Feature: An island beauty, created with the help of MAPEI Flooring, Inc. (a member of the Tile Contractors Association of Hawaii), was in charge of all aspects of the tile installations for interior and exterior walls, floors and special- ty elements with the exception of the interior tile walls of the pool on the amenities deck. Their installers also handled moisture mitigation work and installation of wood, carpet and resilient floor coverings. A-American worked closely with General Contractor A. C. Kobayashi, Inc., to complete all the aspects of the installations on schedule, including the mega- challenge of zero tolerance in tran- sitions between flooring types. Zero tolerance transitions; moisture mitigation and water- proofing Anaha’s 236-unit residence tower and 81 townhomes and flats were architecturally designed with a zero tolerance scheme for all finishes in the flooring landscape of the building. From interior to exterior, zero tolerance require- ments meant that all transitions could hold no change in height from tile to wood to carpet to resilients, to respect accessibility for disabled persons according to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This zero tolerance created The LEED Platinum building was designed with the environment in mind. Anaha podium, pool and tower. 46 TileLetter | January 2018