Thunder Valley Casino Resort, Lincoln, Calif.
RETROFIT TEAM
ARCHITECT: Jax Kneppers Associates Inc.
WALL PANEL INSTALLER: B.T. Mancini Co.
MATERIALS
The 17-story building has 408 hotel rooms over a main-floor casino. Jax Kneppers Associates’ team set out to replace an existing EIFS façade. The firm considered composite metal wall panels, but team members could not recreate existing architectural detailing. Dri-Design’s Shadow Series achieved the desired wall aesthetic. Each panel can be extended at varying depths, which creates texture, patterns and detailing. All of this is done while keeping the substrate and weather barrier in the same plane.
Dri-Design also was selected for its interlocking system, which channels water and provides flexibility to accommodate subtle movements of a high-rise building.
“The bottom-up installation method allowed construction to occur on a floor-by-floor basis in correlation with interior renovations,” says Jacob J. Welhouse, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, an architect with Jax Kneppers Associates. “The installation method of attaching panels to girts allowed a seamless weathertight enclosure to be installed efficiently and independently of the finished metal panel system. Hotel management could regain occupancy of the guest rooms at a quicker pace.”
B.T. Mancini Co. installed 78,364 square feet of 0.08-inch aluminum Shadow Series panels in Meadowlark, Clay Beige, Heartwood and Copper Nail colors. “The panels install at a very efficient rate and require no clips or hardware,” says David Jacks, senior project manager for the Structural Products Division at B.T. Mancini.
“Metal panels have updated the building with a fresh new contemporary finish,” Welhouse says. “The … metal panels are consistent and color- stable for years to come. This significantly reduces the ongoing maintenance requirements for the exterior façade.”
WALL PANEL MANUFACTURER: Dri-Design
PHOTOS: Dri-Design