Virgin Hotel, Dallas

The Virgin Hotel project featured a number of unique challenges from design to construction. The hotel includes a large amenity deck with many different slab elevations, slopes, planters for trees/landscaping, and the rooftop swimming pool was poured monolithically with the slab and required 4 tall hanging forms around the entire perimeter of the pool beams. The eye-catching facade is held onto the building by embeds that were meticulously put in place by vitro-hammers due to hard ground and water intrusion. The garage portion of the build demanded extreme care, using hi-load scaffolding due to the tall ceiling heights, the number of beams, elevation changes, as well as the steep ramp slopes.

The design of the structure features a unique “V” shape, requiring special attention during construction. Over all the hotel offers 268 rooms, two penthouse suites, multiple restaurants and bars, and a rooftop pool. Additional features include concrete balconies, architecturally exposed columns in the hotel suites, with exposed ceilings and floors throughout and slab edges exposed in some areas.