b'NTCA FIVE-STAR FEATURE (continued) PEOPLES CHOICE: Premier Tile & Marble, Gardena, Calif.Academy Museum of Motion PicturesThe Saban BuildingLos Angeles, Calif.Completed November 2019Thisprojectwastherestorationofaniconic1939, Streamline Moderne Building. It involved the preserva-tion,rehabilitationandreplacementthatspannedsix stories of 350,000 of its 500,000, 24 karat gold 1 x 1 tile. Working hand in hand with preservationists and conser-vators, each of the 500,000 tiles were inspected, graded, marked and accepted or deemed unfit for rehabilitation,ceramictool.comusing technology employed by NASA on the Rover. Damaged mosaics were removed with small 1rotary powertoolsandlow-impactpneumaticchisels.New mosaic installation had to fit flush and align with pre-served existing tiles, one piece at a time. Special sub-strate preparation included hydraulic injection of ultra-lowshrinkage,flowable,self-consolidatingfinegrout forstructuralbondingofdelaminatingmass,fortified mortar bed installation for delaminated areas and anti-fracture membrane over existing concrete cracks.Crews had to replace their usual high-production pac-ing with slow, meticulous attention to detail and care ofSOLUTIONSthe original installation, focusing on preservation and a spotless installation; the reflective nature of the mate-rial made any deviation immediately apparent. PremierTile&MarblereceivedtheCalifornia Preservation Foundation award for outstanding achieve-ment in the field of Historic Preservation and received an invitation to speak at The Surface Effects Symposium and Workshop.WITH METAL TRIM800.236.5230TECH|202039'