Renovating three floors of an active medical office building that doesn’t have the ability to shut down. Procuring materials from 6 different manufacturers over 11 different styles / colorways during global supply shortage challenges and fast turnaround time. Keeping installation teams safe as well as maintaining a clean environment for patients who could have pre-existing conditions and or Covid illness. The owner of the medical office building, who cannot be named due to not-for-profit status, doesn’t deviate too often from contractor pool however can be very demanding in terms of schedule and expectations.
Manufacturers Used:
Tarkett – Linoleum (Fuse)
Tarkett – Baseworks TS Rubber Base (Fuse)
UpoFloor PVC Free Sheet (Kahrs) (Fuse)
Shaw Carpet Tile / Shaw PVC Free Sheet / Nora Rubber / Sika Underlayments
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.
