Fairmont Austin Hotel

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The Fairmont Austin Hotel is located in downtown Austin adjacent to the Austin Convention Center. This new 47-story, 1.4-million-square-foot hotel will feature panoramic views of Lady Bird Lake and the surrounding area. With 1,000 four-star rooms, including several luxury suites, the hotel offers first-class amenities such as ballrooms, two pools and a high-end spa. Four below-grade levels will accommodate parking, administrative offices and service areas. Sustainable strategies such as building orientation, high-performance exterior skin with shading devices, rainwater and greywater harvesting and integrated guest room occupancy monitoring systems will allow the project to achieve LEED® Gold certification.

Z6 Commissioning performed high voltage electronic leak detection (ELD) testing on the Fairmont Austin Hotel to determine the most vulnerable areas of the roof system by identifying pinhole leaks and breaches for the most efficient diagnosis. This process of detection and isolation, damaged areas, once identified, can be repaired, and then retested, immediately. ELD and whole building air infiltration testing has become the most cost effective and useful means of roof leak detection effective for 99% of commercial waterproofing systems.

Project Information

Owner: Manchester Texas Financial Group

Architect: Gensler

Contractor:Hunt Construction Group

Client:Chamberlin

Location:Austin, Texas

Services:

Electronic Leak Detection (ELD) testing

Markets: Commercial

Project Scale:

1,400,000 SF
37 floors

Construction Cost: $350 million

Project Status: Summer 2017

Type of Construction: New Construction

Bill is the managing and founding partner of W.H. Coltzer International (WHCI), Zero/Six Consulting, LLC (an architecture and exterior building envelope consulting firm), Z6 Commissioning, LLC (a performance testing firm), and Coltzer Company, LLC (construction company). As the son of a general contractor, Bill grew up participating in the family construction business and after graduating from Texas A&M in 1984, became a licensed Architect in 1993. Since the creation of Zero/Six Consulting, LLC in 2003, Bill has participated in the remediation, design, and testing of numerous facilities across the Nation ranging in values of a few million dollars to over a few hundred million. The combination of construction knowledge, architectural training, and real-world experience gives Bill a unique perspective in the dispute resolution process.

Jeff is the Director of Engineering of Zero/Six Consulting, LLC (an architecture and exterior building envelope consulting firm). After graduating from The University of Texas with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Jeff has used his expertise in the field with roofing, waterproofing, and fenestration inspections, as well as in the office with computer-aided drafting, modeling, and engineering analysis. He has been deeply involved in the testing aspects of building envelope commissioning serving as the Quality Control Manager to ensure the Z6 ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accredited laboratory and team are strictly following international test standards to accurately, objectively, and impartially report on the integrity of building materials and products to certify that the installed systems interface as intended. Jeff has been Appointed Qualified Inspector by The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI).