When the decision is made to erect a new facility, the building materials are selected with great care - and not just in the exercise areas. The high traffic and heavy use of the showers, locker rooms, and swimming pools - 24 hours a day, seven days a week - mandates the use of heavy-duty materials that don't distract from the center's design aesthetic.
Daltile products were selected for use throughout the facilities. The color motif for tile in both clubs is primarily antique white, with green-, black-, and rose-colored pieces used as decorative breaks on lines running at 45-degree angles. The five, two-person installation crews overseen by Don Watts, owner of Custom Tile, installed the 4 1/4-inch-square tiles on the walls; 8-inch-square abrasive-textured tiles on the locker room floors; 2-inch-square tiles in the showers; and 16-inch-square tiles in the entryways.