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A SPECIAL ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT TO NEW YORK CONSTRUCTION CAS began work in Las Vegas in 1998 with the construction of the Venetian Hotel. In September 2005, the ﬁrm opened its new Las Vegas headquarters. Component West has now completed several high-proﬁle projects within the Las Vegas market, including several of the most stunning hotels and casinos on the Las Vegas Strip. Among its accomplishments is Planet Hollywood Towers by Westgate Resorts, a 50-story glass marvel. “Planet Hollywood has a unique design,” says Component West Vice President Bob Perricone. “There was a lot of time and effort in the original planning, and it’s been a successful enterprise.” A major timeshare development, Planet Hollywood Towers features 1,200 luxury villas and 28 exclusive penthouse suites in 3.2 million square feet of living space with a fully integrated resort casino. Above: Frederick H. Merrill, Executive Vice President, CAS Boston. houses the 230-room, four-star Boston Harbor Hotel, 100 luxury condominiums and marine facilities. Component West Vice President of Construction, David Scognamiglio, is personally very proud of the Encore, CAS’s new creation for Vegas hotel guru Steve Wynn that opened on December 22, 2008. “It’s a very high-proﬁle job,” Scognamiglio says about the 2,034-suite masterpiece of elegant ambiance, currently the only ﬁve-star, ﬁve-diamond resort in Las Vegas. Perricone attributes the ﬁrm’s success to a combination of things. “We’re straight talkers, we know the business, and we offer a breath of fresh air to Las Vegas, coming in with our East Coast understanding of fast track construction,” he says. CAS Las Vegas is currently working on the Cosmopolitan, a $1.5 billion, 64-story, resort-style condominium hotel with completion projected in 2009. The ﬁrm is also in the process of procuring a job using its mentor-protégé program. “We’ve had an extraordinary amount of support from our home ofﬁce,” says Scognamiglio. “CAS is the best company I’ve ever worked for.” Other CAS projects in Boston include TD Banknorth Garden and MIT Stata Center by Frank Gehry. CAS also recently completed work at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, which features 50 high-end condominium and luxury apartments plus the six-star hotel. Pawlowski says the Mandarin project allowed the company to showcase its capabilities installing ﬁne millwork and high-end kitchens. Projects at the Contemporary Art Museum, MIT Stata Center and Bina Café in Boston went beyond sheetrock to incorporate an acoustical sound-prooﬁng plaster known as BASWAphon. “Typically a sound-absorbing ﬁnish comes in the form of cloth panels with seams,” Pawlowski says. “BASWAphon has excellent sound absorption properties and provides a uniform monolithic ﬁnish. The result is a uniform ﬁnish throughout.” It was also through the Boston ofﬁce that the bid and work at the Ronald Reagan Trade Center in Washington, DC took place and ultimately led to the company opening an ofﬁce in the nation’s capital. “At the time that was one of the largest projects the company had signed,” Pawlowski says. “Our work has leapfrogged to other cities several times over.” Above: Paul Pawlowski (center, dark suit) and staff at the CAS Boston ofﬁce. BOSTON Boston was the ﬁrst CAS ofﬁce outside of New York. The ofﬁce serves regional New England, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Connecticut. “In the Boston market, we are the ‘go to’ company for highquality union installations,” says Senior Vice President Paul Pawlowski explaining that the company has been involved in ﬁnishing several of the city’s most prominent landmarks. One of the biggest imprints made on the city in recent times has been Rowes Wharf, a 5.38-acre complex located in the city’s Seaport District. The centerpiece of Rowes Wharf is a 345,000 square foot building now known as “the Gateway to Boston.” Rising 16-stories, the centerpiece of Rowes Wharf Above: John Yike (center) and staff at the CAS Philadelphia ofﬁce. PHILADELPHIA Our most recent location is in Philadelphia. Since opening this ofﬁce CAS is already at work on a major project, construction of the Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania’s West Tower. 8

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