04/10/2026
G&B with the Top EIFS Project in North America!!!!!
Villas on 24th was recognized with an Excellence Award along with the Project of the Year Award at the annual EIFS Industry Members Association (EIMA) Convention and Excellence Awards Ceremony in Washington, DC. Selected among dozens of submissions from all over the US & Canada, the 3Dimensional facade was just a "little too much" to ignore for the top award.
Rising 30 stories over the West Campus area for the University of Texas in Austin, the exterior facade is composed of over 490 prefabricated panels with various depths of CI ranging from 1" to 13" in thickness, with slopes and angles in multiple directions, using high density EPS and CNC Machine Precut EPS Panels, reinforced in fiberglass mesh, along with multiple layers of hand sanded & polished basecoat materials, followed with multiple applications of sprayed applied acrylic coatings in the main white tone along with various accent colors, add the final touches to this amazing facade.
Fabricated at our shop in Houston, trucked a few hours West and flown in place in downtown Austin in the middle of the night, in order to avoid disrupting the critical path structural schedule, make this project a great example of the great things that can be achieved when designing, planning and executing efforts are all aligned.
Incredible design by Rhode Partners and a seamless ex*****on by our friends at Rogers-O'Brien Construction, brought to life by our most skilled tradesman companywide across the state, with the support of our key vendors and partners across multiple disciplines, just a great overall effort by all involved. Johnson County Foam Inc Sika USA ClarkDietrich Tremco CPG Inc., Excel Engineering, Inc. among several others.
Special Thank You to our good friend Mike Jalbert, cep and the Parex Team for the unwavering support and the commitment to our long term partnership that resulted in our G&B/Sika Joint Warranty Prefab Panel Program available now in the market place and with multiple projects in progress and on queue, all as a result of this amazing joint effort on getting Villas on 24th successfully completed.
Scope:
Structural CMU & Misc. Masonry
Exterior Framing & Sheathing (Prefab & Site Built)
Parex Watermaster CI
Parex DEFS
3Dimensional High Density EPS
Flashings, Gaskets and Final Sealants
Installation of INTUS Windows
Engineering & Delegated Design
Tzivan Vasquez - Sr. Project Manager & Project Leader
Safety-Quality-Results
Build with G&B!!!!