Casinos

Access Flooringto the Power of

Access F loors

Access Floor Solutions

2

Your casino willdiscover improved levels of

flexibility, environmentalintegrity, and cost control

Your casino willdiscover improved levels of

flexibility, environmentalintegrity, and cost control

“”

“”

Tate is recognized as a leader in access flooring

technology, design, and manufacturing. Expertise and

experience in supporting a wide range of technical facility

demands has allowed Tate to create service distribution

systems and products specifically designed to meet the

requirements of today’s casino environments. With the

power of Tate, you will discover new levels of flexibility,

environmental integrity, and cost control.

Solution Flexibility

Tate Access Floors offers a fluid capacity to react and respond to

your casino’s need for change. Whether it is the creation of an

improved facility model that enhances the environment and

gaming experience, or adapting to new technologies and

integrating the next generation of security tools, Tate Access

Floors provide easy and simple solutions now, and in the future.

Environmental Control

Tate Access Floors play an important role in improving air quality

and maintaining the physical integrity of the gaming environment.

Tate Access Floors provides you with the ability to control

thermal, energy, and air quality control levels, zone by zone,

throughout the casino. With Tate Access Floors and underfloor

air distribution, your casino will have the ability to enhance

ventilation effectiveness and improve indoor air quality while

saving energy and delivering the safest, healthiest gaming

environment possible.

Cost Control

Tate understands that even the most advanced technology

needs to offer long-term value if it is to provide a positive return

on your investment. That is why Tate Access Flooring for casinos

has been designed to control costs through durability and

long-term service, adaptability to future expansion and change,

along with easy, low-cost maintenance requirements. Additional

cost savings are also realized through easy installation as well as

lower operating and system requirement costs for power and

communication, and air services.

3

Casino Solutions to the Power of Tate

4

Tate Gaming Technology PlatformThe perfect gaming environment must address a variety of

needs. These needs include maintaining high-quality clean air,

attenuating noise, responding to equipment layout and

technological changes quickly and easily, and supporting

the overall aesthetic value of the space – all while being

cost-effective during construction and operation. With Tate’s

Gaming Technology Platform, you’ll be able to address all of

these factors to create the perfect gaming environment.

Advantages

• Enhanced indoor environmental quality through superior IAQ,improved acoustics, and increased floor to ceiling height.

• Maximum occupant comfort control at design inception andthroughout the life of the facility using underfloor air withmodular ‘plug & play’ VAV or passive diffusers.

• Energy efficiency through economizer operation, and lessfan energy due to convection enhanced ventilation.

• Easily adapts to technological changes over the casino’slifecycle at low cost.

• Point-of-use services wherever you need them withcomplete flexibility, accessibility, and unlimited capacity.

• Reduced first cost and construction time due to significantreduction in HVAC ductwork and use of underfloor pre-fabricated ‘plug & play’ wire/cable services.

• Reduced operating costs and lower facility andmaintenance costs through accessible, flexible, andadaptable services – accommodating any layout changes.

Features

Creating the Perfect Gaming Environment

Tate ConCore® access floor system – welded steelfloor panel, filled internally with light-weight cementfor the ultimate in strength and acoustic performance.

Modular and relocatable VAV or passivediffusers provides increased thermal comfort

5

‘Plug & Play’ modular power wiring system saving valuableconstruction time and facilitating quick and easy reconfigurations

Underfloor service pathway accommodates anytype of voice and data system approach, from

homerun to passive or active zone cabling

Enhanced ceiling design freedom with servicesunderfloor in an optimized fully accessible floor cavity

A full range of finishes available tosatisfy all application requirements

Tate Bolted Stringer understructure systemprovides positive panel positioning and

exceptional lateral stability

6

Tate Gaming Technology Platform Solution:

Tate was pleased to be a part of this exciting project by

providing raised flooring throughout the casino, dining and retail

facilities to house the massive amount of electrical wiring and

cabling as well as deliver a unique underfloor air system

designed to improve the air quality for both smokers and

non-smokers. By choosing Tate Access Floors and underfloor

service distribution, the Tulalip’s will have a casino that delivers to

its patrons and staff a healthier environment and an infrastructure

system that provides the ultimate in flexibility allowing

equipment layout and technology changes quickly, easily and

cost-effectively.

The Challenge:

When the Tulalip tribe and its Board of Directors approved the

construction of the new 227,000 ft2 Tulalip Casino located in

Marysville, Washington, they wanted to create a facility that was

highly imaginative and creative with exterior and interior

treatments that tie to their native culture and their Pacific

Northwest roots. A healthy gaming environment for both smoker

and non-smokers as well as 24/7 operation was a must, thereby,

requiring a unique infrastructure designed to be seamlessly

maintained with minimal disruption to the patron’s experience.

Casino Solutions:Tulalip Casino,Marysville, WA

A Healthy Gaming Environment

7

Keys to creating a healthier facility for patrons and staff

• Deliver supply air at floor level to improve ventilation effectiveness and provide patrons with first benefit of clean,fresh air.

• Locate floor air diffusers throughout facility for even and properlyconditioned circulation of clean air.

• Increase floor to ceiling height through overall reduction inoverhead service distribution space.

• Provide diffusers with air direction, volume, and ‘plug and play’placement flexibility to ensure maximum comfort control.

• Deliver floor supply air at low pressure to maximize acousticperformance, energy efficiency, and maintain clean air inoccupied zone.

Tate Access Floors provide significant advantages in maintaining

air quality and control of a facility’s environment. Air quality,

correct thermal and humidity conditioning, and proper acoustics

all work together to create a comfortably maintained gaming

environment. Tate’s Gaming Technology Platform features high

performance underfloor HVAC services that provide improved

indoor air quality, enhanced comfort control, floor to ceiling

height optimization and improved acoustics.

This system will make the casino experiencemore enjoyable for patrons, and at the same timeprovide a much better working environment for

the many staff and employees ”

“Conventional Overhead System Gaming Technology Platform Underfloor System

Tate Underfloor Air/Wire/Cable Solution

8

Avoid the Complaints!Conventional overhead HVAC systems do

not provide optimum efficiency or comfort.

With Tate’s underfloor air system,

consisting of modular ‘plug & play’ floor

mounted diffusers, ultimate flexibility, energy

efficiency, and personal comfort control can

be assured.

No mixing of indoor air pollutants

Air suppliedunder floor

PVD Servicenter connectionsfor power and cable

Access floor system Modular power distribution box

Improved comfort

With the entire space under theaccess floor used as an airdistribution pathway, you canplug modular VAV or passivediffusers in anywhere, and whenyou make changes in yourspace, simply adjust airdirection or unplug and relocatein minutes!

Improved efficiency

Save 20% of your HVAC energycost using underfloor air. How?Significantly reduce fan energyrequirements and only conditionthe occupied zone.

Improved indoor environment quality

Underfloor air doesn’t churn the smoke up.It efficiently and effectively removes thesmoke and keeps it out of the occupiedzone.

9

Point of use services wherever you need them

PVD Servicenters with modular ‘plug & play’connections or grommeted access holes providepoint of use delivery of power, voice, and data to anylocation on the floor plate.

Reduce impact on base building

Access floors eliminate the need to embed wiring andcabling within concealed rigid structures such aswalls, columns and concrete floors; thereby allowingyou the freedom to access wiring and cabling quicklyand easily.

Complete accessibility and unlimited capacity

An access floor provides you with access to yourservice pathway at any location on the floor plate,with finished floor heights that accommodate anycapacity needs.

Ceiling design freedom due to eliminationof ductwork, cable trays, etc.

Modular air diffusers improve air quality,save energy, and reduce sound levels.

Hot air rises

Grommet access forwire/cable pass thru.

Don’t Get Trapped!Avoid the trap of using inflexible and

expensive wire and cable systems in your

facility. Tate’s underfloor wire and cable

management solution, comprising of a Tate

Access Floor with modular ‘plug & play’

power wiring and zone cabling solutions will

provide ultimate flexibility allowing you to

respond to equipment layout and

technology changes quickly, easily and cost

effectively.

Modular cablingdistribution box.

Complete flexibility andreconfiguration capability

An access floor with modular ‘plug & play’power wiring and cabling componentsprovides complete flexibility. As yourcasino’s needs change so too can yourservice distribution system – quickly, easilyand cost-effectively.

10

Tate Gaming Technology Platform Solution:

A two-phase construction project included demolition of existing

mechanical systems and installation of new ones. The first phase

of the construction, which was completed in August 2002,

consisted of an 80,000 ft2 expansion of the gaming room. The

second phase, which was completed in January 2003, involved

a complete renovation of the existing 70,000 ft2 of gaming floor.

Eighteen months later, a new Tate Access Floor underfloor air

system has helped eliminate the ETS problem, and patrons (and

owners) can breathe easy. Jerry Cowden, an engineer with

Sacks and Associates, said, “We put a lot of thought into the

best way to get rid of the smoke, and we came up with the

displacement air system, or underfloor air system. We supplied

the conditioned outside air down low and exhausted it up high.”

Although the primary purpose of the underfloor plenum was for

air distribution, once the space was created, everyone wanted to

take advantage of it, said Cowden. As a result, the plenum was

also utilized for power, data, and control wiring.

The Challenge:

The Turning Stone Casino Resort in Verona, NY, operated by the

Oneida Indian Nation, had a problem with environmental tobacco

smoke (ETS). During peak hours as gamblers filled up the

gaming floor, a blue haze would cover occupants, and the

existing ventilation system didn’t do enough to clear the air.

The Oneida Indian Nation, while wanting to permit smoking, felt

strongly about eliminating as much ETS as possible. To achieve

that, they were even willing to tear out all the existing mechanical

systems in order to improve the air quality within the casino.

Casino Solutions:Turning Stone Casino,Verona, NY

11

Easy Adaptation and Flexibility forYears of Low-cost Service

The Tate Gaming Technology Platform has been designed to

provide optimum value, flexibility, and trouble-free service now,

and in the future. The modular design allows you to adapt to

change easily and at a low cost. With Tate Access Floors,

adapting to ever-changing technologies and constant gaming

shifts will no longer demand expensive facility investment and

construction costs. Tate underfloor systems allow you to update

your technical capabilities, floor plan, HVAC controls, and image,

using your own effective and low-cost resources.

The Freedom of flexibility

Spaces and equipment are constantly changing. To meet this

demand for change, Tate’s Gaming Technology Platform is

designed to afford interior design freedom and quick

‘plug & play’ access to all services.

• Flexible and accessible services allow you to plan yourspace around functional requirements rather than be limitedby fixed, inflexible services.

• Simple service connections minimize the need forprofessional outside services.

• Power, voice, data, and heating and cooling services can allbe quickly accessed and reconfigured to meet any layout.

• Service changes can be made with minimal disruption to the work environment.

Access floor and underfloor modular‘plug & play’ services allow for quick and easy

equipment and technology changes at low costwith minimal disruption”

“

Tate Access Floors, Inc.Corporate Headquarters: 7510 Montevideo Road, Jessup, MD 20794Tate Hotline: 1-800-231-7788 Tel: 410-799-4200 Fax: 410-799-4207

Production Facilities: 7510 Montevideo Road, Jessup, MD 2079452 Springvale Road, Red Lion, PA 17356

tateaccessfloors.comkingspan.com

Tate Building Technology Platform®, ConCore® and PosiTile® are registered trademarks of Tate Access Floors, Inc.PosiLock™ and PVD Servicenter™ are trademarks of Tate Access Floors, Inc. © 2004 Tate Access Floors, Inc.

A memberof the

Tate Access Floors, Inc.components are proudlymade in the U.S.A.