Case Studies

After a two-year long construction project, which began in April 2010, the home of Palomar Medical Center West in Escondido, Calif., was completed and open for business in 2012. Situated on a 52-acre site, the 11-story, state-of-the-art healthcare facility is designed to accommodate 360 patient beds, 12 operating rooms, a trauma center and a nursing […]

Silicon Valley is the land of software giants, home to companies whose applications have become household names.   When one of these companies decided to beauty their corporate campus with a granite water feature large enough to front multiple buildings, the tile contractor called on CUSTOM.  De Anza Tile had to break the specifications to ensure […]

Reagan Airport Terminal Expanded with CUSTOM Flooring Preparation System Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) is located just three miles from the nation’s capital.   When expanding Terminal A in 2014 to accommodate increased passenger traffic, the Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority was taking no chances on a system failure.  That’s why a full system of CustomTech […]

Swimming with sharks, rays and other native fish is the main attraction at Aquarium Encounters in Marathon, Florida.  Visitors can enter dive tanks to interact with and feed a wide variety of marine species.  But first –they have to take a shower to protect the water quality of these aquatic ecosystems.  A complete system of […]

The Rideout Regional Medical Center in Marysville, Calif. provides state-of-the-art health care serving the growing population of four Central Valley counties.  This 6-story, 220,000-square-foot facility includes a full-service trauma center with a rooftop heliport for Life Flight operations and private hospital rooms with serenely tiled bathrooms. A full system of tile installation products from Custom […]

The Hollywood Casino Jamul, near San Diego, Calif., brings the classic style and glamour of 1930s art deco to life.  With 40 different kinds of natural stone, porcelain and glass tiles setting the stage, visitors are instantly immersed in the Golden Age of Hollywood.  High performance installation products from CUSTOM were carefully selected to ensure […]

The San Diego International Airport (SAN) is home to the busiest single-runway commercial airport in the U.S. and second busiest in the world, serving over 17 million passengers per year. Due to this high level of passenger traffic, the SAN Airport Authority decided to renovate SAN’s Terminal 2 East.  Terrazzo tiles were chosen for these […]

The new Commons Building at Mesa College in San Diego is anything but common-looking.  To complete this unusual LEED Silver project, the tile contractor had to pull out all the stops—including installing exterior tile from a 60-foot boom lift. Plank tile was set vertically throughout to emphasize a pair of solar chimney towers while integrating […]

Following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, beloved alma mater Lawless High School in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans sat uninhabitable and desolate, with buildings moved off their foundations by the floodwaters.  In 2016, the campus reopened as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Charter High School, a modern, state-of-the-art facility. The project earned Sizeler […]

Over two million visitors arrive each year to experience the pristine color of the Cayman Islands’ famous beaches, waters and coral reefs.  To support record levels of travel, Owen Roberts International Airport (ORIA) on Grand Cayman has been expanded and renovated with large format tile.  The airport now features a dome shaped like the shell […]