Le Méridien Hotels

The challenge

Reroofing an occupied hotel means no torch flame near guest balconies during the day, no smell of bitumen drift through the AHU intake, and no scaffolding visible from the executive-lounge windows. The guestroom LVT refurb had to happen wing-by-wing on a hotel-occupancy schedule that left only 3–4 days per floor between guest turnovers.

Our approach

Roof: APP two-layer build-up — primed substrate, first-layer bitumen torched and lap-photographed, second layer offset 50% and pressed. Night torching during the lowest-occupancy windows; AHU shutdown coordination per shift. LVT: Mapei Ultraplan self-levelling skim to SR1, vapour barrier where the slab moisture demanded one, click LVT in herringbone with feature borders. Wing-by-wing rotation, hotel housekeeping team braced for furniture moves.

The outcome

Roof handed over with zero flood-test failures and a photo-documented lap record per zone. LVT delivered to programme without missing a single guest-turnover window. Le Méridien is now the case study we lead with on occupied-hospitality refurb tenders.