DC Convention Center Escalators
Category:
Multi-Family & Special Projects
Location:
Washington, DC
Owner/Client:
Events DC
Contract Value:
$4.6 Million
Duration:
8 Months
- Design/build escalator addition in largest convention facility in DC
- Installation of 4 new escalators adjacent to existing escalators at 4 separate locations
- Included renovation of existing interior public space
- Partial demolition/replacement of two granite stairways and demolition of architectural walls
- Construction of new escalator pits
- Reinforcement of the pod floor structure by inserting a 30-ton steel truss beam
- Modifications to existing glass guardrail systems
- Installation of monitoring panel in Engineering Command Center
- Job complexities included matching of existing escalator equipment, stone, glass rail, and other architectural features which had been installed 10 years prior
