, the plan was to release an entire floor at a time, and for all other scopes to be ahead of us and out of the way before we moved on to the next floor. This, of course, did not happen. It got to the point where we had no choice but to get there early and close down what we needed. We brought in 2 more men, to stand guard like bouncers to keep other crews off the prepped floors. Someone had to be there at all times, because the second we all left, for lunch or anything, we come back to muddy footprints all over our floors and had to re-prep. Other crews don't like when you tell them to keep out of the way and work on something else. We had the GC pushing us so we had no choice, plus they approved of what we had to do. They had their time to complete their work, now its ours. This continued through the entire span we were there.

This was one of the biggest projects we did in 2018, and will be a highly awarded project. It ended up taking about 6 months to install the flooring in this school. Every room was a task, but in the end, our team did a great job of boxing out other crews to complete a quality install and to satisfy everyone's expectations.

Toughest Site Conditions

Boggy Creek HS is a $75.6M high school located in Kissimmee FL. It will teach 3,000 students in a STEM related field. The campus consists of 11 buildings, with the classroom buildings being 3 stories tall. We were tasked with all the flooring, metal stud drywall, drop ceiling, and sound proofing on the project. On this job, We had 4 variations of carpet covering 41,000+ SF, 13 variations of VCT covering 350,000+ SF, and 8 variations of LVT covering 16,000+ SF. Bringing a grand total of 25 different variations of flooring, covering close to 410,000 SF. And let’s not forget the 7.7 MILES of rubber cove base we had to install. The most difficult part of this project was figuring out a way to get the material into the buildings. There were no platforms, or doorways open to where we could boom material up and in on pallets. They had scaffolding built up to get up to the 2nd and 3rd levels. No stairs or elevators were installed yet. And of course, they wanted us to start install on the 3rd floors first. Each floor needed about 20 pallets of material, and the only way to get them in was by hand. We were able to take down a few pieces of the scaffolding to boom the material up close to the third floor, but still had to transfer them, by hand, inside and onto another pallet. At 63lbs per box and 24 boxes per pallet, you looking at over 1,500lbs of material per pallet. This took us days to do, and had to bring in extra guys to do it. Also to mention, the site was a total mud pit when it rained. We had one of the bigger Lulls on site, so we didn’t get stuck as much as most, but no one pulled as many people out of the mud as we did. (Actually pulling people out was the most exciting part of the job) When it was dry, the place was a sand storm. The wind would funnel through the building and throw a dust cloud 100ft high and just cover the site and surrounding neighborhoods. God forbid someone would leave the lull door open, or even worse, car window... I’m still cleaning sand out of my car. Overall the project took us about 6 months to complete. We did have to work around all the other scopes of work, and sometimes it would take them a while to give us the floor. Plus, we couldn’t install until the building is closed in and at service temperature, and that was always a problem! In the end, we were very pleased with our team and the effort they put in to complete this project. This will be a highly awarded project.