Memorial Care
Los Alamitos, California
Category: 2013 Healthcare, Environmental Achievement
Silver Winner Environmental Achievement
Architect: RTKL
Designer: RTKL
Starnet Member:
Universal Metro
Starnet Preferred Vendors:
ARDEX, Armstrong Flooring, Daltile, Flexco, Henry Adhesives, Johnsonite By Tarkett
Project Strategy
The Vision: Bring together the most advanced healing technology in community healthcare along with state-of-the-art medical and surgical products, in order to provide excellent clinical outcomes through an amazing array of support services, resources, and nurse practitioners that few non-acute clinics across the country offer.
The Design: Extensive use of open space combined with the elements of environment friendly Bio Based floor covering materials like Armstrong’s Striations (new) to achieve the design focus of “Live Healthy”; to promote healing through nurturing spaces; and to empower patients through information and education.
The Construction: Convert a Borders book store space in a busy shopping center into the most advanced clinic in the county. Dal-Tile combined with Schluter trim on both the top and bottom scores created an incredible bold and linear design element while achieving the statutory sanitary cleanliness codes. The design build of the facility also included an Ardex moisture mitigation system to allow for long term uninterrupted care.
The Install: Universal Metro procured and installed all floor covering: Bio Based tile, resilient, tile, stone, carpet, base, Ardex underlayments, Ardex MC moisture mitigation systems
Environmental Achievement Strategy
Extensive use of open space combined with the elements of environment friendly Bio Based floor covering materials like Armstrong’s Striations (new) achieved the design focus of “Live Healthy”; to promote healing through nurturing spaces. Using the product in over 13,000 sf (3/4) of the project the Bio Based tile allowed for the project to incorporate sustainable design into the construction. Migrations with BioStride contains rapidly renewable resources, uses 10% recycled content and meets the standards of California Section 01350 for low VOC emissions.
BioBased Tile EQ4.3, MR4.0, MR5.0*, MR6.0