Oct 9

Last Quarter | First Anniversary


| Last Quarter | First Anniversary |

 

Under Construction

It’s hard to believe we are in the last quarter of 2010 and just three short months away from Iconic Architecture and Design’s One Year Anniversary.

Our office is being remodeled with new finishes, new technology, new furniture and continuing education.  It will be a relief to have the space organized and fresh. 

Karen and I are taking Revit classes in conjunction with Saemisch DiBella Architects, and are very excited about providing our clients better design and documents for the purpose of construction. We meet every Firday morning for about four hours to learn this worthy program. We agree, even for small jobs, the Revit technology provides insight and documentation that will deliver a more concise product.

We’ve teamed Iconic Architecture and Design and Saemisch DiBella Architects to work on several projects to provide our clients the expertise and manpower we desire resulting in the very best service at principal level, to our clients. I’ve done business with Vince DiBella, Architect and Principal at Saemisch DiBella, and trust me, they don’t come any better.

The new year holds promise for Iconic Architecture and Design and we are excited about some new projects we have on the horizon. We believe the opportunity to really hone in on a project requiring evidence-based design and LEED design principals will begin in the next few weeks. Iconic Architecture and Design has the power to prosper.

So in closing, the best time of the year is approaching, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and this year I have the added excitement of attending my son’s wedding. We would also like to thank Arizona Women Networking for their stellar support this year. Excuse me, while I put on my Foster Grants. The future is so bright.

Just a reminder….Our Mission is your Success.

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Sep 30

Healthcare Floor Covering


| Health Care Floor Covering

Karen and I were pleased to be invited to tour the Tandus Flooring Mill in Dalton Georgia, by our talented account representative, Patti Kanter. We were also fortunate to have Korey Sims, Director of Facilities of Paradise Valley hospital join us. Korey is pure delight. He is one of the most informed and well educated facilities director with which I’ve had the pleasure to work. He is knowledgeable about the manufacturing process, and the pitfalls which lie therein, as well as product knowledge that would rival his reps.

We visited the Tandus showroom in Atlanta and spent a day learning about one of the best products for Health Care flooring I’ve seen in a long time, Powerbond.

The showroom was pure eye candy. The design was slick, clean and implemented some really nice sustainability practices. It is a LEED Silver project and is marvelous. The building was an old meat packing facility. The brick is old, weathered and absolutely stunning.

I digress – Back to Powerbond. Tandus uses about seventy five per cent Invista Yarn system, which as we all know, is probably the best fiber on the market today. In addition Tandus extrudes it’s own nylon known as Dynex which has a modified ratio of 2.0.  For those of you who do not know, this a very good and affordable fiber and fits many applications for successful performance and appearance retention. Many other self extruding mills manufacturer a fiber that has a much higher modified ratio. This  higher number delivers a weak fiber resulting in failure of performance and appearance retention. It is important to know what the fiber in your flooring product is.

The really cool thing about this hybrid flooring, known as Powerbond, is there is a lifetime warranty for edge ravel and  delamination. The bottom side of the product acts a a moisture barrier, preventing any liquid from penetrating thru the backing and into the sub-floor. With other soft flooring products, the porousness is a real issue, as spills penetrating into the slab cause the growth of mold, mildew, and bacteria, creating odors. If you keep seeing recurring stains, you have purchased the wrong product.  Given the features and benefits, Tandus Powerbond is a perfect solution for Assisted Living and other Health Care Facilities. And here’s the really good news. We saw a Powerbond installation on some stairs right off an entrance to one of the manufacturing facilities. It looked brand new…and it was a solid light blue color! Powerbond has a twenty-five to thirty year life. Now that’s sustainability!

Iconic Architecture and Design is on a continuous  quest to stay at the forefront of evidence-based design and the latest technology in all interior finishes and MPE systems. Our mission is  to provide our clients with the very best built environment outcomes as technology will allow.

And as always, Our Mission is Your Success.

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