Franklin Terrazzo Co. Inc.

10/16/2024

Today we are celebrating our second award from The Hardsurface Awards 2024, West Park Healthcare Centre!

You can check out all of this years award winning projects here:
https://www.ttmac.com/en/about/hardsurface-awards

West Park Healthcare Centre helps patients get their lives back by providing specialized rehabilitative and complex care after a life-altering illness or injury.
Before construction could begin on the 27-acre site demolition of three existing hospital buildings (Main, Ruddy, and Gage) as well as the existing maintenance buildings was required. The new 730,000 square foot hospital has 314 beds, with 80 per cent of beds in single-patient rooms, a three-piece private washroom for each patient, including double occupancy rooms and a significant increase in outpatient care space to accommodate current and new services such as geriatric clinics, a day hospital, and satellite haemodialysis. West Park Healthcare Centre was designed to be a pandemic-ready hospital with its innovative HVAC system that will circulate 100% fresh air into the building and two 10-bed tuberculosis in-patient pods with a separate HVAC system that can be converted to serve those with other severe respiratory illnesses should the need arise.
The project also adheres to the guidelines and sustainability principles of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design and is expected to achieve at least LEED Silver certification.
Franklin Terrazzo Company worked with EllisDon Construction Company to create a welcoming space with 22,000 square feet of terrazzo floors on two levels open to the public. Franklin Terrazzo Company Inc. also completed extensive leveling and flattening of the concrete slab with epoxy and sand to create an extremely flat floor. The flowing design is created with 4 ivory tone terrazzo colours outlined with 1/8” wide zinc strips and is framed by 2,400 lineal feet of 6” cove precast terrazzo base. West Park Healthcare Centre’s green space is an important part of the campus, connecting to nature and extending therapy outdoors with captivating scenic views of nature and access to safe, accessible walking pathways for patients, staff, and visitors. This connection to nature is visible in the terrazzo in the form of 64 clusters of zinc leaf inlays. 198 individual leaves were installed ranging from 300mm to 400mm representing oak, maple, pine, and other leaves.

10/09/2024

Once again we are honoured to be among the TTMAC 2024 Hardsurface Award Winners!

You can check out all this year's award winning projects here: https://www.ttmac.com/en/about/hardsurface-awards

This project brought home the award for the International category!

The Fontainebleau Las Vegas property has a rich history on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. Initially occupied the by the Thunderbird hotel and casino in 1948 but has evolved in many ways since that time. Its latest transformation overcame many hurdles to become the impressive landmark it is today. The project was designed by Carlos Zapata Studio with
Bergman Walls and Associates as the executive architect and construction began in February 2007. The property faced financial issues, entered bankruptcy, halted construction due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, and was sold twice for other projects before Soffer bought back the project through his company Fontainebleau Development, with Koch Real Estate Investments as a partner. Soffer reinstated the original name of the project, with construction resuming in November 2021 nearly sixteen years after he first announced it May, 2005.

The completed tower rises 67 stories, standing 737 feet high as the tallest occupiable building in Nevada. The Fontainebleau opened on December 13, 2023, and includes a 173,000 sq ft casino and 3,644 hotel rooms. The project was developed at a cost of $3.7 billion, making it the second most-expensive resort in Las Vegas.
Franklin Terrazzo Company Inc. worked with Arcon Global to create the extravagant interior of Fontainebleau Las Vegas with impressive terrazzo features. Franklin terrazzo created custom precast terrazzo for two monumental columns forming the eye-catching fluted appearance.

Each 7 foot diameter column is embellished with 48 half-round pieces of precast terrazzo that are 12” wide and 4” thick covering the 14’6” height of the column down to the round 6” precast
terrazzo base. Eight of these pieces from each column were recessed to receive a light fixture and select pieces were accented with a brass divider strip. Each piece was then mechanically
anchored to the structural column by the Arcon Global team.
The Franklin Terrazzo team travelled to Fontainebleau Las Vegas to template the large precast terrazzo planter. Because of its complex shape the Franklin Terrazzo Company Inc. created the 55 unique pieces the planter is comprised of. Another stunning feature of the
Fontainebleau Las Vegas are the 30 floor to ceiling wall sconces each tying into a radiused precast terrazzo base. All precast terrazzo components created by Franklin Terrazzo Company
Inc. were produced in their precast shop in Chatham, Ontario, Canada and transported to the site in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA where they were expertly installed by the Arcon Global team.

07/21/2023

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05/02/2022

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03/04/2022

We are proud to have been a part of something so impressive. Our team manufactured all precast terrazzo stair treads for this innovative design.

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