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February/March 2010 Vol. 10 No. 2
Design Ideas
Sports Stadiumsby Stacey Enesey Klemenc Ameri-Can Concrete Solutions used Lithochrome Tintura, a water-based reactive stain from L.M. Scofield Co. , in two dugout lounges in Yankee Stadium. Yankee Stadium, New York City Flooring subcontractor: Ameri-Can Concrete Solutions Scott Griffin and his partner Dominic Puglese of Ameri-Can Concrete Solutions in New York City credit their listing in The Blue Book of Building and Construction for helping their company land work at the new Yankee Stadium. "We had never worked on a stadium before," Griffin admits, but that wasn't a criterion for Commodore Construction Corp. Also a New York City-based contractor, Commodore needed to sub out some specialty work for the new baseball stadium that involved both self-leveling and decorative concrete. Ameri-Can Concrete, which has been in business since 2007, had experience in both. Griffin met with Commodore's project manager, Michael Kennedy, and the men came to an agreement. Ameri-Can would rub, patch, grind, densify and seal all of the concession, kitchens and storage areas throughout the stadium - about 80,000 to 100,000 square feet - and also handle the stained concrete in the dugout lounges, which encompassed almost 5,000 square feet. These two lounges, one for visitors and one for the home team, Griffin explains, are ground-level private bars that overlook the field. They are prime areas for game-goers ... if you can afford the $2,500 seat nearby. A certified Pinnacle installer for Mapei Corp., Ameri-Can is one of only two such contractors in the Tri-State area. For the lounge floor, the company first pumped in Mapei's Ultraplan M20 Plus, a self-leveling underlayment...
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