Fig + Pico Conference Center Hotels

Fig + Pico Conference Center Hotels

A new mixed-use development in Los Angeles, near the Convention Center in Downtown LA will feature new hotels and amenities such as sky lobbies, rooftop pool deck and outdoor common areas. Following the installation of pipes in the basement of one of the buildings, the floor needed to be raised with cellular concrete.

Lightweight cellular concrete (LCC) was preferred over traditional fill materials, such as sand, to fill the basement floor. The pour site was a restricted area not easily accessible, which would have been an obstacle for traditional fill. Unlike other fill materials that require trucks to unload, cellular concrete can be pumped through a hose to the point of placement even in difficult to reach areas. The installation of pipes made the fill site another obstacle for traditional fill, but cellular concrete easily flows to surround the pipes. Approximately 1,900 CY of LCC was poured in this basement backfill to raise the floor 3ft. In the end, the project was finished faster with LCC because we eliminated the need for isolation of the area and compaction of the material required by other fills.