Southern California Office Update

It’s a wrap
Lucas Museum, Los Angeles
This flowing roof ribbon was constructed with metal studs and steel with three coats of lath and plaster. The job included 192 geometrically complex prefabricated framed panels craned to the roof and set in place requiring a high degree of precision to achieve.

LA Valley College, Van Nuys
Designed to create a modern and lasting finish, six different exterior cladding materials were installed on this 3-story classroom building. Exterior work included framing, sheathing, waterproofing and cladding using fiber cement panels, ACM panels, corrugated panels, perforated panels, longboard faux wood finish panels and smooth cement plaster. The interior scope included framing, drywall and taping finishes.

Limelight Hotel Exterior, Mammoth
The Southern California office completed the exterior prefabricated EIFS panels that featured a faux wood finish. Teams from the Washington and Las Vegas offices joined forces to tackle the rugged Sierra Nevada mountain terrain and occasional blizzard conditions to construct the hotel.

Standout projects
Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift (P409), Universal Studios, Hollywood
Work includes exterior framing, sheathing, waterproofing, themed carved plaster and themed painting for the queue area, ride building and electrical entertainment facilities.

LA Pierce College, Woodland Hills
Exterior work includes framing, sheathing, waterproofing, cement plaster and ACM panels for a 2-story media and architectural arts classroom building. Interior work includes framing, drywall and taping.

8501 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood
Two 1,000-square-foot digital billboards with full-motion visuals project onto a custom 3D mesh on this building’s exterior along busy Sunset Blvd. KHS&S installed the 3D mesh over a structural steel substrate, creating a sweeping architectural feature that dramatically defines the facade.