Best Flooring Solution
The Terminal 3 Improvement Project was part of the Port’s largest single construction project for over 65 years of its history. With a whopping $163 million dollar contract, this is now a world-class cruise terminal that will house Carnival Cruise Line’s ship, the Mardi Gras, which is currently their largest ship in their fleet. Seeing that Carnival will be the cruise line that occupies this space, it is only apropos that there is adequate branding to reflect their presence. To do this, Acousti used water jet cut patterns to create custom Carnival logos for the flooring throughout the port terminal. All of the intricacies of these cuts make the feel of walking into the terminal as if you are ready to sail away with Carnival immediately. The best branded environment is due in large part to the way the water jet cut the patterns for Carnival’s branding to showcase itself upon walking into the already massively impressive terminal as it is the largest of its kind.
Most Aggressive Timeline / Schedule
With such a large scope of a project, one would think there would be an even larger window to complete such a complex endeavor. However, that was not the case with the Terminal 3 Improvements in Cape Canaveral, Florida. A dynamic, state-of-the-art cruise terminal was constructed on schedule and budget, miraculously. As impressive as it seems, what is even more daunting is the fact that this project was also part of the Port’s “largest single-construction project in port history”. Quite impressive. Acousti Engineering Company meticulously installed 70,000 square feet of porcelain tile, ceramic wall time, glass backsplashes with extremely intricate patterns in addition to water-jet cut patterns with custom Carnival Logos.
As unfathomable as this seems given the scope of the project, squeeze all of this into an even more aggressive 60-day window of completion and that is how this timeline played out for this endeavor. In addition to the tile as previously mentioned, Acousti also installed the drywall, the acoustical ceilings, the specialty ceilings, the resilient flooring, the static dissipative tile, the carpet tile, the resilient base, and also the computer access floors. The total square footage Acousti installed for all of the flooring amounted to over 100,000 square feet.
Nancy Thiel, founder and principal of Thiel Architecture + Design, is a licensed architect and an interior designer. With 40+ years’ experience working with luminaries in the architecture world, including Michael Graves, Robert A.M. Stern, and Rockwell Group, where she served as a studio leader, Thiel’s extensive portfolio includes single-family homes and multi-story residences, hotels, restaurants, retail, fitness clubs, offices, theaters, schools and shopping centers. She is a member of the AIA, holds NCARB certification and is a LEED accredited professional. Prior to her career in architecture, Thiel was a dancer and choreographer.
Thiel Architecture + Design is an award-winning multi-disciplinary architecture, interior design, planning, and product design firm with offices in CT and NY. The firm’s work focuses on high-end residential design as well as hospitality, contract, and retail projects. Thiel Architecture + Design’s work has been featured in Interior Design, Architype, New York and Connecticut Cottages and Gardens, Connecticut Magazine, Archello, and Fast Company magazines. In 2022, the firm received a Connecticut AIA Excellence award for Interior Architecture. Thiel earned a BA from Penn State University and her Master of Architecture degree from Syracuse University.
