University of the Incarnate Word – Founders Hall Renovation
Joeris General Contractors
This 40-year-old 9 story building located on the Broadway Corridor in San Antonio Texas and former home of AT&T will expand the footprint of the UIW Broadway Campus by 20 percent, but not without challenges.
On the first level of this structure 4800 sq ft was designed with a depressed slab allowing for an approximately 3-4” mud bed” application for a ceramic finished floor, new flooring finishes specified require the mud bed to be removed. The challenge here was to safely mechanically remove the cementitious material without damaging the existing metal pan below, which already was found to ungulate between columns.
Enter Allegiance Floors with their floor preparation material partners HPS Schönox ready to offer the solution.
Removing only the very loose mortar materials, then thoroughly vacuuming, followed by the following process, one application of Schönox MR18 solidifier, Schönox SHP primer and finished with Schönox XM in two lifts provided the new subfloor, saving demolition dollars , removing the risk of structural damage to the pan where the mortar was placed and most important keeping construction on schedule.
The pictures below show the process start to finish.
For solutions for complicated subfloors its Allegiance Floors and HPS Schönox
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.
