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Jet Noise No Match For uPVC Windows Amerimax window-system solution allows a hotel to continue operation during installation. Renovations at the Crowne Plaza hotel near San Francisco International Airport saw more than 1,000 windows replaced without the hotel closing to travelers.
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ocated between San Francisco Internation-
REPLACE AND RENOVATE
al Airport and the 101 freeway is a Crowne
Hotel management launched the multi-million-dollar
Plaza hotel, a 325-room facility built in the
renovation project with the design and replacement of
1970s. With aging windows contributing to problems
335 punched openings with an average size of 12 x 8 ft.
including high noise levels, moisture leaks, and low
The project included the installation of 1,736 sealed,
energy efficiency, hotel owners searched for a cost-ef-
glazed insulated-glass units. Architectural Fenestra-
fective fenestration system that could be factory built
tion and Restoration, San Anselmo, CA, a longtime
and lifted into place for installation. The existing
customer of Amerimax, was chosen to manage the in-
look and structural integrity of the building needed
stallation with its expertise in large-scale projects with
to be preserved.
minimal distraction in occupied buildings.
General contractor, Amerail Systems Inc., Erie,
The 4500-series windows were chosen to provide
PA, looked to Amerimax Windows and Doors, a divi-
the best combination of high acoustical properties
sion of Euramax International Inc., Norcross, GA,
(STC 43), structural durability, environmental con-
and its 4500-series steel-reinforced uPVC window
sciousness, longevity, and price. The windows arrive
system. The window system provided a solution to
fully framed and assembled, with a fully welded joint
the moisture and noise problems and also could be
system that is moisture resistant. Glazed onsite, the
installed in sections while maintaining 97% building
installation team from AFR completed as many as
occupancy.
eight hotel rooms a day between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
