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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AUCH Construction’s New Headquarters: A Green Portal to Pontiac
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Exceptional Teamwork, Lean Construction and a LEED Gold Target: Building a Showpiece Facility for MSU Federal Credit Union Headquarters
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ABOUT THE COVER Michigan State University Federal Credit Union’s new headquarters is targeting LEED Gold certification. Designed by Daniels & Zermack Architects, LLC and built by Granger Construction Company, this well-crafted building offers contemporary work spaces for 564 employees. Photo Credit: GranGer ConstruCtion ComPany
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The decision overrules FedEx Home Delivery, a 2014 NLRB decision that modified the applicable test for determining independent-contractor status by severely limiting the significance of a worker’s entrepreneurial opportunity for economic gain. For more information, visit www.nlrb.gov.
New NECA Codes & Standards Committee Members Announced NECA is pleased to announce that eight new members are joining the NECA Codes and Standards Committee in 2019. Plus, NECA’s largest committee has, for the first time, appointed two women to the committee adding valuable new perspectives with the addition of Mashell Carissimi and Haley Masbruch. Carissimi is the Founder and CEO of CAM member company JMC Electrical Contractors, LLC, Clinton Twp. The Codes and Standards Committee is involved in development, administration, and enforcement of installation codes, safety standards, product standards and other related industry regulations. • Mashell Carissimi – JMC Electrical Contractor LLC, Southeastern Michigan Chapter NECA • Shane Custer – Big State Electric, South Texas Chapter • Steven Emert – Rosendin Electric, Santa Clara Valley Chapter NECA • David Hendershot – Main Electric Construction Inc. – Dakotas Chapter NECA • Haley Masbruch – Danard Electric Inc. – Southwest Washington Chapter NECA • Philip Ostrow – Ostrow Electrical Company – Central Massachusetts Chapter NECA • Tony Punzalan – McPhee Electric Ltd – Connecticut Chapter NECA • Raymond Smith – Cogburn Bros Electric Inc. – North Florida Chapter 8 CAM MAGAZINE MARCH 2019
NLRB Returns to LongStanding Independent-Contractor Standard The National Labor Relations Board has returned to its long-standing independent-contractor standard, reaffirming the Board’s adherence to the traditional common-law test. In doing so, the Board clarified the role entrepreneurial opportunity plays in its determination of independentcontractor status, as the D.C. Circuit has recognized. The case, SuperShuttle DFW, Inc., involved shuttle-van-driver franchisees of SuperShuttle at DallasFort Worth Airport. Applying its clarified standard, the Board concluded that the franchisees are not statutory employees under the National Labor Relations Act, but rather independent contractors excluded from the Act’s coverage. The Board found that the franchisees’ leasing or ownership of their work vans, their method of compensation, and their nearly unfettered control over their daily work schedules and working conditions provided the franchisees with significant entrepreneurial opportunity for economic gain. These factors, along with the absence of supervision and the parties’ understanding that the franchisees are independent contractors, resulted in the Board’s finding that the franchisees are not employees under the Act. The decision affirms the Acting Regional Director’s finding that the franchisees are independent contractors.
The 11th Annual Decorative Concrete Award Winners Announced The Decorative Concrete Council (DCC), a specialty council of the American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC), St. Louis, Missouri, has announced the winners of its 11th annual Decorative Concrete Awards competition. The winners were recognized at a ceremony at the World of Concrete, Las Vegas, in January. Bullion Coatings, Katy, Texas, won the WOW! Award, best overall project, for Sawmill Lakes Recreation Center Splashpad. Bullion used SUNDEK Classic Texture and SUNDEK Sun Coat for this splashpad, which was designed to mimic the Louisiana swamps with stars reflecting in the water. Fourteen custom colors, 400 stars, six constellations, three template trees, a four-color grassy area, and a four-color template moon were used in the design by TBG Partners, Houston. The Sawmill Lakes Splashpad is in Sienna Plantation, Missouri City, TX.
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A sampling of other award winners include: Cast-In-Place Stamped, Over 5,000 SF, 1st Place, Bomanite Malaysia Sdn Bhd, for Karpal Singh Promenade. Polished, Over 5,000 SF, 1st Place, Hyde Concrete, Pasadena, MD, for TechSpace. Cast-in-Place Special Finishes, Over 5,000 SF, 1st Place, Trademark Concrete Systems, Oxnard, CA, for 888 at Grand Hope Park. Vertical/Facades, Over 5,000 SF, 1st place, Consigli Construction Co., Milford, MA, for Wellesley College Pendleton Hall West Addition. Concrete Artistry, Over 5,000 SF, 1st Place, Bomanite Malaysia Sdn Bhd, for Albukhary International University.
Architectural Cast-in-Place Concrete/Over 5,000 SF, 1st Place, Baker Concrete, Monroe, OH, for National Veterans’ Memorial and Museum. T.B. Penick & Sons, Inc., San Diego, CA, won 1st place for a Project Video for Fern Street Public Art Project. 2nd place went to Decorative Concrete of Virginia, Lynchburg, VA for Academy Center of the Arts. In a new category, Cementitious Overlays, SUNDEK, Arlington, TX won 1st place for projects Over 5,000 SF for Celebrino Event Center. T.B. Penick & Sons, San Diego, CA, won 2nd Place for 33 Tehama. The DCC is composed of contractors, manufacturers and suppliers of decorative concrete products. The Council is dedicated to improving the technical and business expertise of the contractors that pursue this specialty market. To view
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U.S. Department of Labor Issues Final Rule to Protect Privacy of Workers To protect worker privacy, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a final rule that eliminates the requirement for establishments with 250 or more employees to electronically submit information from OSHA Form 300 (Log of Work-Related Injuries and
Concrete Artistry, Under 5,000 SF, 2nd Place, T.B. Penick & Sons, San Diego, CA, for Las Vegas Showgirls Sign. Cementitious Overlays, Under 5,000 SF, 1st Place, Intricate Concrete, Bay Area, MI, for Faux Wood Porch. Stained, Over 5,000 SF, 1st Place, Hyde Concrete, Pasadena, MD, for TechSpace.
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Illnesses) and OSHA Form 301 (Injury and Illness Incident Report) to OSHA each year. These establishments are still required to electronically submit information from OSHA Form 300A (Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses). By preventing routine government collection of information that may be quite sensitive, including descriptions of workers’ injuries and body parts affected, OSHA is avoiding the risk that such information might be publicly disclosed under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This rule will better protect personally identifiable information or data that could be reidentified with a particular worker by removing the requirement for covered employers to submit their information from Forms 300 and 301. The final rule does not alter an employer’s duty to maintain OSHA Forms 300 and 301 on-site, and OSHA will continue to obtain these forms as needed through
inspections and enforcement actions. For more information, visit www.osha.gov.
MIOSHA’s New Online Radiation Safety System The MIOSHA - Radiation Safety Section (RSS) has launched a new online system. The following activities will now be done exclusively using this system. • Facility and Machine Registration (application, changes/amendments, and renewals) • Print a Facility Certificate for
posting at the facility • Radiation Shielding Plan Review • Mammography Authorization (application and renewals) • Excessive Dose & Medical Event Reporting System Website: aca3.accela.com/MIHS. Currently registered facilities should have received a letter in February 2019 that provided the facility registration number and a pin allowing a registrant to link a registration record to their account. Registration, PIN Linking, Delegate Instructions are available at: www.michigan.gov/rss. Send any questions via e-mail to rssinfo@michigan.gov or call (517) 284-7820.
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n this article we are going to look at how the State of Michigan continues to reduce the protective measures that workers are entitled to under Public Act 154 of 1974. In December of 2018, the outgoing Governor, Rick Snyder, enacted another series of changes to the MIOSHA regulations in an ongoing trend to strip Michigan workers of their right to a safe and healthful workplace. Coming into 2019, employers had to react to 29 additional standard changes in both the construction and general industries. While this may seem like a lot, it is a relatively small number in comparison to the thousands of rules that have changed in the last eight years. What changed? The Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA), which has authority over MIOSHA, has continued the trend to remove effective MIOSHA safety regulations and replace them with outdated Federal OSHA standards that supposedly provide the same level of protection. My challenge to this trend and to the incoming Michigan legislature is to remind everyone that under the federal OSHA Act of 1970, we as a State have the right to develop and implement our own safety and health management system that is “at least as effective as” the federal rules. In the business of safety, we know that the regulations represent the minimum, the bare bones, of what should be done to protect the health and safety of our workforce. We also know that we have a responsibility to be better than the minimums as represented by the “General Duty” clause, which requires that we address recognized hazards in our industry. This “General Duty” is required regardless of whether we have a particular standard that addresses a given hazard. In an effort to provide you with an example of the dramatic change that we are seeing from a regulatory perspective, I would challenge everyone to review MIOSHA’s Personal Protective Equipment Standard for Construction Part 6 with the same standard from a year ago. In this most recent round of changes, MIOSHA has adopted the federal regulations for personal protective equipment and in doing so has completely stripped the appendices at the end of the standard that provided guidance to employers on how to comply with those regulations. While these appendices are generally not mandatory, they did give guidance to employers on how to conduct a workplace hazard assessment, provide examples of what kinds of PPE should be used in varying circumstances, and provide summaries of requirements from related standards. So, why remove them? What is also startling about this trend to reduce our rights is that almost no effort is made to correct standards that are just incorrect. To give you an example of a standard that is simply wrong, refer to and compare MIOSHA Construction Safety Standard Part 9: Excavation, Trenching and Shoring to OSHA Subpart P. This is an example of a Michigan standard that falls short of the federal rules for providing protections to workers doing excavation work or who have to work in the excavations dug by other contractors. The obvious error is seen by comparing the benching diagrams in the appendices of both standards are mandatory at the federal level but not at the state level. You can also note that MIOSHA requires that soil classification be done, but no guidance is given on what that entails. The federal standard Subpart P includes Appendix A, which provides a significant amount of guidance on how soil classification should be done including definitions of various soil types and testing methods.
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While these are just a couple of examples, I could go on for many more pages with more examples. I would encourage the Michigan Legislature, MIOSHA, and employers to seek to reestablish the promulgation committees for the development and alteration of standards, to remove the power from the Director of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs to change the rules at the whim of the Governor’s office, and to put back into the hands of the people the opportunity to participate in the regulatory process. We have a need to protect our workforce. We have a need for clear and proactive legislation for the development of progressive standards that address the needs of today’s working environment. We have a need to provide material for employers to be able to effectively understand and incorporate the safety standards into their business operations. We don’t need rules that change overnight and are unclear about our responsibilities under the law. We must be mindful that the number of small employers (less than 250 employees) in this state vastly outnumbers the larger employers, and our smaller employers generally do not have dedicated safety and health professionals on staff to interpret unclear standards. For additional information on this topic and what can be done to be proactive in correcting this troubling issue, contact Jason Griffin by phone at (248) 972-1141 or by email at safety@buildwithcam.com. Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
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THE ABANDONED MALL: MIRAGE OR OASIS?
By David Lenz, AIA|NCARB, Project Architect, Bergmann
or much of the 1970s through early 2000s, shopping malls were the activity center of a region. Reaching their zenith as a destination for Gen Xers, malls provided—under one roof— a place to eat, shop, play, be entertained, or simply pass the time. As malls popped up across the country, they became ubiquitous and an essential element to our American culture and identity. Unabashed consumerism on full display. They were a symbol of the idyllic suburban American life…until they weren’t. As we move further and faster into the 21st century, many communities are faced with the reality of trying to reprogram and reimagine these acres of abandoned spaces. Has this been done before? Where can we find inspiration? What does the future hold? Retrospectively, the decline of our suburban malls begins where it all began, with the anchor store. Large department stores formed the backbone of mall design, layout and organization. The anchor store’s existence was even interwoven into lease and tenant agreements. While the details are unique to each mall, the basic formula holds true: set up a large department store on one side and community space (theater or food court) on the other. Connect these programs with a roof, tiled floor, sparkling storefronts, subtropical partial sun flora, surrounded by a sea of parking, and viola you have a thriving mall. With enough acreage and investment money, feel free to add additional anchor stores (on axis at the cardinal points if you please) and as many levels as you see fit. Due to the immense size of the mall developments, and the potential economic impact, urban planners rezoned whole cities to attract and entice their creation. Malls, and by extension the anchor store, were the catalyst for numerous businesses to take a risk and set up shop a few spaces down in the always sunny homogenous retail mega-development. Hindsight is the privilege of the future; had we known of the disruptive nature of the internet and future online alphabet soup of big box retailers, would we have invested so heavily in a model whose very nature is to respond to consumer habits? Fashion is fickle, so is apparently how we spend our money. Malls provided consumers the convenience of spending money at their favorite stores all in the same relative place. The internet upped the ante by allowing for consumers to spend their money at their favorite stores without leaving their homes. Innovation is the child of invention. Once the anchor
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store loses viability, it doesn’t take long for the smaller stores to drift off to sea. The dilemma is now what to do with a deserted mega complex in an island of overgrown asphalt parking. Do you sell your soul for new tenants and hope an unwitting “anchor store” will save you? Or do you reimagine and redevelop? Whatever the decision, economics will always be the driving factor. We can, however, learn a lesson and diversify our future. Throughout history we can reliably depend on change being constant. As we look to the future for our malls, we should do so knowing that every aspect of them will change. Embrace this change and plan for it. Gone should be our idea of an almighty single retailer. Gone should be our idea of a single-use group building. Gone should be our idea of a shopping center. We should look toward what works – dense and diverse urban centers. The variety and diversity (socially, economically, and physically) that our urban centers encompass form the backbone of their design, layout, organization, and (gasp) even their varied lease and tenant rates. As we look to the future, our desolate malls can become mixed-use developments like Hunt Valley Town Centre in Baltimore County. This once traditional mall flipped the script. The roof Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
was removed, and the building was turned inside out to create an outdoor mall. Most surprisingly, multifamily homes were built around the redevelopment – emphatically answering the age-old chicken and egg question. In Mountain View, California, the old Mayfield Mall has been famously repurposed into a burgeoning tech park. Breaking up the building, creating pedestrian friendly parking, utilizing unused space for exterior courtyards, this old mall has handsomely transformed into a bona fide campus layout. Out with the old and in with the new. Not every community has a wildly successful international business to dump untold money into redevelopment, but communities like Providence, Rhode Island, has captured the best of community centers and retail shopping. In what is considered the nation’s oldest indoor shopping mall, a new sense of life has been breathed into a now historic landmark. The combination of living spaces, boutiques, pop-up businesses and local festivals transformed this “mall” into a living and breathing community. It’s important to remember that each community has its own identity. A one-sizefits-all solution doesn’t work – a la the traditional mall. The key to revitalizing our abandoned malls is to think creatively and
David Lenz AIA|NCARB is a project architect at Bergmann in Lansing. He has spent 14 years working in architecture during and after graduating with a Masters of Architecture from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture. Over the course of his professional career, he has worked at a variety of firms, including: Swanson Design Studios (specializing in ecclesiastical architecture), Studio Intrigue Architects (a generalist firm) and currently at Bergmann. Lenz is also the President of the Mid-Michigan Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, a director of Lansing Economic Area Partnership Public Space Design Team, and a Lansing Board of Water and Light Commissioner (1st Ward).
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UCH Construction, a southeastern Michigan-based corporation founded in 1908 in Detroit, established roots in Pontiac over 30 years ago. In selecting a site for its new headquarters, AUCH followed a familiar saying, “Bloom where you are planted.” AUCH “planted” its new headquarters in a prominent location along the northbound Woodward Loop in downtown Pontiac, giving the revitalization of its host city another boost. Together, AUCH Construction, Harley Ellis Devereaux (HED), Southfield, as building and landscape architect, and J.W. Christmas & Associates, Inc., Milford, as landscape contractor did what the design and construction industry does best: Create places offering a harmonious blend of architecture, landscape, and city-scape. AUCH believes its new headquarters has impacted not only the company and current employees, but clients, the community, the environment, and even future generations of employees. “The project has created a stage for us and a guide for future projects in the area,” says AUCH Vice President Jim Munchiando. “The new headquarters’ impact is apparent each day when visitors and clients comment on the sustainable environment we’ve created. It is a showcase for our company and the industry.” Welcome to the New Pontiac Prior to construction, the ‘brownfield’ site was roughly four acres of cracked concrete, each crack choked with a ragged line of weeds. AUCH purchased the former GM site, classified as part of the Revitalizing Auto Communities Environmental Response Trust (RACER) program, and with the design talents of HED, transformed this stark expanse into a contemporary, light-filled headquarters framed in greenery. Located at Woodward Avenue and University Drive, the new headquarters is a welcoming presence at the eastern gateway to Pontiac. “We elected to bring the landscape and building close to the corner of the site as part of creating a gateway to the city,” said HED Principal Mark E. Hieber, Landscape Architect, ASLA, LEED AP.
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The delicate fringe of ornamental grasses offsets the bold diagonal steel bracing of the main façade’s shade structure.
about making connections between the building, the city, and the landscape itself to the surrounding streets. “In integrating the building and the street, the podium-level landscape links with a lower-level landscape as a way of making the site transition to the street.” The lower-level includes rows of trees, expanses of lawn, beds of blooming perennials, and ornamental grasses. This tree-framed swath of green lends a softer edge to this urban gateway, making the landscape an integral part of the development’s “welcoming committee.” The landscape is beautifully integrated with the building itself. A row of seven Bald Cypress trees along Woodward Avenue corresponds to the rhythm of the building columns. “The building has a strong presence on Woodward, having a sizeable wall of glass along that whole edge,” said Hieber. “As a landscape response, we positioned the street trees along that column line.” A bosque, a tight, geometric cluster of trees, forms a dense mass that almost becomes a part of the architecture near the main entry at the building’s west end. Hornbeam trees were selected for the bosque, because “Hornbeam is a very architectural, columnar tree,” said Hieber. “We wanted to take the bump in the architecture near the entrance and make a landscape that felt like an extension of the building.” CAM MAGAZINE MARCH 2019
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A private staff garden serves as the employee entrance as well. The garden gate repeats the iconic structural bracing pattern of the building’s shading device along the south facade, as well as AUCH’s nameplate.
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The Hornbeam bosque is part of a green buffer between the entrance area and a private staff garden that also serves as the employee entrance. This gem of a garden is sequestered behind a continuous hedge framing the rectangular-shaped area. In HED’s design, “the garden gate repeats the iconic structural bracing pattern of the building’s shading device along the south facade, as well as AUCH’s nameplate,” said Hieber. Within the actual garden, one side features a paved terrace filled with outdoor seating and the other is a lawn area fringed in perennials, along with some Red Bud trees. The landscape plantings are connected to the 111-year-old firm’s legacy in the form of a small rose garden within the broader garden. In summer, the space blooms with roses from the garden of Martha Auch Wissman, the late daughter of the company’s founder, George W. Auch. “I would say that all of the perennial colors and varieties, as well as the roses, were chosen by AUCH Construction in her memory,” said Christmas. Staff can relax in this hedge-encircled oasis on warm days, and AUCH Construction plans to host events in this green and flower-filled garden.
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Only recently installed in fall 2018, “it’s going to be a delightful space,” said Hieber. AUCH’s new headquarters has both a green and a glass thumb, maximizing the views from the interior to the landscaped site. The site’s abundant greenery and the building’s substantial glass are perfectly paired, both at the main glass façade and the podium landscape and at the staff garden and the Collaboration Space. The generous glass wall of the café and training space directly faces the garden, drawing natural light and green views into the interior. “It is exquisite,” said Hieber. “The AUCH staff love the open office area because it is bright and full of daylight. Having views of greenery and enjoying natural daylight have been shown to be important for employee well-being and to increase productivity.” During actual garden installation, J.W. Christmas battled unseasonably cold weather in April followed by persistent rain showers. “We were following a sandy topsoil specification, but this courtyard area has a great deal of clay underneath,” said Christmas. “Because of all the rain, it would fill up like a swimming pool until we got the underdrain working correctly.” Despite the challenging weather and poorly draining soils, along with the construction industry’s tight labor market, J.W. Christmas delivered the blooms, creating this garden enclave in downtown Pontiac. In Harmony with Natural Systems The site is in harmony with the building and with natural systems as well. HED designed two bioswales, the first creating “a stroke of green down the middle of the parking lot,” said Hieber, and the second placed along the parking lot’s edge. Bioswales are particularly vital to southeastern Michigan because many of the region’s sewer systems are combined sanitary and storm sewers. When it rains hard, the sewers can become overwhelmed. This can result in flooded basements and deleterious combined sewer overflows into area waterways. “If one can delay or eliminate the entry of stormwater to that type of system, it will be less susceptible to being overwhelmed,” said Hieber. Thanks to HED’s landscape design, stormwater flows in an even sheet across the parking surface and slowly enters a bioswale. “The sheet flow of water is important, because if the stormwater is concentrated it becomes erosive,” said Hieber. “A sheet flow of water has less energy and can be brought into a planted environment in such a way that the plants benefit from it. The plants then soak up the storm water rather than just releasing it straight into a storm sewer.” Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
A bioswale is far more than a vegetated ditch. The soil blend must be highly permeable to permit infiltration and fulfill its role in stormwater absorption. “Additionally, the water must infiltrate into the soil rather than sit on the surface within 36 hours, because if it sits on the surface for longer than that it encourages mosquito gestation,” said Hieber. “Highly permeable soils with an underdrain were specified to dewater the surface of the bioswales inside of 24 hours after a storm event to create a stormwater conveyance that functions well from a green infrastructure perspective and minimizes mosquito infestation.” Christmas details the actual bioswale profile: Three inches of shredded hardwood mulch, 25 percent topsoil and 75 percent sand mix to an 18-inch depth, a sand drainage layer, a filter fabric, and a perforated underdrain at the very bottom with pea stone backfill. “A sandy loam is what most landscape specifications call for,” said Hieber. “We specified loamy sand, which is way over on the sand end of what is called the Soil Texture Triangle. The stormwater now has a chance to infiltrate and to make contact with adjacent soils as an additional source of
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infiltration as well.” J.W. Christmas had to meet a very challenging soil specification. “We needed a very specific planting media designed to both drain well and to keep plants alive,” said Christmas. “It had to be mostly sand and yet still have enough nutrients so that the plants would thrive. The specified soil had to meet a certain criteria for a pH level as well.” Meeting this challenge involved several rounds of lab tests. “The lab gave us their recommendation in a soil blending report that called for two parts sharp sand, one part topsoil, and one part compost,” said Christmas. “We brought in other parts later, including sphagnum peat moss, and granular sulfur. The peat and sulfur would help lower the pH, because there is so much limestone in Michigan’s sand that it tends to make the soils more alkaline. You have to be careful with the quantity of granular sulfur since too much of it can burn the root systems of plants.” Soil is clearly a common but complicated substance. “We needed to conduct extensive lab testing,” said Christmas. “But because there are
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thousands of plants in the bioswales, we had to do our due diligence.” According to Hieber, “I consider quality planting soil that meets specification to be a protection of the Owner’s investment in plants. Poor soils result in plants that languish and are stressed. They become more susceptible to insect and disease infestations. Quality soils with correct moisture result in plants that thrive.” The plants populating the two bioswales include a smaller variety of Itea shrub called Little Henry Sweetspire. “What’s interesting about Itea is it is supposed to be somewhat drought tolerant as well as somewhat tolerant of excess water,” said Christmas. “Basically, the plant can tolerate extremes.” Like natural landscapes, the bioswales serve both form and function. “Little Henry has outstanding fall color in a range of orange, yellow and red,” said Christmas. “The bioswales are also lined with a low-growing ornamental grass called Hamlin fountain grass. There isn’t a large variety of different plants in the bioswales, but quantity wise, there a great number of plants in both bioswales, one measuring about 30 x 150 feet and the other about 30 x 200 feet.” Thanks to the efforts of J.W. Christmas and HED, both bioswales have a healthy stock of plants capable of controlling stormwater not only through filtration but through a process called evapotranspiration. “In evapotranspiration, the roots of the plant draw in water and release it in the form of water vapor through the plant’s leaves,” said Hieber. The amount of water processed can be astounding. A single large Oak tree can transpire 40,000 gallons of water vapor in a year, according to the website of North Carolina’s Climate Office. A vegetated landscape is essentially a botanical stormwater detention system, helping to prevent the unrestrained flow of stormwater run-off from overwhelming man-made infrastructure. “The bioswales show AUCH’s sustainability mindset,” said Hieber. “If the bioswale does become inundated, the stormwater goes into a perforated underdrain and then eventually connects to the storm sewer. Spalding DeDecker, Rochester, provided the civil engineering, including all the necessary calculations associated with stormwater management.” A Sustainable Mindset This urban infill, former Brownfield site is inherently sustainable. “Instead of developing a greenfield site and having the building users become totally reliant on a car, being in an urban setting reduces sprawl and offers the potential to walk to nearby shops and services rather than “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
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driving a car,” said Hieber. In redeveloping the site for AUCH’s new headquarters, SME undertook several environmental studies, resulting in the removal and proper disposal of some of the contaminated soils located on the west side of the site and the placement of the building on the east side of the property. Due north of the parking lot on the west side, HED designed a tapered mound to contain the balance of brownfield soils, some of which had been removed to create proper site grading. “The mound was capped with clay and orange plastic snow fencing was placed a minimum of 18 inches below grade,” said Hieber. “If someone digs there, the sight of the fence would serve as a warning marker that says, ‘This is a no excavate area.’” The mound, or landform, provides a visual buffer between the residential properties and the new development. “The tapered mound offers a softer green edge rather than having a parking lot completely up against the residential properties,” said Hieber. “We were examining how we could soften the site’s northern and western edge, and so using the landform, which could have been a detriment, became an asset in terms of creating that green buffer.” On the northeast edge along Woodward Avenue, the site is dotted with Norway Spruce trees and other evergreens to create a visual buffer in that area. The AUCH site has the potential for enhanced future connectivity as well. The Clinton River actually flows directly below the AUCH site, but is contained in two 10-foot diameter pipes. The river re-emerges in a steep, vertical-sided, fenced-in channel within the City of Pontiac. “The opportunity to convert this channelized section into something a little softer and a bit more natural, where you could even add a bike trail, would be a fantastic gesture,” said Hieber. “Additionally, a spur of the Clinton River Trail comes into downtown Pontiac and it currently ends right by the AUCH site,” continued Hieber. “Having a new path along the now fenced-in stretch of river would make it possible to link that new path back to the existing spur of the Clinton River Trail in such a way that a trailhead could be established that comes right over to the AUCH site.” As a landscape architect, Hieber can’t stop growing ideas. He also envisions extending the landscape into the street islands directly in front of the AUCH headquarters along University Drive. Thanks to HED and Hieber’s enthusiasm for all things green, AUCH Construction now has a lush landscape of Honey Locust, Black Gum, and White Oak trees, as well as Blue Oat Grass, Dwarf Fountain Grass, and Purpleleaf Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
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Wintercreeper as groundcover and perennials, along with dozens of other plant varieties. At publication time in the brutal cold of a Michigan winter, the rendering of AUCH’s building and landscape is a beautiful reminder of green, growing things. For J.W. Christmas, the rendering is a proud reminder of its own work. “The architect’s rendering looks a great deal like the finished product,” said Christmas. “Ultimately, when the rendering is given to the customer they say, ‘Yes, that is what we want.’ When we follow through and it actually does look like the rendering, then I think we’ve done our job.” Clearly, the entire project team has done its job, and done it very well.
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Ecosystem Services: The Hidden Value of Plants in the Big City Trees, flowers, plants, soils, and everything soft, vegetative and green are not merely assemblies of pretty leaves. “These natural elements provide value to people,” said Mark E. Hieber, Landscape Architect ASLA, LEED AP. “The term, Ecosystem Services, describes the value-added benefits that natural elements provide, including the use of shade trees to cool the heat island effect and managing stormwater in urban areas through soil infiltration in the landscape or a green rooftop. It is estimated that ecosystem services in the U.S. have a combined value of over $33 trillion.” The green world offers less tangible but very real cultural, social, and even business impacts as well. Kathleen L. Wolf, a research social scientist at the University of Washington and author of Urban Ecology, Human Dimensions: To Discover and Understand Human Benefits of Nature in Cities, conducted a 2014 study called “City Trees and Consumer Response in Retail
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Business Districts.” “On a tree-lined retail street people will pay up to 12 percent more for the same product than they will on a street without trees,” said Hieber quoting a Wolf study. “According to the study, people not only perceive the same product as being of higher quality, but they also think that the shopkeepers are smarter.” The lessons go far beyond a business plan to plant a tree and pocket the change. Biophilia is a word being used to describe “humans’ innate connection and positive response to nature,” said Hieber. Those “assemblies of pretty leaves” have potent health benefits, both emotionally and physically. “Views of green space have been shown to increase feelings of well-being,” continued Hieber. “Hospital patients who have a view of green space have been shown to need less painkillers, and they get better faster.” The more broadly known ecosystem services can ease life in the big city and the suburbs as well. “People may not think about or understand the value of ecosystem services that landscapes provide in an urban setting,” said Hieber. “These services in an urban setting include bioswales for stormwater management and trees to reduce the heat island effect.” The heat island effect describes the increase in temperature generated by the collective pavement, roofs and other hard surfaces in builtup areas versus nearby rural areas. According to the USEPA website, “Heat islands can affect communities by increasing summertime peak energy demand, air conditioning costs, air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, heatrelated illness and mortality, and water quality.” It may even ruin your favorite local fishing hole. “High-temperature pavement and rooftop surface temperatures can heat stormwater runoff, which drains into storm sewers and raises water temperatures as it is released into streams, rivers, ponds, and lakes,” according to the USEPA website. “Water temperature affects all aspects of aquatic life, especially the metabolism and reproduction of many aquatic species.” Because of stormwater runoff and the heat island effect, “our goal is always to use the softest material that will reasonably function,” said Hieber. “Anytime we can use something that is permeable, soft or green, we will select that over pavement or other hard surfaces.”
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Saving Energy and Streamlining Building Operations with BASS Controls By Mary Kremposky Associate Editor
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hen the Old Village School in downtown Northville opened its doors in 1917, only eight percent of U.S. households had a phone, the now common toggle light switch had just been invented, according to Singularityhub.com, and King Coal heated most homes and businesses in an era marking the infancy of thermostats and other automatic heating system controls. Today, with a smart phone in virtually every pocket, a building owner vacationing in Cancun can adjust the temperature and lights in his or her home or business with a quick tap of the appropriate app. In 2018, Building Automated Systems and Services (BASS), Sterling Heights, brought 21st Century capabilities to the historic Old Village School as part of the design, installation and commissioning of HVAC building automation systems. The systems were put in place to save energy, increase occupant comfort, and generate usable data for more efficient and targeted building operations. TMP Architecture designed and AUCH Construction renovated this three-story brick schoolhouse shuttered since 2012. Take a walk along West Main Street, and the building’s masonry exterior and procession of large arched windows transport one back to 1917. Step into the building, and the interior opens into a contemporary space housing early childhood learning spaces and the district offices of Northville Public Schools. What can’t be readily seen is the building automation system, including its unitary programmable direct digital controls (DDC) for the 35 new variable air volume (VAV) boxes, the two condensing boilers, and the packaged rooftop unit that were part of the overall building’s $10 million renovation. Peter Basso Associates, Troy, is the MEP engineer, and Dickerson Mechanical, Davison, is the mechanical contractor for the project.
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HVAC Automation Systems Then and Now HVAC operations in 1917 and 2019 share a common cause: conserving resources and saving energy. In the early 20th Century, World War I was the driving force behind conservation and the emergence of a rudimentary form of building controls. An article in ACHR News (www.achrnews.com) titled “An Early History of Comfort Heating” takes one back to the early 1900s:
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E N V I R O N M E N TA L and its front-end software framework called Tridium Niagara 4 or simply Tridium N4. In addition, because Northville Public Schools has a district-wide supervisory controller, “building operators at the Old Village School can access the system via the school district’s IT network,” Brown added. “All of the data points are available through a graphical user interface that allows the user to operate the system through a standard Web browser like Chrome, Firefox or Internet Explorer,” said Bain. “It can be done through a laptop, a tablet or a phone depending on the access a person has to the building. It could be done from the convenience of a person’s couch at home.”
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Energy-Saving Benefits This linked network generates an intangible but important product: data. Data analysis can lead to energy savings and peak building performance. The Old Village School has what is called Optimal Start, referring to the time the supervisory controller selects for returning the building to a comfortable temperature in the morning. “If we set the building back to an unoccupied set point at night – say 60 degrees in the winter and 80 degrees in the summer – we can begin bringing the building back to the occupied comfort set point at the proper time in the morning, a time based on the actual recovery time of the building as shown by the building’s historical data, as well as temperature forecasts,” said Bain. “By being able to predict how long it is going to take to bring the building back to a comfortable occupied temperature, the supervisory controller will not start the recovery process any sooner or any later than necessary, and energy is not wasted by having the building at an occupied set point prior to occupancy.” Providing real-time data on actual building performance is another energy-saving strategy. “In the old days, we would change the discharge air temperature set point of the rooftop unit based on the temperature of the outside air,” said Bain. “For instance, if the outside air was 30 degrees, we would automatically discharge 65 degree air to the VAV boxes. (The VAV box’s reheat coil tempers the rooftop unit’s air based on occupancy sensors within the space or group of spaces being controlled by that particular VAV box.) “Today, we provide what is called a demand-based reset, which gathers the actual temperature in the spaces and the position of the VAV boxes to determine how much we can reset the rooftop unit’s discharge air,” continued Bain. “The temperature set point of the discharge air is based on the actual demand, or climate condition, of the building spaces versus an arbitrary number based on the outside air temperature. “We find that the standard rules of thumb of old are not necessarily reflective of actual conditions within the building. Buildings now have much better glass and insulation so the outside temperature doesn’t impact the building as much. Why control the building based on that arbitrary number versus controlling it based on the actual conditions within the building. Basing it on actual “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
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can run at an even lower temperature and save a great deal of energy and gas,” said Brown.
ASHRAE’S Energy Roadmap “The design and installation of the Old Village School’s HVAC building automation system utilizes many components of the recent American Society of Heating, and Air-Conditioning Refrigerating Engineers’ (ASHRAE) Guideline 36-2018, High-Performance Sequences of Operation for HVAC Systems,” said Bain. According to ASHRAE’s website, “The newest ASHRAE guideline provides uniform sequences of operation for HVAC systems that are intended to: • maximize the systems' energy efficiency and performance • provide control stability • allow for real-time fault detection and diagnostics. Standardized advanced control sequences provide benefits, including: • reduced engineering time • reduced programming and commissioning time
• reduced energy consumption • improved indoor air quality • a common set of terms to facilitate communication between specifiers, contractors and operators.”
On the technology side, BACnet allows building controls and systems to speak the same digital language. On the human side, ASHRAE’s recently released guideline, “puts in place a standard set of terms and a standard set of sequences of operation so that mechanical engineers, mechanical contractors, controls contractors, and building operators are all talking the same language,” said Bain. “There are many different ways in an HVAC system to get from point A to point B, and every engineer has his own idea of what makes sense. ASHRAE is putting in place an optimal roadmap or a standard set of rules for how to accomplish the intent of these operational sequences.” Fault Detection and Diagnostics Following the ASHRAE roadmap, current building automation systems are capable of
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offering fault detection and diagnostics. A graphic interface displaying data on the HVAC building automation system is an invaluable tool for alerting building owners to potential problems. “For instance, we can look at the graphic interface to assess the performance of the VAV box,” said Brown. “If it shows that the VAV valve is open and the VAV reheat coil is discharging 78 degree air, the system is performing properly. If the valve is open and 55 degree air or air the same temperature as the rooftop unit is being discharged, the system is telling me that there is a problem. We can then generate an alarm by sending a text or email to facility maintenance personnel’s mobile phone or email.” BASS has an in-house graphics engineer who creates custom screen interfaces for a building owner. “We work with the owner on a project to make sure that the graphics reflect what they need to see regarding their building systems,” said Brown. Data analysis of the graphic user interface can be used to customize building maintenance. “For example, instead of automatically changing filters four times a year, the building automation system can measure the actual pressure drop across the filter, and we can tell when the filter actually needs to be changed,” said Bain. “Some buildings are located in areas with higher particulate levels in the outside air or a road resurfacing project may temporarily spike dust levels near a building. By knowing the actual filter performance, we are not doing any more or any less than we have to in order to maintain optimum performance of the system.” Diagnostics and fault detection promises to become increasingly sophisticated in the coming years. “Theoretically, it is possible to detect that in 2018 we had a valve commanded to a certain position to achieve a desired temperature rise, and in 2020 we commanded the valve to that same position but we are not achieving the same result,” said Bain. “The data shows degradation in performance over a period of time. Data analysis allows us to become aware of the decreased performance and act on it. The building automation controls industry is trending toward having the ability to analyze the data and generate some predictive instead of reactive diagnostics.” At this point, an HVAC building automation system can’t preempt a problem on its own. “There isn’t full-blown artificial intelligence (AI) in building controls yet, but it is coming,” said Brown. “I am already living with AI in my vehicle with active lane assist and frontal collision avoidance.” Like a self-driving or self-correcting car, perhaps self-correcting HVAC systems are possible down the road. “It’s moving fast in the automotive industry,” said Brown, “and I can see in the future a building automation system being able to analyze trends on its own, identify what is going on with a piece of equipment in the system, and then recognize the equipment is trending in a direction where it is going to fail at some point. The system “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
E N V I R O N M E N TA L would either make corrective actions or at least expose the problem to a building operator.” In the meantime, BASS has a dedicated in-office technical support professional who provides direct technical support to the owner. “If a customer has a problem, we can interrogate the system remotely and provide support to diagnose and often resolve it without visiting the building physically,” said Bain. Brown adds, “We can determine, probably with 95 percent accuracy, whether it is a mechanical issue or a controls issue before dispatching the proper service technician when necessary.” Service is the name of the game in the building controls and building automation systems industry. “It’s becoming less about the box on the wall and more about the caliber of people and the level of service a company provides,” said Bain. “Everyone’s system is pretty much talking the same language today and doing basically the same tasks. It comes down to how it is implemented, meaning what is the ease of use for the operator, what is your level of service both during project execution and after it is completed. For us, it’s all about the level of technical support and our ability to take care of the customer and come up with creative solutions to problems.” In looking further into the industry’s crystal ball, “The industry is quickly evolving from BACnet MSTP to BACnet over IP,” said Bain, “but I think the future will be BACnet IP over wireless. The wireless solutions will continue to improve, eliminating traditional wiring between sensors and controllers and communication cabling between unitary controllers. Additionally, IoT will play a larger and larger role as new technology products are introduced in the market.” BASS, a sister company of Bumler Mechanical, was established in 1984 to initially support Bumler before evolving into a comprehensive controls provider servicing a wide range of mechanical contractors, construction managers, and building owners across Southeast Michigan. “We are one of the largest independent temperature controls contractors in Southeast Michigan,” said Brown. “We represent the Cylon Auto-Matrix, Johnson Controls Facility Explorer and Vykon building automation system product lines, and are also a Belimo Platinum dealer.” Over the last 35 years, BASS and its 34-person strong field, office, and IBEW Local 58 electrical workers installation team, has executed building automation systems and control projects for local hospitals, higher education, and entire K-12 school districts. Other market sectors include design/build projects in commercial real estate and high-tech industrial. Whatever the sector, BASS’ 35 years of experience in the building controls marketplace is sure to save the building owner energy, curtail facility management costs, and streamline building operations. Lean & Green Michigan is Michigan’s Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) marketplace. BASS, a contractor registered with the Lean & Green Michigan PACE Program, was integral to the cmpletion of the Garfield Metro Building PACE project.
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Step into the historical Old Village School and the interior opens into a contemporary space housing early childhood learning spaces. The district offices of Northville Public Schools are on the upper level. Photo Courtesy of tMP ArChiteCture, inC.
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Garfield Metro Building: Macomb County’s First PACE Project Lean & Green Michigan is Michigan’s Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) marketplace. BASS, a contractor registered with the Lean & Green Michigan PACE Program, was integral to the completion of the Garfield Metro Building PACE project. Lean & Green Michigan manages the statewide PACE program on behalf of 39 local governments, maintains a marketplace for lenders, and empowers contractors to assist property owners and identify partners for potential projects. Property owners can receive up to 100 percent financing for energy-efficiency, water-efficiency, and renewable energy upgrades to their properties, with the added security that for all projects larger than $250,000, the energy savings must be cash-flow positive and must be guaranteed. In July 2017, the Peleman family, owners of the Garfield Metro Building, became the first property owner to use PACE financing in Macomb County. The Peleman family partnered with PACE consultant, Newman Consulting Group, and Petros PACE Finance, a national PACE lender, to make its 20,000-square-foot office building more comfortable, cost-effective, and attractive to tenants. The PACE project included the installation of LED lighting, high-efficiency heating and cooling systems, as well as system controls. BASS and Bumler Mechanical identified the PACE opportunity for the Pelemans and partnered with Newman Consulting Group to develop the PACE project. Bluecolt Lighting provided the lighting solution for the project.
BASS and its sister company Bumler Mechanical delivered this PACE project for Garfield Medical, a customer of Bumler Mechanical. BASS essentially switched the HVAC components from all pneumatic controls to DDC. “The Garfield Building had pneumatic controls on the boilers and thermostatic control of a rooftop unit,” said Brown. “The existing boilers are now DDC controllable, the rooftop unit is replaced, and all of the VAV boxes & FCUs have been retrofitted with new DDC controls and sensors. We put into place a demand-reset strategy for energy savings.” Demand-reset bases the discharge air temperature set point on the actual temperature condition of the building versus on the outside air temperature. Bumler Mechanical performed all the mechanical work, including installation of sheet metal ties to the new rooftop unit, along with adding VAV boxes and replacing worn VAV boxes. The PACE-financed upgrades will result in $733,133 in total savings and a net savings of $254,725 over 20 years. Through PACE, the Pelemans are not only saving money and eliminating energy waste, but also setting a sustainable example for small buildings across Macomb County and Michigan. The Garfield Metro Building PACE project will save 119,118 kWh of electricity and 6,120 therms of natural gas each year, resulting in a carbon reduction of 96.5 metric tons annually. Source: Lean & Green Michigan website (www.leanandgreenmi.com); Quotes sourced from the party quoted directly.
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CEO and founder of GD Top Notch Cleaning Service, Inc. he importance of green building in construction is at the forefront of the construction industry, but just as important are the products used to clean these properties. In an era of eco-friendly and environmentally safe products, it is imperative, especially with all the new construction and revamping of historical buildings that we are well informed about what products to use to be environmentally responsible and to help reduce your carbon footprint. Green cleaning products prove to be a gain for the environment and also prevent human health from deterioration. However, finding a powerful product that actually works well but is safe has been a challenge. As a new construction cleaning company, the owners at GD Top Notch Cleaning Service Inc, located in Redford and Detroit, felt compelled to solve this issue by developing such a product that really works and that also contributes to maintaining a safer environment. Going eco-friendly is about sustainability. Since the world is corrupted by pollution and toxic amounts of materials,
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contributing to making it sustainable is the goal of GD Top Notch Cleaning Service Inc. Using green cleaning products is better for both people and the planet. The company takes pride in deviating from the habitual ways and working hard towards the initiative to go green. When an alternative path of safe cleaning is chosen, it is with the clients’ and customers’ health in mind. Although it may not be at the forefront of someone's thoughts, it will resonate when someone sees a shiny kitchen or a polished marble floor. Knowing how clean a space is on every level provides peace of mind that the surfaces are safe for our clients, children and pets. Green cleaning can simply be defined as “cleaning to protect health without harming the environment.” With 27 years in the construction cleaning industry, the owners of GD Top Notch Cleaning Service, Inc. couldn’t be happier to instill this practice.
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About the Author: GD Glickoff is the CEO and founder of GD Top Notch Cleaning Service, Inc., which has been providing new construction clean-up services for commercial properties since 1992. According to the company, it is always striving to utilize the most efficient and effective cleaning supplies on the market and works to accommodate even the most “organic green clients” if need be.
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Granger Builds a Showpiece Facility for MSU Federal Credit Union Headquarters he Michigan State University Federal Credit Union’s new state-of-the-art headquarters (MSUFCU HQ2) project in East Lansing exemplifies thoughtful preconstruction planning, intentional owner involvement, and innovative construction strategies. The project is a remarkable success, thanks to MSUFCU, Daniels & Zermack Architects, LLC, Ann Arbor, Granger Construction Company, Lansing, and Wolverine Engineers & Surveyors, Inc., Mason. Granger has been the construction manager for MSUFCU projects for nearly 10 years, typically having built a host of branch offices and small renovations of less than 10,000 square feet. Granger took its relationship with the owner and the design firm to a new level to meet the demands of this challenging 186,350-square-foot showcase building. At the very onset of the project, Granger was committed to not only delivering a remarkable building, but also intently focused on ensuring that the owner and end users were engaged throughout the construction process. This high level of involvement, coupled with superior planning processes, resulted in a project that highlights the tremendous benefits of collaboration and teamwork. Most importantly, the project exceeded the owner’s expectations and provided extraordinary value for all parties involved. Dealing with continual changes throughout the construction process and a shortage of qualified contractors and skilled tradespersons led to numerous challenges. The project also had complex objectives, including LEED certification and third-party HVAC and envelope commissioning. The flexibility of the project team and an attitude and commitment to do whatever it takes to meet the client’s needs was the key to overcoming these challenges. New and innovative strategies and processes were pivotal to the project’s success. As soon as the project was awarded, Granger developed and implemented a RightStart Meeting whose participants included the client, architect, engineers and the contractor. The meeting promoted a positive team environment that successfully prevailed throughout the entire project. Granger also leveraged leading-edge technology to improve productivity and maximize communication. Mobile software applications and iPad tablets were utilized by all field staff, leading to significantly improved quality and trade productivity. Due to the overwhelming success and high level of support from the onsite trades, Granger has since implemented these new strategies and technologies on 100 percent of its new projects. The project itself called for constructing a sophisticated facility with an extensive scope, a constrained budget and a complex construction sequence. The three-story glass, concrete and steel structure, featuring a brick and glass exterior, was constructed using high-efficiency, environmentally friendly and locally sourced products in construction and operations. A soaring, glass-windowed, three-story atrium offers spectacular views of the campus. The interior employs contemporary workplace features and an open architectural design to accommodate 564 employees. Granger’s application of Lean Construction principles, combined with its use of cutting-edge tools and a collaborative mindset, helped to ensure that the project was delivered safely, efficiently and in a cost-effective manner for the client. As a result, MSUFCU now has a marquee facility that will help carry its brand and its product well into the future.
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Pre-Design Services and Flexibility Granger provided leadership in pre-design services to meet a challenging timeline. This level of leadership on a fast-track project with multiple bid packs allowed the owner to occupy the building at the earliest date possible without compromising quality. This was critical to the owner since they were completely out of space to hire new employees by the time the project reached completion. The fast-track design process with multiple bid packs created additional design and construction management challenges that Granger handled professionally, always considering every decision as a team member working in the best interest of the owner. This flexibility allowed the owner to make design changes over the duration of the project for the purpose of responding to the latest evolving business requirements. Granger embraced these changes during construction, always understanding the benefit to the owner and ensuring that the entire construction team was on board with the changing scope. Managing Change throughout Construction The project management team was able to balance a project that was continuously changing. Because of end-user space assignments shifting throughout the construction process, changes were made fast and frequently to accommodate the owner’s needs. As a prime example, the second floor was not planned for build-out at the inception of the project. About 60 percent of the way through the project, the owner decided that based on their rapid growth in the call center and e-service departments it would be necessary to completely buildout this floor. Additionally, during an early code review meeting with the City of East Lansing, the decision was made to redesign the main center stairway that went from the lower level to the third floor due to numerous lessons learned from MSUFCU’s first headquarters building.
Granger was able to drive the schedule and set the bar for quality for the exterior envelope as well as the interior finish work, creating a superior end product along with cost savings for the owner. Lean Construction Principles To ensure that this project was delivered safely, efficiently and in a cost-effective manner, Granger implemented a version of Lean process delivery. Granger’s application of Lean Construction principles, combined with our use of state-of-the-art construction software, improved delivery of this project in several ways: promoting teamwork, streamlining communications, reducing waste, improving quality, maximizing efficiency of both trade and non-trade labor, and most importantly, delivering maximum project value to the owner. Flow Efficiency Planning Prior to arriving on site, Granger produced a comprehensive project plan, recognizing flow efficiency planning and site logistics as critical to the overall success of the project and to owner satisfaction. The plan was designed to minimize disruption to the ongoing MSUFCU functions at the adjacent headquarters facility and allowed Granger to stage the project so that work could occur while
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portions of the final design were still being completed. Benefits realized by Granger’s flow efficiency plan included: • Community Partnership – Early and effective planning led to increased communication and partnership with local governing and jurisdiction authorities. • Reduced Waste – Organized sequencing made subcontractors more efficient and eliminated re-work. • Installing utilities early in the project significantly improved site conditions and worker efficiency. • Safety – Early planning for efficient stormwater management made for safer site conditions and easier access to the job site and building. • Security – Having a fenced site and parking lot lights in place enhanced job-site security. Thoughtful signage controlled the flow and access of visitors, vendors and contractors. Safety Planning Safety planning was the utmost priority from the very beginning. The MSUFCU HQ2 job site benefited
Shortage of Qualified Contractors and Skilled Tradespersons A considerable number of large projects under construction within a one-hour driving radius of the project site led to many major trade contractors being at capacity and either declining work or overextending themselves and struggling to effectively manage heavy workloads. Due to this surplus of work and the challenging nature of the project, a significant effort was required by the project team to maximize interest at both the trade contractor and individual tradesperson level to ensure a quality workforce. Additionally, several alternative materials and offsite prefabrication opportunities were vetted during early design and incorporated into the project. Selfperforming some elements of the project helped offset this dilemma. By self-performing the structural concrete as well as the finish carpentry packages, Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
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tremendously from a unique partnership with MIOSHA and the AGC designed to forge a collaborative and efficient safety culture on the site. Granger developed a working 3D model to perform a virtual safety walk, and worked with MIOSHA’s Consultation, Education and Training (CET) division to develop a working safety plan project-wide. Transparency between subcontractors, MIOSHA and the AGC regarding safety systems, as well as the willingness of subcontractors to have their safety systems audited with no penalty for deficiency, were hallmarks of the safety plan. This allowed easy access to safety training support for all contractors onsite. The AGC of Michigan provided numerous training sessions onsite that included confined space and fall protection training. Granger also provided quarterly reporting statistics to the AGC of Michigan to track safety inspections, onsite safety orientations and visits with MIOSHA. Throughout the project, Granger requested and received safety inspections from MIOSHA CET. A soaring, glass-windowed, three-story atrium draws natural light into the interior and offers spectacular views of the campus.
Smart Technology The MSUFCU HQ2 project is a perfect example of how the combination of an innovative mindset, combined with smart technology, can transform the
project delivery process. In recent years, Granger has fully embraced and deployed smart technological solutions on a variety of projects to improve efficiency and streamline the construction process. On the MSUFCU HQ2 project, Granger was an early adopter of the state-of-the-art mobile software application PlanGrid. This tablet-based application allowed job-site teams to save time and avoid rework, streamlining the construction process and promoting dynamic and productive communications. The construction manager, architect, engineers, owner and subcontractors used one platform for document control, change management and punch lists. All changes were live and immediately published to the entire team; individual teams were immediately notified of issues requiring attention. The opportunity for error, or lost or missed information, was nearly eliminated. Granger further enhanced and enabled the usage of this technological solution by not only requiring every site supervisor to use an iPad with PlanGrid availability, but also installed a kiosk on site where upto-date drawings were digitally maintained via PlanGrid so all trades were able to utilize the software with or without an iPad. Granger’s use of PlanGrid software on this project was so well-received that the software company used it as a case study. View the
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video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QXQkmKAjRo. Envelope Commissioning This project was subjected to an in-depth exterior envelope commissioning process. Not only did the Granger team build and test various pressure chambers around the building, but in order to deliver a building of utmost quality and functionality, a mock-up was constructed adjacent to the building. This mockup allowed the team to moisture- and pressure-test all termination details related to windows, masonry, vapor barrier and other relevant components to reinforce quality control standards, evaluate dissimilar material details and perform envelope commission testing. Envelope commissioning of the actual structure ensured that all steps in the mock-up process were achieved while assuring the highest level of quality control and lessening any future constructability issues. During the strict building envelope commissioning process, the energy performance of the facility was evaluated and verified against defined objectives and criteria to ensure the delivered building would be free of water and air defects. Despite the up-front cost of the mock-up to the owner, the owner was tremendously pleased with the results and believes the long-term payoff will be well worth the investment.
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out to the local Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) office to inform Michigan DNR of the birds’ presence and to be absolutely sure that Granger would not be putting any undue stress on the birds. Michigan DNR confirmed that Granger’s construction activities would not harm the birds, and Michigan DNR was very excited to find out about the osprey as well. The two bald eagles were actually nesting north of the job site and were using the pond for a food source. Careful Wetland Mitigation As part of the project, Granger relocated approximately 1.5 acres of wetland area. Granger was in close contact with a mitigation specialist to ensure that wildlife disruptions were kept to a minimum and that plant species were all in accordance with the local biosphere. Non-native species were carefully eliminated without harm to other native species. Facilitated Floor-by-Floor Turnover As construction began on the project, the owner was already bursting at the seams at HQ1. Granger knew from the onset that the owner would want to get occupants into the new call center as soon as possible so that MSUFCU could continue to service
Sustainable Design and Construction Principles The building is targeted for LEED Gold Certification. Energy-wise, the building is designed for a 25 percent reduction in utility expenditures compared to similar types of office facilities. Material-wise, the building has 35,099 square feet of low-emissivity or low-E exterior glass, and 95 percent of the building’s 595 tons of structural steel and rebar is derived from recycled content. Other sustainability features include a bicycle storage room and changing area, LED, motion-sensor and dimmable lights to conserve energy, an HVAC system designed to control HVAC parameters in each room and to help save heating and cooling costs in unoccupied areas, low-flow plumbing, and sustainable landscaping, including an irrigation system that achieved LEED credits in water efficiency, along with certain sustainable vegetation types. Energy-Efficient Systems Result in Operational Savings The careful selection of energy-efficient systems, validated by extensive air envelope testing and combined with the extensive use of glass to allow natural lighting in work areas, is expected to save the owner close to $100,000 a year in reduced energy bills. Bald Eagle Nesting Site Early in the project, Granger discovered two bald eagles and an osprey using the pond onsite for daily feeding. Granger’s project superintendent reached Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
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their customers without downtime. Through careful up-front planning, Granger worked with the owner to sequence construction in a way that would allow that particular group of employees to move into the new facility first. Safety is always a concern when occupying a portion of the building while construction is being completed on other floors. Through several meetings and discussions with the City of East Lansing, Granger was able to develop a plan to allow for partial occupancy of the building, much to the owner’s delight. Site Cleanliness Granger’s extensive planning and meticulous scheduling processes resulted in an extraordinarily clean and efficient job site. The setup and design of the MSUFCU HQ2 job site was purposeful, with extensive thought given to the flow of people and materials. Construction materials were delivered on an as-needed basis, and the adherence to Lean construction principles such as flow efficiency contributed greatly to the site’s overall appearance and functionality. Site cleanliness was extremely important to the owner; hundreds of employees working in their existing building, along with visiting customers, would see the construction site on a daily basis. The site was also very visible to other vehicular traffic going to and from various adjacent businesses and neighborhoods. Maintaining a professional brand to the community at large was a key project goal for the owner. Having a long history with Granger, MSUFCU was banking on a successful project, and Granger more than delivered a well-planned and well-executed project to MSUFCU in August 2017. From smart technology and Lean construction strategies to going for LEED Gold, Granger and the entire project team pushed the envelope to create this showcase building. -Content provided courtesy of Granger Construction
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• Concrete, General Trades, Rough Carpentry – Granger Construction Company, Lansing • Early Sitework for Lot Preparation – Eagle Excavation, Inc., Flint, Detroit • Earthwork and Site Utilities – Hoffman Brothers, Inc., Battle Creek • Electrical & Fire Alarm, Site Electrical – Summit Contractors, Inc., Haslett • Elevators – Kone, Inc., Livonia • Final Construction Cleaning – Clean Team, Detroit • Fire Protection – Shambaugh & Son, L.P., Southfield • Flooring – Lansing Tile & Mosaic, Inc., Lansing • HVAC & Plumbing, Underground Plumbing – Myers Plumbing & Heating, Inc., Lansing • Landscaping, Seed at Coolidge Roadway – Instant Shade Landscape, Inc., Bath • Loading Dock Equipment, Specialties – PayneRosso Company, Lansing • Masonry – Leidal and Hart Mason Contractors, Livonia Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
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Larson Electronics Releases Intrinsically Safe LED Headlight Larson Electronics announced the release of an intrinsically safe LED headlight featuring two high-intensity Cree LED lights mounted inside a lightweight housing. This unit provides up to 10 hours of useable light and can be attached to a hardhat with a rubber head strap that is included. The EXP-LED-HL-LPDF LED headlamp is low profile and provides high output illumination in a hands-free configuration
for maximum safety and ease of use. This headlamp operates in five different modes and features two rubber dome pushbutton switches for easy operation and switching between modes. The right button operates the spotlight, and the left button operates the high/low spotlight, high/low floodlight and high/low for the spot and flood combined. The full-power spotlight beam produces 180 lumens with a reach of over 347 feet and has a runtime of 3.5 hours. The halfpower spotlight produces 100 lumens with a 10-hour runtime, and the spot and flood combination produce 200 lumens with a three-hour runtime. This unit’s housing is made of glass-filled nylon polymer that carries an IP67 waterproof rating tested at one meter and is powered by three AAA batteries. Larson Electronics’ LED headlamp is suitable for inspections, use in hazardous locations and flammable work sites, and more. For more information, visit www.larsonelectronics.com.
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The DCH263R2DH 20V MAX* XR® Brushless 1-1/8 inch SDS Plus D-Handle Rotary Hammer Kit with onboard dust extraction is a lightweight, low-vibration, high-performance drill designed for the demands of today’s contractor. The durable three mode German engineered mechanism delivers 3.0 joules of impact energy that delivers fast speed of application that professionals require. This allows the DCH263R2 Hammer to perform quickly in chipping applications and have a wide optimal drilling range between 1/4 in. and 3/4in. The DCH263R2DH kit features the 6.0 Ah DCB206 battery pack for extreme runtime. SHOCKS-Active Vibration Control® system reduces vibration felt at the handles, compared to hammers without this feature. With its hard-hitting mechanism, fast drilling speed, long run time and balanced design, this hammer is ideally suited for all day use, even with large diameter hole drilling in the hardest “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
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Tubelite's proprietary glass-to-edge glazing, accommodating 0.25-inch-thick glass to triple-glazed units, without the need for captured perimeter members. It also features pivot-and-slide head and jamb anchors, and roll-over dead load sill anchors for fast and accurate installation. "No other manufacturer offers this concept and a U.S. patent is pending approval on a number of our unique Cassette Series features," said Tim Fookes, Tubelite's vice president of engineering. "This new system uses reliable screw spline construction and is designed for use with our time-tested 400 Series Curtainwall framing." In addition to its 400CW, 400T, 400SS and 400TU curtainwall, Tubelite's Cassette
Tubelite Introduces 400 4Side SSG Cassette Series with Proprietary Anchors and Glass-to-Edge Glazing Tubelite Inc. launches a new 400 4-Side SSG Cassette Series glazing system for building envelopes in low- and mid-rise commercial curtainwall applications, such as retail centers, offices, health care facilities and schools. The aluminumframed, factory-fabricated and factory-glazed system is field installed into the curtainwall grid with 2.5-inch interior sightlines and the strength of variable-depth back members in sizes from 5-5/8 to 10 inches. This new cassette system allows for Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
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Bosch X-Lock Interface Makes Fast, Simple Grinder Wheel Exchange a Snap Bosch has recently introduced the new XLock interface for grinders. Bosch metal-cutting and grinding abrasive wheels with the X-Lock mount offers a wheel change that’s three times faster than conventional interfaces. X-Lock wheels are ejected with a lever pull and firmly connected without the need for a spanner wrench or flange nuts. An audible snap tells the user that the wheel is installed securely on the tool. “X-Lock promises to bring another level of performance and ease of use for trade professionals who rely on a grinder to get the job done each day,” said Anastasia Llamas, channel/product manager, Bosch Power Tools. “Of all the interfaces that Bosch has created (e.g. SDS, jigsaw, oscillating), the angle grinder interface has proven to be one of the most intricate. But the innovative design of Bosch X-Lock addresses the need for functionality greater functionality in a go-to jobsite tool.” The X-Lock accessories not only provide faster change-out for grinders with X-Lock mounts, but most are backward compatible with standard 7/8 inch mounts. High-quality wheels will cover core grinding applications including but not limited to bonded discs, flap discs, wire wheels, and diamond blades. To learn more about the Bosch X-Lock interface or to find a local Bosch dealer, visit www.boschtools.com. Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
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Ruby+Associates, Inc., Bingham Farms, is proud to announce that a new engineer and intern have joined the firm. Shantel Lorenz, PE joins Ruby full time as an Engineer II. Lorenz Prior to joining Ruby, Lorenz worked as a Junior Structural Engineer for a Detroit-based steel fabricator for several years. While a student at LTU, Lorenz was President of Chi Epsilon, the Civil Engineering Honor Society; Team Leader of the Senior Capstone Project; Treasurer for the American Institute of Architecture Students Chapter, and she served as Professional Development Chair for the Society of Women Engineers. Christian Meara, a current student at Lawrence Technological University, will support the firm as an intern through May 2019. Meara is anticipating earning his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering in Spring 2019. In 2018 he
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workplace sectors. His commitment to the integrity of those collaborations and to creative thinking is evident in consistently superior project results at all scales and degrees of complexity. Gregory Blackburn, FAIA, LEED AP, a leader in higher education, who works from the firm's San Francisco office Michael Bulander, AIA, LEED AP, an architectural design leader in the Los Angeles office Jennette La Quire, AIA, LEED AP ID+C, a Pre K-12 + Community Education Facilities leader in the San Diego office Jerome "Otis" Odell, AIA, LEED AP, a leader in housing and hospitality in the Los Angeles office
LaSalle, a Michigan-based commercial construction firm, is proud to announce the recent promotion of Alan Jinks to President of LaSalle. He joined the firm
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in 2008 and has served as the Director of Project Management prior to this most recent promotion. Having over 20 years of experience in the construction industry, Jinks Jinks oversees the dayto-day operations of the company -- this includes ensuring that the organization's clients are fully satisfied by the level of service LaSalle provides during the construction process.
Audrey Copeland, Ph.D., P.E., has been named the next President & CEO of the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA). She assumed the new role at the NAPA 2019 Annual Meeting in January. Copeland succeeds Mike Acott, who has served as NAPA’s President since 1992. Acott and Copeland have been working together to ensure an orderly transition of the leadership of NAPA, which is a national trade association focused on the interests of asphalt pavement mix producers and paving contractors. Copeland joined NAPA in 2012 as Vice President for Engineering, Research, and Technology.
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LaSalle has also hired Nicole Franzen Kuklewski to serve as the company’s Director of Business Development and Marketing. Kuklewski Kuklewski was also named to the organization’s Board of Directors in early 2019. She joins the LaSalle team with 15 years of commercial real estate experience with a multi-faceted background in development, construction and architecture from previous roles held both locally and abroad. In addition to leading the company’s rebranding and marketing efforts, Nicole spearheads the strategy and initiatives for the continued growth and expansion of LaSalle by identifying emerging markets and cultivating opportunities as the company evolves to service its clients nationwide. Brad VanGorder has joined LaSalle as Director of Project Management. He was also named to the organization’s Board of Directors in early 2019. VanGorder VanGorder joined the firm in 2015 and has over 15 years of construction experience in a wide range of project types, including multimillion dollar commercial and industrial construction projects. VanGorder is responsible for the overall management and coordination with project owners, subcontractors, suppliers and LaSalle field personnel on all projects that LaSalle leads.
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Quinn Evans Architects, with offices in Detroit and Ann Arbor, among others, has announced that Saundra Little, AIA, LEED AP, NCARB, Little NOMA; Damon Thomas, LEED AP, NOMA; and Shanita Rutland, NOMA, of Centric Design Studio have joined the firm’s Detroit office. Centric Thomas Design Studio has closed its Detroit practice and transferred current projects to Quinn Evans Architects. Both practices have been widely recognized for their portfolios of Rutland cultural, institutional, educational, and commercial design work, including
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renovation and redevelopment projects. Quinn Evans Architects and Centric Design Studio have teamed on several notable projects in the Midwest, including the Crapo Building redevelopment in Bay City and the award-winning adaptive use of the former Owens Corning world headquarters—the historic Fiberglas Tower—into the mixed-use/residential Tower on the Maumee River in Toledo, Ohio. The two firms also collaborated on a comprehensive survey and documentation of several 20th-century African American civil rights sites throughout the city of Detroit. Schonsheck, Inc., Wixom, welcomes new Business Development Associate Jim Booth to the Schonsheck team. Booth has worked in Business Development/Sales for 20-plus years, calling on a wide variety of clients and market segments with a reputation of being responsive and attentive to the customer’s needs and vision for projects. As a Business Development Associate, Booth will be responsible for securing new projects for Schonsheck’s design/build and construction services. Zolman Restoration, a full-service restoration company specializing in fire, water, and other restoration services, has brought on Matt Dinverno to serve as a Dinverno new Business Development contact with a focus on commercial, institutional, industrial, and multifamily clientele. Dinverno brings two decades of experience to his new role at Zolman. He is an active member of BOMA Detroit, where he serves as the membership committee co-chair, Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM), Detroit Metro Apartment Association (DMAA), and the Southfield Chamber of Commerce and Detroit Executive Association (DEA). SnowEx, Madison Heights, has announced Tracey Fischer-Gaetz as
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its new sales manager. In her new position, Fischer-Gaetz will be responsible for overseeing all salesrelated activities within the SnowEx brand and Fischer-Gaetz directing a team of regional sales managers. A graduate of the Clemson University College of Business, Fischer-Gaetz is an experienced sales professional and leader with a proven track record in the tire industry. According to the company, her skill set and experience translate well into the snow and ice management industry and the duties of the SnowEx sales manager position. Three new trustees have been elected to the APA – The Engineered Wood Association Board of Trustees, filling vacancies created by retirements and new executive assignments. Mark Dubois-Phillips, Senior Vice President, Sales, Marketing and Logistics for Norbord, has extensive management experience in the forest Dubois-Phillips products and energy sectors. Before joining Norbord, he spent 14 years at International Forest Products Ltd. (Interfor). He received financial accounting training at British Columbia Institute of Technology and UBC’s Sauder School of Business and executive management studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Roy O. Martin III is President, CEO and CFO of Martin Sustainable Resources LLC, Martin Timberlands LLC and Marco LLC. He also is Martin the director and cofounder of Indigo Minerals LLC, a Houston-based oil and natural gas exploration company. Martin serves on the LSU Business School’s Dean’s Advisory Council and the LSU Flagship Coalition. Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
Allan Bradshaw, Vice President of Engineering for Weyerhaeuser, oversees a team of engineers responsible for planning and construction of capital projects for Weyerhaeuser’s 34 mill systems, enhancement of existing manufacturing technology and oversight of proprietary product code reports and quality control. He joined Weyerhaeuser in 1989 and has held leadership positions in engineering, manufacturing, research and development, and human resources.
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renovation to the Holiday Inn that will result in the brand change to Delta by Marriott, and a $1.7 million upgrade to the L.C. Walker Arena brings the total investment at the site to $26 million. Clark Construction also plans to manage the bidding process for sub-contractors hired to complete construction.
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CAM member company Clark Construction Company, with offices in Southfield and Lansing, was selected to help manage pre-construction work on Muskegon’s proposed 45,000-squarefoot convention center. Pre-construction work includes reviewing preliminary design plans previously drafted by architects Progressive AE to ensure that the project is completed on time and on budget. The $17 million convention center will sit on what is now Fourth Street between West Western Avenue and Shoreline Drive. The building will be flanked on either side by the L.C. Walker Arena and the downtown Holiday Inn, which will soon be rebranded as a Delta by Marriott. Construction on the convention center will be mostly funded through the county’s accommodation taxes and assessments collected from Muskegon hotels. A $6 million
CAM member company Rockford Construction is partnering with Consumers Energy to develop Michigan’s first ever rooftop solar array and battery storage system in a vibrant and growing area of Grand Rapids. Nearly 1,800 solar panels atop the Bridge Street Market and adjoining buildings between Bridge and First Streets within the Circuit West district are accompanied by a 500-kilowatt battery. It’s the first such energy distribution setup in Michigan and one of the first in the country intended to make renewable energy increasingly reliable and cost effective. “With this first-of-its-kind solar, battery storage
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system, West Michigan is leading the way to our clean energy future,” said Senator Debbie Stabenow. “Projects like Circuit West will ensure more families and businesses have greener and more reliable energy.” “This rooftop solar array can power up to 100 homes and is part of Consumers Energy’s commitment to increasing our use of renewable energy to 40 percent and ending our use of coal to generate electricity,” said Garrick Rochow, Consumers Energy’s senior vice president of operations. “Our Circuit West work is putting into action our triple bottom line of People, the Planet and Prosperity.” The Circuit West battery, which goes into commercial operation in a few weeks, joins a 1megawatt battery installed last fall at the company’s Parkview Substation on Western Michigan University’s Kalamazoo campus. Rochow said Consumers Energy is studying each battery’s performance to determine how to best use and integrate the technology across the electric distribution grid.
American Insulated Glass, headquartered in Georgia, acquired Great Lakes Glass Distributors, Plymouth. “We couldn’t be more pleased with this acquisition because AIG brings a wealth of glass industry experience and resources that together will position us to accomplish so much more for our customers,” says Dan Dirmeyer, president and general manager of GLGD. Dirmeyer will continue to manage the daily operations of this facility. Great Lakes Glass Distributors is a glass fabricator and wholesale distributor that services customers throughout Michigan, northern Ohio and northwest Indiana, providing a complete line of flat glass and insulating glass capabilities, including a range of fire-rated glazing solutions. This deal follows AIG’s recent acquisition of Innovative Glass of America, a North Carolinabased glass fabricator and distributor, and the opening of a new fabrication facility in Birmingham, Alabama, in August. This gives AIG a total of five locations, and the company is positioned to expand its footprint and service capabilities organically and through acquisitions, according to company officials.
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