Palms Place Hotel & Spa, Las Vegas, NV

Palms Place Hotel & Spa, Las Vegas, NV
Expert Witness

Mr. Boyken was retained by the contractor in matter, Palms Place, LLC. v Kittrell Garlock & Associates, Architects AIA Ltd., d/b/a KGA Architecture, M.J. Dean Construction, Inc. v Embassy Glass, Inc., A-11-645150-C, US District Court of Clark County Nevada to provide expert witness testimony on contractor standard of care, contract review & analysis, on-site inspection, post tension cable cost analysis and development of the cost to complete. Located west of the Las Vegas Strip, the Palma Place ultra-posh condo-hotel is a 600-unit skyscraper next to the Palms Casino Resort. The $650M, 50 Story tower features 9-inch-thick post-tensioned floors and an elaborate glass skin totaling 1.1M SQ FT. A 700 FT long “SkyTube,” enclosed elevated moving walkway, connects to the adjacent Palms Casino Resort. The tower rises from a 5-level podium parking deck, restaurant, retail, offices, 50,000 SQ FT pool and a 2 level spa with 20 treatment rooms & Turkish style bath house.