The new ice floor was poured on February 26th starting at 4AM.  The floor is 8″ thick and 18,000 square feet.  Just pouring took seven hours, and the crew of twenty men poured a total of 420 cubic yards of concrete.  The finishing crew work all day and into the evening to polish the floor to an almost mirror-like surface.

We were working directly for Cimco Refrigeration, a firm that specializes in ice floors, installing over 4,500 ice floors world-wide. They are the official floor installer for the National Hockey League. They were heavily involved in the Vancouver Olympic Games venues. Check them out at http://www.cimcorefrigeration.com/icesports.asp

The Orlando Events Center Slab is resting on two layers of insulation covered by 10 inches of sand.  This keeps the ground under the slab from freezing.  Miles of refrigeration piping is embedded in the slab we poured to freeze the water to transform the concrete into an ice rink. We had to take extreme care not to puncture any of the plastic pipes while pouring.

This was one of the most interesting projects we have been a part of, and we are proud to have been chosen to pour the new floor for the Orlando Magic.  Cimco representatives said this was one of very best floors they have had installed.  Congratulations to all of our team members.