David Allen Company Wins NTCA Five-Star Project of the Year Large Commercial Grand Prize for Signia by Hilton Atlanta, Georgia World Congress Center
(Jackson, MS) David Allen Company is proud to announce that their extraordinary work on the Signia by Hilton Atlanta, Georgia World Congress Center project has earned them the prestigious NTCA Five-Star Project of the Year Large Commercial Grand Prize. The award recognizes the team's exceptional flexibility, collaboration, and innovation in an effort to meet tight timelines and long product lead times.
Pandemic delays created difficulties to complete the 976 room hotel with over 300,000 sq.ft of tile and stone including 40 unique tile and stone products throughout the hotel. Delays included 25 containers requiring ocean freight and the project starting one year late and requiring condensed construction schedules.
Knowing the condensed timelines, the David Allen project team took extra time reviewing the plans to determine issues that could arise prior to their team being on site. Three items rose to the top of the list and both were in the guest bathrooms. First, the team proposed shifting from a 3” sleeve to a 2” drainpipe to a more functional 4” sleeve to the drainpipe. Next, the team created templates for trade partners to use for the drain location which allowed the wall tile to shed directly into the linear drains. Lastly, the team recommended prefabricated foam pan instead of a dry pack mud shower floor. This saved months on the schedule and eliminated 240,000 lbs of sand and cement in the building.
“David Allen Company was honored to be selected by our long-time client, Skanska USA, to perform the ceramic tile and epoxy terrazzo scopes of work in the Georgia World Congress Center, Signia Hilton project. Marque projects of this scale don’t happen every day and we were thrilled to be involved”, stated Martin Howard, Executive Vice-President – Operations Tile, Stone & Pre-Construction of David Allen Company. “This project provided an opportunity to showcase skills honed over our 104-year history and has merited David Allen Company an NTCA Five-Star award. Our teams worked closely with Skanska and Gensler to meet and exceed expectations for the first ground up Signia in the USA market.”
The NTCA Five-Star Project of the Year Large Commercial Grand Prize awarded to David Allen Company is a testament to the power of collaboration, innovation, and the pursuit of perfection in the world of construction and design.