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Little Caesars Arena
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The Siren Hotel
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Dow Chemical Company World Headquarters
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Michigan State University Facility for Rare Isotope Beams
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Oakland County Animal Shelter and Pet Adoption Center
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Ford Field Renovation
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Sparrow Health System’s Herbert-Herman Cancer Center
A Game-Changer for the Comeback City
Romancing the Past: The Siren Hotel in Detroit’s Wurlitzer Building Seduces with Elegant Details
Dow Chemical: More than the Basic Building Blocks
The Making of MSU’s Discovery Machine
Pets Are the Priority at Oakland County’s Animal Shelter and Pet Adoption Center
Ford Field: The Lion’s Den - Back with a Roar
Best Practices in Healthcare and Construction
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Masco’s World Headquarters
Stylish 28Grand Fills Micro-living Niche in Detroit’s Capitol Park
Revitalizing Michigan and Trumbull with the New Corner Ballpark
The Power of Change - Masco’s New World Headquarters Embraces Collaboration
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Chrysler’s Sterling Heights Assembly Plant
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University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross South Athletic Competition and Performance Center
A Cycle of Rags to Riches
The Big House Gets Bigger
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Mary graduated from Wayne State University with a Bachelor of Arts in English. As associate editor, she has been writing articles for CAM Magazine for over 25 years. She appreciates the opportunity to tour wonderfully crafted and beautifully designed spaces, and feels that learning about sustainability, urban restoration efforts and other vital trends is yet another bonus of working for the design and construction industry.
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Letter from the Editor D I A N E
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I’m pleased to present you with the 23rd edition of CAM Magazine‘s Special Issue, honoring 12 remarkable construction projects completed by CAM member companies over the past year. Not surprisingly, developments located in downtown Detroit have a strong place on the list, most notably Little Caesars Arena, the Premium Suites renovation at Ford Field, and the Corner Ballpark located on the site of the old Tiger Stadium. It’s hard to believe that the city was in bankruptcy just five years ago – today the central business district of Detroit is booming! New builds and rehabs are everywhere, corporations are moving in, and retail outlets and restaurants are rocking, earning Detroit the nickname “The Comeback City.” Readers of this issue will enjoy learning about developments in other areas of Michigan, including a new animal control and adoption center in Oakland County, the impressive Global Dow Center in Midland, and large university projects in Ann Arbor and East Lansing. The “Project of the Year” will be selected from the 12 Special Issue projects - watch your email to learn how to cast your vote online. The CAM Magazine Editorial Board and your input will determine the winner, which will be announced at the CAM Annual Meeting and Tradeshow on February 5th at the Motor City Casino. I and the staff of CAM Magazine wish to extend our thanks to all of the owners, general contractors, construction managers, subcontractors, architects and engineers whose talent is reflected in these pages. We feel fortunate to experience this exciting period of growth with all of you.
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Little Caesars Arena: A Game-Changer for the Comeback City By
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t’s 6:30 a.m. and 40 to 50 trade contractors gather in a team huddle to review the daily game plan for building the new Little Caesars Arena. Almost a thousand “Plan of the Day” meetings – and probably a million cups of coffee – directed and fueled this high-volume, fast-paced blitzkrieg of a project responsible for the making of The District Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena. One meeting reviewed the placement of 426-foot-long super trusses, and another the installation of the articulated metal panels composing the jewel skin. As the screen for 12 laser projectors, the jewel skin wraps the exterior of the arena bowl in a blaze of images and immerses fans in the incandescent dazzle of this 819,000-square-foot sports and entertainment center. A joint venture of Barton Malow-Hunt (now AECOM Hunt)-White delivered this colossal arena in 29 months, working in the tight vise of a compressed schedule. The team labored six days a week the first year and seven days a week the second year working in two shifts. “We were putting almost $60 million dollars of work in place on a 30-day cycle in the last several months of the project,” said Barton Malow Senior Project Director Sean Hollister. The joint venture won the rapid race to the finish line, delivering a world-class arena in a condensed time frame. “Due to the start of the National Hockey League (NHL) and National Basketball Association (NBA) seasons, we had a fixed timeline for completion of Little Caesars Arena, and Barton Malow-Hunt-White rose to the occasion and delivered an innovative, beautiful, technologically advanced arena with time to spare,” said Chris Granger, Group President, Sports & Entertainment, Ilitch Holdings, Inc. “Despite the magnitude of the task, the team effectively managed immense complexities and helped us deliver this exciting new community asset to Detroit and the region.”
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Over 4,200 dimensional, custom-designed aluminum panels make up the jewel skin’s “movie screen” wrapping the arena bowl and stretching 600 feet from the southwest corner of the Via to the northeast.
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Star Quality The arena’s star quality shines on the national stage, thanks to the Detroit Downtown Development Authority (DDA), Olympia Entertainment, Olympia Development of Michigan LLC, Barton MalowHunt-White, HOK, the Kansas City, Missouri-based architect-of-record, and the 1,400 tradesmen and women who labored on the project at its peak. As the crowning laurel, SportsBusiness Journal and SportsBusiness Daily named Little Caesars Arena the 2018 Sports Facility of the Year at the Sports Business Awards ceremony held at the New York Marriott Marquis in New York City in May 2018. It’s easy to see why. Little Caesars Arena has an image-mapping system capable of casting 3D images on the court or ice, the largest SkyDeck™ modular tension wire grid in the world designed for safe, efficient access to the arena’s world-class theatrical production systems, and the largest seamless center-hung scoreboard in the world. According to Olympia Development, the scoreboard weighs 89,750 lbs. and contains 11 million LED lights in a series of panel boards. The 5,100-square-foot scoreboard can be lowered to the floor, and in combination with a stage, can be used for concerts or as a presentation board for a company’s annual meeting. Little Caesars Arena is not only a technological tour de force, but a flexible, multiple-use facility hosting corporate, charity, and community events, including the Detroit Pistons basketball camp for children. The arena’s BELFOR Training Center is both the Detroit Red Wings practice facility and the home of Little Caesars Amateur Hockey, an organization offering tens of thousands of youngsters the opportunity to learn and play the game of hockey. HOK designed the 20,000-seat arena bowl to rest 40 feet below grade to align this massive arena with the height of the surrounding buildings and to offer fans an intimate, close-up view of the action. The bowl is nestled in a circle of six outer buildings clad in over 20 different types of hand-laid brick, turning a single, enclosed development into a neighborhood of buildings. The buildings house restaurants, retail spaces, and the offices of the Detroit Red Wings, Olympia Entertainment and 313 Presents, as well as the future offices of Google. The Via, a 90-foot-wide indoor concourse, separates this circle of perimeter buildings from the arena bowl. The overall development essentially has three circles: the oval of the arena bowl, the Via concourse surrounding the bowl, and the ring of contiguous brick-clad buildings with one side facing the city and the other forming the Via’s interior street-scape. The enclosed, 80-foottall Via resembles an active street in other ways. The flooring is dotted with faux manhole covers, and the entire space is filled with natural light, thanks to a translucent Texlon® ETFE roofing system similar to a skylight. CAM MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2018
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A single control panel makes it possible to show live video, instant replay, game statistics, and animations on the largest seamless center-hung scoreboard in the world. The largest SkyDeck™ modular tension wire grid in the world is part of the arena’s world-class theatrical production systems.
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More than an arena, this development on Woodward Avenue at Henry Street has been a potent catalyst for the blossoming of Detroit directly north of the Fox Theatre. “Little Caesars Arena connects Midtown to downtown Detroit,� said Hollister. Marking another victory for the Comeback City, the arena also is the inaugural project of The District Detroit, a wide-scale re-imagining of a 50-block swath of the city. The public has responded in overwhelming numbers to this award-winning facility. According to The District Detroit website, “Since its opening on September 12, 2017, Little Caesars Arena has hosted more than 150 ticketed events for 2.3 million fans, and is on track to be one of the busiest arenas in the world during its first full year of operation.�
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Face-Off: The Countdown Begins The DDA and Olympia Development officially approved selection of the Barton MalowHunt-White team on April 9, 2014. Shared company philosophies and great personal chemistry forged a seamless merge of three companies into a single construction force. “We worked as a team from day one,� said White Construction’s Vice President of Construction Donovan J. White. “We were able to strategically plan and overcome all the different challenges and issues to successfully turn this over to the Ilitch family.� The team selected the best of each firm’s software systems and wore the same type of “The Voice of The Construction IndustryŽ�
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Barton Malow-Hunt-White team attire. More importantly, everyone had an iPad, creating an online “mind meld” on this completely paperless job. “Being paperless allowed us to update the drawings in real-time,” said Hollister. “Everyone had to have iPads, because that is the only way they could get the updated drawings and the only way we could have managed the documents on such a large, intense job.” The joint venture team dove into estimating, logistics, and permitting throughout 2014. Once the arena-within-a-town design was ready for prime-time, the project became “extremely fast-track,” said Hollister. “Realtime estimating and bidding began immediately after we obtained the drawings. Because we had to be done by September 2017, all decisions were made working backwards from that date. In every phase of the project we asked ourselves, ‘What is the fastest and most cost-effective way to do it?’” Like face-off at center ice in hockey or tipoff at the beginning of a basketball game, the adrenaline began to flow in March 2015 as Barton Malow-Hunt-White set this massive project in motion in the field, or rather below the field. Installation of an earth retention system and mass excavation of the 40-footdeep arena bowl marked the beginning of this fast-paced “game.” For the most part, the team oversaw placement of a conventional earth retention system of H piles, wood lagging, and tiebacks. The H piles were drilled or auger cast to ease construction noise. For contractors, Woodward Avenue is not easy street. As the main artery of a 317-yearold city, Woodward Avenue is an underground “museum” of sorts filled with a web of utilities and general urban rubble. “We were concerned that there were some deeply placed sewer lines and electrical utilities along the Woodward corridor,” said Hollister. The joint venture avoided these subterranean obstacles by working with a geo-technical and civil engineering firm to eliminate the need for earth retention tieback anchors along Woodward Avenue. In the absence of tiebacks, the earth retention system makes use of internal bracing and an angled excavation or layback. “Moving the earth retention system along Woodward in more closely and creating a layback – removing the soil off the top and bringing it down to a lower grade – allowed us to have a lower retention wall,” said Hollister. Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
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These strategies saved both time and money. Time-wise, “if we were going to put earth retention tiebacks along Woodward, we would have had to get approval from the state of Michigan (M1 being a state trunk line),” said Hollister. “We were trying to do everything we could to keep the project moving as fast as we could.” Cost-wise, the savings may have been between $500,000 and $700,000 on the Woodward side, said AECOM Hunt Vice President C.L. Cross.
The Clay Bog Below Detroit During mass excavation, the team encountered basements below grade, vacant buildings at grade, and Detroit’s notoriously soft clay soils at the very bottom of the excavation. “In the first
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20 feet, we encountered a great deal of rubble, and we even removed several full basements on the Woodward side,” said Hollister. Barton Malow-Hunt-White shielded Woodward Avenue from the disruption of over 250 trucks entering and exiting the arena’s mass excavation seven days a week for three months to remove a grand total of 18,310 truckloads of dirt. “No trucks were allowed to exit on Woodward Avenue,” said Hollister. “All trucks used the less-developed Cass Avenue, which also provided ready access to area freeways.” In total, the team oversaw the removal of approximately 524,000 cubic yards of soil re-purposed as cover for various landfills. The deep dig exposed the site’s soft clay soils. Four dewatering pumps extracted the sheets of water pooling on the clay. Navigating this almost bog-like stratum was not pleasant for either man or machine. “Our boots would sink in six inches while we were walking on the clay,” said Hollister. “Despite placing additional stone as a driving surface for heavy equipment, the stone kept sinking into the clay.”
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The Detroit Red Wings’ original Stanley Cup banners hang proudly in the BELFOR Training Center located beneath the facility’s Chevrolet Plaza. The training center is the practice arena for the Red Wings and the home of the Little Caesars Amateur Hockey League.
As a solution, Barton Malow-Hunt-White constructed a stable ring road of 300 crane mats to support the weight of the heavy equipment navigating the excavation. “We kept the ring road in place until we could get the base in and start pouring the slab-ongrade concrete,” Hollister said. Given the soil conditions and arena weight, 296 drilled piers were installed down to hard pan to support the arena bowl. “Sixty-eight drilled piers alone support the arena bowl,” said Cross. Because drilling began at the very bottom of the deep excavation, the piers of the arena bowl were drilled to a depth of 90 feet, while the other piers were drilled 130 feet down to hard pan. Cross provides a tally of the other drilled piers: “The parking garage has 124 drilled piers, the AB outer building on Woodward has 51 drilled piers, Building C, housing the team store, has 45 drilled piers, and Buildings D and E have eight drilled piers.” The Steel Rises After placement of the bowl’s concrete foundation walls and concrete shear cores, the “ball” was in the steel team’s court. Detroit-based Midwest Steel, Inc. began steel framing in October 2015, working in a clockwise fashion to set this ring of steel and the bowl’s structural precast concrete. Placement of the roof’s 10 major trusses,
the two largest being 426 feet long, began in June 2016. “The truss pieces were brought in on multiple truckloads and were assembled in sections in the bowl of the arena,” said Cross. The steel erector built four temporary shoring towers, each resting on its own drilled pier foundation to support the heavy weight of the trusses. “The steel erector would set the tail of the truss on a foundation of the ring beam, draw it over, and set the other end of the truss on a shoring tower,” said Cross. The overall roof was built in what Cross calls “pie quadrants.” With the center “slice” left open, the first two quadrants filled in the east half of the roof’s oval, the process was repeated on the west half, and the center sections were then lifted into place. “All the pieces were either bolted or pin-welded into place, and they were full pin welds,” added Cross. Midwest Steel, Ironworkers Local 25, and the Operating Engineers Local 324 were all present at the topping-off ceremony held on August 4, 2016. The steel phase included erecting the structural steel frame for the arena’s gondola seating, now perched 110 feet above the arena floor. Only one other arena offers this unprecedented view of the ice or court for fans and sports broadcasters. “The idea for the gondola seating was taken from the Montreal Canadian’s arena,” said Hollister. “Gondola seating brings people closer to the ice. In fact, “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
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they are almost hanging out over the ice, and from a hockey broadcaster’s standpoint, it’s the best place to sit because they never lose sight of the puck.” The 350-foot-long-by-20-foot-wide steel frame is suspended from the roof structure. The gondola, the roof, and the bowl’s concrete had to be built to tight and compatible tolerances to preserve the sight lines for fans in every seat. The joint venture team and Midwest Steel coordinated installation of these three structures, planning early and planning in detail. Preset elevations were developed using 3D modeling to predict what deflection would occur in the structure based on roof loads. “If the gondola was off by an inch, a person in the last row of seats couldn’t see past the gondola’s red metal panels down to the ice surface or court,” said Hollister. “We spent hours with surveyors making sure every single work point and angle was perfect in the final installation.” A 55-Person Staff The next critical milestone: Constructing the ring of outer buildings to speed installation of the Via’s 65 rafters and to help achieve full building enclosure. The perimeter buildings structurally support one end of each rafter, the other end being supported by the arena bowl. The Via rafters and its 44,000 square feet of Texlon ETFE are part of the building enclosure, Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
and the outer buildings serve as part of the arena bowl’s weather-protected exterior wall as well. Geo-foam blocks were used as part of the backfill for the outer buildings’ foundation walls to quicken construction of this small town of commercial buildings. The geo-foam is stacked like a series of internally braced Styrofoam blocks, and “a fine silt material and a flow-able, low-density concrete mix are pumped in,” said Cross. “We put soils back in as well.” Aerial drone footage would have shown a crew building the outer buildings, another installing the bowl’s roofing membrane, a third placing the framing for the jewel skin framing and exterior panels, and later footage would have shown a glimpse of the Via rafter installation. As the project expanded in scope and complexity, Barton Malow-Hunt-White’s staff grew to become a team of 52 to 55 fulltime superintendents, engineers, and project managers split into 11 different teams. The team assignments included the outer buildings, the parking garage, the Via, and
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sub-teams working on different aspects of the arena bowl. New teams formed later to build the Pistons’ spaces and the restaurant and retail areas. “Each team represented a synergy of our three companies,” said White. “There might be a Hunt superintendent, a White engineer, and a Barton Malow project manager on one sub-team.” Sky and Ice The construction juggernaut moved into the bowl interior. December 2016 was the milestone to meet for installation of the 43,000-square-foot SkyDeck tension wire grid located directly above the arena’s playing surface. “The arena’s ice floor was still dirt, because we had to complete the tension grid above it,” said Hollister. Installation involved hoisting SkyDeck’s 372 modular panels into place. The design team added 1,600 LED lighting fixtures to the deck, creating a virtuoso, one-of-a-kind lighting experience for arena guests. The SkyDeck’s walking surface has approximately 81 miles of aircraft cable as
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part of an aircraft-grade metal grid system allowing a rigging crew safe access to the arena’s lighting and special effects production systems. According to Olympia Development, rigging a show once took three days and another three days of disassembly, but thanks to SkyDeck, a show can be rigged and disassembled in a single day. Once the SkyDeck was in place, the team undertook a continuous, all-day, super-flat concrete pour to form the concrete base for the ice surface. According to Hollister speaking on an Olympia Development All Access video, the team arrived at 6 a.m. for the pour, conducted under the watchful eye of a NHL representative.
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An outer perimeter of brick-clad buildings helps Little Caesars Arena to blend seamlessly into the fabric of the Motor City. The arena bowl is 40 feet below grade, creating a facility aligned with the height of surrounding buildings.
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The Art of the Schedule Eight weeks of intensive scheduling synchronized construction of the many pieces of this incredibly complex jigsaw puzzle. A 240-page master schedule was the bible of the project formulated to keep this massive project on track. According to Hollister, Barton Malow-Hunt-White established a timetable for disseminating the schedule and work plans to the trade team: The master schedule was updated weekly and disseminated on a monthly basis, a threeweek, look-ahead schedule was given to the trade contractors every week, and Plan of the Day meetings were held every morning. A second Plan of the Day meeting was held for the afternoon shift once the project went into overdrive in 2017. “At the Plan of the Day meetings, our lead superintendents would meet with the superintendents from the subcontracting groups and talk about what had to be done on a day-to-day basis,” said Cross. “Plus, we had smaller schedules for specialty items. We scheduled the truss work and the ice floor separately from the master schedule, and then dropped it into the master schedule.” The master schedule’s level of detail and the team’s constant contact helped the joint venture deliver the project on time. “Success was based on constant communication,” said Hollister. “Everyone knew what they should be doing through daily and weekly meetings and weekly and monthly documentation.” Two full-time scheduling engineers assisted in keeping the project on task. “As we brought on more contractors in phases, Sean Hollister and our schedulers would sit down with the subcontractor’s project manager and go through their schedule and look at it “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
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to maintain. In winter, the material can handle snow loads, and in summer, the frit in the material helps to reduce solar heat gain. The jewel skin wraps the exterior of the arena bowl in a complex, geometric design. The outdoor portion of the jewel skin is a rain screen system, encircling the perimeter of the oval roof and turning it into a halo of LED color at night. On the Via interior, over 4,200 dimensional, custom-designed aluminum panels make up a single projection screen, capturing images from 12 laser projectors and stretching 600 feet from the southwest corner of the Via to the northeast. “The articulated panels of the jewel skin have over 206 different sizes,” said Hollister. “The panels are on a radius in two directions, both across the bowl and from the top to the bottom of the bowl.”
A Royal Cloak It took a small army of architects, contractors, and trade workers to build this $862 million development, including its building enclosure systems. The construction team worked with Vector Foiltec to design and build the steel rafters and the large-span Texlon ETFE cushions. Based in Bremen, Germany, Vector Foiltec invented the skylight-like system now common in Europe and beginning to take hold in the United States. The Little Caesars Arena installation is the first of its kind in Michigan. “Five PSI of air constantly circulates in a series of pressurized tubes to keep the pillow-like structures between each rafter inflated,” said Cross. Only one percent the weight of glass, the Texlon ETFE actually lightened the steel structure. “Had we gone with a conventional glass skylight, the steel would have had to be much heavier,” said Cross. Other benefits include ultraviolet light protection, and being a self-cleaning system, Texlon ETFE is easier Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
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By May 2017 the bowl and its sculpted jewel skin were in place, as well as the brick facades of the outer buildings along the arena’s east face. The varied brick façades are in harmony with the character of the city. According to Hollister, Pewabic tile and custom Red Wings monikers accent the brick façade of the AB building housing Kid Rock’s Made in Detroit restaurant. The traditional meets the contemporary on the exterior of Mike’s Pizza Bar composed of Alpolic, aluminum-faced, fiberglass-reinforced composite panels. It’s all part of the new day dawning in Detroit, a day made up of many dawns: Dixon Inc.’s 73-person crew faithfully arrived between 5:30 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. to place the 700,000 bricks cladding the outer buildings, according to Dixon President Elmer Dixon on Olympia’s All Access video. As the crowning exterior finish, a large-scale Little Caesars caricature is painted on the exterior surface of the 176-foot-diameter roof. The trademark alone is eight feet tall, and the famous laurel-crowned logo is 243 feet tall.
Built on a radius in two directions, the roof had to be surveyed to accurately replicate the logo. “The surveyors were on the roof for almost two weeks, and two people were needed to lay out every point,” said Hollister. “The figure was then traced and the painters filled in the dots.” A Welcome Surprise The Detroit Pistons announced their return to Detroit in November 2016. The decision to make Little Caesars Arena the new home of the Detroit Pistons was welcome, but changing the course of a large construction project in full swing was not a simple task. The team had to repurpose a series of existing spaces and relocate, and in some cases reconstruct, the displaced areas. New locker rooms were constructed for the Pistons, the visiting team, and NBA game officials to meet the NBA’s square footage requirements. All of the altered spaces were constructed in the last year of the project, and all were accomplished without any schedule delays.
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Reaching the Finish Line The hard-working team shared the work load equitably over the course of this construction marathon. Working seven days a week, one group would work on Saturday and a second group on Sunday. “We tried to keep everyone working a normal week, but then every third week a person would be working on the weekend,” said Hollister. “Importantly, everyone participated in the work schedule for the weekends and long hours. It wasn’t just the field people. We had every engineer, every manager, and every executive working in that same rotation.” White added, “Everybody shared the load, because it was a team effort.” Team luncheons, watching a Tigers game in a Comerica Park suite, and a Christmas fowling tournament buoyed morale. A teambuilding effort included helping homeless mothers and children at the Children’s Center in Detroit. The sense of camaraderie carried the team through to the end of the project. “I don’t think we could have had a better team from a respect and a communications standpoint,” said Hollister. Twenty-nine months and 3.5 million man hours later, Barton Malow-Hunt-White reached the finish line – the grand opening on September 5, 2017. The players and fans now enjoy an arena second to none, thanks to the talents, diligence, and stamina of the design and construction team. Fan-Friendly, Innovative, and World-Class The Detroit Red Wings’ original Stanley Cup banners now hang proudly near the practice ice as the Red Wings drill, shoot, and skate in the chill of the 44- to 54-degree Fahrenheit BELFOR Training Center. The 25,000-squarefoot Red Wings’ locker room contains a physical therapy area, hydrotherapy, and a full dental office capable of performing oral surgery. The main arena is as efficient as the construction team that built it. Conversion of the arena floor from a professional ice rink to an NBA basketball court takes only four hours, according to Olympia Development. A black rubber material covers and insulates the ice, forming the substrate for the placement of the Detroit Pistons’ 232-piece wood court fabricated in the Upper Peninsula from Michigan hardwoods. Technology-wise, combining the 3D projection system of image mapping with SkyDeck, the arena offers an immersive visual
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display designed to dazzle fans. A single control panel makes it possible to show live video, instant replay, game statistics, and animations on the center-hung scoreboard, the ribbon bands dividing the bowl’s seating tiers, the seven exterior displays, including the Chevrolet Plaza’s outdoor display and the Via’s jewel skin. Beyond the arena’s technological wizardry, the bowl configuration offers an amazing visual proximity to the arena floor from every seat. Moreover, the spirit of the original Olympia Stadium lives within the new arena. During the game, an organist in a red sequin jacket plays a red-and-white, custom-made organ painted with the Red Wings logo. This beautifully crafted organ brings back the tradition of live music to the Red Wings’ games, a tradition begun at Olympia Stadium. The street-level Via concourse contains the original neon letters of the Olympia sign, except for the replicated letter O. This enclosed concourse, resembling a city street, features three statues of hockey legends Gordie Howe, Ted Lindsay, and Alex Delvecchio, along with a wall-size mural of Joe Louis. The Via offers artisan pizza at Mike’s Pizza Bar, a healthy chicken salad and other foods at the District Market, and over 9,000 square feet of sports merchandise in the Team Store. Little Caesars Arena has 62 private suites and a variety of clubs, featuring cozy fireplaces, television sets for watching the game, and collectively 41 exhaust hoods as part of the clubs’ culinary services. The 377person capacity Rehmann Club offers gourmet cuisine, including rack of lamb, prime rib, and brick oven-fired artisan pizzas. For corporate and community meetings, the Rehmann Club has the technology to host webinars and teleconferencing meetings. The exclusive Comerica Players Club offers a sightline to the locker room corridors and surrounds the player walkways leading directly to the court or ice. As the Detroit Red Wings walk a red, cushioned aisle in their skates, the players face the arena door showcasing a large photo of the late Mike Ilitch giving a thumbs’ up to the players. The photo, taken of “Mr. I” riding in the 2007-2008 Stanley Cup victory parade, is captioned “He Raised the Expectations of an Entire City.” HOK, Barton Malow-Hunt-White, and every tradesperson laying brick or setting steel have clearly realized these expectations in the
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making of this monumental arena. “It was a global team effort,” said Cross, “not only with us, but with our contractors who worked for us and for the owner. Everyone took pride in getting it done, and getting it done right for the owner.” Thumbs’ up to Olympia Development of Michigan, Barton Malow-Hunt-White, HOK, and to the entire Little Caesars Arena design and construction team for creating this world-class development in the heart of Detroit. “The completion of Little Caesars Arena is an important moment for the community and for the thousands of people who have put their hearts, hands, and souls into the project,” said Barton Malow in a written statement. “Barton Malow-Hunt-White is proud to have built Little Caesars Arena, creating a sports and entertainment district for the entire community to live, work and play.”
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Romancing the Past: The Siren Hotel in Detroit’s Wurlitzer Building Seduces with Elegant Details By Marilyn S. Jones-Wilson 20 CAM MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2018
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tep into The Siren Hotel, and you are transported. Echoes of 1926 reverberate beside chic contemporary touches. Created inside an icon of Detroit, the Wurlitzer Building at Broadway and John R, the hotel exudes an eclectic, irresistible allure and understated luxury. Representing a monumental feat of rejuvenation, The Siren Hotel is the city’s newest jewel. After a “soft” opening in March 2018, the hotel promises to grow its appeal as cutting-edge restaurants prepare to open, but the beautifully curated interiors of this 72,000-square-foot, $13million project and its reborn exterior make this a uniquely successful rescue of an old lost cause. Owned by ASH NYC, a real estate developer and design firm, The Siren Hotel offers 106 guest rooms in the imposing 14-story Wurlitzer, a building with a rise and fall as storied as Detroit’s own fortunes. The building opened as an office building and music center in 1926, the year that Rudolph Valentino died and Greta Garbo made her American film debut. From Jazz Age Gem to Public Menace In December 1926, the Detroit Times called the Wurlitzer Building “a structure complete in every detail and entirely worthy of the art to which it will be devoted.” Designed by architect Robert Finn in the Renaissance revival style, the home of the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company at 1509 Broadway marked a period in which family houses were being replaced by businesses to form what is now Detroit’s central business district. The Wurlitzer Company made the organs that played the live soundtracks of silent movies, along with pianos, jukeboxes, records, radios and other musical instruments. In addition to administrative offices, the building became home to the company’s workshops, repair department, finishing shops, soundproof audition booths, showrooms and a 400-seat theatre. Other music-themed businesses filled upper floors: music schools and teachers, sheet music publishers, and a school for speech and drama. Unmistakable for the name “Wurlitzer” emblazoned in black terra cotta blocks at the top, the steel-framed, reinforced concrete structure boasted granite piers and trim, an intricate façade and terra cotta ornamental details over the windows. But after years of slow decline and dwindling tenants, the Wurlitzer became a vast, deteriorating relic in 1982, and sat vacant for nearly 35 years. Vandals stripped it of salvageable copper and other valuables. The fire escape and rusted awnings hung dangerously above the street. The roof fell in, allowing water to slowly destroy the infrastructure, as Michigan winters and thaws eroded bricks and mortar until one wall bulged outward. In 2011, part of the wall collapsed into the alley. Bricks, cornices and 50-pound pieces of terra cotta rained down on passersby so consistently that a net was erected to catch some of the hazardous missiles. It became known as Detroit’s most dangerous building.
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The lobby of The Siren Hotel blends period pieces, modern accents, lush colors and luxurious fabrics. In addition to irresistible sitting areas, there’s a library corner, gift shop, a canopy bed, sleek reception desk, and Populace Coffee, where visitors can enjoy a cappuccino and croissants.
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The Rescue that Almost Didn’t Happen No riches-to-rags story is complete without a hero. “When ASH NYC first started exploring Detroit in 2014, we were all struck by the sheer number of beautifully constructed buildings concentrated in downtown that were simply left to rot,” said Jenna Goldman, partner & director of development at ASH NYC. “These vacant properties were ghostly reminders of the dozens of finely detailed buildings that had already been ‘demolished by neglect’ or obsolescence as they became nuisances and dangers to their surroundings. “The Wurlitzer building was one of the most infamous of those still standing,” she said. The tall, narrow shape of the building seemed better suited to hotel rooms than office or residential space, and it was architecturally significant. That, given the promise of a city on the verge of a comeback, made the Wurlitzer a great candidate for a firm with vision. “Detroit had a strong creative undertone that knit the community together, a powerful growth potential, and a city center full of relatively well-preserved historic buildings,” Goldman said. Sometimes vision is not enough. ASH NYC faced an uphill battle to obtain financial backing for the purchase. Detroit was in the midst of bankruptcy proceedings, and after failed development deals in the past, there was initial skepticism. “Without the support we received from the city’s administration and major stakeholders, we would never have gotten past predevelopment,” Goldman said. Local investment groups – Invest Detroit, the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, the Michigan Strategic Fund, and the Detroit Brownfield Redevelopment Authority – all factored into CAM MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2018
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Behind a rose-colored velvet curtain, the Candy Bar on the first floor offers velvet seating and intimate booths for up to 30 patrons. A 1,500-pound Murano chandelier made up of caramel-colored glass spirals dominates the ceiling over the bar, while a huge disco ball that hails from a Paris nightclub throws dancing light over the blush walls.
getting the project off the ground. “Detroit was the poster child for the fall of the great American City, struggling to make itself relevant in a post-industrial, suburbanized, segregated climate,” Goldman said. “On our early trips to the city, we found it heartbreaking and overwhelming to see huge swaths of decay situated blocks from buildings full of richness, life and activity. “Subsequent trips back to Detroit consisted of exploring the beauty, art and layered history of the city baked into buildings and institutions like the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Guardian Building, and the Fisher building,” Goldman said. “Through these beautiful preserved spaces, rejuvenated with updated uses, we found the story we wanted to tell for The Siren Hotel.” To realize that vision, the right team had to come together. The Monahan Company and Quinn Evans Architects (QEA) have a history of working together on historic restoration projects in Detroit. “We’ve had a tremendous experience working together, bringing back to life these empty, historic buildings,” said D.J. Monahan, vice president of the Monahan Company. “Both principal partners have deep roots in Detroit personally and professionally,” 22 CAM MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2018
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“Due to the original design of the building, structural penetrations were especially difficult,” D.J. Monahan said. “If we opened up more than one bay of the structural grid, it required a fairly elaborate structural steel detail, which was very costly. “The fact that we worked well with QEA benefitted the project as we were constantly brainstorming about how to minimize penetrations. In a few instances, we had no choice, but we were able to keep that to a minimum,” he said. Building from the Inside Out An ongoing challenge to the construction team was the Wurlitzer’s tight footprint, inside and
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outside. On the outside, the Detroit People Mover’s elevated track passes right outside the front façade, and on the adjacent property, the city was concurrently constructing one of the main electrical substations for the QLine rail. Safety for those workers and others downtown was a constant consideration as well as access to all sides of the building. Inside, there were no working elevators, and building materials had to be carried up the stairs as needed. With no setback from the property line, there was no room to store materials on site. “There’s nowhere to put, basically, anything you bring in,” Dave Monahan said. “We did have a materials hoist for a while, but you’re walking yourself up and down those steps for the majority of the project.” All of which amounted to a lot of cardio. “The happiest day on the job was when we got that temporary construction elevator function. It was a big morale boost,” Dave said. “You’re pinned in on all sides,” Henriksen said. “We had to build around everything that was happening,” D.J. Monahan said. “As we constructed the stair and elevator tower
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addition, instead of scaffolding the outside and constructing conventionally, we were forced to build from the ‘inside out.’ We would place a few courses of block and then have to reach over and set the brick as we went up.” On the lot behind the Wurlitzer, its sister building the Metropolitan was another obstacle. Undergoing final restoration this year, the Metropolitan at the time remained vacant. “For most of the time it was not actively being worked on. It too was a very dangerous building that had elements falling off of it as well,” D.J. said. Interior floor space was so cramped that the team took advantage of nights and weekends to get work done to minimize subcontractors running into each other. For example, most of the wood flooring was installed at night. “The floor plates were so small that we just couldn’t afford not to have activity going on, so certain vendors would come at night to work on the floors, and then we would protect them and get right back on them the next morning,” D.J. said. “Logistically it was a tough project. I can’t think of a single one in my career that was
more restrictive in this regard,” he said. When it came time to plan the placement of the mechanical equipment, there was simply not enough square footage on the roof to house it. The solution lay in the close relationship to the owners of the adjoining building. The Wurlitzer at 1509 Broadway leases space from its neighbor, 1515, for the first-floor reception area and Siren Shop. Part of that lease agreement includes the right to install the mechanical platform on that building’s roof. “Had ASH not secured this real estate, I’m not sure how they would’ve been able to do the project,” D.J. said. Proven Working Relationship ASH NYC had a hands-on presence on site whenever possible, making design decisions, selecting materials, and ensuring their vision stayed on track. Coordinating and implementing those decisions on a daily basis depended upon the Monahan Company, Quinn Evans, and their synergy working together. “There was a lot of back and forth, requiring an enormous amount of collaboration,” D.J. said. “More than I’ve ever experienced in over 20 years doing this work.” When design information was passed on from the owner, QEA had to integrate it into the drawings, conferring with their consultants to make it work. “ASH NYC sourced a lot of antique fixtures,” Henriksen said. “All of the furniture is either designed by them or found by them and brought to the space. We had to coordinate their design vision with the building structure and mechanical and electrical systems.” Because materials were sourced from all over the world, shipment times varied widely, and the team didn’t always have control over when they arrived, or how they arrived. “Often, Dave would have to deal with trucks pulling up, not always knowing exactly when, and then had to determine where to store ten pallets of items when there was only room, practically, for two or three,” D.J. said. “There are a lot of things that you don’t see behind the walls and above the ceilings that took a lot of effort from both a design and a construction perspective, and at the end of the day, have it function right and look right. These guys did a great job of dealing with it,” Henriksen said. “Custom-fabricated materials, like tiles and sink basins, really make the building unique “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
and made the project special, but they aren’t always easy to work with,” Henriksen said. “These guys were able to make it happen.” Custom Details, Old and New Not much of the Wurlitzer’s original details were salvageable, but those that were have been lovingly preserved. The masonry, ornate cornices and moldings that had fallen off the exterior were carefully recreated from those that survived, as were the bold terra cotta nameplates on the sides of the tower. Inside, a curved staircase to the second floor bears most of the original stone travertine steps, augmented with some patching and replacement. Some terrazzo tiles in the lobby were saved, echoes of newer, brighter terrazzo tiles installed in guest bathrooms. Much of the building’s wood flooring was restored on several stories, while other stories received custom-milled replacements to match the historic template. Off the lobby, an original wooden phone booth still stands as a fun conversation piece. But the quirkiest preservation – one that announces the hotel’s nostalgic aesthetic – is a section of broken plaster ornamentation, exposed in the ceiling above the front door. Respect for the past, a mix of eras, and the ability to reanimate that past with an infusion of lively modern energy is The Siren Hotel’s design signature. “Uncovering the original plaster ceiling in the lobby was a turning point in the direction of the palette and period that we ultimately drew inspiration from to unify the public spaces,” Goldman said. “The lobby’s muted greens, reds, and blues, and Italian Renaissance design informed the direction of a lot of our vintage sourcing, fabric selection and paint colors.” The visitor entering the lobby encounters seating in rich tones of peacock and cerulean, mustard and warm reds, in velvets; olive green walls and antique mirrors; fringe, brass, animal prints and palms. Across from overflowing floral arrangements, the Populace Coffee bar stands beside the distinctive curved staircase. A canopied bed stands in the center near the reception desk with its marble counter, gold curtains and dark wood. At one end, a library corner pairs an ornate vintage bookshelf with a wood table and modern molded chairs. “ASH’s interior design area selected the lamps, colors and general feel. Part of our role was to make that happen, while realizing their vision,” Henriksen said. “They were really Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
Guest rooms vary from the Parlor Room above to a room with two bunk beds called the Hideout, and options that include a loft bed accessible by spiral staircase. Each bed bears a chenille coverlet with double sirens, hand-loomed by Cranbrook Academy of Art students. Photography from the late Detroit street photographer Bill Rauhauser and trays by Hamtramck Ceramck art collective also appoint the rooms.
inspired by the building itself, and that’s why we have this great lobby. They really understood what the building had to say.” That sensibility carries through to the guest rooms. Carefully curated objects, custom millwork, furniture from various eras, and hand-crafted textiles add warmth and understated personality to rooms of soft pinks with royal blue accents. The bathrooms have glass block showers, chrome vanities and dazzling terrazzo tile in bold colors. “In the guest rooms, we drew inspiration from the colorful terrazzo and Pewabic tile that exists in historic buildings throughout Detroit,” Goldman said. “The tiles and vanities are handmade in jewel tones to infuse the artisan culture the city is known for. “Chrome and curve details throughout the building introduce another unifying theme: the auto industry in the midcentury age. The subtlety of these influences and colors allow them to coexist without speaking too loudly over each other,” she said. The guest rooms, which offer a range from bunk beds, singles and doubles to suites with loft beds accessible by spiral stairs, showcase local artists and artisans. For example, each bed has a chenille coverlet, hand-crafted by students from the Cranbrook Academy of Art, and snack trays come from the Hamtramck CAM MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2018
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Erected in 1926, Detroit’s Wurlitzer Building began as a center for music – instrument sales and repair, schools, audition booths, sheet music, and a 400-seat theater – until abandonment and catastrophic deterioration in the 1980s. Rescued by ASH NYC, the building now houses the stunningly romantic Siren Hotel.
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soon, as is a two-chair barber shop. Off the lobby, The Siren Shop sells toiletries, handcrafted keepsakes, and flower arrangements by local floral designer Lisa Waud’s Pot & Box.
Restaurants and Retail At the back of the lobby, a rose-colored velvet curtain with beaded fringe entices the visitor into an intimate cocktail lounge called Candy Bar, a mix of old Hollywood and Paris glamour, with the allure of a woman’s boudoir. Dressed in shades of pink from blush to burgundy, the lounge seats no more than 30 in plush curved booths that conjure fantasy, mystery, and improper rendezvous. Above the curved marble bar hangs a spectacular Murano glass chandelier, made of 670 caramel-colored spirals, brought from Paris, as was the 1970s disco ball that sprays dancing light over the walls. Touches from the 1980s intermingle with Italian wall sconces. The menu consists of an array of spirits, snacks, and, yes, some carefully selected sweets. In addition to Candy Bar and Populace Coffee, the hotel plans to feature a full day-tonight restaurant, Karl’s, on the second floor, helmed by Chef Kate Williams and featuring updated American classic cuisine. The name honors the chef’s great-great-grandparents, whose restaurant fed the hungry during the Depression. Also opening soon will be Albena, an exclusive eight-seat chef’s table by Chef Garrett Lipar, a James Beard Rising Star semifinalist, who will offer a tasting menu inspired by the Great Lakes and Japanese simplicity. A rooftop hangout and karaoke bar, Sid Gold’s Request Room, is slated to appear
Coming Full Circle As The Siren Hotel blossoms into the latest “place to be” in downtown Detroit, today’s success encompasses the Wurlitzer’s historic past and the city’s intrinsic character. “We’ve been getting a lot of positive feedback,” Henriksen said. “Quinn Evans is committed to existing and historic buildings, and to highlighting the ways they are special, while making them work in the 21st century. It is exciting to be part of contributing to the community.” ASH NYC brings together property development with interior design, championing the fields of finance, architecture, urban planning and fine arts, to adopt roots in a city that, until recently, left its most beautiful treasures to decay. The company’s vision for Detroit required a team focused on fulfilling the dream on a challenging build. Dave Monahan shared the story of his grandfather. “When I told my grandpa we were renovating this building, he told me he used to take a streetcar down here to take accordion lessons here.” “Uncle Bill?” D.J. Monahan asked. “That’s pretty cool.” “I’m surprised he took the accordion,” D.J. said. “It took a lot of guts to admit that. “He dropped out pretty quick,” he added. Accordion players come and go. Fortunately, the Wurlitzer Building – and the singular Siren Hotel – are here to stay.
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The new Dow Chemical Company World Headquarters in Midland is an impressive six-story, glass-wrapped structure.
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n the summer of 2017, top-level executives coming to work for the first time at the new Dow Chemical Company World Headquarters in Midland had a surprise sitting on their desks – thanks to Quinn Kuriluk, Vice President of Development at KIRCO MANIX, and Mike Moore, Vice President of Construction Operation. A miniature LEGO-style replica of the newly constructed, distinguished, six-story, 184,380 square-foot, mainly glass building rests on top of desks in the inner sanctum of the complex. The replica belongs to appreciative employees of Dow Chemical, who witnessed the construction of one of the most impressive structures in Michigan. The desktop toy is an intriguing focal point – ironically, much like the actual building itself. In 320,000 man hours, KIRCO brought to life the prestigious and aesthetically appealing Dow Chemical Company World Headquarters building – a modern and dreamy empire of concrete, brick, aluminum, glass and steel structure – complete with an executive basement parking garage; mechanical penthouse; majestic, double-height lobby; conference rooms; state-of-the-art, 400seat cafeteria, four floors of open-office work space with ergonomically enhanced furniture; huddle and break rooms; fitness center; mother’s room for nursing moms; outdoor patio; two sustainable, vegetative green roofs designed to reduce storm water; and a one-acre, decorative pond underneath an enclosed pedestrian connector leading to the Dow Visitors and Heritage Center. KIRCO is a full-service, vertically integrated real estate organization. Established in 1974, the company is recognized for planning and developing more than 30 million square feet of awardwinning build-to-suit, own, or lease properties. KIRCO Construction (established 1984) and Campbell/Manix (established in 1929) came together in 2009, and KIRCO MANIX Construction was formed. Since then the two powerhouse companies have blended their design, engineering and construction talents to provide clients a comprehensive and best-in-class experience. Kuriluk and Moore spent two years at the Midland Dow campus, where they looked at the construction schedule daily, successfully dealt with minor and major challenges, came up with solutions – and formed new relationships with construction industry leaders in a new territory. “As clients engage us in markets beyond our Metro Detroit roots, we get exposed to a lot of potential new subcontractor relationships,” said Moore. “Having the privilege of being selected to work on a world-class facility such as Dow’s, the subcontractors with whom we partner are critical to a successful outcome. Knowing Dow’s commitment to Midland and the Great Lakes Bay Region, we sought to leverage the local subcontractor talent to the greatest extent possible. In total, 75percent of our subcontractors on the project were from the Great Lakes Bay Region, all of whom proved to be tremendous partners.” KIRCO MANIX’s spectacular construction results prove how they flawlessly established and professionally networked in all the right ways – building new and successful relationships with subcontractors from mid-Michigan. “Our ownership mentality, regardless if we or our client ultimately own the facility is at the forefront of every decision,” said Kuriluk. “From the beginning, we challenge the whole team to ensure we consider far more than aesthetics and up-front costs; we foster a longer-range vision where functionality, operating cost, and longevity also play a role. For our clients and communities, creating proud legacy assets that stand the test of time is what ownership mentality is all about.” Building a new facility for an organization founded in 1897 was a task KIRCO didn’t take lightly— they knew the magnitude of their efforts would be known globally. Dow is the largest chemical company in the United States and is the leading producer of plastics, chemicals, hydrocarbons, and agrochemicals. Their products and businesses have evolved and changed the lives of most American consumers and now range from cosmetics, cleaning products, building materials, pharmaceuticals and even clothing. KIRCO, nominated as the company to construct the brand-new, immense world headquarters building, understood their client’s vision to give its Midland Campus employees a new, attractive facility representative of the company’s century-long growth, innovation and dedication to workplace satisfaction and exceptional quality. CAM MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2018
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KIRCO delivered a legacy product, both in real life and in LEGO form! “I was delighted to see Dow’s excitement towards the likeness of the custom LEGO replica,” said Kuriluk, adding, “the Dow team deserved to celebrate and reflect upon this milestone in a special way, so we commissioned the person responsible for much of the LEGO Architecture Collection, and created a unique LEGO keepsake to commemorate The Global Dow Center.” The clever LEGO-designed imitations originated from Kuriluk’s creative and welcoming personality – which, together with Moore’s expansive experience, played an integral part “during the construction project of a lifetime,” as they both described it. “The corporate culture within Dow is refreshing,” said Moore. “The complications we tackled as a team, and successfully delivering such an iconic facility for a worldrenowned company makes us very proud. No question, this was a very significant project for us.” Moore, humble and modest, believes the Dow construction project arrived in his career timeline at precisely the right time, and he was ready for the magnitude of such an undertaking. 30 CAM MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2018
“You know what you know and know what you don’t know,” said Moore. Thankfully, he happens to know a lot when it comes to the construction industry. When he was fresh out of college he mentored under construction experts building the Renaissance Center in Detroit, soon after which he joined KIRCO to establish the beginning of his 35-year career with the company. Years of experience, and perhaps his calm demeanor having raised six accomplished children, have attributed to his inspiring qualities as a team leader. “You have to trust people, especially trust your team,” he said. “Maintaining teamwork is critical. You’re only as good as your subcontractors. You’re always learning from them. It’s okay to ask for guidance and help.” This concept was especially true throughout the design phase of the Global Dow Center Project. Upon being awarded the project, KIRCO and KIRCO MANIX were presented with the challenge of completing the preconstruction and design phase, through construction documents, all while keeping the news of the project out of the public domain. “The inability to publicly discuss a project of this scale and complexity during preconstruction created extraordinary challenges. We were limited in obtaining “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
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project-specific design and estimating from our broad subcontractor and supplier base,” said Moore. “The silence forced our construction and design teams to rely exclusively on our years of experience and strong subcontractor relationships to confirm important information without disclosing the specific project or client.” Another key to the success of this project was close coordination with the design team. “We worked closely with Houston-based Kirksey Architecture,” said Kuriluk. “Through a combination of online and in-person meetings both in Michigan and Texas, we collaborated extensively throughout the journey. Our early and extensive collaboration largely attributed to significantly reducing the preconstruction and design phase and delivering the project under budget.” The same drive and attention to detail KIRCO embraced during design development was applied to the demolition of the former Willard H. Dow Center (WHDC) 2020 Building. The design of the original sprawling complex is reminiscent of a bygone era and its traditional square-shaped offices, narrow
corridors, and lesser amount of natural light, all of which contrasts with what now takes its place. “Economically, demolishing the building helped save costs by providing construction materials that we would have sourced elsewhere – we stockpiled the materials for later use on-site,” said Moore. “We crushed and re-purposed 18,000 tons of concrete for parking lot infrastructure and temporary roads during construction. We also harvested more than 20,000 tons of steel and metal from the original structure.” It is not surprising 20 percent of the new building’s construction comes from recycled materials. To comply and earn LEED certification points, KIRCO also implemented a trash sortation system to separate the type of debris generated – wood, metal, plastics, concrete and general debris into separate containers. Kuriluk explained that the five-month demolition of the 240,000-square-foot, 1950sera and functionally obsolete 2020 Building required close coordination with Dow campus personnel to protect delicate underground
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infrastructure (power, fiber optic, high-pressure steam, etc.) on which much of their 300-acre campus relied. “More than 1,000 employees, and a top-tier data center relied on our extensive due diligence to ensure business continuity throughout construction,” said Kuriluk. “Compounding the sensitivity, under direct eyesight of Dow’s most senior leadership, KIRCO operated in a veritable fish bowl. “It was definitely nerve-wracking, we took incredible measures to ensure we avoided even a momentary disruption of Dow’s operations.” Since Dow Building Solutions creates and manufactures many building products and materials, KIRCO went above and beyond to not only utilize but quantify the Dow brand products incorporated throughout all phases of construction. “It only makes sense to use Dow products,” said Guy Cornell, KIRCO Project Assistant. “Materials such as steel, insulation, roofing, cabling, paint, sealant, conductors, carpet, spray foam and rigid board are some of the Dow brand items used in construction.” Anyone within a mile of the facility can see
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immaculately lined and landscaped trees. But even more notable are the dozens and dozens of international flags lined up on H.H. Dow Way, the road leading to the world headquarters building. The countries Dow operates in spans from Argentina to Hungary to Finland to France and more. As the building comes into view it’s easy to admire the top-tobottom glass exterior. The gorgeous, six-story building features 2,852 panels of premiere glazed glass. Astonishingly, there is 72,789 square-feet of glass mounted on the building’s exterior. Many well-though-out and intentional design elements are part of The Global Dow Center project. For close to five months out of the year, Michigan is known for its wintery, snowy weather. Dow’s attention to safety and comfort for its special global guests, who might be arriving from snowless countries, included installing a hydronic, snowmelt system built underneath the colored-concrete, circular entrance way. Underneath the concrete slabs are glycol-mixture-filled tubes – a Dow brand chemical – which hold heat. “There’s always a clear path to the building,”
said Cornell. “Snow and salt instantly melt and evaporate with this in-floor heating system, so guests are safer and will not be pestered with slush or snow on their footwear.” Once guests enter the grand lobby, they’re inclined to stop and take in its stunning grandeur, visual architecture, natural lighting and atrium-style space. There is tile, wood, glass and fabric elements stylishly weaved throughout the space. An elegant, two-story, Novum glass wall system with its own cables is an attention-grabber. “Trenches were dug 75 feet down and brackets welded in place – the welds had to be perfect,” said Cornell. “Then tension at an extreme force – 22,000-pounds – holds in place the glass and stainless-steel cables.” It only takes a second for guests to glance at and read a panel with quote: “If you can’t do it better, why do it?” – attributed to H.H. Dow, Founder of The Dow Chemical Company. The spacious lobby also features white, retro-style, ultra-modern chairs centered around woodgrained tables ready to hold laptops or other personal belongings; shiny limestone tiles imported from Italy; wood panels and glass
panels backlit with light to give a professional and welcoming ambience; two video panel walls, or jumbotrons, which display interesting Dow history and culture; and other custom marketing or media messages. A wall of lights in the shape of molecules isn’t lost on guests familiar with chemicals, and nestled into the far corner of the lobby is a 1,900-square-foot café and coffee kiosk for employees and visitors, complete with booths and tables for sipping and socializing. The lobby also is utilized for mini events or exhibitions. “Not long ago the lobby was full of NASCARs for a special event because Dow Chemical creates technology to keep drivers safe during collisions,” explained Cornell. “My favorite part of the lobby is the origamistyle ceiling,” said Cornell. “It has a polygonal effect, which gives the appearance of the official Dow diamond emblem.” Ultimately, greeting local and international guests is certainly one of the most prominent functions of the lobby. In fact, for 20 years, Midland native, Juanita Torrez, comes to work at The Dow Chemical Company where she does just that – greet
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guests. The bubbly receptionist, who speaks fluent Spanish and has kind eyes, greets guests and provides directions to visitors all day. Whether a guest is meeting in a conference room, attending a luncheon or presenting as a speaker, the Dow veteran is someone “everyone knows and loves,” says Cornell. Since the grand opening of The Global Dow Center, Torrez has greeted thousands of guests, and in late August she took her friendly voice and hospitality skills over to the next building where she now operates the Dow Visitors and Heritage Center reception area. The reception area houses an intricate, highly technological global switchboard. “I transfer calls to France, London, Mexico – anywhere Dow has employees,” said Torrez. Fellows Hall, or more commonly referred to as ‘town hall’ by Dow personnel, is a preferred space on the ground level, not far from Torrez’s expansive receptionist area. The 4,090square-foot town hall functions as a multipurpose area and is loaded with the most modern audio, visual, lighting, sound and production technology for meetings, presentations, guest speakers, banquets or other gatherings. Its floor-to-ceiling glass view overlooks the front landscaped area of the facility. “One of the best features of this space is the fabric, sound-wrapped panels,” explains Cornell. “This design element reduces the echoes and mechanical noises of the building. Guests receive exceptional sound quality when listening to a speaker because all of the surrounding noises have been diminished.” Dow knows dining services and eating space is essential for its staff. A 14,000square-foot kitchen and cafeteria might be the highlight of the facility. “There’s a deli, specialty food area, chef’s corner, stone-baked pizza, grill area and snack station,” said Cornell. “There is whole-campus catering, which means any building or conference room, or department can receive catering services.” There is a demonstration kitchen which promotes healthy cooking and teaching lessons. Employees can take advantage of the booth-style seating, which also functions as a workspace or mini-office because it has a computer panel and full-connectivity at the table to be utilized for conference calls, networking or other Dow business. Privacy, surveillance and security is standard at the World Headquarters building. Moving from floor to floor or hallway to hallway requires special badge and access use. The facility has many electronic, automatic glass Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
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turnstiles to manage movement of visitors and personnel. Lead Building Engineer, Thom Goodall, is someone who understands, maintains and operates some of the more sophisticated features of the building. “I’m here to help employees with things such as heating, cooling or lowering or raising of the electronic solar shades,” he said. “The controls are extensive, and since people are constantly changing, their needs change, too.” When Dow faculty step off the elevator onto any of the general office floors, there is an array of space to choose from depending on need or purpose. There are meeting rooms, huddle rooms, breakrooms, focus rooms and lounges. Multiple kinds of spaces are meant to make work life more collaborative and productive. Every floor’s spacious kitchen or break areas allow employees to take advantage of the contemporary amenities centered around their nourishment needs. There are several stainless-steel refrigerators, coffee centers, microwaves, toasters and countertop space to prepare snacks or other food selections. Cornell points out the soffits in the kitchen area. “There is a wood veneer wall paper on the soffits and strip lighting on the ceiling.” Classy design elements give each break area an upscale, crisp and clean appearance. The altruistic side of Dow can be observed in every breakroom, too. “There are always donation boxes or charity collection boxes placed in this central area where employees are encouraged to donate or give to various causes,” explained Cornell. Dow employees are encouraged and actively participate in giving opportunities. A decorative, giant Crayola crayon box held donations of miniature packs of crayons to be distributed to local school children in need as school started in September. Dow personnel entering the general office floors – floors one through five – enjoy aesthetic elements which are the same on each floor, but carved out with unique and exclusive features on each level. For example, every floor has its own color scheme. The second floor is yellow, third is green, fourth is orange, and the fifth level sports blue as its main hue. These floors also have ‘word walls’ to inspire and invite critical thinking for hard-working employees throughout the course of the day. Words such as ‘Sustainability,’ ‘Collaboration,’ ‘Customers,’ and ‘Solutions’ are lettered on the colored walls. The space is purposeful in its audio/visual and internet capabilities. There are groupings of open-style office space. Dow’s concept and industry-standard of functional space is designed to keep employees content and able to modify their workspace according to their changing needs. For example, height-adjustable desks which can be automatically lowered or raised are at the employee’s fingertips, so staff can sit or stand at their desk. Ergonomically designed seating, adjustable shades to let sunlight in or out and room temperature settings all make for satisfied employees. Every floor also has a “focus room.” If the open space concept is not conducive to an employee’s needs, they can utilize a small, private, glassenclosed room. Outside of every focus or conference room is the Crestron Scheduler, an organizing and productivity tool, with a touch panel which allows employees to electronically schedule a room. Cornell said the executive-level suite on the sixth floor overlooks the Dow campus and is designed to accommodate Dow board members and executives. Its design focuses on engagement and streamlined communication. It is enhanced with a corporate flair and contains more prestigious glass, wood, chrome and fabric options. “The sixth floor definitely has a more distinct look to it,” says Cornell. The Global Dow Center built by KIRCO inspires interaction and collaboration among its employees, guests and visitors. Its design also 34 CAM MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2018
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allows for future company’s growth. The Global Dow Center, coupled with their incredible corporate culture, will continue to retain and attract top talent and clients from all over the world. Kuriluk’s original visit to the LEGO Store with his children inspired his vision to create the 100-piece LEGO replicas of The Global Dow Center. However, his ingenuity combined with Moore’s wisdom and grit and the 200 incredibly-skilled workers from all trades is what really built the stately and innovative workplace for Dow’s Midland campus. An iconic organization now has an iconic building to match its global influence and 120-year heritage.
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The northeast view of FRIB’s exterior along Wilson Street showcases the metal panel façade. The panels are of different lengths, and some are tapered, as a subtle expression of a Fibonacci sequence, a mathematical model of rhythmic patterns found in natural systems, such as a nautilus shell and even spiral galaxies.
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different kind of laboratory rests more than 32 feet below grade on the campus of Michigan State University (MSU) in East Lansing. Its mission is the making of subatomic “stardust” in the form of rare isotopes only found naturally in the aftermath of a supernova. This scientific “voyage of discovery” is taking place at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB), a next-generation linear accelerator (linac) offering scientists a powerful means of advancing “their search for answers to fundamental questions about nuclear structure, the origin of the elements in the cosmos, and the forces that shaped the evolution of the universe,” according to MSU’s FRIB website. Advances in energy and medicine, including cancer diagnosis and treatment, are the practical applications of this incredible endeavor. No wonder the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science (DOE-SC) considers FRIB part of its family of “discovery machines.” The subatomic meets the astronomical in size in a facility primarily funded by DOE-SC and operated by MSU. SmithGroup, Detroit, designed and Barton Malow Co., Southfield, constructed this 230,000-square-foot facility almost a decade in the making. At FRIB, a heavy-ion beam is accelerated to more than half the speed of light in a tunnel folded like a paperclip and formed of heavily reinforced concrete. This beam of charged particles hits a graphite target in the target area, resulting in new varieties of rare isotopes, or short-lived nuclei. The rare isotopes, lasting only a partial fraction of a second, are as ephemeral as the glow of fireflies on a summer evening. Working collaboratively for eight years, SmithGroup and Barton Malow created a sophisticated integration of infrastructure, equipment, and concrete to allow physicists to capture and study these “fireflies” of the cosmos. Tunnel construction demanded a massive concrete pour lasting 18 hours. Building the target area required “high-density concrete that could only be placed three yards at a time,” said SmithGroup Construction Administrator Tom Greyerbiehl. The deep pit and infrastructure of the target area, along with the entire facility’s extensive systems, resemble the set of a science fiction movie or one drawn in CGI. According to Greyerbiehl, the entire facility includes 10 double-ended electrical substations, three cooling towers providing 7,000 tons of cooling capacity and evaporating 37 million gallons of water, and over 350 miles of cabling in eight miles of cable tray. In fact, the FRIB project was the largest purchaser of cable tray nationally in 2016. This incredible level of infrastructure is needed to service the most powerful heavy isotope linear accelerator in the world. A heavy isotope, a stable atom having more neutrons than a normal isotope of the same element, offers more source material for making new combinations of rare isotopes or ones never seen before on Earth. Stripping electrons from the heavy isotopes creates the charged particles forming the beam. Better known to the average person for its agricultural and veterinary colleges, the university that brought the world the Yukon Gold potato has delivered a more than 200 mega-electron volt machine with incomparable capabilities. According to MSU’s FRIB website, “The linear accelerator will provide world-unique technical abilities, including the ability to conduct experiments with fast, stopped, and re-accelerated beams, which will help users extend the reach of nuclear science.” Given its mission and its capabilities, FRIB seals MSU’s standing as the top-ranked nuclear physics graduate program in the United States. 2008: MSU Beats the Competition In 2008, DOE-SC held an open competition for the FRIB facility, and MSU secured the contract, besting such reputable institutions as the Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago, according to MSU FRIB Conventional Facilities and Infrastructure Division Director Brad Bull. The reason for MSU’s selection was not only its top-ranked physics program, but also the costeffective synergy between FRIB and the existing National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) on the University’s East Lansing campus. NSCL is a National Science Foundation user facility and one of the world’s flagship nuclear science research facilities. “FRIB could use NSCL’s existing infrastructure – almost $212 million in equipment for experimentation,” said Bull.
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In a cooperative agreement, MSU contributed the real estate and 15 percent of the cost, according to Barton Malow Senior Project Manager Shelten Vieau. MSU and Michigan have already reaped the benefits. “Michigan won the project when the economy was not the greatest,” said Vieau. “Construction-wise, we peaked at over 350 tradespeople on site and another 150 people performing off-site fabrication at four to five shops to improve safety, reduce waste, and ease site congestion. About 98 percent of our contractors were Michigan-based, and for the most part, it was a Prevailing Wage job.” 2009, 2010: Assembling the Team MSU used a qualifications-based selection process for team assembly. However, the ability to work collaboratively was a prime factor in the selection of each firm and for the ultimate success of the eight-year project. SmithGroup and Barton Malow had strong working relationships with MSU and with each other, as well as experience in mega-projects. More importantly, both firms committed to staying the course and even reserved dedicated teams to this complex project, the core team of people remaining for the entire duration of the project. Given FRIB’s complexity, it was not a “design-and-leave”
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project for the architectural firm. “There was a great deal of evolution in the scientific requirements, and consequently, there were a few iterations in the design,” said SmithGroup Project Architect Michael Paul Krug. “Our commitment to staying for the long haul was made clear to MSU. We were even on site everyday throughout construction.” The very first step in this long odyssey was actually a separate $26 million project to assemble FRIB’s power infrastructure. Although heavy isotopes yield a richer harvest of rare isotopes, this type of linac has much higher power demands. “It takes a great deal of power to speed heavy charged particles up to half the speed of light,” said Vieau. FRIB depends on this infrastructure for both power and DOE-SC annual operating funds. “Our mandate is to be 90 percent reliable, so out of every scheduled hour we have to hit 90 percent of them,” said Bull. “Our operations funding depends on maintaining this level of reliability.” For redundancy, FRIB is tied into three power sources: The general grid, a 25 megawatt, 13.8 kV primary feeder from MSU’s T.B. Simon Power Plant, and a four megawatt, 13.8 kV primary feeder serving the vital cryogenic operations. At FRIB, the cryogenic operation turns helium gas into super-cooled liquid helium as part of creating a zero-friction environment inside the tunnel needed to maintain the beam’s acceleration. The beam of charged particles flows through a series of superconducting radio frequency (SRF) cavities placed inside 48 different cryomodules, large structures resembling a shipping container and placed within the tunnel. According to MSU’s FRIB website, “The cryomodules contain SRF cavities that accelerate the beam while operating at temperatures hundreds of degrees below zero. Each cryomodule is approximately 20 feet long and weighs approximately 26,000 pounds.” Krug explains further: “Super-cold helium is injected into each cavity and coats the cavity’s lining of niobium, a metal that has very little resistance. This system creates a frictionless environment that will not allow the beam to be slowed down.” The cryogenically cooled helium is not only an important part of this process, but an expensive one as well. “Helium is nonrenewable and very expensive,” said Bull. “If “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
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we lose the grid or the power plant, the four mega-watt gas turbine will allow us to keep our helium inventory.” For distribution, Barton Malow constructed more than one mile of underground duct bank with 18 conduits to protect the feed system from hazardous weather conditions. Cost-Savings for Science In the early part of the project, Barton Malow tackled DOE’s unfamiliar review structure with the aid of Jacobs, a firm headquartered in Dallas and locally based in Bingham Farms. “Jacobs helped us to understand how to navigate a DOE project,” said Vieau. Initially, SmithGroup worked with the M + W Group, a German firm with U.S. offices in Albany, New York, the reason being M + W Group and Jacobs had delivered a recent lab most closely resembling FRIB. Under the actual FRIB contract, SmithGroup began design of the utility work in 2009, and Barton Malow came on board in 2010. Barton Malow began preconstruction in December 2010, working tirelessly on controlling the
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budget from Day One, and successfully delivering FRIB within budget at the end of almost a decade. As a major alteration, the project team changed the configuration of the tunnel from an elongated checkmark to a compact paper clip, effectively containing the tunnel on a single site. This re-configuration reduced the tunnel’s length and cost, eliminating the logistical difficulties of building beneath existing campus roadways and buildings. “It reduced the cost of construction because instead of building a tunnel that is 2,000 feet long, we constructed one that is basically 550 feet long in one dimension, and a bit wider than the original,” said Vieau. The tunnel is 250 feet long in the north-south direction. In other pre-construction cost-control strategies, Barton Malow locked in pricing for long-lead items to help ensure the budget and schedule stayed on track from the earliest days of the project. Because much of the funding involved grants from DOE-SC, strict adherence to the budget was mandatory and required detailed
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we went from three chillers to two, because we could obtain the same capacity from the two chillers,” said Vieau. “The money that we didn’t spend was dedicated to the facility’s science.” 2011, 2012, 2013: Full Steam Ahead Beginning in November 2011, Barton Malow launched construction of a steam tunnel to supply FRIB’s annual steam usage of 54,242,000 lbs. per year. Other make-ready work for the project’s vast labyrinth of support infrastructure took place over the course of the first three years as well. The first building to be constructed was the SRF High Bay Building that now houses a cavity hydrogen and de-gassing furnace, coldmass assembly, and various cryogenic testing and storage areas. According to Vieau, Barton Malow selected Douglas Steel, Lansing, to detail, fabricate, and erect more than 370 tons of structural steel for this 27,000-square-foot building. Douglas Steel worked as a designassist contractor to more effectively and swiftly procure steel. This strategy successfully trimmed several weeks off the construction schedule, paving the way for the cryogenics plant.
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The east side of the building’s south elevation bears this world-class facility’s name plate. A close-up view of the metal panels show the varied lengths and taper designed to also suggest the particle acceleration and impact taking place within the facility.
“The tanks of warm helium gas are on the roof of the SRF Building,” said Greyerbiehl. “The helium gas is then transported in four pipes that travel across the roof and a series of trusses and then go down into the cryogenics plant. We built the SRF first because the cryogenics plant was going to take the longest amount of time to develop and build, and the cryogenics plant itself consumes about 20 to 25 percent of the space.” This world-class facility attracted the top, if not the only, cryogenics experts in the world. “With the cryogenic’s experts help, FRIB was able to set up the cryogenics portion of the facility in a quarter of the time that any other lab has ever done it,” said Vieau.
A Perfectly Aligned Design The support building and linac tunnel are companion structures, the building being constructed above the tunnel but separated by a soil buffer and the tunnel’s thick concrete lid. “The building’s steel superstructure rests on concrete piers that in turn sit on the tunnel’s 42inch-thick concrete lid, which is 42-and-a-half-inches at its thickest point,” Krug explained. “There is nominally about 16 feet worth of dirt on top of the tunnel lid placed between the tunnel and the surface building.” Both support building and tunnel had to be
optimally placed on the site. “We inherited a conceptual design that showed a facility on the site, but it was not optimized,” said Krug. “As part of site optimization, we took the building and pushed it to the south and west perimeter of the site to preserve space for future development and equipment, which is happening now in 2018.” A technical alignment group properly oriented FRIB and the existing NSCL. “The existing NSCL equipment had to align with the new FRIB equipment, which had very precise relationships of one piece to another,” said Krug. “The FRIB support building needed to be oriented in the State Plane Coordinate System (SPCS) in a precise, particular way in all directions to make sure everything fit. Survey monuments or markers embedded in the concrete allowed the alignment group to use their survey equipment to triangulate their position to make sure everything is in the right spot.” SmithGroup designed the tunnel to be compatible with beam dynamics in its diameter, curvature, and other parameters. “Basically, the beam can’t be bent too tightly,” said Bull. Krug explains the anatomy of the 62-footwide tunnel: “The tunnel’s width required a row of steel columns down the middle. The wide flange steel beams, embedded in the tunnel’s “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
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thick concrete lid, are supported by this row of columns, but the beams also rest on the concrete foundation walls on either side. SmithGroup’s design had to create a watertight tunnel and an access route for the infrastructure capable of servicing this concrete “test tube” of a tunnel. “The tunnel lid has a central ridge and tapered sides for water drainage,” Krug explained. “A series of concrete-encased conduit banks, resembling chimneys, rise from the tunnel lid and enter the support building through the building slab. Inside of the concrete casements are a series of six-inch PVC conduits that serve to connect the tunnel to the support building’s systems.”
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said Vieau. “We kept the excavation dry for two-and-a-half years. Barton Malow even discovered additional water seeping into the excavation in the middle of pumping. This unwelcome river of water was removed through additional dewatering. Another subterranean surprise was discovering and subsequently removing a portion of a massive rock the size of a car. Structurally, the tunnel and the target area were heavily reinforced with more than 2,600 tons of steel in the form of overlapping, maximum-length rebar. “We used the largest standard rebar available, namely a No. 11 with a 1 3/8-inch diameter,” said Bull. This tight weave of rebar was important to create a stiff structure and to avoid differential settlement between the tunnel and the target area, the target area being located at a deeper elevation than the tunnel. “We focused on the rebar in particular, because of the way that the foundation mat transitioned to the target area’s deeper profile,” said Krug. “A great deal of attention was paid overall to the transition between the two areas, because there is both
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an elevation change and a geometric change.” A Tale of Two Pours Barton Malow coordinated an 18-hour continuous pour of 3,300 cubic yards of concrete for the tunnel. “We were working under a mass concrete specification, so we had to measure the temperature of that thick slab at different elevations,” said Greyerbiehl. “We had two meetings with the ready-mix contractor, our structural engineer, Barton Malow, Christman Constructors, Inc., the Lansing-based concrete contractor for the project, and other SmithGroup people to discuss that and other logistics of the pour. We even had two batch plants supplying concrete and two pumps, and we had a back-up batch plant in Howell.” What can never be predicted or planned are the whims of Mother Nature. Snow and freezing rain began falling during this early March pour. “We were adding and taking blankets off and adjusting where the blankets were being placed during the curing process,” said Greyerbiehl. Despite the weather, Barton
2014: The Big Dig Barton Malow began the tunnel’s mass excavation and earth retention systems in March 2014. “The excavation was 30-feet to 60-feet below grade, so we had to formulate a proper removal sequence for the soil,” said Vieau. “Actual excavation involved a tremendous amount of dirt, almost close to 200,000 cubic yards of soil.” Once removed, the excavated soils were transported to an existing soils disposal area located nearby. Dewatering was a gargantuan task. In total, 26 pumps cleared more than 150 million gallons of water that was filtered and discharged into the existing storm-water drainage system. “The water table was about 30 feet below the surface, and we took the water table down to 60 feet below the surface,” Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
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Malow successfully completed the largest onsite pour of the project, and one of the largest single pours in Michigan at the time of its construction. On the other end of the spectrum, the walls and lid of the target area required high-density concrete that could only be poured three yards at a time from a batch truck. “High-density concrete weighs 250 pounds a cubic foot compared to the more standard 145 pounds,” said Vieau. High-density concrete was used in the target area because the walls needed a high carrying capacity to support the heavy shielding of the target’s lid. Altogether, the shielding in the target area’s lid and walls is formed of more than 200 recycled steel blocks, each weighing 10 tons. High-density concrete has a high heat of hydration, creating the potential for a flash cure and failure if not managed properly. “We needed to come up with the proper water temperature for the concrete mixture to prevent that from happening,” Greyerbiehl said. “We did some trial batches and discussed ways to lower the temperature. As we calculated the
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temperatures and heat of hydration potential, we came to the conclusion that the concrete needed to be mixed with ice and poured at night.” The sequence of pours in the target area had to be as carefully plotted “as a Tetris game, because one wall depended on a particular floor, but another floor needed two walls underneath as support,” said Vieau. “In order to pour in a certain sequence, we created a color-coded scheme to clearly communicate the sequence.” Barton Malow began constructing the support building while construction proceeded in the challenging target area. “It allowed us to spread out the trades and avoid stacking everybody in one area,” Vieau added. 2016: 100,000 Volts Activates ARTEMIS This amazing research facility reaches for the stars 30 feet below grade. About $4 million in copper mesh is embedded in the tunnel’s castin-place concrete floor, walls, lid, and in other locations to block electromagnetic interference. Wrapped in its own Faraday cage, the entire building tested to less than an ohm, a unit measuring electrical resistance. “What we did in this facility has never been done before,” said Vieau. “One ohm for an entire building is incredible. Typically, a building with somewhat similar requirements is gotten down to 8 ohms.” The copper mesh is also part of a Facility Grounding Plan for a building with incredible power infrastructure and extensive equipment. FRIB houses 10 substations feeding different types of power to different areas. One room in the support building contains six substations. “Two substations are for the cryogenic operations exclusively, and there is even room for one more substation in the future,” said Greyerbiehl. “In the electrical distribution room is one of the largest lineups of S & C gear the company has ever done.” Located in the support building, some of this power is distributed to two high-voltage platforms named after Greek goddesses, one being the Advanced Room TEMperature Ion Source called ARTEMIS and the other being the Versatile Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) Ion Source for Nuclear Science or VENUS. “It is one of two ECR ion sources that FRIB will use to produce ions from elements,” according to MSU’s FRIB website. MSU’s student-driven Rare Isotope Rap on YouTube explains the beginning of the process in a contemporary version of the music of the
spheres: “You strip off their electrons for a charged state, and then zip through electric fields made to accelerate.” ARTEMIS was the first accelerator component to be installed in April 2016, the first ion beam being produced on October 14, 2016. Setting the “magic” in motion, about 100,000 volts of electricity flow into the ARTEMIS platform to strip off the electrons and generate the beam of charged particles. “The 100,000 volts of electricity create a gaseous plasma or ion soup and cause the plasma to begin flowing,” said Greyerbiehl. In basic terms, the high-voltage platforms generate the beam; pulses of radiofrequency waves in the Superconducting Radio Frequency (SRF) cavities accelerate the beam; and a zero-friction environment in the SRF cavities, lined with niobium and coated with liquid helium, maintain the beam’s acceleration. Different superconducting magnets in the tunnel either steer the beam or hold it together in a focused stream, said Vieau. Once the particles hit the graphite target, some particles gain and others lose protons and neutrons, creating rare isotopes never seen before on Earth. A magnet actually separates out the short-lived rare isotopes selected for study. The Rare Isotope Rap continues its scientific song: “Before they can decay, the teams check out their dynamics, measure masses and lifetimes and study their mechanics.” A 20-ton robotic overhead crane operates “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
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within the target area that contains three vessel tanks. Greyerbiehl explains the beam’s final journey: the beam exits the tunnel and enters the target vessel and its beam dump, the beam is re-focused in the wedge vessel, and it then exits into a vertical pre-separator room that bends the beam up vertically and returns it to the existing lab.” Precision Placement The infrastructure necessary to power, chill, and service this subatomic, sub-surface racetrack includes two 575-ton York centrifugal chillers, both with space for future units, to manage the heat load of the facility’s massive power infrastructure and equipment. Large screw-type compressors are part of the large-scale process water production for the cryogenics plant. FRIB’s well-ordered maze of conduit, piping, and computer racks was designed and installed with the precision of a Swiss watch. Extensive computer racks in the control room are organized to individually feed the three different linac segments. “There is a great deal of cable tray and piping that must enter the tunnel at certain points,” said Krug. “The cryogenic modules are wheeled into place in the tunnel, and they require very specific piping as well. We created a three-dimensional model, and we identified the X, Y, Z coordinates for the process piping hook-up needed for Cryogenic Module 13, for example. Everything needed to be thought through with regard to where it was located to ensure that it had the proper proximity to the system it was designed to accommodate.” SmithGroup and Barton Malow worked closely with their own in-house technical teams, MSU, and FRIB physicists to meet these precision requirements. Altogether, the project team had to coordinate the placement of over 12,000 different cables. “The 350 miles of cabling in the cable trays had to be organized, managed, and installed,” said Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
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Greyerbiehl. “The Excel spreadsheet that organized that cabling was one of the biggest ones that I have ever seen. It had the cable size, the cable type, the length of the cable, type of connector, what cable tray it lived in, and what piece of equipment went from A to B. It was a huge management situation.” The successful installation of miles of cabling for DC power, radio frequency signals, data collecting, fiber-optics, building controls, instrumentation, and other systems even attracted “designers and contractors building a linear accelerator in Sweden,” said Greyerbiehl. “They came to FRIB to learn how we organized the cabling and installation.” Given this virtuoso display, Barton Malow’s original scope of work was significantly expanded to include the installation of almost the entire maze of technical equipment. “It’s a $730 million dollar project, and only $200 million is civil construction,” said Vieau. “The rest is the technical systems we took on board. We had all the systems in our BIM model to make sure it all fit.” FRIB became one of the earliest Barton Malow jobsites to employ the use of “BIM
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Boxes,” mobile field stations housing digital drawing tables with up-to-the-minute electronic drawings detailing work to be put in place. The same level of meticulousness continued postinstallation. “Every connection had to be inspected, photographed, and documented,” said Vieau. MSU/FRIB completed the non-conventional utilities at the very end, including isotope harvesting, cryogenics, and some vacuum lines, which were all engineered by the FRIB lab, added Greyerbiehl. FRIB’s conventional infrastructure also includes: Two 800 kW diesel generators to power life safety and emergency systems, two 275 kW flywheels connected to a 275 kW n+1 uninterruptible power supply system to serve critical loads, a dedicated ventilation system, one for the tunnel and another for the target area, and dedicated water- and air-based cooling systems for the computer rack rooms, along with a VESDA system for the fire alarms. “It is very sensitive system able to detect odors in the tunnel, rack room, and part of the target area,” said Krug. The Fibonacci Panels The building’s brick and glass blend seamlessly with the surrounding campus, while its metal panel façade subtly and cost-effectively references natural systems and the amazing science taking place within and below FRIB. “It didn’t want to be a warehouse, because it is a world-renowned facility,” said Krug. “We worked to give the exterior enclosure some character but in a reserved and cost-conscious manner. An expensive façade was counter to the mission of delivering as much of the money back to the science.” The metal panel façade along Wilson Street is an expression of a Fibonacci sequence, a series of numbers in which each number is the sum of the two preceding numbers, such as 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 and into infinity. It is viewed as a mathematical model of rhythmic patterns found in nature, such as a nautilus shell, pine cones, and even spiral galaxies. At FRIB, the metal panels are of different lengths as the panels move from east to west; some panels are tapered as well. These standard insulated metal panels suggest the particle acceleration and impact taking place within the facility. “The taper makes the sun hit the panel in a different way, and the overall pattern aims to invoke a sense of movement and acceleration,” said Krug. “At
the end, there is a flutter of metal panels that is intended to invoke a sense of the impact of the beam and the target.” According to Vieau, the metal panel installer suggested ordering materials earlier and tweaking the panel joints slightly to save costs without weakening the façade’s design impact. Eight Years of Teamwork The core team has stayed the course for eight years and counting. “It’s one of the things that I am the most proud of,” said Vieau. “After all these years, we still enjoy each other’s company and we still go out after work as a group.” Vieau compliments Bull’s team-building skills and his emphasis on problem-solving versus finger-pointing. “Brad really worked to make sure the team was always working together,” said Vieau. “A lot of finger-pointing could have happened on a project like this, but Brad always said, ‘If there is a problem, let me know. I’m going to listen, and we’re going to make sure that we solve it as a team.’ This attitude has allowed us to be open with each other.” Bull attributes the team’s cohesiveness to “understanding everyone’s point of view and keeping the focus on the mission.” Bull extended this perspective to the broader group. Forums were held spurring interchange among physicists and the design and construction team, including the trade contractors. “The physicists spoke to a room full of trade contractors and talked about the science that would take place in the facility,” said Krug. “Similar forums were held for the design and construction management teams as well. When a person recognizes the value in what they are doing, they become more invested and stay engaged. Consequently, there was a great deal of buy-in from the entire team.” This education went the other way. “I still give talks to the physicists, and they are truly interested in the construction of the facility,” said Bull. FRIB is also part of the broader linac community. “We’ve had visiting teams from Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee and even from CERN’s Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland,” said Greyerbiehl. Eight years and a million man hours later, the main components of FRIB reached completion in 2017 and are currently undergoing testing. Barton Malow delivered this complex project on budget, on time, and with an excellent safety record. Working under a Contractor
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Controlled Insurance Program, the project didn’t incur any major injuries, and it was 0.1 percent of the national average of Workers Compensation Claims, according to Vieau. This cohesive team made it happen, and after almost a decade, Vieau says of this close working relationship, “I will remember that part of the project for the rest of my career.” Bull concurs, “It’s been a great team that worked very collaboratively on a truly one-of-a-kind facility.” FRIB’s economic impact continues to grow. SmithGroup and Barton Malow have already created a 50,000-square-foot office addition to accommodate researchers and staff. FRIB’s 20- to 30-year master plan projects the need for even more research facilities and infrastructure on the site. As part of its mission, SmithGroup and Barton Malow even developed a master plan projecting FRIB’s power needs and utility infrastructure for the next 30 years. Staff-wise, “FRIB has 700 people who work in the facility every day, and they plan to hire even more,” said Vieau. According to MSU’s FRIB website, FRIB is a DOE-SC scientific user facility that will be open to researchers from around the world based on the merit of their proposals. Approximately 1,400 scientists have signed up to use this world-renowned facility when it becomes fully operational in 2022. Research conducted at FRIB promises to lead to a re-visioning of the periodic table by filling in the missing gaps in the list of isotopes for each element. Physicists will be gathering at this incomparable facility to study rare nuclear processes, including the way elements are formed in the very heart of stars. Stars are not only beautiful, but they are the manufacturing plants for the calcium in our bones and the gold in our jewelry. According to NASA, stars produce all the elements on Earth and in our bodies, other than hydrogen and helium. MSU, SmithGroup, and Barton Malow Company have done a stellar job, and the facility shines brightly after almost eight years in the making. The harvest of the team’s work may very well offer new glimmers of scientific understanding and may lead to advances in cancer treatment and other applications.
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hoosing a pet is choosing a new member of the family. You’ll want to make sure the cat or dog is a good fit for your home, your life, and your children. You’ll want to hold it, play with it, even take it on that all-important “test-walk” before making your final decision. The staff at the Oakland County Animal Shelter and Pet Adoption Center in Pontiac understands this. Designed to be a welcoming place for both animals and prospective owners, the shelter has a mission to unite lost and lonely pets with forever homes. At a cost of $15.45 million, the 35,400-square-foot complex provides shelter care for animals who need homes, veterinary services, county animal control support, and an administrative area. Each aspect of the facility has been built to maximize the health, safety and comfort of animals, while inviting the metro Detroit area public to carefully and enjoyably consider their next adoption. To ensure the highest standards for care, the team of Frank Rewold and Son and Auger Klein Aller Architects relied on their experience and expertise with animal care facilities to complete the one-year build, which opened in September 2017. Located on North Telegraph Road as part of Oakland County’s Service Center campus, the sprawling complex has a glazed-brick exterior in warm tones, with some primary-color accents and staggered glass block windows. “For the county it was really important that we located the building in a prominent public location because it’s a public service,” said Matt MacDougall, the county’s senior facilities project manager. “We wanted it more centrally located to provide a better service, easily accessible.” The new complex replaces the former animal control facility that was much less than ideal for housing animals. “That building had a lot of challenges,” MacDougall said. “The systems and materials were not appropriate for an animal shelter. We were unable to keep them clean and provide a sanitary environment. Acoustics were a problem, and there was no air conditioning.”
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Oakland County’s new Animal Shelter and Pet Adoption Center has colorcoded entrances – green for Lost & Found, orange for Adoptions and blue for a multi-function community room. Numerous small glass block windows allow natural light and visibility for cats sunning in one of two “kitty cities.”
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A Change in Focus In the old building, the county department’s primary function was animal control – granting licenses and managing wild animals in Oakland County – but with the new construction, the department changed its name from “control” to Animal Shelter and Pet Adoption Center to emphasize that part of their mission and attract the public. “It's important to note that the service has transitioned over the year from animal control to animal shelter and dog adoption,” said Gene Ferrera, construction manager at Frank Rewold and Son. “They still do what they have to do as an animal control facility in terms of wild animals, but the focus has changed to adoption and sheltering.” The new shelter cares for 4,000 animals annually, taking in every dog that comes through the door without rejecting any, and boasting the best record for saving animals among any public shelters in Michigan. But creating a place where people as well as animals are eager to visit meant smart design and more than a dash of good marketing. “Our initial design charge was to develop and improve the public’s experience and interaction,” said Steve Auger, project director for Auger Klein Aller Architects, Inc. “We approached this much like you would approach the design of any retail business serving the public, considering location and placement of the building, choosing warm and inviting materials, and maximizing the reception experience.” The people-friendly lobby offers bright purple computer kiosks where people can browse available cat and dog bios as they wait for assistance at the reception desk or update their pet’s license online. A metallic blue floor, high ceiling, and eye-catching silhouette wall graphics make the space approachable and upbeat. Metal panels with glass inserts and an oculus overhead bring lots of natural light into the lobby. CAM MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2018
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“The contrast between the metal and glass was very nice,” said Dwayne Mento, project manager at AKA Architects. “It’s very bright inside the lobby. It’s a comfortable space. “The idea was to draw attention to the adoption area and make it the focal point, instead of going into a building that is housing animals that have no home,” Mento said. “It should be an experience instead of a task. Your kids always want you to adopt an animal, but you keep saying no, no, until you finally get pushed. We wanted to make it enjoyable. “From the minute you walk in, you see animals everywhere,” he said. “By emphasizing the entrance, we have visible areas where animals are playing.” The intake area, where people are dropping off homeless animals, is at the opposite side from
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the adoption lobby. There, sick, unwanted, found or neglected animals can be treated by the veterinary staff and isolated if necessary from the rest of the population. Kitty Cities and Dogtown Unlike the old facility, the new shelter devotes every inch to making the cats and dogs happy, because calm, stress-free animals are the easiest to adopt. With a capacity for 150 dogs and 140 cats, the building features a variety of animal interaction zones, both indoors and out. For example, in the lobby you’ll find one of two “kitty cities,” large communal play areas for cats, featuring high perches and glass block windows with outdoor views, where visitors can watch the cats relaxing and playing. “Those spaces are called ‘kitty cities,’ and you’ll see that right when you enter the building,” MacDougall said. “There’s also one more central in the building, where you can go and interact with the cats. The staff periodically rotates them from the cages into that space. “It’s fun to see how colonies of cats act together, maybe not in their natural environmental but as close as you can get,” Ferrera said. In addition, outdoor runs where the dogs play are visible to the public. “I’ve talked to people who come here just to walk around and look, and they don’t want to adopt, they just want to see the new animals there and what’s going on,” Ferrera said. The options for observing and bonding are nearly limitless. There are private visitation rooms for either dogs or cats where prospective owners can relate to them one on one, and an adjacent dog park where families can walk dogs and interact in an informal, trueto-life setting. “The dog park is pretty expansive,” MacDougall said. “There’s a gazebo in the center of it. We’ve got agility equipment around the perimeter for activities. Playing outside, you get the experience of what it’s like if you had a dog. It makes you want to have a pet instead of just getting one because you’re being forced to because of family pressure.” “I don’t think you’ll see any other animal shelter anywhere with this amount of outdoor play areas for the pets,” Ferrera said. Dan Jones, the project’s site supervisor for Rewold, agrees. “When we opened and the dogs got out into the play areas, you could see how they ran around having fun, waiting for the next homeowner to show up and grab them.” “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
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The well-being and safety of the animals was informed from the beginning with the expertise of Animal Arts Design Studios, national specialists in animal care facility architecture located in Boulder, Colorado. Animal Arts worked with AKA and the local project team in early floor planning and in other aspects of the design, such as ventilation, noise control and material selection. “The important thing is keeping animals stress-free,” Mento said. “We worked with Animal Arts extensively in how animals act when they’re together, like how close should you have cages face each other and how much room do they need per cat, per litter box. You want to go in and see them comfortable and not nervous, scared or hiding in the corner. “We had to study jumping distances from shelves so the cats won’t hurt themselves,” he said. “They don’t like to be covered over the top so they like side entry. It was very interesting to design the building for the psychology of the animals. The sizes of animal cages and kennels was only one of many decisions that Animal Arts participated in. “Dogs and cats need housing that is large enough to support their wellbeing in the shelter,” said Heather Lewis, principal architect from Animal Arts. “Cats need to maintain some distance between where they Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
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eat and their litter boxes, which seems pretty reasonable when you think about it.” Another consideration was whether cats and dogs would be in each others’ sightlines. “Separation of dogs and cats so they can’t see or hear each other in the shelter cuts down on the stress level for both species, but especially for the cats,” Lewis said. Strategies for noise control included use of concrete block, with high-quality rubber-based acoustical products on the walls and ceilings. “Breaking dog housing into several rooms, so there aren’t too many dogs in one room, is not only better for the dogs,” she said. “It is good for the cats as well, as dog noise stresses the cats.” The input of Animal Arts during the planning and construction of the project can be seen in all aspects of the center’s success. “The local team worked hard to create a shelter that is so much more enjoyable to visit, but is also great for the animals,” Lewis said. “This new space will help Oakland County serve the community and help more animalsat the same time.” “Heather Lewis from Animal Arts was very helpful,” Mento said. “She knew more about
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live animals than I knew about my own cats.” The inclusion of skylights to bring natural light throughout, the access to outdoor play areas for dogs, and cages divided into two compartments for easy maintenance and sanitation, as well as custom systems for drainage and air quality, were all features influenced by considerations for animals’– and people’s – welfare. Strategic Floor Plan The use of color masonry distinguishes various functional areas of the building, designating the adoption lobby orange, intake entrance green, and a community room blue. By separating the intake and adoption areas, people who are dropping off sick, stray, or unwanted animals can access immediate services while prospective owners browse their choices in a relaxed environment. The design of the center’s layout accommodates the diverse functions and needs of the facility. Located near to the intake entrance, a state-of-the-art veterinary medical unit includes radiology equipment, a full surgery suite and surgery prep area, recovery
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Several types of spaces are available for prospective pet owners to meet and interact with cats or dogs, like this playroom where cats can socialize. Other rooms allow one-on-one interaction. Every animal space, from cages and condos to dog runs, was designed to maximize the animals’ comfort and minimize their stress.
areas and a dental hygienist, all to provide basic and emergency care. Another entrance in the back of the facility serves the county staff who drive vans that bring animals in after hours and generally service the public under the county’s animal control capacity, such as when a deer has strayed into a city area. Part of being a county facility means that some of the staff are rotated from local incarceration on work release. As a result, there is enhanced security, including closedcircuit cameras for those who oversee the work-release staff and the animal control callin cases. A large blue-accented community room is a flexible space that can be split into two rooms if needed. With built-in audio-visual technology for conferencing, the room is popular with other county departments for public events and training purposes. High Standards for Construction In a building where cleanliness, noise control and air circulation are critical to the health and safety of animals (and people, of course), the careful selection of materials becomes Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
remember being at the tenth hour in the lobby, the opening date deadline approaching, with that metallic finish. We were down to the wire, having trouble getting the finish we wanted. It was a specialty item so we had to do more applications and coats.” Balancing the chemistry of the flooring, dealing with temperature and humidity during construction, and giving the floors a chance to set before putting anything on top of it amounted to a precise juggling act. “There’s a lot of science to make it work,” Jones said. “The walls were all painted with epoxy as well, and the challenge for both of them were heat and cold and humidity. The epoxy reacts differently whether it’s on the floor or the walls. It’s a balance,” Jones said. “You had to have it warm enough but not too hot with humidity, so you have to have air circulation. It was a constant situation that you’re trying to correct. “When we started a floor, each section took roughly a week from start to finish, whether it was the kennel wing or the front lobby or in the back, so we had to bounce people around back and forth to work on it,” Jones said. The concrete walls and floors help with
paramount. Hard materials such as masonry and concrete are easy to maintain and assist with soundproofing. Making use of colored masonry wherever possible, both on the exterior of the building and indoors, draws attention to animal and public areas. Similarly, 95 percent of the flooring is epoxy resin, which is durable, easy to keep clean, resistant to urine and chemicals, and still attractive enough for high-traffic areas. “We went through this long process of trying to pick the best floor for the application and different products for different areas,” Ferrera said. “For example, the resinous flooring in the lobby has a more decorative finish than work areas, yet those floors have to take the same wear and tear.” The challenge of pouring the resin floors came down to timing – working around other subcontractors as they installed ductwork, light fixtures and other equipment – and ensuring that the resin mixtures bond correctly with the underlying concrete. “When we have those challenges, we solve them and quickly put them out of our minds,” Ferrera said. “We ran into issues with the concrete surface below that resinous floor. I CAM MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2018
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A large dog park and a walking path invite prospective owners to take dogs outside and even try out this agility course. The land around the center includes sustainable bioswales that collect and redistribute water runoff to reduce waste.
noise reduction, but installation of waterresistant, rubber-based acoustic treatments cut down on reverberations so that the cats and dogs can’t hear each other. “We did some tests with that acoustic treatment, with two identical rooms that we had during construction, and there was a huge difference in decibels where we used it,” MacDougall said.
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Maintaining Air Quality As with noise, odors and the danger of crosscontamination make the efficient circulation of air another vital part of the infrastructure. “You’re trying to address health issues but also comfort,” Ferrera said. “The dogs don’t care a whole lot about animal odor, but for the people who are working there eight hours a day, it becomes a huge issue. The amount of exchanges is probably higher than any other building in the county right now, to try and give people who work here a good and pleasant environment.” In the older facility, odors and air quality were a problem. “It was noticeable in the summer on a hot day,” MacDougall said. “You could be overwhelmed with the smell. I couldn’t stand being in that space. I have an allergy to cats, and I remember leaving there feeling like I couldn’t breathe.”
Weighing the cost of HVAC exchanges against the needs required a good deal of discussion. “There was a long back-andforth,” MacDougall said. “Deciding on the amount of air exchanges was challenging for us, so we had to merge budget and sustainability over time. We spent a lot of time and research on the best fit and getting a product that would work.” The key lay in flexibility. Presently the facility is running maybe seven or eight air exchanges an hour, but they have the capacity to go up to 12 or 15 in animal areas as needed. The real feat was finding room on the roof for the units. “It was very challenging to get units that large on the roof while trying to provide natural skylights for every animal area,” Ferrera said. “You’re very limited on roof space. A lot of these units are bigger than the rooms they’re above.” “The roof is very crowded,” MacDougall said, “but you don’t see it.” Given the building’s large footprint, the architect was able to camouflage the units with the varying planes of the roof. “We tried to build all the different roofs to hide what’s up there,” Mento said. “If you get far enough away and really look, you can see a little, but it really worked out well.” Specialized Systems for Keeping Clean Another critical factor in maintaining the utmost standards of health and cleanliness was the commitment to a specialized cleaning system throughout the facility. “When you look at it, it looks like a garden hose on a wall, but it is far from that,” Ferrera said. “There’s a lot of components – water systems, chemical systems, treatment systems, valves, plumbing,” Ferrera said. “There’s a good portion of it you won’t see, but it’s important to maintenance and operation.” The hoses deliver varying concentrations of bleach-free, environmentally sensitive foam. Diluted or mixed according to individual need, the foaming product can sit for ten minutes or so without hurting the floors or other surfaces, then be rinsed off with water. “That cleaning system came into play after we built the walls,” Ferrera said. Like the floor installations, the cleaning system had to be coordinated with all the other activities. “Whether or not all the infrastructure had been fully designed, once these masonry walls started going up, the cleaning equipment had to go into rooms that were either fully built or partially built to make sure all those components could fit into the proper locations. “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
“We did the mock-up to see how the pieces would fit together, and it looks like it all just fits, but it took a bit of time to work through all that,” he said. The foam product, called RescueTM, made by Ogena, is an improvement over bleach, which was used as the primary cleaning product in the previous building. “There were two main reasons why we knew early on in the design phase that we needed to avoid that,” MacDougall said. “Bleach is corrosive to the majority of finishes that are installed in buildings. Second, it’s not healthful for the animals or the people who are working there,” he said. The Rescue product kills pathogens, including canine parvovirus, a highly contagious and deadly gastrointestinal infection spread in puppies and young dogs. The patented product is an accelerated hydrogen peroxide that is non-toxic. “In each of the locations, there’s a mixing station, and a certain percentage of the chemical comes out based on what’s needed,” Jones said. For example, when an animal leaves one cage, there’s a certain dose before a new animal is brought in. If there was any kind of infection present, a different mixture is used. “The system is finely tuned to what it needs to be. That’s the way the water comes out, but there’s so much that goes in before it gets out of the hose,” Jones said. Custom Kennels and Artificial Turf Along with the precision coordination of the masonry walls, ductwork, cleaning system, and resin floors, the delivery and installation of custom kennels also had to be slotted into the tight schedule. “Dan had to know where he could or couldn’t work while waiting for equipment to come in,” Ferrera said. “You juggle – do I finish this spot first or which section? – because someone else is in control of that.” The kennel dimensions had to be fieldmeasured and ordered from one of the U.S. companies that supply them, Shor-Line of Kansas City, Kansas. Kennels had to go in toward the end of the build without damaging the meticulously poured flooring. “The kennels were difficult,” Jones said. “There were many different types and sizes, back-to-back combination rooms for each dog or cat, and many components to the whole operation as designed.” Kennels have guillotine doors to separate the animal on one side while the other side is Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
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“It's a way of restricting the flow without having to do it underground with restrictor plates and manholes, plus you use it as a natural element to water the plants,” he said. The attractive dog park area serves as camouflage for sensible water usage. An Example for Others The success of the Oakland County Animal Shelter and Pet Adoption Center has become an example for others on how to design a facility that protects animals’ health and wellbeing while drawing in prospective pet owners. “Shortly after we moved in, other municipalities who were planning shelters came and visited for lessons learned,” MacDougall said. “I think that is a testament to how well it works because other people are doing what we figured out how to do,” he said. “Recently an architect from another firm walked through on a tour and said this is more complicated than the hospitals he designed,” Ferrera said. All in all, it was a phenomenal team effort. “We had a fine level of communication between everybody,” Mento said. “They were very responsive, and if they had questions, I talked to Dan daily if we needed to, I talked to Matt, and things were resolved. We knew everyone was under the gun, so we just did what we needed to do to keep it going forward.” For Frank Rewold, this project was all about relationships. “It really was a team effort, but with the schedule, coordination was key. Part of it was just getting stuff when we needed it. We were kind of behind from the start, and to make all that come together on time was quite an undertaking, what we were able to do. Everyone had a piece, but it really goes back to the relationships. “This was a pretty important job for us,” Rewold said. “We’re in our 100th year of business, family-owned for four generations. There’s not another company that can say that. I’ve known Matt a long time, and this was one we really wanted to do for a lot of reasons. “We’ve done a lot of work big and small, been here a long time, and were fortunate to be able to work on it,” Rewold said. The cats and dogs seem happy about it, too.
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oday, Detroit sports fans, whether premium suite ticket holders or general admission guests, are unquestionably getting a unique and sophisticated experience when watching the Detroit Lions at Ford Field. Built in 2002, in the heart of downtown Detroit, Ford Field, home of NFL’s Detroit Lions, offers so much more to its 65,000 game day fans. This is thanks to the seasoned and highly experienced efforts of Sports Architect Jim Renne from Rossetti, Detroit, and Construction Project Manager Brad VanSteenkiste and Project Engineer Desiree Krajniak, from Turner Construction Company, Detroit. Fans in the newly renovated premium suites will experience an upscale environment with trendy lighting and open-style seating and have an opportunity to mingle, network, and enjoy improved dining experiences. They can also engage in cool, Detroit-authentic social media and Instagram-able painted backdrops such as “Grit,” “Detroit Hustles Harder,” or “Greetings from Detroit Michigan,” to make lasting memories with friends. Local artists also hand painted some of the graphics throughout the building. The Ford family continues investing in Detroit and, because of that, loyal Detroit sports fans can stand and cheer for the dedicated construction professionals who worked together like a “special team” of experts who produced a touchdown in the form
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of a stunning $32 million renovation. The interior demolition and premium suite renovations, encompassing 190,000-square feet, will “wow” any new or returning fan, suite holder or visitor. Todd Argust, Vice President of Operations for the Detroit Lions, explained how Ford Field, a domed sports and entertainment complex, needed dire improvements. “Structural improvements were necessary, but also needed were more attractive and interactive amenities for its wide range of fans who come to enjoy the game in a new, modern way. We had a change of leadership in 2015,” Argust said. “Our new team president, Rod Wood, came in and assessed everything. He realized the infrastructure was outdated – it was more than 15 years old – and in need of renovations. His vision included creating upgrades within the stadium and diversifying our premium suite products, options and club atmosphere.” Getting fans in the door and enjoying good football is always the goal. Wood understands it best. “After 15 years, we still hear what a great venue Ford Field is from our fans, visiting teams and the great acts that have performed here,” said Detroit Lions Team President Rod Wood. “The Ford family is making a substantial investment to make sure our stadium remains among the best, but ultimately it’s still about winning football games. We want to get fans in the building having a great time and excited about what they’re experiencing so that they CAM MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2018
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can continue to help us create a home field advantage.” The project, which began in January 2017, needed to be completed by August to accommodate the season start-up. This sixand-a-half-month super tight deadline would cause many sleepless nights for the project team, but they would successfully make it happen and stay under budget, even when an unexpected Hail Mary came their way. It made sense to have Rossetti, the original stadium architect, on board for the renovation project, which included interior demolition and re-sizing of all 129 suites, corridors and club spaces on the third floor and up. Renovations on both the north and south included revisions to the mechanical, electrical and plumbing, including addition of grease ducts and relocation of a roof conductor. The Grid Iron Club, bars, food stations, kitchens and seating, along with an outdoor patio with fireplace were the most impactful improvements on level two and three on the north side. The fifth level on the north side includes the popular Miller Lite Tap Room with open seating. Also, it boasts bars, chef stations, eight premium suites, Terrace Lounge with 12 glass-enclosed minisuites and open-share style food and beverage bars, new bathrooms and pantry and kitchens. As for the south side, overhauls on 97 standard and premium suites happened on levels four, five and six. In addition, there is South Club with bars, restaurant stations including a Bloody Mary and taco bar, eight premium suites, two areas of loge box seating, pantry and kitchen, and the reputable and attractive “broadcast” suite, where live game “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
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Bar and the popular El Asador, a Mexican eatery Rossetti designed and built out of a shipping container. There is also cozy nook-style seating for intimate conversation or table seating for groups, a corridor of 10 premium seating suites on three separate levels, and even an outdoor patio area with fireplace. During the construction phase, there was one favorite premium suite, known as the “model” suite, which was miraculously built in 30 days. “Early on we renovated one whole suite to capture the essence of the renovation project,” said VanSteenkiste, “Rather than a rough-in, or mock-up of a suite, we had the real thing. It was completely furnished to impress and to show to subcontractors, Detroit Lions team members, owners and potential suite owners. It was a selling point and kept everyone enthused about how the suites and finished product would look and what our end goal
announcers do their thing. All these new, stimulating changes bring a fresh vibrancy to Ford Field. The remarkable renovation brought life to the official home of the Detroit Lions and the Quick Lane Bowl. Refined style, appearance and a deco-modern, Detroit-style mood and nostalgia can be felt at the stadium, which draws in millions of guests annually. Rossetti is behind all the subtle details. “There are graphics and slogans scattered throughout the newly renovated southside space,” said Denise Drach of Rossetti. “The space maintains its look of brick, wood and an industrial touch meant to keep the integrity of the 1920s Hudson Warehouse infrastructure the stadium is built around. Other “branding” upgrades include small details, paint schemes, Detroit Lions insignia, and neon art, all which also really transform the space.” The dominant attractions bringing new energy to the stadium are the north side’s Grid Iron Club, with its steel-mesh cascading-coil wall and nightlife-style lighting. Patrons feel like they’re at a club and sporting event all at once. The Comerica Grid Iron and Plante Moran Terrace Suites, all equipped with modern conveniences and amenities, and the Miller Lite Tap Room, which overlooks the entire stadium. Of course, fans who wander from their seats are never far from viewing the game with hanging paneled, flat-screen televisions encased in black, meta-tube framing and scattered in high traffic areas. There are numerous hip restaurants and concessions such as Slows to Go Grill, Pegasus Taverna, Blitz, Billy Sims Barbecue, Detroit Bloody Mary Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
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was all about.” Jim Renne, Sports Principal at Rossetti, known in the industry for decades of dynamic experience in venues such as entertainment, professional and collegiate sports stadiums and speedways had a heart for the Ford Field renovations project since he designed the original facility in 2002. “Coming on board this time meant helping to facilitate a new strategic master plan to meet the needs and demands of a new generation of fans and consumers,” said Renne. “Collaboration with the Detroit Lions owners and the team, Turner and our firm included discussing what was going to make the most sense on the ROI (return on investment) for the client,” explained Renne. “But another important facet of this project centered more on what I like to coin as the ‘ROD’ return on the design, so to speak. When we studied a crosssection of the fans and the demographics we learned changing, restructuring and creating new seating would not only give the Detroit Lions an opportunity for more diversified income and revenue, but our ideas would completely generate new income revenue they didn’t have previously.” Detroit Lions owners and Rossetti merged ideas about what and how to improve the stadium. “There were a lot of dark places and poor lighting in the original stadium,” said Argust. “It was also time to better capture the essence of Detroit. This stadium 62 CAM MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2018
has character – it’s not a typical cookie-cutter stadium. Part of its character is built around the 1920 Hudson Warehouse, so we wanted to keep the distinct look and feel of a warehouse or urban industrial atmosphere. Another renovation asset was the floor fill-ins, they produced more club space for more fans to enjoy games and events.” Renne touched on one important consideration: a new type of fan was emerging. He helped the team be aware of and understand the fan factor. “We reminded everyone the stadium would ultimately function and serve its most prized possession: loyal Detroit fans,” he said. Argust agreed with Renne. “The influence of today’s fans, who desire a different kind of experience than fans from the past, proved to be a valuable learning asset for us when we sat down and met with all the major players – Detroit Lions owners, architects, engineers, managers and subcontractors– to deliberate and dialogue about all the work and design elements to be accomplished in a tight timeframe.” A study and review of what fans, suite owners and stakeholders desire and value most gave the Detroit Lions team and its owners a chance to huddle and discuss how to incorporate those wishes into their new stadium. Brainstorming and collaboration sessions regarding the transformation of the “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
D E T R O I T fan in the last decade or so, and how it affects overall fan demographics has entered a new horizon. Learning nuances and the method of how today’s fan wants to view a Detroit Lions football game, or any type of entertainment, was critical for planning and design purposes. Argust talked about how earlier fans took more of an inactive, sedentary, armchair-like approach to watching the game. “The darker interior of the whole facility possibly resembled a living room to long ago fans; there once was a cigar lounge. The whole atmosphere and ambiance was dark and gloomy. Today’s fans are mobile. They’re active. They’re out and about and prefer openness, windows and natural light; they watch the game and want to move and walk around, they like to eat at standingstyle tabletops and they’re especially fond of mixing in social media and socializing at the same time – they’re able to incorporate all that
new style networking into their experience.” Giving fans and guests an experience, rather than simply expecting them to be a passive spectator, became a goal for the construction team to keep as a focal point throughout the project. Renne’s passion for his design work and attention to solution details led to many group meetings and pre-construction discussions to discuss every feature and element before commencing the project. Argust remembers the critical decision to choose a construction company to join the team. Dozens of Requests for Proposals (RFPs) came in for the renovation of 129 suites, club levels, dining areas, corridors and other upgrades in the facility. He said that one company stood out with a positive vibe and professional presentation – Turner Construction Company. “We spent a day interviewing many companies, but it was unanimous to get Turner on the team,” said Argust. “We liked them because of their experience with NFL stadiums and the extremely tight deadline schedule didn’t seem to deter them. In fact, Turner Construction embraced two extraordinary approaches that appealed to
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With so much of the project happening in spheres or stages, and on opposite sides of the stadium – the north side of the stadium and the south side were both undergoing major renovations. Turner offered a unique and unorthodox method to get the project accomplished by the deadline. “To better ensure we’d meet the deadline,” explains VanSteenkiste, “we opted to hire two electrical subcontractors, two plumbing and mechanical subcontractors, two flooring subs, and so on. By having dual sets of subcontractors on the job site at the same time, with one working on the north side renovations and the other concentrating on the south end, we believed this allowed the project to flow better. If we utilized a traditional building approach with only one subcontractor, the personnel would be running back and forth from the south side to the north side, and it would become inefficient and most likely cause delays. The goal to get two sets of subcontractors in every labor field on the job site would, ultimately, allow us to meet the August 2017 deadline -- something remarkable considering other NFL stadium renovations
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around the country take up to two years to complete during their team’s off-season and downtime.” Turner would face a few more challenges because they didn’t have the luxury of working in an empty stadium. Surprisingly, they would have to work delicately around human beings. Unlike most stadiums, Ford Field has tenants who occupy office space 365 days per year. Besides football games and entertainment events, the stadium is a place where people come to work. “Ford Field has two major tenants, an advertising company and a law firm, in this building. There’s also more than 1,000 other Ford Field employees who occupy the building as employees serving in the food and maintenance industry,” said Argust. “Safety for them and attempting to curb the noise, dust and debris levels would be a top priority.” Desiree Krajniak, Project Engineer at Turner, explained how the fill-in floors were added at night. “There were different shifts of subcontractors around the clock. The nighttime work was designed so the noise level would be minimal for the workers and tenants during the
day,” she said. Turner Construction made safety a daily priority. “There were daily safety talks and issues to address,” said VanSteenkiste. “From demolition, which lasted a month and a half to construction, which gave us limited time to finish – we had to keep safety an ongoing priority.” At the same time, keeping Ford Field in active operation during the renovation necessitated cohesion from Turner, Detroit Lions, Ford Field employees, tenants and subcontractors. “During the renovation, we tarped the stadium’s bowl from top to the bottom concourse level with a potent layer of dustcontrol tarp protection,” said VanSteenkiste. In addition, he said a Safety Stand Down educational event promoted the most up-todate safety precautions to all subcontractors. There were 145,000 logged work hours without any accidents or incident reports. To top it off, Turner earned the 2017 Commendation Award for Outstanding Safety Performance by Liberty Mutual Insurance.
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As time was running out on the clock and almost in the middle of the project, an unexpected “Hail Mary” request came from the Detroit Lions owners. “We got word the Detroit Lions owners wanted to upgrade and renovate the space designated for their general admission fan base,” said VanSteenkiste. “The previous gathering space for general admission guests was crowded, outdated and in need of innovation.” Rossetti, Turner and a team of subcontractors immediately reviewed the space. In the middle of construction, the project team tackled reconfiguring 7,500 square feet of space in the New Corner Bar to give general admission fans a new and exciting space. General admission fans have more standingstyle bar space, seating and trendy deco touches such as modern flooring, and even a keepsake of a wall of lockers reclaimed from the old Detroit Lions’ locker room. Staying one step ahead served as a great defense strategy. “Running into discrepancies or unanticipated conditions – such as learning about a two-inch ceiling height difference or taking things apart and having an ‘aha’ moment during the demolition popped up frequently,” said VanSteenkiste.
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Another suite holder added, “The suite experience takes you from being just a fan to part of the organization – they really wrap you in it and you are part of the team.” Detroit is the place to be – and the new and enhanced Ford Field stadium, and all its modern amenities, promises to provide an exceptional, exciting experience to its fans. The wide range of diversified seating options are designed to appeal to those who treasure the thrill of being in the center of Detroit’s spirit. When staff from Rossetti, Turner or any of the dozens of trades workers from the subcontractors’ pool visit Ford Field they’ll know their hands and efforts brought to life the newly renovated stadium. “Because a great number of the public sees the results, this project created excitement and connection for the contractors and trades personnel,” said Krajniak. “They can buy tickets to a game or concert and show their family and friends, with great pride, what they built.” They built an integral piece of Detroit.
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Left - Lighting amplifies the iridescence of select tiles in this beautifully crafted work installed by Battle Creek Tile & Mosaic and designed and fabricated by Pewabic Pottery artist Mario Lopez. Above - As a beacon of hope and healing to the entire mid-Michigan region, Sparrow Hospital’s new Herbert-Herman Cancer Center offers an innovative multidisciplinary approach to cancer care, is the only hospital in Michigan to become a Mayo Clinic Care Network Partner, and will soon install one of the nation’s first next-generation linear accelerators called a ViewRay MRI-Linac.
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The new Herbert-Herman Cancer Center also offers expanded clinical trials and precision medicine for cancer patients. Precision medicine offers a treatment plan “specific to each individual, and it focuses on the identification of specific gene mutations to determine the appropriate targeted treatments to beat the cancer,� said Blundell. Thanks to generous donors, original art graces the entire building. A Pewabic Pottery masterwork blankets an entire wall in the calming presence of the purely beautiful. Concentric circles of slightly iridescent blue, green, and yellow tiles create this almost sun-like wall mural located above the stair landing between the firstfloor lobby and the second floor. Another original art work, titled Lifted, is suspended from the two-story lobby ceiling and is formed of delicate pieces of art glass, spiraling upward in a free-flowing swirl of organic shapes. Renowned glass artist, Craig Mitchell Smith, produced the 16-foot-high installation made of over a hundred pieces of blue and green glass. The glass catches the light, evoking water, waves, and other meditative images designed to soothe and inspire. The art work throughout the interior offers what Sparrow’s Manager of Planning + Design Staci Bakkegard refers to as “the art of positive distraction� for patients and families. Innovative patient care, advanced healing technologies, and original art come together in this quality healthcare facility built to heal and support. The Christman Company, Hobbs + Black Associates, and the entire team brought the same drive for quality to the making of the four-story facility, called the Plaza Building, and its companion parking deck. The Plaza Building houses the Cancer Center on the first two floors and Sparrow’s Thoracic Cardiovascular Institute (TCI) on the fourth floor, along with TCI’s administrative offices on part of the third floor. “Quality permeates Christman’s entire company culture from their quality workshops to the sharing of lessons learned,� said Blundell. “Christman and our team at Sparrow share the same intensity in terms of striving for continual improvement.� The same Christman team, including Christman Senior Project Manager Craig Smith, had just recently completed a successful project at Sparrow’s Ionia Hospital. Hobbs + Black Associates has extensive healthcare and parking deck experience, a perfect combination for a project calling for both a new building and a new 600-car parking structure. As architect of record, AECOM’s team also included Michael J. Dul & “The Voice of The Construction IndustryŽ�
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Associates, a Birmingham-based landscape architectural firm; LSG Engineers & Surveyors, Lansing; and KJWW, a MEP engineering firm called IMEG, a national engineering consulting firm with local offices in Novi. “Besides great companies making up the team,� said Blundell, “the individuals that were part of the team went above and beyond a hundred percent of the time. All of those hours spent and all of those people generating ideas and moving the project forward every single day made all of the difference.� Best Practices in Healthcare Every project begins with a vision and the necessary funding to build it. At Sparrow, one individual was a source for both. HHCC Medical Director and Radiation Oncologist Dr. James Herman was the visionary responsible for bringing this multidisciplinary approach to the new Cancer Center. Along with his wife Susan and two successfully treated cancer patients, James and Judith Herbert, Dr. Herman is one of the building’s namesakes and one of the leading donors of the $52 million project. “The relationship that was built between the Herman and Herbert families is what later fueled the passion to become involved in making this vision possible and supporting this project,� said Blundell. The new building offered one other essential element: space. Sparrow’s existing Cancer Center in the east end of the main hospital, being at capacity, could not accommodate new patients in a timely manner or accommodate the hospital’s vision of a multidisciplinary approach to patient care. Expansion was not an option because “the very east end of the main hospital was landlocked and was completely out of space,� said Bakkegard. Sparrow moved forward in planning a new cancer care facility, including taking a tour of the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center in Scottsdale, Arizona. A Sparrow radiation oncologist, physicist, infusion manager, and clinical manager toured the Mayo facility to glean best practices from this recently built Cancer Center. Several of these best practices altered the types of physical spaces within the HerbertHerman Cancer Center. One lesson learned is the value of comingling exam and consultation rooms in a single space for both patient comfort and improved efficiency. “The Mayo Clinic found that this combined arrangement was better for the patient, because after one appointment, the patient didn’t have to take all of his or her
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belongings and sit in another waiting room until the next room was available,� said Bakkegard. At the new Herbert-Herman Cancer Center, Sparrow created approximately 32 combined exam-consultation rooms. Sparrow added several larger consultation-only rooms to accommodate larger families as well. Sparrow’s planning team consulted extensively with its own Patient Advisory Group, composed of patients, former patients, and family members, to create patient-sensitive spaces and practices. “We asked the group, ‘What added to your anxiety during treatment? What would you like to see in this new facility?’� said Bakkegard. The Patient Advisory Group shared their experiences and emotional responses to traditional linac treatment vaults. “Entering the vaults and having large, heavy doors closing behind a patient doesn’t add to anyone’s comfort level,� said Bakkegard. In lieu of this massive door, Sparrow Hospital created a unique maze leading to the linac treatment space and opted for a standard door as a point of entry. “The maze design is special, and is far different from what one sees in most facilities,� said Blundell. “Our physicist and
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The Patient Advisory Group’s feedback created different types of bays. The group steered the design of the Infusion Center away from open, communal bays towards four completely private rooms and mixed bays with flexible gradations of private and open spaces. As a result, some bays have five-foot-tall conventional walls with glass transoms in the upper levels, while others have glass wall partitions inviting in natural light. A combination of open and slider doors offers additional options. This flexible approach to infusion bay design provides the ideal balance between patient privacy and patient sight lines for the nursing staff. A tour of six other Michigan cancer care facilities revealed that having completely open spaces could lead to the impromptu use of temporary partitions. “If the nurses were coming into a bay to start a port and the patient had to partially undress, ad hoc movable partitions had to be brought in to provide privacy,” said Bakkegard. Sparrow’s tour of Michigan cancer care facilities also resulted in a different approach to sub-wait rooms, essentially rooms for gowned patients waiting for radiation treatments. Typically, men’s and women’s locker rooms and gowned sub-wait areas are completely separate. “We found it is often uncomfortable for a wife to walk into a room labeled as a men’s gowned waiting area to sit with her spouse,” said Bakkegard.
At the Herbert-Herman Cancer Center, retaining separate locker and changing areas, but creating a single sub-wait area for all proved to be an effective solution. Generous donors have provided robes for patient use in the sub-wait area. A fireplace adds to the comfortable ambiance of the space, as well as its sequestered location within the building. Best Practices in Construction The Christman Company followed best practices in construction, including benchmarking similar healthcare projects. “Benchmarking is a tool that I don’t see everyone using just yet,” said Blundell. “In benchmarking, they compare health facilities across the country, matching characteristics to ballpark costs. That was one of the methods Christman used early on in structuring their proposal and in determining where they thought costs would be on the project.” The Christman Company and the entire team took part in two large value analysis workshops at two different stages of design. “One of the large value analysis workshops focused on MEP systems,” said Blundell. “Another resulted in eliminating a tunnel from the Plaza Building to the Sparrow Professional Building due to cost considerations and because its absence did not detract from the project’s mission.” Christman provided constructability reviews every step of the way, gathering information throughout the course of the two-year project to “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
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assist the hospital in making sound decisions, “whether it was directly through the subcontractors, their own team or working with vendors, such as the vendor for the high-density block,” said Blundell. One constructability improvement resulted in using high-density Veritas concrete blocks in lieu of poured mass concrete for the east-west walls of each of the three linac vaults. The block, being slightly denser than poured mass concrete, consumes less space and offers more room in the linac treatment vaults, said Hobbs + Black Senior Associate Russell Hinkle, AIA, CSI, LEED AP. Construction-wise, “the high-density concrete blocks offered flexibility of schedule, because they could be installed at a later date,” said Hinkle. “The blocks offer future flexibility as they can be disassembled and re-assembled if access is needed to the vault or the space needs to be changed in the future.” The poured mass concrete roof of each vault has high-density block in select areas; the north-south walls of the linac vaults are completely formed of poured mass concrete. As part of best practices in healthcare and in construction, Sparrow is pursuing LEED for Healthcare certification for the new Plaza Building, parking deck, and Urgent Care fit-out. In adopting systems protective of the patient, the building, and the environment, Sparrow enlisted the services of Synergy Consulting Engineers to perform enhanced commissioning of MEP systems. Sparrow also hired Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc., a building enclosure commissioning agent with local offices in Bingham Farms, to ensure optimal performance of the new facility’s building envelope. For LEED certification, Christman established an on-site material sorting system to divert materials from landfills. “We shared our monthly tracking report with Sparrow,” said Smith. “As an indoor air quality measure, we selected an appropriate temporary heating system that would not cause carbon dioxide buildup within the building, because it was properly ventilated and did not have an open flame. We also set up monitoring stations on every floor to measure carbon dioxide levels. Each station reported to a central station in our trailer so we could be sure we were monitoring the air quality at all times.” The Christman Company also provided Sparrow Health System with a Building Information Modeling (BIM) Facilities Management tool at the completion of the project. Called BIM 6D, “it captures the data on filter sizes, belt sizes, mechanical and electrical Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
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equipment, product information, and similar items within the model,” said Christman Senior Project Manager Craig Smith. “With a simple click on a building’s floor plan, Sparrow’s facilities management team can use the model for building maintenance.” Christman’s first healthcare BIM Facilities Management project was for Sparrow’s Ionia facility, added Christman Vice President Healthcare Services John M. O’Toole, LEED AP. “This additional service was another differentiating factor between Christman and the competition,” said Blundell. “Having linked information embedded right on the plans makes it easier for the facilities management staff. Concurrent to this project, our Facilities Group is developing asset management software to be able to use the information we are obtaining from these models as well as expand on it. These sophisticated systems can better protect and maintain our building investment.” A Patient-Focused Parking Deck In 2013, Sparrow Health System purchased a parcel of property across from the main hospital to turn the ideas gleaned from its thorough research and planning into a new house of healing for cancer patients. The Lansing School District, engaged in a district-wide consolidation effort, was the former owner of the Bingham Elementary School parcel. Sparrow demolished the school, and Christman later demolished the Sparrow Foundation Building to completely clear the site. Christman brought its best practices in construction to the task of building a project with a slightly unusual construction sequence. Due to the hospital’s tight parking constraints, Christman constructed the parking deck first to swiftly generate a potential new parking option. As one of the project’s complexities, the parking deck shares a 20-inch-thick concrete foundation wall with the Plaza Building. The foundation wall was a large piece of the overall puzzle needed to deliver the deck in a timely manner. The wall is of a greater height than the average basement foundation wall because it is designed to accommodate the building’s sizeable MEP systems. “Because this wall is very tall, and it was going to be initially standing without the first-floor steel to horizontally support it, dead man supports had to be added so that the deck could be completed on schedule,” Hinkle said. Although shared, “the deck wall and the building wall were built separately on top of the spread footings to allow for differential movement between the buildings and as a fire separation,” added Hinkle. “Two structural engineering firms
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in Virginia collaborated on the structural workings of the wall, and on how the structures come together.” AECOM’s Virginia office provided structural engineering services on the Plaza Building, and Ehlert Bryan, Inc., working under Hobbs + Black, was the McLean, Virginia-based structural engineer for the parking deck. Both the building and the deck have a 60 mil black EPDM roof in accord with Sparrow Health System’s campus standard, said Blundell. The exterior finishes of the Plaza Building and parking deck are compatible as well. While the main face of the Plaza Building is an arc of glass curtain wall, the other three walls are made of coldformed structural steel framing, brick and stone finishes, and a combination of ribbon and punched windows. The deck’s exterior finishes include glasswrapped stair towers for patient and visitor security, thin brick cladding, and punch windows. “The parking deck documents were issued before the main building,” said Hinkle. “We had to select the finishes for the parking deck, knowing that the same finishes would be used on both the parking deck and the Plaza Building.”
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The brick of these new structures is in harmony with the surrounding buildings of Sparrow’s healthcare campus, including the SPB and its existing parking deck directly abutting the new Cancer Center. The team embellished the new parking deck with higher-end finishes than an average deck because the new deck’s southern elevation directly faces a neighborhood, and its northern elevation occupies a choice location along Michigan Avenue. The parking deck was not only designed and built first, but it is the first building visible on the site as part of Sparrow’s patient-focused care. The parking deck’s prominence eases the stress and uncertainty of finding a parking spot. Removing another element of uncertainly, a large outdoor digital display, placed at the parking deck entrance, displays the wait time for Sparrow’s newly created urgent care facility accessed directly from either Michigan Avenue or the parking deck. Each level of the parking deck is positioned to create an easy flow directly into different floors of the building. “You can park on the second level and walk directly into the infusion center or park
on the fourth level and come right into the TCI,” said Smith. “The parking is set up in a very beautiful way. The first thing you think about is ‘Where do I park?’ This simplifies the process.” Altogether, the parking deck is part of Sparrow’s patient-focused plan offering a calming, almost concierge-like attention to every detail of the visit. Patient parking is located on flat surfaces rather than difficult-to-navigate ramps. The only ramped section in the deck is placed furthest away from the building entrance and typically services staff and overflow parking. Sparrow even demonstrated its concern for its neighbors in the deck’s placement. “We didn’t want to make the entire length of our property that abuts residential to just be parking,” said Bakkegard. “We broke up the shared property line with parking and the building itself.” Plaza Logistics Christman had to construct the new parking deck, Plaza Building, and traffic circle, along with the central plaza and a glass-enclosed, overhead pedestrian bridge, on a small, “postage-stamp” of a site embedded in a tight weave of existing buildings, including the SPB and its existing parking deck. As a first step, Christman constructed the first quadrant of the traffic circle to create an effective access route to the newly completed parking deck, allowing construction to progress on the Plaza Building and the rest of the circular roadway and plaza. Building the entire traffic circle and plaza was pivotal in maintaining access to existing buildings during the construction of the Plaza Building. Christman created a BIM-based, time-lapse model to clearly communicate the complex, eight-phase logistics and construction plan to the Sparrow team and other stakeholders. The detailed plan maintained access to the front entry of the SPB and to its existing parking deck throughout construction. “Our detailed plan outlined a multi-sequenced implementation process that involved traffic rerouting and shifting, including making sure one of the two entrances to the SPB parking deck was always opened,” said Smith. “We worked with the hospital, including its security team and its facilities department.” Sparrow and Christman worked with surrounding businesses to minimize the impact of construction on their daily operations. According to Smith, Christman established strong working relationships with the City of Lansing, adjacent building owners, and a church to temporarily change the two-way Bingham Street into a one-way street with traffic flowing “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
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north and then south during different construction phases. “We received very good support from the neighbors throughout the duration of the project to allow for staging and traffic flow,” said Smith. The traffic circle’s actual concrete work had to be coordinated with the multi-phased plan. “Constructing the traffic circle wasn’t a matter of simply pouring concrete,” said Hinkle. A large storm water detention basin underneath the plaza, a snow melt system within virtually every pavement section, and areas of decorative concrete added to the complexity of the work. “There were different zones and each zone had to be placed in a certain way,” said Hinkle. “The team had to figure out the parameters of each zone and coordinate it with the eight different phases.” Completing the plaza drive early “was one of the big success stories of the project,” said Smith. The traffic circle and plaza is welldesigned and built: One lane of this multi-lane roadway peels off the circle, providing access to the SPB’s parking deck entrance; another lane peels off the circle, offering two different patient drop-off areas to the Plaza Building and the SPB. Landscaping, LED lighting, and an original sculpture in metal and glass brighten the central plaza, offering a pleasant outdoor space now serving as the new heart of Sparrow’s Lansing campus. The plaza offers a serene view from within the Plaza Building’s main lobby, as well as Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
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working in a tight grid of existing buildings. For the Plaza Building’s actual construction, the concrete placement of the linac vaults ranked as one of the more demanding tasks. The project team worked with Sparrow’s Physicist M.W. Johnson to determine the proper concrete and steel shielding for the three linac vaults. “The roof shielding is made up of a layer of Veritas block and has four inches of steel plates in a bow-tie pattern above each vault,” said Hinkle. “Both the Veritas block and the poured concrete walls have layers of steel plates, two walls having 10-inch-thick plates, and the other two walls having eight-inch-thick plates.” For the heavily-reinforced, poured mass concrete, The Christman Company enlisted the services of the Lansing offices of SME, a materials testing agent, to take poured mass concrete thermal readings of the four-foot-thick concrete walls throughout the curing process. “When concrete of that thickness cures, it generates a tremendous amount of heat,” said Smith. “It took place in the winter so that was in our favor. We could not let it overheat, because that would stress the concrete and it would not
in the waiting area in the second-level mezzanine. In accordance with the entire development, the traffic circle embodies Sparrow’s concern for patient and visitor safety. “The Sparrow Professional Building has 230,000 square feet of space, the Plaza Building has 132,000 square feet of space, and the parking deck and urgent care is also 230,000 square feet,” said Bakkegard. “That translates to a lot of vehicles coming to this site every day. The circle design was deemed as the safest way to accommodate that many cars coming to the site.” Constructing the glass-enclosed bridge linking the Plaza and SPB at the third level was another logistical challenge. “The bridge is very near the pedestrian entrance to the SPB and actually goes over the vehicle entrance to the existing parking deck,” said Smith. “Another sequencing exercise allowed construction to proceed without shutting anything down.” Christman also worked two weekends to build the bridge without interfering with hospital operations or traffic flow. The Next-Generation Linac Christman successfully tackled the logistics of
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perform. We monitored the temperature and either removed or added blankets to manage the heat, and if above freezing, we sometimes put water on the wall.” The team wrestled with right-sizing the linac footings and foundations. “Because this project was fast-track, we were designing and installing the footings before the design for the vaults was complete,” said Hinkle. “Over-sizing to accommodate the unknown could be very expensive given the size of the footings and the reinforcing within them.” Ultimately, the footings range in size from 10 feet wide to 14 feet wide, and are stepped as well. “Stepped footings are required because there is a basement near vault no. 1 and vault no. 2,” said Hinkle. The team also had to carefully place both medical equipment and building systems, such as drains, through or in close proximity to the footings. “A number of systems had to be layered in, placed in precise locations, and coordinated with other systems taking up room in the same area,” said Blundell. “The Christman team spent a great deal of time and devoted a great deal of attention to the process. Christman continued to work with our physicist and his vendors to get the equipment installed the correct way.” The linac vaults benefit from a redundancy of systems, including a dedicated generator to ensure a constant power supply to the linear accelerators and a city water bypass. “With the bypass of city water, we still have the ability to chill the machines during outages or in times of mechanical system maintenance or repairs,” said Blundell. Thanks to the efforts of Sparrow Health System and the entire project team, the Cancer Center now offers two identically twinned stateof-the-art Elekta Linacs. “These will be enhanced using three cameras suspended from the ceiling to compare external contour images of the patient,” said Johnson. “The system will improve the accuracy of patient setups. It will also stop the linac treatment if the patient moves.” Soon Sparrow will be installing one of the nation’s first ViewRay MRI-Linacs. The basic premise is that the MRI-Linac allows the radiation oncologist to visually track the tumor during treatment, making it possible to focus a higher dose on the tumor while sparing healthy tissue. According to Johnson, for the past 15 years, hospitals have relied on aligning two CT scans of the tumor site. The first scan is from a planning “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
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linac and with tile and glass artists on two art works in the main lobby, each presenting a different sort of challenge than building the linac’s robust concrete and steel structure. The Pewabic tile wall mural contains approximately 500 to 600 square feet of tile. Given the sheer size of the over 10-foot-tall mural, the installation had a four- to five-month lead time after design acceptance. “Pewabic Pottery had to run a couple of extra shifts,” said Bakkegard. “Every single tile is numbered, because Pewabic Pottery custom built a mold for every single one of the tile shapes. They created custom glazes for every one of the shapes, and keyed every row.” Battle Creek Tile & Mosaic installed the numbered tiles, working with the Pewabic Pottery artist, Mario Lopez, who designed and fabricated each individual tile. “The entire design was laid out on the mezzanine floor,” said Smith. “We made sure all the pieces were installed in their proper places, and we had Pewabic Pottery come out and verify the placement as well.” The donors, including the Herberts, generously financed and assisted in the planning of this lushly colored Pewabic wall mural and with smaller sections of Pewabic tile at the check-in station as well. The wall mural, now gracing the stair landing at the nexus of the Cancer Center’s two levels, fills both floors with a beautiful glow.
CT, which is aligned with the second CT scan taken of the tumor site immediately before treatment. “Aligning these scans just before treatment has improved the accuracy of the patient’s treatment, but it still has not taken account of patient movement during treatment,” said Johnson. “Taking many CT scans during treatment would help with this concern, but would increase radiation exposure to the patient’s healthy tissues.” The next-generation mr/linac operates with a magnet-based technology to scan the tumor site in real-time throughout the entire treatment. “If the patient moves or involuntary movements inside the patient cause the site to be out of alignment with the beam, the radiation beam turns off,” said Johnson. “The linac only shoots the beam when the site is aligned with the linac. Best of all, because we are using a magnetic field to watch the tumor throughout the treatment, we are not increasing the radiation exposure to the patient.” The Healing Arts The project team worked with a physicist on the Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
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Near the main Pewabic tile wall mural, an actual glow emanates from a floor-to-ceiling programmable LED wall light. The LED light changes colors to match each month’s theme, such as pink for breast cancer or red for heart health, and is visible from outside the building at night. The changing colors of the outdoor columnar LED light fixtures in the central plaza complement this prominent interior light. For the lobby’s art glass installation, each individual piece of glass was attached to a cable in two different locations and then suspended from the ceiling. The construction team installed approximately 106 cables, making connection points above the ceiling. “The designer actually took paint sticks, threw them on the floor, and rearranged them to achieve the desired pattern,” said Hinkle. “Christman’s job was to transpose these markings on the floor to the ceiling. We had to document the hanging points to coordinate the glass with the lights and the fire suppression system.” Original art, nature-based interior finishes, and efficiently planned spaces ripple throughout the entire building. For efficient, hospital-wide delivery of services, the Infusion Center serves
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cancer patients and other patients requiring infusion therapy. Rather than having separate infusion centers for different disorders, the Infusion Center more easily accommodates fluctuations in patient volumes, resulting in less wasted space. The Infusion Center is designed for flexibility, an important feature in a clinic open 12 hours a day, 365 days a year. “The entire clinic can be wide open or Sparrow can shut down different units depending on patient volumes,” said Hinkle. Sparrow also created a pharmacy and lab within the new building. “The Infusion Center can supply medication to patients and staff faster than having to wait for it to be brought over from the main hospital,” said Blundell. “Now it’s all right in this building for convenience and speed of care.” The new Cancer Center has three procedure rooms, two on the second floor and one on the first level. The first-story procedure room is located adjacent to the HDR/Brachytherapy treatment suite. In this type of therapy, a HighDose Radiation (HDR) device emits a small, focused, and localized dose of radiation in a procedure called Brachytherapy, which involves the insertion of an isotope pellet directly into the cancerous tissue. “The Herbert-Herman Cancer Center also has a 4D Simulation CT in its planning room located next door to the Brachytherapy suite,” added Blundell. Healing the body and soothing the mind are the two driving forces in the creation of the Herbert-Herman Cancer Center. This combination has attracted an additional 2,000 patients to the Cancer Center in its first year of operation, according to Bakkegard. Patient-focused care is a prime directive and direct promise of Dr. Herman, who spoke at the grand opening on July 11, 2017. “We expect the patient to be the only focus in this building,” said Dr. Herman. “To patients, we promise to bring our continued dedication and passion to your care.” The Herman and Herbert families both spoke at the grand opening. “We owe our lives to God, our family, and the Sparrow Cancer Center,” said Judith Herbert. “We are so humbled and grateful to be part of this.” Sparrow’s new Herbert-Herman Cancer Center has impressed touring hospitals and both former and current patients. Thanks to Sparrow Health System, AECOM, Hobbs + Black Associates, and The Christman Company, cancer patients in Lansing and the greater mid-Michigan region have the comfort of staying close to home in a first-class facility planned, designed, and constructed with all the comforts of home. “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
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The first ground-up residential construction project in Detroit’s central business district since the 1980s, 28Grand makes a striking impression on the corner of Grand River and Griswold. “Unity,” the 118-foot-by-50-foot mural on its northwest side, is designed by Charles McGee, a 92year-old Detroit arts icon.
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mid the vibrant growth of office, retail and residential spaces in downtown Detroit, one aspect has been overlooked until now. Micro-living in units under 300 square feet – provides new options for people looking for housing that offers the experience of urban living, is close to work and nightlife, while emphasizing simplicity and green efficiency. Smart use of neat private space, combined with access to fun communal spaces for social activity, defines a lifestyle taking off around the world. 28Grand, located at 28 Grand River at Griswold near Capitol Park, fulfills that niche with verve and panache. The 13-story building represents the first ground-up new construction completed in Detroit’s central business district since the 1980s. Purchased by developer Bedrock, the wedgeshaped corner structure presents a sleek, angled modern face that complements the early 20th century style of the buildings around it. Totaling about 101,000 square feet, the $34 million project opened September 2016. Of the 218 microlofts, ranging from 249 to 279 square feet, 133 are leased at market rate and 85 are set aside for residents qualifying for lowincome tax credits. Each furnished unit includes a television, kitchen with microwave, a two-burner cooktop and full-size refrigerator, window seat, bathroom with shower, storage, and utilities, including Rocket Fiber high-speed internet service. Residents share 3,500 square feet of communal living space, including a large flexible gathering area with full kitchen, an outdoor terrace with gas grills and fire pit, a fitness center, laundry room, and ground floor bike storage. In addition, 4,500 square feet of retail space in the building includes the Lovers Only burger restaurant and Pure Barre fitness studio on the corners. “Our goal was to create a unique living experience in the heart of Detroit while maintaining an affordable rental rate in the Capitol Park District,” said Malek Eljizi, project director for Bedrock. The team of Walbridge Construction and the Kraemer Design Group came together to help Bedrock achieve that vision. Tight Site, Tight Timeframe Thanks to meticulous preplanning, construction began in March 2016 with an efficient two-day demolition of an existing, long-vacant building and installation of foundation caissons within six weeks. The new building takes up the entirety of the tight, oddly-shaped site, from sidewalk to sidewalk. This meant no extra space for materials storage and very limited room for equipment or maneuvering, which made organization and precision coordination compulsory, both with suppliers and subcontractors, as well as within the neighborhood. “We didn’t have much laydown space, and that meant we utilized just-in-time deliveries to get contractors in and out with no impact on other contractors,” said Kristie Bieniewicz, Walbridge project manager. Closing one lane of traffic along Griswold required working with the City of Detroit to ensure pedestrian and driver safety. “Being on the corner of Griswold Street and Grand River Avenue means vehicle and foot traffic,” Bieniewicz said. “Before we could shut down Griswold Street on specific days, we needed to have the approval of all the area businesses. “We built strong friendships with the nearby businesses by meeting early and often with them about project updates. Keeping the neighbors in the loop was beneficial to everyone. Nearby businesses knew about days with large deliveries while the project team got a firm understanding of their needs as well,” she said.
An outdoor terrace includes a full barbecue grill, fire pit and plenty of seating for parties. Overlooking Griswold Street, the irresistible hang-out spot repeats the use of white with bright accents and neutral wood.
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“Building in the city is always challenging. We tried to plan deliveries before 9:00 a.m. to minimize disruptions,” she said. With the help of Kraemer Design Group, Walbridge planned in blocks four weeks ahead to preempt site hazards and schedule the flow of materials to the site. Even so, shipments from abroad sometimes didn’t arrive until the last minute, straining the already compressed 15-month building timeframe, as did the city’s Water Department water line replacements. Engineering Innovative Solutions Both the aggressive timeframe and the space limitations benefited from the utilization of 1,700 precast concrete sections, using local pre-casters, that enabled interior and exterior walls to be
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slid into place like pieces in a jigsaw. This meant that the sections could be loaded directly from the truck, hoisted into place with cranes, without requiring storage on site and minimizing street disruption. Ultimately making up about 90 percent of the building, the sections included the simple yet iconic exterior cladding, with a traditional base-shaft-capital design, and simple, modern cornice. Work could begin on the interior of the sections on lower floors while the upper floors were still being assembled. Another time-saving innovation was the preassembly of the HVAC mechanical penthouse by TMI Climate Solutions in Holly, Michigan. After testing the mechanicals in a controlled environment, TMI was able to ship the finished penthouse to the work site by truck, where it was lifted by crane to the rooftop. This, along with pre-built electrical boxes, trimmed six to eight months off the schedule and minimized foot traffic of tradespeople on the project site. The complex coordination of materials, both local and international, and clockwork installations of Precast Architectural and structures completed elsewhere dictated a smooth management of all components with all players. The team, including owner, architect and construction manager, met weekly, even on Sundays, to ensure no time or space would be wasted in meeting the objective. “We had plenty of impromptu meetings when we needed to take care of things,” Bieniewicz said. “There was open communication between Bedrock, Kraemer Design Group and our team from day one.” Having the principals based in downtown Detroit made it easy to take care of adjustments spur of the moment. “Everyone was happy to walk over for updates, discuss changes, or just to chat about the project,” she said. Custom Millwork and Bold Accents Using precast concrete structure provided cost savings from the elimination of drywall on the unit interiors, while also reducing the floor print. Wiring, ductwork and plumbing were strategically planned to make sure nothing took up too much space and nothing was exposed. For example, the brilliant concealment of wiring inside the custom millwork more than makes up for the lack of drywall. Each microloft features high ceilings with
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track lighting, built-in bedside nightstand with flexible goosenecked lamp, and warm woodwork on the floor and walls. Banquette seating beneath large windows with views of Capitol Park double as seating for the round dinette table and faces the mounted television. Storage is available below, as well as under the bed, and above the kitchen cabinetry. The bathrooms are sleek, minimalist white. “The apartments have a highly optimized use of space through the millwork in all standard furnishings,” said Jennifer Dwyer, interior design lead for KDG. Even though the units are small in comparison to other apartments on the market, the efficient built-ins cover almost 40 percent of the unit floor area and give tenants plenty of storage space. “We focused on designing contemporary, energetic spaces through bold geometry, with restrained use of bright accent colors,” she said. Golden yellow, magenta, and turquoise occur throughout the common areas, from the living room and terrace to the hallway floors, mailroom and even one wall of the bike storage area. The earth tones and millwork in the units are mirrored by modern, squared-off wood arches throughout the building’s interior, over the elevator lobbies and mailroom, and around the electronic media in the common room. Three major themes – the wood arches, repeated use of bright colors, and bold geometry – unify community and private spaces, welcoming residents wherever they go. “All spaces have a consistent color palette, using primarily light-stained oak and highgloss white,” Dwyer said. “Bold geometry is found throughout circulation and amenities spaces in the form of relief walls, wallpapers, furniture design and fixtures.” For example, kitchen backsplashes in the units have either a blue grid or colorful cityscape design. A silver angular motif is visible in the lobby and hallway. The large living room area is flexible enough to accommodate large parties and small gatherings alike. Neutral background tones are set off with strikingly modern light fixtures and by the strategic color accents in the carpets, pillows and upholstery. Even on the terrace, the turquoise stones of
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Large windows on downtown Detroit bring natural light into 28Grand’s smart, stylish microlofts, a fresh option on the urban landscape. A full refrigerator, strategic storage, and lightning-fast internet are just some of their features.
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the fire pit catch the eye, along with occasional yellow and magenta tables sprinkled amid clean white tables and seating.
A large communal room offers a full kitchen, flexible living spaces and intimate gathering corners to residents, with access to multi-media. The warm neutrals of liberal millwork, bold graphics and repetition of three colors – magenta, turquoise and bright yellow – unify the interiors throughout the building.
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Recognized Sustainability Known for prioritizing sustainability, Bedrock ensured that 28Grand would follow in that tradition. The result is a building both socially and environmentally responsible, following the guidelines for Energy Star and Enterprise Green Communities. Both environmental programs demand stringent, documentable standards for energy efficiency and community suitability. “Both Energy Star and Green Communities required a great deal of verification and photographic proof that our proposed design was implemented in construction,” said Blake Drouillard, KDG architectural designer. Similar to the rating on a new refrigerator, Energy Star certification of a building requires an efficiency score of 75 or higher, based on performance standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency, which means that it performs better than at least 75 percent of similar buildings nationwide.
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28Grand is the first multifamily high-rise in Michigan to earn Energy Star certification. To qualify, all HVAC equipment had to be high efficiency and tied into a central control system for easy adjustments. In addition, the maximum temperature of the hot water through the fixtures had to be tested and confirmed. All plumbing has restrictors to reduce water consumption; all lighting is LED, and insulation in the exterior walls had to be higher than average. Blower door testing was also required on each unit type to verify the air tightness of each compartment, which required additional sealing if a unit failed. And the low-E coating on the exterior’s glazing had to be proven sufficient to reduce glare and reflect heat away from the building. All of these factors raised the level of construction to a higher quality than standard practice, according to Drouillard. “Verifying these items required not only photos throughout all phases of construction, but additional testing of the installed items,” he said. Just as Energy Star applies to the building
itself, certification for the Green Communities program depends on the availability of resources such as transportation, open spaces and healthy food in the surrounding area. “From day one, we had to document everything,” Drouillard said, including local access to fresh groceries, parks and public services. The growth of options in the central downtown area made it possible to prove residents could get around without a car. The goal was to provide residents with alternatives to driving their own car to get around, and given 28Grand’s location downtown, the People Mover and the QLine rail augment other public transportation such as cab and bus. Since a car lot was impossible on such a condensed site, the inclusion of bike storage on the ground floor encourages a healthier way to travel in a city increasingly receptive to cyclists. 28Grand meets other high standards for sustainability by using paints, adhesives, flooring and other materials that emit low or no volatile organic compounds (VOCs). All floors have recycling stations to reduce waste, and
on the exterior all rain is collected and drained to the city’s storm management system to avoid run-off. During construction, the team followed a waste management plan that reduced nonhazardous waste by 25 percent through recycling and salvaging efforts. Invested in Success The creation of 28Grand marks a turning point in the revitalization of downtown Detroit. Representing a sustainable future for a varied population, its commitment to simpler lifestyles in an expanding social milieu fulfills a promise for the new city. Its clean, modern lines and innovative construction inform a unique perspective in the Capitol Park community. “Over the past few years there’s been a number of businesses moving in or renovating space in the area, and I’m really proud of the work that was done,” Bieniewicz said. “I see people walking by, staring at 28Grand, and I can’t help but feel thrilled.” One way that the project surprised her was the social media aspect. “Throughout the time
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Geometric touches, like the metallic wall in the lobby, and liberal doses of bright yellow in the mail room and along the hallways, coordinate the design in common areas as well as in the units. Square wooden arches add another cohesive element to bridge private and public spaces.
it was being constructed, I’d see people share stories about 28Grand and the response was always ‘How cool’ or ‘I can’t wait to see these apartments when they are built,’” Bieniewicz said. “We continuously receive compliments on the overall design of the space,” said Sandy Kravitz, who handles residential leasing for Bedrock. The combination of turn-key, efficient units, and the experience of plentiful social interaction gives it a singular appeal. “28Grand is a complete value,” she said. “Nothing compares to it in Detroit or the larger Michigan market.” “We each had a personal connection in building the first set of microloft units of its kind in Detroit,” Eljizi said. “28Grand truly compliments the existing neighborhood with modern architecture and design.” None of that could have been accomplished without a strong team in place. “It’s wonderful knowing that you’re working with a great project team, designer and owner, and other people notice how exceptional the project is,” Bieniewicz said. One of the best ways that I can describe it is, ‘invested,’” she said. “This project was a team effort that truly took vision and hard work by each group. I’m proud to be a part of it.”
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itting home runs out of the old, historic Tiger Stadium on the corner of Michigan and Trumbull is no longer a dream from a bygone era. Veteran Tigers fans can almost hear Ernie Harwell’s distinctive voice saying a famous line of his, such as, “It's time to say goodbye, but I think goodbyes are sad and I'd much rather say hello.”
Goodbyes and Hellos Goodbyes were said at the last Detroit Tigers baseball game played in 1999. The team defeated Kansas City 8-2. Ultimately, the stadium was demolished, except for the field, fences and flagpole. The Corner Ballpark said “hello” to Detroit in March 2018. The entire project was brought to life by the compassionate vision of the nonprofit Detroit Police Athletic League (PAL). The Detroit Economic Development Corporation granted Detroit PAL the rights to the property. The result is a $20 million, 2,500-seat, 100,000-square-foot stadium with below-ground-level dugouts and a 9.5-acre ball field. Detroit PAL is an organization known since 1969 for mentoring young people, offering a safe place to play sports, and working to build character and leadership skills, as well as forge optimistic relationships with police officers. The year-round, multi-purpose stadium is called the Corner Ballpark presented by Adient (an automotive parts manufacturer) and also known as the Willie Horton Field of Dreams. The stadium, along with a banquet facility and new 8,500-square-foot headquarters for Detroit PAL, was built by Tooles-Roncelli, a joint venture between Tooles Contracting Group LLC and Roncelli, two Detroit construction companies with experience in sports and recreational projects. Pendulum Architecture Studios from Kansas City, Missouri, the same outfit that handled Utica’s Jimmy John’s Stadium, was brought on board by Detroit PAL and Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy (OTSC) to design and redevelop the stadium. 90 CAM MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2018
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An aerial view of the new Corner Ballpark Stadium on the corner of Michigan and Trumbull.
“Detroit PAL was happy to partner and collaborate with Tooles-Roncelli,” said Tim Richey, Detroit PAL Chief Executive Officer. “Their sensitivity to the historical, cultural, financial and overall attention from the Corktown community on this project was handled in a meaningful way.” “Everybody has been great to work with, from the City of Detroit to Detroit PAL to the trades. We all worked as a team,” said Gino Roncelli, Principal at Roncelli, Inc. “Partnership and collaboration by the entire team is how we got this done. The team worked hard to overcome the challenges of balancing the historic with the contemporary, the interests of the community with the interests of the children, budget constraints with the need for a stadium that would last for years to come. The stunning end product is a testament to just how well the team worked together to overcome these issues, and is a development we’re very proud of.” Making New Memories “It’s easy for past memories to come alive here, but what’s more exciting is seeing a new generation of ballplayers make memories in this landmark and historic 100-year-old site,” said Richey. Richey’s love for Detroit PAL has been a decades-long commitment. He’s the guy who knows everything going on at the stadium, and he’s knowledgeable about Tiger stadium’s history. For example, the baseball site has evolved quite a bit through the years. It was originally known as Bennett Park, from 1896-1911. From 1912-1937, it became Navin Field -- this is the first ballpark using the now legendary home plate location. Next, from 1938-1960, it would be known as Briggs Stadium -- here the first expansion of the stadium happened, and the first nighttime game was held. Finally, the legendary Tiger Stadium hosted the team from 1961-1999.
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“The new Corner Ballpark Stadium is a testament to Detroit PAL’s dedication to young people, revitalizing the Corktown district and keeping Detroit Tigers heritage, memorabilia, and memories alive for generations to come. The Tooles-Roncelli team has certainly provided a balanced combination of the historical aspects while blending in modern technology and features,” said Richey.
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Constructing a Field for All Seasons Undoubtedly, one of the most contemporary features is the field. Steve Koop, Executive Vice President at Tooles Contracting Group, worked with the Roncelli team to deliver their client, Detroit PAL, the stadium that was desired. “One of the concerns from the onset was centered on creating an operational and sustainable field area – it would be used all year round for baseball, of course, but also football, soccer, concerts, movies and other events,” said Koop. “We needed to look at costs, functionality and longevity of a field which would transition from sport to sport, season to season, and be able to withstand a lot of handling and abuse, especially during the football season. It was finally decided to use an artificial, flexible turf rather than install a grass field.” Installing the artificial field brought some challenges. “Because of the age and deterioration of the site, we faced unknown conditions in the drainage, foundation, electrical and lighting systems,” explained Koop. “Poor soil conditions also required extra efforts to replace it with engineered fill before pouring cement foundations. Controlling all the site materials and rebuilding a drainage system was necessary to support the multi-use field. Everything needed to be a precise thickness, and field grades had to be constantly observed.” Tooles-Roncelli used Roncelli’s selfperform divisions to monitor the thicknesses and grades of all work to ensure success. “The undercuts for the locker room, dugouts, concession building and other support spaces were virtually continuous. Extending all along Michigan Avenue and up “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
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Cochrane Street, the undercuts generated about 4,000 yards of spoils,” said Roncelli. Koop recalls other challenges faced during construction. “Since this client was relying heavily on fundraising, and the capital was simultaneously raised while construction was happening, it meant we were always conscious of the budget and costs,” said Koop. “We helped Detroit PAL with value-engineering, and throughout the process we were always evaluating every aspect, material and options. The goal to provide value and consider the vision of the site was a priority. There were times, however, when we might not have been as elaborate as we originally designed, but we were going for the most bang for the buck.” Richey helps clarify. “Detroit PAL is a non-profit,” he said. “We don’t have deep coffers. We were, it’s true, raising money as the construction was in progress. There were many times I was asking Tooles-Roncelli, ‘Okay, how much do you need and by when?’ It was always down to the nitty-gritty. But in the end, donor gifts, community support and the expertise and knowledge from Tooles-Roncelli is what made it all come together.” Some of the original fencing remained on the site, so Tooles-Roncelli refurbished and repainted it for use as an outfield barrier. Other original fence materials were blended with new ones to provide a decorative and attractive boundary for the complex. Koop talked about the 100-year-old flag pole. “One remnant from the original stadium was the 125-foot flagpole. It stood in the same location as it always had, at the back of center field. We knew Detroit PAL’s goal was to keep it in place. We strengthened the tension, stripped and repainted it. This preserved the integrity of the past, and it is a nostalgic reminder to fans who fondly remember the American flag flying from it,” he said. “Particular emphasis was placed on preserving the historical dimensions, layout, and ‘feel’ of the old Tiger Stadium,” said Roncelli. “Throughout the entire construction process and many meetings, it provided a unique set of challenges to mix this focus of historic preservation with modern needs of PAL’s office space and programming needs. It was imperative that the location of home plate stay precisely on the spot where it has been since the greats played there.” Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
Keeping a Baseball Family Together Detroit PAL serves more than 14,000 Detroit inner-city student athletes, ranging from Little League to high school and college level. The youth, and even players from the Men’s Senior Baseball League in Detroit, get a chance to stand on the same home plate as Detroit Tigers legends Willie Horton, Al Kaline, Kurt Gibson and Alan Trammel at the Corner Ballpark – the now redeveloped, former Tiger Stadium and headquarters for Detroit PAL. Since 1993, Detroit native Mike Juliano coordinates and manages 45 teams for the 55+ Senior Men’s Baseball League, which he is proud to say is a “wood bat league.” “There’s nothing like playing on this field. There’s nothing like it when your base hit cracks that bat. The sound is unexplainable. Nothing can compare to knowing the home plate at the Corner Ballpark is in the same exact place as it was when Al Kaline, Joe DiMaggio, Ty Cobb, Mickey Mantle or Babe Ruth stepped on it. All of us in this league remember our first visit to Tiger Stadium
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back in the 1960s, and it’s quite a thrill to be part of this beautiful facility once again.” The facility Juliano describes includes a remarkable, brick entrance way. When guests walk into the attractive opening of the one-of-a-kind ballpark, they typically stop in their tracks as their feet glide across special donor brick pavers. There are hundreds of them, and they’re engraved with special messages or memorials from current and long-ago Detroit Tigers and Corner Ballpark fans and supporters. Some really stand out. For example, “Children are great imitators…so give them something great to imitate. God bless,” by iconic outfielder Willie Horton himself. Other engraved stones have sentimental messages such as, “I’ll never forget my first game with you, Dad,” “Detroit PAL keep fighting the good fight,” “We’re a baseball family,” and “Long time Tiger fans caught the foul ball.” The buy-a-brick campaign is an ongoing effort at the Corner Ballpark and is a simple way to show support for inner city kids and the programs Detroit PAL sponsors.
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“Purchasing a brick is a meaningful way to leave your mark and become part of this historic site,” said Richey. One brick donor got creative. There’s a brick that reads “She said yes!” indicating a marriage proposal took place at one of the most recognizable corners in Detroit. The couple, or any couple for that matter, can have its wedding on home plate and celebrate the first dance as husband and wife in the 5,200-square-foot, upper-level banquet hall that overlooks the entire ball field. The space is available for rent and can accommodate up to 300 guests. It includes catering, tables, chairs, linens and indoor and outdoor seating – and easy access to bleacher seating for game viewing. Its panoramic, city skyline and unique view of the baseball field is growing as a sought-after venue for receptions, fundraisers, team-building activities, family reunions, corporate gatherings and other occasions. Tooles-Roncelli faced some tough obstacles when it came to the choice of ceilings in the second-floor banquet room and sections of offices in the headquarters. “We were designing to meet a budget,” said Koop. “With that goal, we selected an open truss system with hanging or suspended cloud ceiling panels. The decorative panels are separated by gaps. It’s a more architectural look rather than a traditional flat ceiling. This gives the room a more refined, polished and modern look. It also offers a better sound quality. When it was time for approvals from the city, however, we discovered there would be delays. Since it was not a fully-closed ceiling system there was some skepticism related to the sprinkler protection and the hanging cloud 94 CAM MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2018
ceiling panels. We spent time detailing it out and working with city officials to meet the required codes.” After reading the bricks, visitors can look up and see the inventively designed “Swing for the Stars” Corner Ballpark Donor Wall, featuring the generosity of corporations and individuals who gave monetary gifts – and ultimately helped secure $20 million to make the dream come alive. Heavy hitters on the MVP panel include donors such as Adient, Bank of America, Cinnaire, Detroit Lions, Dresner Foundation, Meijer, Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy, Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation, The Kresge Foundation, The Skillman Foundation, W. K. Kellogg Foundation and William Davidson Foundation. Other donor distinctions include Silver Slugger and All-Star donors, which include hundreds of names. Another interesting feature is a grouping of two five-foot wooden bats (one for lefties and one for righties) mounted on the donor wall, enticing fans to grab hold of one and pose for a group photograph or a popular selfie of themselves as baseball sluggers, or just as a keepsake of their time spent at the Corner Ballpark. “It’s become the hot spot for Instagram photos and other fun social media platforms,” said Richey. “People of all ages are attracted to this spot. It’s been a great marketing tool and helps spread the good news about what we’re doing here.” In an outdoor, covered patio area – which is strategically designed under free-standing bleachers – guests can sit and watch a live game or sometimes hang out and watch teams practice. Something unique about the bleachers is the fact that they’re made from prestressed concrete, which is compressed with highly stressed steel strand and rebar for added strength. Seating options besides bleachers are also “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
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what it offers – and at no cost. I come and watch different athletic teams practice on this field. The bleacher seating is wide, spacious and constructed with the spectator in mind. I feel like I’m a regular here, and it’s always a welcoming atmosphere.” Richey is continually amazed at the visitors and guests he runs into at the stadium. “People love to share their Tigers baseball memories,” he said. There’s something so authentic here that touches them.” People also bring him stored-away Tigers treasures. “I get people bringing me signed autographs by players, framed art, and other commemorative memorabilia that they feel safe in donating here because of the careful and professional manner of how we’re displaying it. I’m going to have to find a spot for a lot more objects,” he chuckles. Once inside the interior of the Detroit PAL headquarters, more of Tooles-Roncelli’s work can be admired. “Detroit PAL never had so much space before this,” recalls Richey, who has served the organization for two decades and intricately works in fundraising, operations and youth programming for the
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14,000 participants. “In the past, we always leased space and there certainly wasn’t a luxury stadium or ball field attached,” he laughs. The Detroit PAL headquarters space he mentions is a 8,500-square-foot, highly functionable, spacious office complex with modern lighting and a gorgeous street view from the offices situated on the perimeter of the facility. In addition, there is a lobby, two conference rooms, a copier and mailroom, kitchen, 45 work stations and cubicles designed in an open-office style to allow for better collaboration and communication, private offices and a lounge area. Richey adds, “Having more space allows the non-profit to better meet the needs of its clients and supporters.” Some of the cubicles are filled by people working diligently behind the
Detroit PAL scenes. For example, various personnel include youth development officers, athletic directors, programming directors, human resource experts, corporate and event sales staff, facility managers, business and finance administrators, and the executive and board members of the organization. Detroit Youth: We Will Not Forget You Detroit PAL provides positive outlets to kids in 11 different sports – baseball, football, basketball, soccer, softball, golf, cheer, tennis, track and field, T-ball and volleyball – and gives encouragement to them on the field or court, but more importantly, teaches them how to conduct themselves in an everyday manner. It takes 1,700 volunteers to reach all the youth filtering through Detroit PAL’s programming. Maintaining certification and training for those 1,700 adult volunteer coaches and mentors who share their time and interact with Detroit’s youth is one of the prominent functions at the headquarters. Detroit PAL hosts after-school events, academic and leadership opportunities for kids connected to the program. There are four important goals Detroit PAL upholds: build character, lead an active and healthy lifestyle, give back to the community, and facilitate positive relationships with police officers. The New Corner Ballpark was erected in a momentous and significant location. Its site witnessed six World Series events, several All-Star games, boxing matches, NFL championship games, and a KISS concert. In 1990, nine years before the stadium would close, one of the most notable, worldly figures brought a message to Tiger Stadium: Nelson Mandela, the President of South Africa from 1994-1999 and an integral dismantler of apartheid, spoke to 49,000 Detroit fans. His one sentence, “Your solidarity has given us enormous strength and courage. We will not forget you” is reminiscent and evocative of the Detroit PAL’s sentiments toward Detroit youth and its gift to them in the form of the Corner Ballpark Stadium on Michigan and Trumbull.
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ore than a change of address, Masco Corporation’s move from Taylor to Livonia represents a sea change in the corporate culture of this Fortune 500 company. Lightfilled, glass-infused, open, and collaborative, Masco’s new world headquarters is light years away from its former home along Van Born Road. Along with Masco’s own corporate leadership and staff, Lindhout Associates Architects and the George W. Auch Company composed the talented team of change-makers responsible for fast-forwarding Masco’s corporate clock into the 21st Century. Masco had been working for over 50 years in a 420,000-square-foot building originally constructed in 1966. “For its era, the Taylor headquarters was considered a stylishly designed, state-of-the-art office complex,” said Masco Vice President Tax & Corporate Real Estate Larry Leaman. “The building was outdated, however, and it didn’t fit our future model, neither in the way business is conducted nor in the type of talent Masco was seeking to attract.” Dressed in a suit and tie, a mythical worker from the 1960s could not have imagined Masco’s new work environment: The comfortably dressed staff is free to work virtually anywhere in the building or even outside in a beautifully designed pergola. In the new building’s glass-wrapped central hub, vice presidents meet with vendors, department managers enjoy lunch, and staff is engaged in break-out discussions. Masco leadership even encourages staff to use the new stateof-the-art fitness center at any time or to borrow a Masco-provided bicycle and ride a nearby trail. In its new home on the Livonia campus of Schoolcraft College, the once “sacred cows” of large corporate offices – dedicated cafeteria seating, an executive boardroom, and a stepped-seating auditorium – have been replaced with collaborative, multipurpose spaces such as the central hub. Interior glass office partitions and lower work station heights create a transparent, interconnected environment, as well as great sight lines throughout the building. In this corporate mingling of the minds, each person has a dedicated work space, but is free to meet in conference rooms outside of their own departments or neighborhoods, in furniture-defined break-out spaces, or even on the wider-than-average staircases. “I would like to think the whole theme of partnership and collaboration is not just a phrase or a mantra, but it is truly a living, breathing model that we are following at Masco,” said Leaman.
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Masco’s Double Knot sculpture, an art piece that had been ensconced on the grounds of the company’s Taylor headquarters for decades, graces the corporation’s new home clad in a pleasing ensemble of materials.
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The Process: Transparent and Collaborative The collaborative model is at the very heart of the project’s success, both for Masco’s culture change and for the design and construction of the 92,000-square-foot building. “The new building was a collaborative event from day one,” said Masco Director – Real Estate Services Jeff Horka. “We had over 110 Masco people involved in the new headquarters as part of different teams, ranging from fitness, food, and IT to functional layout and branding.” Masco established a Relocation Station in the Taylor headquarters during construction. “Masco staff could see every single communication, including emails, streaming videos, and drone footage taken by Auch Construction,” Horka said. “Larry would provide updates at quarterly meetings. It was a very open and transparent process.” Masco was deeply engaged throughout the construction process, maintaining an almost daily presence on the site. “I think it was unusual for a construction management firm to have a customer fully integrated and involved in the process,” said Horka. “Larry and I literally had our own hard hats and construction vests.” Everyone contributed and every contribution was respected. “It was unusual to see owners and architects talking to the trades on the site,” said Senior Auch Project Manager James C. Chernosky. “They even knew the trade contractors on a first-name basis. Basically, we all lived together in this building for two years.” This collaborative “glue” helped the project team successfully manage what Leaman terms an unusual construction pattern. “The project was essentially being designed as it was being built,” said Leaman. In the beginning, the building’s square footage doubled, and near the end, drywall segued into glass office partitions. The building was constantly evolving, but because the entire project team had forged a true partnership, the process was eased and trust was implicit. “Masco empowered and trusted us to take care of these changes,” said Chernosky. Leaman added, “Knowing Jim and his team would execute these changes efficiently and economically gave us the confidence to think outside the box as the project progressed.” Nimble, flexible, open-minded, and collaborative, this close alliance delivered Masco’s dream building. CAM MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2018
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Glass turns the building into a vessel of light, filling this collaborative space with daylight and outdoor views.
The Result: A Beautiful Mosaic of Exposed Systems The three-story building’s series of open spaces and its exposed steel structure, metal roof deck, and MEP systems are in perfect sync with this transparent, interactive way of working. “We wanted to structure an honest design,” said Lindhout President and Design Architect Mike Kennedy. “We wanted people to see the columns, mechanical ducts, and data infrastructure.” The trade contractors’ attention to detail translated Lindhout’s honest design into a beautiful mosaic of exposed systems and materials. In the corridors, MEP contractors, including De-Cal, Inc. and Ferndale Electric Co., Inc. turned exposed cable and conduit into an architectural feature. In the central hub, a series of sculptural light fixtures – spherical orbs comprised of ribbon-like strips of metal – simply glow and fill the space with a menu of different colors. The electrical contractor created an orderly array of conduit lines leading to these programmable LED light fixtures. “The trade contractors took real ownership of the project,” said Kennedy. In the lobby, the construction team brought to life the design’s textured weave of walnut, terrazzo, and porcelain tile, including a walnut feature wall in the reception area and three100 CAM MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2018
dimensional porcelain wall tile. A half-walnut and half-terrazzo monumental stair descends on an angle and flows into the linear striations of a beautifully patterned porcelain tile floor. Tucked underneath the main stair, an intimate seating area is clustered around a small waterfall and infinity pool. The pool highlights the unseen work of Masco’s plumbing brands, and “offers building users a place of tranquility and calmness,” said Kennedy. Angles add interest to the development: the entire building is canted 30 degrees on the site, and the five neighborhoods, flanking the central hub, “are slightly offset from each other,” said Kennedy. “The building has dimension to it. It is not just a square or rectangular box.” The Beginning: A Grand Tour of Corporate America Masco began the planning and development of its new facility on October 1, 2014. This global leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of building products undertook a nation-wide tour of contemporary corporate headquarters. “In scoping out features that were appealing to us, we looked at buildings as small as 60,000 square feet to campuses as large as 6 million square feet,” said Leaman. Having scoured the country, Masco’s “inner
blueprint” for its own corporate home became embodied in three words: Bright, high-energy, and collaborative. “We wanted to fit the building’s footprint to comfortably accommodate our corporate staff as well,” Leaman added. In plotting the way forward, Masco examined every option from reconfiguring the existing Taylor headquarters into a more contemporary, collaborative building to repurposing an existing facility in a newly identified location. The first option proved to be cost-prohibitive and the second proved limiting in availability. Not finding their dream home, Masco decided to build it themselves – and in a southeastern Michigan location. “We decided Masco needed to stay in southeastern Michigan in consideration of our employees and acknowledgement of Masco’s history of commitment to the area,” said Leaman. For site selection, Masco prepared an extensive scatter diagram detailing the location of employees in relation to the existing Taylor facility and in relation to potential new sites. “To minimize staff disruption, we continually tracked what locations would be most or least disruptive to our workforce,” said Leaman. The chosen site, located between Six Mile and Seven Mile Roads and due west of I-275, “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
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was selected for its “on-off” proximity to the freeways and its accessibility to Detroit Metropolitan Airport. Masco is leasing the property from Delta Seven, LLC, a partnership of owner Schoolcraft College and developer Schostak, Inc. In searching for an ideal fit of architect and corporation, a five-person Masco team interviewed an assortment of architectural firms, but unanimously selected Lindhout because of the design firm’s own collaborative culture. “When Masco interfaces with anyone in our business environment, we first view the relationship as a partnership,” said Leaman. “It’s a trademark of Masco’s long history. In selecting an architect and construction manager, we were identifying and assessing not only the capabilities of their particular discipline, but also their understanding, ability, and commitment to truly be a partner with us.” After joining the project in April 2015, Lindhout coached Masco in the selection of a construction management firm. Auch Construction, another partnership-minded company, came on board for preconstruction services and cost control in July 2015.
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“As you walk farther back into the neighborhoods, it quiets down more,” said Kennedy. “The ceilings are solid acoustic tile and the flooring switches from porcelain tile to carpet with a durable, well-cushioned backing that makes it easier to stand and to use the adjustable height desks given to every employee.” Masco valued this well-designed symphony of spaces to the point of significantly expanding the building’s footprint from 65,000 square feet to 92,000 square feet in design development. “We wanted the right flow in the building, because without it, we would not have achieved a collaborative environment,” said Leaman. “By expanding the building by 40 percent, the spaces flow evenly and fluidly from one area to the other. The building doesn’t have any dead ends, and that was a conscious decision in Lindhout’s design and for us as the building occupant.” According to Leaman, Masco initially considered moving its research and development facility to Livonia as well, requiring an even larger 110,000-square-foot
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The walnut stair leads to another open, lightfilled central space for meetings, lunches and break-out conversations. The sculptural, ribbon-like light fixtures add to the building’s design glow and to the contemporary sensibility of this 21st Century corporate headquarters.
Construction restructured the bid packages to keep the project moving forward. “We would have typically issued one bid package for site, steel, and foundations,” said Chernosky. “In this case, we broke down the bid package into three or four smaller bid packages to launch the project.” The first bid package of nine was site work. “We were actually in contract negotiations for the site when the building changed sizes,” said Chernosky. “We finalized negotiations with a couple of site work bidders, presented a new site plan for the larger building, and the bidders priced out the new plan. We could then move forward with the site work, while Lindhout was finishing work on the expanded building’s concrete foundation and steel package.” building. Lindhout had already prepared three different site analyses and designed a structural steel model capable of easily delivering a variety of sizes. “In our model, we were able to just add two bays to the building to achieve a larger structure,” said Kennedy. “The parking and the utilities were designed to easily accommodate a larger building, and we also set the building up so that we could go through site plan approval and still make this decision at a later date. We were always thinking two steps ahead, enabling us to adjust and accommodate once a decision was reached.” Lindhout’s structural design delivered a lighter building, easy on the schedule and budget. “It is very economical steel-wise, and the frame went up quickly,” said Kennedy. “The building has a structural composite floor system rather than bar joists. The composite floor helped with the weight of the building and with the schedule, because wide flange members are more quickly obtained than bar joists. The only bar joists were on the roof, and that was the last area set.” Auch Construction proved as flexible as Lindhout. “Because we worked as a collaborative team, the expansion did not impact the schedule,” said Chernosky. Auch 102 CAM MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2018
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• Auch Construction was able to use the excess fill – suitable for fill but not for a building – as part of a berm near the Schoolcraft College Soccer Complex the company was constructing next door. “We set it up that way in the bid process,” said Chernosky. “We quantified and assigned a value to the fill. We saved a couple hundred thousand dollars on both projects.” Building a Vessel of Light The building is clad in a combination of brick and insulated metal panels with punch windows on the two lower levels and continuous bands of glass on the third level. “The brick gives the building a type of platform to build off of,” said Kennedy. “The building has an insulated metal panel, which typically has a very industrial look, but we turned it on its side and went to a smooth finish, giving the structure a fantastic-looking building skin.” Glass turns the building into a vessel of light. On the exterior, glass envelopes the central hub and wraps the corners of the second and third floors. “All of the building’s windows are actually taller than average,” said Chernosky. On the interior, glass office partitions and walls infuse the entire building with natural light. The building takes advantage of the sloped site to draw in even more light. The slope creates a landscaped, walk-out basement level on the south. “Site retaining walls on the north and windows in the walk-out level bring more light into the building,” said Chernosky. “There was discussion about just making it a windowless basement on the whole north face, but bringing in natural light was important to Masco. Also, because of the walk-out level, we actually placed foundation walls for the second floor.” At night, the building becomes a soft beacon illuminating the site. “Many buildings are lit up with spotlights, but we wanted the Masco facility to have almost a lantern effect from the exterior,” said Kennedy. “A very gentle light emanates from the building in the morning or at dusk, especially in the winter time when one is arriving at work or leaving in the very late afternoon.” Self-Tinting and Dynamic Both the amount and type of glass are responsible for this light-infused building. Masco opted for Pleotint’s Suntuitive® dynamic glass. Suntuitive is a thermo-chromic
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interlayer for laminated glass that when paired with high-performance Low-E and a warm edge spacer in an insulated glass unit is capable of automatically tinting in subtle gradations in response to the sun’s heat. This dynamic glass reduces solar heat gain but still admits natural light, mitigates glare, and removes the need for blinds and shades. Auch Construction bid Suntuitive as an alternate to give Masco time to consider whether to adopt this cutting-edge technology. As a test installation, Suntuitive was placed in Leaman’s Taylor office during the winter. “There was some performance sensitivity to the cold weather, so we contacted the manufacturer and they accommodated us by modifying their glazing process,” said Leaman. Essentially, Thompson IG, the Fenton-based fabricator, switched the placement of the clear glass layer and the crystal gray tinted layer. According to Thompson IG Associate Dan Danese, CSI, the clear glass layer, typically placed on surface three and four of an insulated glass unit, was moved to surface one and two, the surface typically reserved for the
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tinted layer. This altered placement allows more heat to strike the Suntuitive interlayer “first, thus starting the tinting process somewhat sooner,” Danese explained. Being responsive to the sun’s heat, Suntuitive is more typically placed on the south, west, and east building elevation, added Danese. At Masco, the dynamic glass is also placed on the north. Lindhout aided Masco’s campaign to let in the light by canting the entire structure on the site 30 degrees from due north towards the northeast. Even though Suntuitive’s characteristics are not maximized on bitterly cold, sunny winter days, being a thermo-chromic technology, it is still absorbing energy, maybe not enough for it to fully tint, but that absorbed energy still adds to the thermal comfort of building occupants. “It is like having a small blanket over your building,” said Danese. These winter conditions of extreme cold and sun represent “a narrow period of time,” said Leaman. “We went with Suntuitive for a number of reasons. Providing every employee the benefit of having natural light and an
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outdoor view was crucial. Another, visually, there are no deterrents such as blinds blocking the windows, either looking from the outside in or from the inside out.” Bright, High-Energy and Collaborative Suntuitive’s performance inspired Masco leadership to switch from drywall to glass partitions in offices and conference rooms. “Larry and Jeff brought Masco leadership to the building site to see Suntuitive’s effect,” Kennedy said. “They saw how much light was pouring into the building. They stood in the center of the interior and just said, ‘Wow.’” Rather than closed-in, myopic work spaces, the interior glass office partitions boost the building’s level of natural illumination even further and offer sight lines spanning large spaces, helping to make a collaborative, lightfilled, open office a reality. The decision to switch from drywall to glass was not taken lightly. Lindhout prepared architectural renderings of the hallways, and mockups were built showcasing three scenarios: offices and conference rooms with only drywall, ones with only a glass front, and
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another exclusively glass partitions. “In addition to Lindhout’s renderings, the supplier, All Steel, brought out the glass partitions to the site to create an office prototype allowing for a ‘touch and see’ decision-making process,” said Leaman. Once the decision was finalized, Auch Construction coordinated with Masco on site. “Our infrastructure had been geared towards metal studs and drywall that would have the power, piping, and other systems in the walls,” said Chernosky. Because the glass partitions were actually furniture walls under the purview of the owner, “we set the ceilings and the wiring and cabling first, and they set the walls,” Chernosky added. Thanks to this team effort, this visually transparent building is helping to fulfill Masco’s vision of a bright, open and collaborative headquarters. “The interior glass partitions define the building just as much as the exterior glass,” Leaman said. Embodying the collaborative model, Leaman’s own office is a transparent chrysalis of glass occupying a prominent location within its neighborhood. The side walls have a few
wood panels, but glass sections rise above the wood all the way to the ceiling and glass extends all the way to the exterior perimeter wall. “Everyone sees me in my office, and I see everybody,” said Leaman. “It personifies the team concept.” Turning originally solid panels to glass walls in Payroll and in the Legal Department’s file center add to the interior’s natural illumination and visual connectivity. The Legal Department was ground zero for Masco’s change management and its shift to a more collaborative open environment. “Because the Legal Department was going to bring to the table the very form of resistance that says, ‘We need this for confidentiality,’ we knew that they were going to help us get to a collaborative open environment in their own way,” said Leaman. “It took us five revisions to get their space right but ultimately they bought into it, supported it, and helped design it.” An unblocked sight line travels through the glass file room, into a nearby glass office, over the clerestory-like upper glass walls of the next office, and into the great outdoors beyond the
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building. “The whole theme of the building is to keep the light and views flowing through the entire space,” said Leaman. Nothing Is Set in Stone To enhance the style of the building with varying material textures, the project team replaced exterior stone with terra cotta. An Auch estimator actually suggested using terra cotta as an accent material on the stair towers and the main entry, said Chernosky. Another team player, Ann Arbor Ceiling and Partition, provided budgeting services and installed the terra cotta rain screen. Being sourced in Germany, the terra cotta specialty product had a lead time of 42 weeks. “We targeted installation for the second week in January and half of the terra cotta arrived right after Christmas and the rest arrived after the New Year,” said Chernosky. “But we did not get a firm date until the boat from Germany hit the docks on Christmas Eve.” As another alteration, Auch Construction replaced the building’s surface dock with a recessed loading dock. “A two-month delay was possible, because a recessed loading dock impacts the building’s concrete foundations and steel, and the foundations had already been bid,” said Chernosky. Auch Construction relied on post-bid analysis rather than a traditional bulletin change to quicken the process and control costs. “We issued what would have typically been a bulletin (issued after pricing and the contract is secured) as an addendum (issued during bidding and before the contract award),” said Chernosky. “A bidder on board with a contract will increase the cost of a change, because it costs more than if it is done in a competitive bid market. We negotiated with the low concrete bidders who bid the original design, and they reset their bid price, allowing the owner to get the best pricing possible with this change.” Budget-wise, value engineering was pivotal in controlling costs on a continually evolving project with a pre-established budget. Opting Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
for standard versus wide trim on the acoustic clouds saved a hundred thousand dollars and created a lighter look in line with the design vision, according to Kennedy. Schedule-wise, ensuring Masco’s global data system, responsible for issuing 22,000 paychecks every pay period or time-sensitive government regulatory filings, was operational three months before final occupancy posed another concern. “We had to have their data system on line for pre-testing,” said Chernosky. “We worked to get that piece of the building done to allow them to bring in their servers and their network. The SEC (a government regulatory agency requiring publicly-traded companies to submit their public financial statements) requires the filing of reports at “date specific” times during the year. We had a specific date that we had to hit to have that room ready.” To make it happen, Auch Construction’s electrical and communications trade contractors worked directly with Masco’s IT Committee on a daily basis for the last three months of the project. “Getting early access to this area of the building was critical in opening the building on June 26,” said Horka. “We couldn’t have opened on that date if Auch Construction had not been able to CAM MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2018
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accommodate us, and that included obtaining the necessary approvals from the city.” Telling the Masco Story Masco officially moved into its new world headquarters on June 26, 2017. Step into the building and Masco founder Alex Manoogian “greets” the visitor as a glass etching on the wall of the History Room located immediately beyond the building’s entry. Founded in 1929 as the Masco Screw Products Co., one of Masco’s three original screw machines is housed in the History Room that tells the story of this 89-year-old firm. Respecting the past but embracing the future, the reception area greets the visitor with a high-technology messaging screen mounted on a walnut feature wall. On the other side, a digital display called Living the Brands showcases the types and locations of Masco products within the building, including Delta® and Hansgrohe® faucets, Behr® paint, and KraftMaid® and Merillat® cabinets. An exterior, granite-clad sculptural wall frames Masco’s Double Knot sculpture, an art piece that had been ensconced on the
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grounds of the company’s Taylor headquarters for decades. As viewed from the lobby interior, The Knot is placed on the same angle and sight line in Masco’s new home. The east and west staircases tell the Masco story through wall-mounted photos of Delta® faucets and Milgard® windows and doors. According to Kennedy, the stairs are not utilitarian fire stairs, but temperature-controlled spaces with generous expanses of laminated glass that even offer easy access to rooftop MEP systems. The Next Chapter Begins The six neighborhoods tell another part of the Masco story. In each neighborhood, a curved entry wall is painted in a different Behr® paint color, and each has one of Masco’s core value statements highlighted with raised lettering, dramatically emphasizing the values that are fundamental to Masco. The neighborhoods embrace the next chapter of Masco’s story. As part of Masco’s collaborative vision, high cubicle walls have been lowered, and many managers are now working in the open floor plan. “They have more than realized the intended benefits by the change in how they interface with their teams,” said Leaman. “We have a higher level of communication and collaboration than we ever did in the old building.” Privacy buffers include a white noise system offering either a background hum or jazz music, and each work station has two computer monitors, one being equipped with a type of easily activated “do not disturb” light for periods of focused concentration. Personal choice options include a variety of conference rooms, ranging from small rooms for private conversations to larger spaces for training. Digital media-scapes and teleconferencing capabilities allow headquarters to communicate with Masco’s 60 manufacturing facilities and its more than 20 different companies. Staff can even choose what level of sunlight they prefer while working in the outdoor pergola. According to Kennedy, the pergola’s overhead fins are designed in different configurations and directions, allowing one to work in either full sun or in various levels of shade. The building’s technology makes this work location flexibility possible. “Employees are able to work throughout the building, taking full advantage of the open, collaborative design that Lindhout put in place,” said Horka. “We
put a great deal of time and effort into the technology features of the building to make it possible, including connectivity in all of the meeting rooms, the open central space, and even outside.” The facility also offers places to “refuel and recharge” during the workday. In operation 24/7, Cantoro Italian Market supplies lunches, take-home dinners, and weekend fare in the Cove. The Cove features a warm fireplace and an art glass wall of laminated grasses. The eatery offers 100 different cold beverage flavors and free gourmet coffee from an array of specialty German coffee machines. Only the Cove has coffee to encourage inter-departmental collaboration over a steaming cup of cappuccino. The 24/7 Fitness Center embodies Masco’s high-energy environment. The fitness center hosts an assortment of fitness equipment, a touch screen offering access to digital fitness routines, a ping-pong table, and showers. “From an energy standpoint, it is the building’s exclamation mark,” said Leaman. “Much thought went into the food market and fitness center. We are hoping that employees will know that these spaces are a message to them that says, ‘You are important to us.’” The entire project team was important to Masco. Masco honored the trade contractors and the entire team at a Contractors’ Appreciation Night. “We truly wanted the subcontractors and the entire team to show their families their work,” said Horka. “The intimacy of us as a client to all the trades was such that we realized how much time and effort the trade contractors, Auch Construction, and Lindhout put into the project. It was a beautiful event.” Kennedy added, “CEO Keith Allman’s speech was very much from the heart. He thanked the trade contractors and the team and said if they would not have paid attention to details and worked as hard as they did, Masco would not have this beautiful building. I went home that night and posted it on Facebook, and said, ‘I just had the best night of my career.’” On another occasion, Allman encountered Chernosky while walking through the completed building. “He high-fived me and said, ‘This place is awesome!’” recalled Chernosky. After years of hard work and intense effort, a modest Chernosky said, “I figured we got it right.”
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Assembly Plant A Cycle of Rags to Riches irst established in 1953 as a jet engine plant, the FCA Sterling Heights (Michigan) Assembly Plant (SHAP) has experienced a cycle of changes in its production life, producing everything from missiles to sedans and convertibles to its latest product, the Ram 1500 light-duty pickup truck. SHAP’s story has been a cycle of rags to riches. In June 2009, as a new company emerged from bankruptcy, the plant found itself left behind as part of the estate of the Old Company (the former Chrysler) and slated to close in December 2010. Operating at only 50 percent of one shift, there appeared to be no future for the once booming facility. But as quickly as hope faded, SHAP and its employees began to see a glimmer of renewed optimism in a series of positive announcements. In March 2010, with sales of the Chrysler and Dodge mid-size sedans rebounding, the former Chrysler Group announced that it would repurchase the plant and extend production of the current vehicles through 2012. The company announced in July 2010 that SHAP would remain open indefinitely and add a second shift of production in the first quarter of 2011. Then in December 2010, it was confirmed that SHAP would receive a nearly $850 million investment that would include construction of an all-new, state-ofthe-art paint shop, as well as the installation of new machinery, tooling and material-handling equipment to produce a new vehicle. Another $165 million was committed in October 2011 to add a onemillion-square-foot body shop. With the new investment, SHAP was retooled to produce the all-new Chrysler 200, which launched in 2014 giving the plant new life. However, the plant’s rebirth was short-lived. As a result of continued low gas prices and increased market demand for SUVs, crossovers and trucks, sales of the 200 started to decline a few years later. In early 2016, FCA made the decision to end production of the 200 by the end of the year, once again leaving SHAP’s future uncertain. A plan to realign its U.S. manufacturing footprint to
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expand production of trucks and SUVs led the company to announce a $1.48 billion investment to again retool SHAP for production of the Ram 1500, which would move from a plant in Warren. 2018 RAM 1500 Plant Renovation SHAP, located between 16 and 17 Mile Roads on Van Dyke Avenue in Sterling Heights, has spent much of its 60 years building cars. With the decision to end production of the Chrysler 200 and move production of the Ram 1500, work began to convert SHAP into a plant that would build trucks for the first time in its history. This not only required significant investment, but also a complete renovation. In fact, every inch of the building’s 2.5 million square feet would be touched in order to convert it from a unibody plant to a body-on-frame plant. Once complete, the state-of-the-art facility would enable FCA to increase the annual production volume of the Ram 1500 to meet market demand. In March 2016, Commercial Contracting Corporation (CCC), Auburn Hills, began as construction manager on this multi-phased project, which included: • Renovating the moth-balled 430,000-square-foot South Paint Shop, including the paint mix room, offices, and chiller plant • Overhauling the 2.1-million-square-foot main manufacturing building that includes general assembly and body shop • Constructing a new 112,000-square-foot indoor test track, a new drum storage building, and new truck marshalling areas • Upgrading the master substation with primary power improvements • Building new locker rooms, bathrooms, break rooms, fitness center, and general assembly offices Paint Shop – LEED Gold Target With the launch of the Chrysler 200, FCA built an all-new, stand-alone paint shop, thereby idling the plant’s existing paint shop. As part of the Ram 1500 plant renovation project, the South Paint Shop would be repurposed to paint the truck’s box. With no production in the facility, work began Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
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immediately to turn the “old” paint shop into a state-of-the-art automobile paint shop. This included removing and replacing approximately 420,000 square feet of roof; infilling floor slab on grade and slab on deck; installing all new fire protection, lighting and power systems, a new chiller room including chillers, boilers and cooling towers, new overhead doors, new freight and passenger elevators; reinforcing substantial amounts of trusses and beams; and renovating the paint shop office space.
With all of the enhancements, FCA is targeting LEED Gold certification for SHAP’s South Paint Shop under the version 2009 rating system, classified as new construction. The project was fast-tracked by separating the work into numerous bid packages that occurred simultaneously. FCA made a significant commitment to implementing responsible and sustainable design concepts and practices. The project team set high energy and environment objectives for the project and implemented numerous measures including: • High-performance and durable finishes • High-efficiency HVAC equipment, lighting, and plumbing fixtures • High-efficiency process paint equipment • Whole building energy use simulation • Sustainably sourced materials • Curating a healthy indoor working environment The construction process followed the same sustainable path by: • Recycling and tracking all waste materials – over 90 percent of waste materials from construction were recycled • Utilizing regional materials with recycled content • Utilizing only low-emitting materials within the building envelope LEED objectives and requirements were included in the FCA bid package specifications to ensure credit compliance and that 110 CAM MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2018
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environmental objectives were met. SHAP’s new South Paint Shop is a model of what an industrial manufacturing plant can be. Test Track Building The new indoor test track, a first of its kind for FCA, is housed under a 112,000-square-foot pre-engineered building connected to the main manufacturing building. It includes all new pavement, pavers, cobblestone and track events for testing vehicle buzz, squeaks and rattles (BSR). Together, the various surfaces simulate 14 road conditions designed to put each truck through a rigorous quality assurance evaluation before being shipped to dealers. As a result, the test track facility delivers the most comprehensive level of testing for vehicles within FCA North America and is a model for future facilities of its kind within FCA. Main Manufacturing Building Work to the main manufacturing building (MMB) included construction of a new process center that replicated the assembly line for process verification and training, and modifications to the Center for Technical Vehicle Verification (CTVV) lab that performs hundreds of vehicle tests to ensure the highest quality. Additionally, more than 1.8-millionsquare-feet of concrete floor was polished and epoxy-coated, and the entire facility was repainted. New facility entrances that include lockers rooms and a fitness room for employees, as well as a new 10,000-squarefoot General Assembly office were Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
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constructed. The build process for the new truck also required the installation of a new 100-foot-long delivery trestle to transfer truck boxes to the South Paint Shop. Along with modifications to multiple truck docks, new docks were added in three separate locations for parts and component delivery, requiring additional site preparation, rework of underground fire protection and upgrades to mechanical and electrical systems. In addition, a new weld water system was constructed including piping, pumps and heat exchangers. Challenges/Uniqueness This was the first time FCA had ever tackled a project that involved the complete shutdown and renovation of an existing plant. When NSA and CCC began, the facility was full of manufacturing equipment used for production of the Chrysler 200. The task was to demolish the old equipment and facility, leaving the building superstructure and shell, then renovate the entire space on a fast-track schedule through 43 bid packages. Because of the fast-track nature of the project, the normal construction order was not always followed. For example, in the South Paint Shop, the concrete floor was polished before the paint shop equipment was finalized in both layout and type. This required saw cutting and pouring concrete for equipment footings once exact locations for the equipment were determined. Due to the age of the facility, lead paint abatement was required throughout prior to painting. Timing on the project was fast-paced, and the General Assembly shop was completely overhauled in less than 12 months. During the most active construction period, SHAP was the largest construction project in the state with more than 1,000 tradesmen onsite, working two shifts, seven days a week. The FCA/CCC/NSA/Trade Partner teams were able to complete the project from design through Certificate of Occupancy within 24 months.
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The Construction Association of Michigan and the Greater Detroit o Chapter of the American an Society of Safety Professsionals have partnered to provide a one-day conferenc e e specifically designed for leaders with responsibility for employee safety. Participants will have access to professional developmentt seminars, the opportunitty to network with a variety of exhibitors showcasing g the latest in safety innovation, a and a panel of industtry experts to get clarification and guidance on impo ortant safety and regulatory y concerns. The American Soc ciety of Safety Professionals will be offering IACET CEUs C for participation in the he conference.
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Chris Eckert,, PE.. CMRP- Sologic While the old adage “YYou ouu can’t drive by looking out of your rearview mirror” is true, ue, if we don’t occasionally look backwards, we miss opportunities pportunities to understand and correct symptoms of much ch larger problems that may be sneaking up from behind. nd. By taking a closer look at where you have been, underlying, erlying, systemic patterns are revealed which are hiddeen opportunities for avoiding larger problems on the roadd ahead. Pro-actively preventing future incidents (that yoou don’t even know are lurking around the next corner), can be made simpler, once you know what to focus on in your rearview mirror.
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M MIOSHA 2017 Construction Fatalities
Respirable Crystalline Silica for General Industry
Blake A. Hess, ASHM- Osccar W W.. Larson Company
Bryan Br yan Renaud, MIOHSA Senior CET Consultant
Greg Zigulis, CIH, CSP; President - Sixth ixth Sense Safety Solutions
Based on industry trends and the t American Society of Safety Engineer’s hiring guide, this program will illustraaate te safety professionals in today’s modern times. It will list some of the demanding requirements and job functions while also exploring how safety has evolvved since the term “Safety Professional” first came about. From meeting stringent customer requirements, to managing a best-in-class safety program m, all while keeping employee’s safety a top priority. Learn how to hire the right safety professional for your organizaation.
Thhis presentation will be a review and discussion of the 2017 Construction uction faatalities. atalities. The discussion will focus on motivaating ting factors, preventativee techniques, annd managing compliance.
The new OSHA respirable crystalline silicca standard for General Industry became effective on June 23, 2018. This presentaation tion provides some background about the hazards of silica and nd the evolution of the standard, and most particularly provides an emphasis asis on practical consideraations tions that employers need to work through when implementing mplementing a program including exposure assessments, exposure control plans, thee feasibility of engineering controls, and human resources related issues.
Suicide in the Construuction Industry
Inntegrated Machine Technolog Technology
MIOSHA 2017 General Industrry Fatality Presentation
Dave Opalewski, Presiden e nt- Grief Recovery ry Incc..
Tony Marulli, Sales Managerr-- Michigan CAT Tony
Brenda Cani- MIOSHA Senior CET Consultant onsultant
Suicide has become a major cause of death for people in the construction industry. This presentation wiill cover promoting awareness as a prevention measure, recognizing signs and symptoms of a suicidal crisis, dealing with a person in suicidal or suspected cted suicidal crisis, and developing a protocol for suspected or apparent suicidal incidents.
Inn this presentaation tion attendees will gain insight on how wearable teechnologies, object detection and operator ator faatigue tigue monitoring will im mpact safety management as we know it today. TTon ony will answer thhe question of the role thaatt integrated machine technology will play inn the management of jobsite safety in the future.
The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health ealth Administraation tion (MIOSHA) reported 39 work relaated ted fatalities in 2017. This presenta entaation tion will review the 2017 General Industry faatalities talities reported rted to MIOSHA. Program-relaated ted fatality informaation tion is gathered from direct reporting, rting, worker’s compensaation tion Form 100 reports, and the employer’s basic report of injury form.
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Jeanette Noechel & Duane Roskkosk oskey- DEQ
Gino Soave- Safety Directoorr,, Niles Industrial Al Shenouda- Managing PPartnerr, AmeriShield Protection Group
Jim Butlerr,, Alta Equipment
With the th increase i off workplac k l ce violence i l andd active shooter incidents preparedness must be the new ew normal. In this presentation participants will learn about workplace vioolence awareness, surviving an active shooter event, injury responsse, and the principles of Run-Fight-Hide.
Inn this presentaation tion attendees will learn the basic steps for determining ng if a waste is a hazardous waste, liquid industrial by-product, or non-hazardous zardous solid w waste and how to calculaate te your site’s hazardous waste generator staatus. atus.
In this presentaation, tion, participants will learnn the techniques used to capture and retain t i the aattention ttt ti off an audience when providing ttention iding training on boom mounted and scissor style aerial work plaatforms. tforms. The eemphasis of the program is enhancing the effectiveness of the trainer using some innova nnovaative tive techniques and best practices.
Opioid Crisis in Construction
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MIOSHA Part 2: Walking-W Working orkking Surffaces aces Update
Robert Kirkbyy, CIH- Michiggan State Police
Liisa Macauleyy, Proficient Trraining aining Jaason Anglin, Christman Constructors Joohn Pikee,, W Walsh alsh Construction
Oscar Milian, Presidente AOSH Servicces LLC C..
Thhere have been regulaator tory revisions to over 12 MIOSHA Constructionn Safety sttandards since 2016. This presentaation tion will review the major changes es to thhe MIOSHA Construction Standards thaatt have occurred during the 2016-2018 016-2018 time peeriod. Participants will also learn where they can find resources to asssist them with the implementation ation of these regulaator tory changes.
MIOSHA A’’s adoption of OSHA Subpart D in its entirety is a topic thaatt still has many people asking questions. This presentatioon will breakdown and help to clarify some of the major revisions for new and experienced safety professionals. The significant changes from om the existing standard will be reviewed and discussed including topics such as fixed ladders, training and documentaation, tion, fall protection and several everal other key items.
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Since 1999, drug overdoses accounted a for 500,000 deaths in the U.S. and are not the leading causee of death for Americans under the age of 50. The primary driver in overdosse deaths is a class of drugs known as opioids which includes heroin and many theerapeutic pain-relievers. In addition to the risk of an overdose, use of these drugs contributes to significant impairment of the user. This presentaation tion will provide an overview of the drug crisis and its impacts on communitties and employers.
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Moderated By: Tammy K. Clark k, Owner - Tammy K. Clark Consulting Nella Davis-Ray, MIOSHA; Duanee Roskoskey, DEQ; Joe Galusha, AON Global Risk Consulting; nsulting; Joel Lewandowski, Commercial Contracting Corporation; Teresa Laquinta, Henry Forrd Health System
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GETS BIGGER The Addition of the Stephen M. Ross South Athletic COMPETITION and PERFORMANCE Center
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ur legacy includes the Big House, Chrysler Center and Yost,” said Mike Marenghi, Project Director at University of Michigan Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC), “for football, basketball and hockey. That’s a given. But, we also have over 600 athletes and teams representing the University of Michigan – two-thirds of our student athletes, actually – who are part of the non-revenue producing athletics program. The Stephen M. Ross South Athletic campus expansion was a monumental undertaking.” That colossal plan came to life and is now serving 600+ athletes thanks to Granger Construction Company and their team of quality subcontractors. Marenghi gives credit to Jerry Brand, Vice President, and Matt Bort, Senior Project Manager, at Granger Construction, Lansing, and Bill Frederick, Senior Architect, TMP Architecture, Bloomfield Hills. Their knowledge, vision and aptitude to utilize a design-assist approach to construct the Stephen M. Ross Athletic South Competition and Performance (ASCP) recreational sports training facility resulted in one of the most envied and elite athletic complexes in the nation. Wolverine teams have had more than 150 years of cultural and athletic experiences at the University of Michigan, so it’s no surprise that the 280,000-square-foot complex, encompassing six-buildings and three athletic fields on a 20-acre site nestled on South State Street is continuing the tradition of providing extraordinary experiences since its doors opened in October 2017. Collegiate athletes proudly wearing their maize and blue uniforms from four different sports – rowing, track and field, lacrosse, and soccer – now have a coveted athletic venue to enhance their training, performance and experience. Athletes from four other sports - cross country, tennis, gymnastics and wrestling - will use the training and athletic medicine support facilities within ASCP. Each non-revenue sport has devoted facilities on the campus
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designated to serve 800+ athletes, coaches, trainers, and teams, as well as providing a world-class venue to visiting competitive athletes and teams. “There’s no question we’ve got a state-of-the-art athletic facility,” said Marenghi. “This allows the University of Michigan to recruit and compete at a national level and host a higher caliber of schools when it comes to NCAA regional and national competitions. ASCP also is appealing to those involved in Olympic training competitions.” The exterior of the ASCP building is comprised of a beautifully aesthetic blend of glass, brick and steel. Natural sunlight spills throughout the complex to give a crisp, uplifting and well-lit atmosphere. There are visually appealing Michigan logos and “branding styles” scattered throughout the interior. A lobby and sectioned-off, nook-style areas for all four of the primary sports offer open, collaborative meeting spaces with seating for coaches to meet with athletes or patrons who might be visiting. The Big Ten school always attracts top male and female athletes, but certainly, within the ASCP project, its new Lacrosse Stadium that seats 2,000 spectators, a 200-meter indoor hydraulically controlled track seating 2,500 fans, a 400-meter outdoor track, new track and field event throwing fields, a facility maintenance building, and the crown jewel – the 56,000-square-foot Performance Center – it is sure to draw more athletes than ever before. The Performance Center contains an indoor rowing tank capable of cycling water for rowers from zero to 10 knots, a strength and conditioning center, and a sports medicine and rehabilitation zone featuring therapeutic pools, underwater treadmills, and water booths with anti-gravity treadmills specifically for injury rehabilitation. “Being involved in this project has been a dream come true,” said Jerry Brand, who served as the project director for the Athletic South Competition and Performance Complex, and had a soft spot for the project as an UM alumnus. “It really means something to our team to provide collegiate athletes and coaches this exceptional and worldclass facility.” Architect Bill Frederick from TMP agrees with Brand and recognized the efforts of Marenghi to keep the ultimate focus on the end user of the project – the student athletes. “One of the constants during the design process was the dedication of the University administrators, coaches, facility managers and project managers to ensure state-ofthe-art facilities that support these student athletes in all aspects of their Michigan experience,” said Frederick. Frederick and Brand easily convey enthusiasm that extends behind the scenes. This project revealed a commitment by the team: owner, construction members, architect, coaches and the athletes who would eventually use the facilities. One of those users, Sean Poland, 27, a University of Michigan strength and conditioning intern earning a degree in medical physiology, is in awe every time he steps foot in the Athletic South Competition Performance complex. “During the semester, I’m here five days per week and I’m continually admiring this amazing facility every time I visit,” he said. “It’s definitely the most modern and spacious facility I’ve ever trained in. It’s well-designed, neat and functional. I feel like I’m definitely spoiled here.” Poland formerly trained at the old Hoover Street athletic training facility. “The old place was cluttered, dark and the space was so tight. It was difficult having three full teams train at once without tripping over one another.”
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The new space built by Granger is the opposite of Poland’s description of the previous, archaic athletic building. The ASCP open to UM athletes is exceptionally spacious, naturally lit and spread out to provide athletes room to train without chaotic interruption. Brand’s years of working in the industry are woven into his humble philosophy and organically transmit into the type of leader he is when working with his team. “We saw many challenges and issues develop as with any project delivered this fast, but we stayed focused on the owner’s goals, and when bumps occurred we don’t focus on blame,” he says. “We focused on solutions.” “The preconstruction phase was critical,” explained Brand. “We were engaged at the end of design development and started the project well over available funds. UM and TMP were great; right from the start, we spent a month changing the project to fit the goals and the budget. So, long before we broke ground we were actually working on things like trust, transparency, achieving goals, how to save costs, establishing a teamwork approach. The biggest asset throughout the whole project was the unified method of sharing information between all parties involved – the construction manager, architect and later engaged subcontractors – through a software program which lifted the project to a new standard.” Granger was able to provide critical services to help in several major areas: coordination and timeline of the project, building information modeling (BIM), budget and cost management, value engineering, and, of course, safety. Fortunately, safety proved to be a fluid priority from start to end. “The project’s request for proposal included an original timeline of 24 months to complete,” said Marenghi. “Granger’s confidence in taking that down to 19 months was an aggressive plan that appealed to us.” Brand acknowledged that preconstruction discussions and activities began in December 2014 and continued to about April 2016. That left a 19-month gap to complete the project by fall of 2017. Brand explains how the team created a 4-D project schedule using BIM software, which digitally and graphically displayed the timeline and sequence of tasks need to be accomplished to meet the tight 19-month schedule. “The Granger team used this 4-D model to show the design team and the owner how they planned to construct the entire facility, and after incorporating their input, again used it to demonstrate the schedule approach visually to bidders and lastly to the selected trade contractors. This visual way of presenting schedule issues allowed everyone involved to understand important scheduling details in the most efficient manner possible. It was truly amazing to have everyone on the same page – everyone from those in the field, architects, engineers, subcontractors, project managers, superintendents, and inspectors all understanding the same scheduling timeline and having access to seeing all the variables.” Beyond graphic scheduling, Granger used BIM to give the architecture, engineering and construction professionals the insight needed to design, resolve issues and plan for the owner’s use of the monumental ASCP project. “This system provided instantaneous feedback to the design team, at any given time, in connection to any areas of concern,” said Brand. “Once the BIM model was completed, all of the work, jobsite communication, safety reporting, plan distribution, RFIs, submittals…everything was managed on iPad tablets. Everyone involved from every aspect – all the subcontractors, lower-tier subs, and trade workers were kept in the loop this way. In the
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past, when changes needed to be made, everything was e-mailed to the parties involved and needed to be printed out. Getting the changes from the office into the field might be delayed or sometimes never take place. Then you’ve got your contractor in the field with outof-date drawings. Using the PlanGrid system eliminates the need to email, print out changes and rush them out into the field somehow. It saves so much time because no copies or reproduced blueprints are needed – everyone instantly is brought up to speed about any changes. The printing budget is reduced by nearly 95 percent.” The beauty of what Granger made happen on the 19-month construction project was merging together two important human factors. “We had older, seasoned construction personnel without much experience using iPad tablets transferring their knowledge quickly,” said Brand. “We also had younger, computeradept and electronic savvy team members helping those who were struggling. Granger kept demonstrating, training and talking about the tablet system until every trade worker had no choice but to be a part of it; they made it good for all team members. The benefits of using this method saved enormous amounts of time and money, and it cut down on misinformation errors being fed to all subcontractors. Everyone had the most up-tothe-minute information.” Granger’s vision and use of PlanGrid helped reduce tracking issues and sudden problems. Discovering issues quickly made it easier to correct and notify the owner and project manager. For example, if there was an issue with the concrete work, photos were uploaded and added as pinned attachments directly to a construction task, so alerts were sent without having to search through endless emails – a photo of the problem being the quickest method to figuring out how to fix it. Having the most current information means everyone has access to the same information. Executing activities in a more advantageous way is often the fruit of having connectedness on the job site. For example, Senior Project Manager Matt Bort recalls the portion of the project involving the erection of the structural steel from within the basement. “The crane plan originally assumed we would work from the basement level within SPC footprint and track our way back out of the basement to erect the last sequence from the ground level, pouring the basement slabs after the steel was erected,” Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
explained Bort. “A delay occurred in FAA permitting needed given the Ann Arbor airport nearby, so we brainstormed with the trades, chose to place all basement underground early and place the basement slabs with column diamond block-outs before steel was erected. The net effect of these revisions absorbed the delay effectively and allowed the steel erector to engage a larger crane and erect the entire three-story structure from the ground level after the basement work was structurally complete. Collectively we all agreed this would be the better approach, so we did it this way.” Bort also promotes the PlanGrid system and its ability to keep everyone on the same page. “In the past, there might be hundreds of changes happening on the blueprints, and those changes needed to reach everyone in the field,” he explained. “As soon as it is entered into the program, it is automatically synced to everyone involved. It lets everyone remain involved and part of the process instead of simply receiving directions or orders, they’re now able to help resolve them or be useful in determining the best course of
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action, simply by knowing what is going on in advance.” The idea that superiors at the top dictate corrective change directives or what needs to be done is, in a significant way, changed into Granger’s LEAN construction model – it was a new approach that allowed everyone to give input. For example, during the construction of ASCP, Bort recognized a potential delay regarding the erection and installation of the structural steel. “Because of the height of the crane, we needed to get special Federal Aviation Administration permits for clearance, which could’ve taken weeks and deferred progress on the project. However, through networking with our subcontractors, we were able to find a team member with access to a crane not exceeding the 200-foot aboveground level requirements. The Granger team had plenty of experience for the ASCP job, from many other higher educational campuses and K-12 high schools. “The people who are participating in sports such as rowing, soccer, track, lacrosse, and all the others are most likely not going to end up
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with professional athletic careers – they’re the one who will become teachers, accountants, doctors, lawyers and engineers,” said Brand. With that in mind, the Granger team knew to get the ASCP job, they had to demonstrate solutions, passion and experience. They brought forward a team that built 90 percent of the ASCP elements. But there were two areas Brand felt most compelled to upgrade and make into a game-changer: the hydraulic indoor track and the indoor rowing tank. “I knew it was critical to find elements on this job to help distinguish our team from other CMs,” said Brand. Brand went on a self-initiated research mission to learn everything he could about indoor rowing tanks. He sent their proposed superintendents to Nebraska, Wisconsin and Chicago to investigate and examine these specially designed amenities. When they presented at the interview, they showed their knowledge from past experience and from research. Brand believes it is what set the Granger team apart from other companies. After securing the contract, the research initiative proved invaluable. “Having an indoor rowing tank where athletes can actually put oars in the water to train means increasing their ability to train all year round,” said Brand. “It’s a much more realistic experience and simulates the watercraft moving.” Another highlight that brings U of M’s ASCP to a premier status is the indoor hydraulic track. The 100,000-square-foot track is the most attention-getting feature of the ASCP facility. There are only nine like it in the country. It’s a hydraulically banked track system referred to as the Rise-N-Run system. Effortlessly, it allows coaches and athletes to raise and lower the track surface at each end to angles of embankment, which alters the slope and turns of the track. “The athletes running sprints like the track down,” explains Brand. “Those running midlength races want it fully elevated, and those running longer races want it at mid-elevation. The hydraulic track can be re-configured in
minutes. Athletes improve their running time and have reduced injuries by changing the centrifugal force caused by changing corner stresses.” Brand described how the track, manufactured by Beynon Sports Surfaces, Maryland, took more than 4,000 hours to install. In fact, prior to installation, it took 7,000 hours to fabricate the track including the track surface. A 3-D model was used to help the installation crew place the steel and 80 hydraulic drivers into a precise working track system. Coaches or athletes have the ease of pushing a button to activate the hydraulic cylinders that are capable of 10,000 pounds of thrust, flex the underlying steel structure to produce up to 10-degree banks on each end of the track’s turns in a matter of two minutes. Varsity sports have been part of the University of Michigan’s campus tradition since 1817, and coaches, athletes and spectators then, as well as today, are considered an integral and vital asset. The trio of ASCP dream-makers are proud of their accomplishments that bring the Big House to a new level of competition. “This project has elevated our sports programs to a new level,” said Marenghi. “We compete with host teams such as Ivy League schools, or places like Washington State or University of California.” TMP architect Frederick has his own favorite moment – after the construction was complete. “A personal highlight for me was seeing the videos posted by the University showing the student athletes’ initial reactions the first few times they toured the completed project,” said Frederick. “Their sheer joy and exuberance with the facilities and the space was an exciting and rewarding climax to the project.” Granger’s Vice President Jerry Brand sums it all up best. “Granger is incredibly proud to have led the challenging Stephen M. Ross ASCP project as CM - a challenge met by a great team of owner reps and AEs builders.”
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Owner: Detroit Downtown Development Authority, Leased to Olympia Entertainment, Detroit Architect-of-Record: HOK, Kansas City, Missouri (Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum) Architectural Team: Hamilton Anderson Associates, Detroit (parking garage and outer buildings); Rossetti, Detroit (Pistons’ spaces); Cambridge Seven Associates, Cambridge, Massachusetts (team store and heritage space); McIntosh Poris Associates, Birmingham (restaurants, the Rock Bar and District Detroit Market); FRCH Design Worldwide, Cincinnati, Ohio (Sports & Social Detroit, Mike’s Pizza Bar) Contractor: Barton Malow-Hunt-White (Barton Malow Company, Southfield; Hunt Construction Company, now AECOM Hunt, Los Angeles, California; White Construction, Detroit) Structural Engineer: MKA (Magnusson Klemencic Associates, Seattle, Washington) MEP Engineer: SSR (Smith Seckman Reid, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee) Major Consultants, Subcontractors, and Material Suppliers • Abatement – DMC Consultants, Detroit • Abatement – Dore & Associates, Bay City • Architectural Woodwork, Millwork – Mod Interiors, Ira Township • Arena Blackout Curtains, Half-House Curtains and Upper Bowl – Chicago Flyhouse, Inc., Chicago, Illinois • Arena Fixed Seating – Irwin Seating Co., Inc., Grand Rapids • Arena Flooring Systems – Shock Brothers Floorcovering, Inc., Roseville • Arena Food & Beverage Equipment, Furnish & Installation – H.MAK, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • Arena Landscaping & Plantings – RBV Contracting, Inc., Detroit • Arena Millwork & Casework, Furnish & Installation – Christman Constructors, Inc., Lansing • Arena Ornamental Metals – Staging Concepts, Minneapolis, Minnesota • Arena Painting and Wallcovering – Eugenio Painting Company, Grosse Pointe Woods
• Arena Roofing Systems – Christen Detroit, Detroit • Arena Spray-Applied Fireproofing – The William C. Reichenbach Company, Lansing • Arena Suite Millwork & Casework – Trend Millwork, Inc., Lincoln Park • Arena Tension Grid System – InterAmerica Stage, Inc., Sanford, Florida • Beer Garden Structure (Design-Build) – Cabrio Companies, LLC, River Falls, Wisconsin • Below-Grade Waterproofing – RAM Construction Services of Michigan, Inc., Livonia • Caisson Foundations – Rohrscheib Sons Caissons, Inc., New Hudson • Carpet, Flooring Systems – City Carpet & Flooring, Inc., Detroit • Ceramic Tile, Stone Finishes, Furnish & Install – Artisan Tile, Inc., Detroit • Concrete – Tooles Contracting Group, LLC, Detroit • Construction Management – Colasanti/MIG, Joint Venture, Detroit • Demolition – Adamo Group, Inc., Detroit • Design-Build Arena Fall Arrest Protection Systems – Evan Fall Protection Systems, Inc., Sanford, North Carolina • Drywall, Metal Studs, Exterior Framing, Acoustical Ceiling, Doors – PCP-TB, LLC, Madison Heights • Electrical, Technology – Motor City Electric Company, Detroit • Electronic Security System – Identify, Inc., Madison Heights • Elevators, Escalators – KONE, Livonia • ETFE Roof Structure Systems – Vector Foiltec, LLC, Bremen, Germany • Excavation, Concrete & Structural Steel – Ideal Contracting, Detroit • Exterior and Interior Glass & Glazing – Madison Heights Glass Co., Inc., Madison Heights • Finish Millwork, Carpentry – Nelson Mill Company, Southfield • Finish Millwork, Carpentry, Drywall, Stud Framing, Ceiling – Barton Malow Company, Southfield • Fire Protection Systems – Shambaugh & “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
S U B C O N T R A C T O R S Son, L.P., Southfield • Floor Finish on Concrete Slabs – Applied Flooring, Inc., Mason • Garage Signage Supplier – Signs by Crannie, Inc., Flint • Glass & Glazing – Curtis Glass Company, Inc., Troy • Glass, Glazing Curtainwall, Metal Panels – Universal Glass & Metals, Inc., Detroit • Glass Security Film – Michigan Glass Coatings, Inc., Auburn Hills • Heritage Large-Scale Exhibit Elements – Design and Production, Inc., Lorton, Virginia • Hollow Metal Doors, Wood Doors, Metal Frames and Hardware – LaForce, Troy • HVAC Mechanical, Plumbing – Limbach Company, Pontiac • Ice Systems and Ice Rink – CIMCO Refrigeration, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota • In Building Arena Stairs, Handrails and Misc. Metals – Dumas Concepts, Taylor • Integrated and Building Automation Control Systems – Johnson Controls, Inc., Lake Orion • Integrated Audio Video System – Parsons Electric, LLC, Fridley, Minnesota • LED Displays & Scoring Systems – Daktronics, Inc., Brookings, South Dakota • Masonry, Exterior & Interior Brick, Stone, Masonry, Air and Vapor Barrier – Dixon Incorporated, Detroit • Mass Excavation, Civil – Blaze-Iafrate Joint Venture, LLC, Detroit • Metal Studs, Drywall, ACT – Brinker Team Construction Co., Inc., Detroit • Metal Wall Panels – A.C. Dellovade, Inc., Canonsburg, Pennsylvania • Metal Wall Panels – Crown Corr, Gary, Indiana • Naming Rights Signage – Jones Sign Co., Inc., De Pere, Wisconsin • Painting, Wallcovering – Madias Brothers, Inc., Detroit • Plumbing Pre-Construction Services Budget Estimating – Limbach/MSL Joint Venture, Detroit • Polished Concrete – Hoover & Wells, Inc., Toledo, Ohio • Signage – Allen Industries, Harmon Sign Division, Byron • Site Photos – Roe Photo LLC, Ferndale • Structural Steel, Structural Precast Concrete – Midwest Steel, Inc., Detroit • Telescoping Seating – Stage Right Corporation, Clare • Temporary Shoring Earth Retention Systems – Hardman Construction, Ludington • Therapy and Fitness Pools – Hydroworx, Montgomery, Illinois • Video Production Systems – Diversified Systems, Kenilworth, New Jersey • Wall & Floor Tile Work – Michielutti Bros., Inc., Eastpointe • Wayfinding Signage – Archetype Signmakers, Inc., Bloomington, Minneapolis
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The Siren Hotel/Wurlitzer Building
Owner: ASH NYC Architect: Quinn Evans Architects, Inc. Construction Manager: The Monahan Co. Engineer: Peter Basso Associates (MEP) Desai/Nasr Consulting Engineers (Structural) Giffels Webster Engineers (Civil)
Consultants and Trade Contractors: • Concrete / Utilities – MJ Vanoverbeek Contracting • Doors, Frames, Hardware, Trim and Misc. Materials Supplier – Carter Lumber, Monroe • Electrical – R&J Electrical, Mt. Clemens • Elevators – Thyssen Krupp Elevators, Livonia
The Dow Chemical Company World Headquarters
Owner: The Dow Global Center Architect: Kirksey Architecture Construction Manager: KIRCO MANIX Consultants and Trade Contractors: Audio Video – AVI-SPL, Inc, North
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• Environmental Abatement – Environmental Maintenance Engineers, Inkster • Fire Protection – TriStar Fire Protection, Plymouth • Glass and Glazing – Designers Mirror and Glass, Inc., Warren • Masonry Restoration – Cashero Raycraft, Detroit • Metal Stairs and Railing – Disenos Ornamental Iron, Detroit • Micro Piles – Hardman Construction, Inc., Ludington • Painting – KJM Design Studio, Dexter • Plumbing/HVAC – Fitz and Reid Mechanical, Detroit • Roofing – Lebec Enterprises, Linden • Tile – SCI Floor Covering, Inc., Romulus
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S U B C O N T R A C T O R S (Dow Chemical continued) • Cabling – Pro-Tech Cabling Systems, Inc., Clare • Caulking – J. C. Pattock Co, Brighton • Carpet – SCI Floorcovering, Romulus • Carpentry – Central Ceiling North, Inc., Midland • Concrete – Hardman Construction, Ludington • Concrete – Pumford Construction, Saginaw • Design Landscape Architect – Grissim Metz Andries Associates, Northville • Doors – ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems, Livonia • Doors and Hardware – Total Hardware Solutions, Hartland • Earthwork – Fisher Contracting, Midland • Electrical – Blasy Electric, Inc., Midland • Elevator – Otis Elevator Co., Grand Rapids • Fences & Gates – Shamrock Fence, Southgate • Fencing – Midland Fence, Midland • Fireproofing – Saylors, Inc., Plymouth • Food Service Equipment – Great Lakes Hotel Supply Co., Southfield • Folding Partitions – National Door Systems, LLC, Pontiac • Glass – Curtis Glass Co., Troy • Glass – Novum Structures, LLC, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin • Glass & Glazing – Modern Mirror and Glass Co., Roseville • Gypcrete – Kent Companies, Redford Charter Township • Heating and Cooling – Applegate, Inc., Jackson • HVAC, Plumbing, Process Piping – John E. Green, Highland Park • Landscaping – Reder Landscaping, Midland • Marble – Booms Stone Co., Redford • Masonry – Edgar Boettcher Mason Contractor, Inc., Bay City • Metal Wall Panels – Wolverine Enclosures, Allegan • Miscellaneous Steel – Magnum Construction, Midland • Overhead Doors – Overhead Door Company of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio • Geotextiles – CSI Geoturf Sales, Highland • Painting and Wallcovering – J&F Painting, Waterford • Plumbing/Sprinklers – Kokaly Lawn Sprinklers, Bay City • Resinous Flooring and Floor Polishing – Applied Flooring, Mason • Roofing – Lutz Roofing Co., Shelby Township
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• Roofing – Schreiber Corp., Wixom • Sitework – Bierlein Companies, Midland • Security & Communication – 4b Technology Group, LLC, Houston, Texas • Sports Accessories – Gardiner C. Vose, Inc., Bloomfield Hills • Steel – Douglas Steel Fabricating Corp., Lansing • Structural Engineer – Cardno Haynes Whaley, Houston, Texas • Structural Steel – Alloy Construction Service, Inc., Midland • Structural Steel – J&S Steel Company, LLC, Morrice • Tile – Fabris Pearce Tile and Terrazzo, Burton • Waterproofing – D.C. Byers Co., Lansing • Window Shades – Triangle Window Fashions, Wyoming
Facility for Rare Isotope Beams Owner: Michigan State University, East Lansing Designer, Architect and Engineer: SmithGroup, Detroit Construction Manager, Virtual Design & Construction, Equipment Installation: Barton Malow Co., Southfield Major Trade Contractors: • Caissons – Rohrscheib Sons Caissons, Inc., New Hudson • Concrete, General Trades, Interior General Trades/Doors – Christman Constructors, Lansing • Controls – Building Control Integrators, Okemos • Cranes – Dearborn Crane, Mishawaka, Indiana • Demolition, Excavation – Site Development, Inc., Madison Heights • Earth Retention/Caissons – Schnabel Foundation Co., Cary, Illinois • Electrical – Shaw Electric, Southfield • Electrical, Underground – Superior Electric of Lansing, Lansing
• Elevators – Schindler Elevator, Morristown, New Jersey • Finishes – R & L Painting, Eagle • Fire Protection – Wolverine Fire Protection, Mt. Morris • LLW Piping, Lower Level – Northern Boiler, Lansing • Masonry, Exterior Masonry – Leidal & Hart, Livonia • Mechanical (Dry) – Dee Cramer, Holly • Mechanical (Wet), Plumbing – Gunthorpe Plumbing & Heating, East Lansing; Limbach Co., Pontiac; Northern Boiler, Lansing • Metal Siding – Crown Corr, Gary, Indiana • Roofing – Schreiber Roofing, Wixom • Specialty Filters – Quality Air Service, Inc., Portage • Structural Steel & Miscellaneous Metals – Douglas Steel Fabricating Co., Lansing • Test & Balance – International Test & Balance, Southfield • Waterproofing - RAM, Livonia
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Oakland County Animal Control and Pet Adoption Center
Owner: Oakland County / Oakland County Facilities Architect: Auger Klein Aller Architects, Inc. Animal Arts Design Studios, Inc. (Design Consultant) Construction Manager: Frank Rewold and Son, Inc. Engineers: Stoney Creek Structural Engineering (Structural) Berbiglia Associates (Mechanical Electrical) Professional Engineering Associates (Civil) Consultants and Trade Contractors: • Acoustic Ceilings – Huron Acoustic Tile Co., Clinton Township • Asphalt Paving – Nagle Paving Co., Novi
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• Audio-Visual – Midwest Visual Works, Pontiac • Building Management System – Limbach Inc., Pontiac • Cages – Shor-Line, Kansas City, Kansas • Carpentry – NSC, Ypsilanti • Concrete Flatwork – Gemelli Concrete, LLC, Romeo • Dispatch Furniture – Xybix, Littleton, CO • Doors and Hardware – Rayhaven Group, Livonia • Electric – Advantage Electric and Control, Shelby Township • Fencing – Reliable Fence, Clinton Township • Fire Protections – Conti Corp., Sterling Heights • Flagpoles – Flagpoles Etc., Holly • Foundations – RRD Construction, Rochester Hills • Furniture – AIREA Inc., Southfield • Geotechnical & Construction Testing Services – SME, Shelby Township • Glazing, Insulated Metal Siding – Butcher and Butcher Construction Inc., Rochester Hills • Hard Tile – Stuart Tile Company, Macomb • HVAC – Contrast Mechanical, Macomb • In-Cabinet Vacuum System – Banks V Vacuum, Novi • Incinerator – Matthews Environmental Solutions, Apopka, FL • Industrial Washer/Dryer – Universal Laundry Machinery, Westland
• Kitchen Equipment – Goldstar Equipment, Oak Park • Landscaping and Irrigation – Shades of Green, Rochester Hills • Masonry – Sherman Masonry, Inc., Romeo • Millwork – Troy Millwork, Rochester Hills • Operable Partitions – Urbans Partition & Remodeling, Northville • Overhead Doors – Overhead Door of Whitmore Lake, Whitmore Lake • Painting – Alton Group, Inc., Dryden • Plumbing – Contrast Mechanical, Macomb • Polished Concrete Floors and Epoxy – Cipriano Coatings Technology, Sterling Heights • Resilient Flooring – Ideal Floor Covering, Inc., Rochester • Roofing – Butcher and Butcher Construction Co., Inc., Rochester Hills • Signs – Done Right Signs, Pontiac • Steel – Casadei Steel, Inc., Sterling Heights • Synthetic Grass – Forever Lawn, North Canton • Traffic Control – Traffic and Safety Control Systems, Wixom • Veterinary Equipment and Kennels – Patterson Veterinary, St. Paul, Minnesota • Voice and Data Cabling – Thumb Communications Services, Inc., Lapeer • Waterproofing – DC Byers, Detroit • Window Treatments – The Sheer Shop, Shelby Township
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Ford Field Premium Suites Renovations
Owner: Detroit Lions (DLI Properties, INC) Architect: ROSSETTI Construction Manager: Turner Construction Co. Engineer: MA Engineering
Consultants and Trade Contractors: • Architectural Demolition Work – Detroit Dismantling Corp., Detroit • Architectural Demolition Work – Homrich, Carleton • Bar Area Stonhard Epoxy Flooring Work – Stonhard, Maple Shade • Broadcast Suite Manual Shade Work – Sheer Shop, Shelby Twp. • Cast-In-Place Concrete, Structural Steel, and Steel Decking Work, Pizza Oven and Duct Opening Support Steel Work – Colasanti, Detroit • Concrete Masonry (CMU) Assemblies – Ram Construction Services, Livonia • Construction Manager – Turner Construction, Detroit • Dessert Room, Retail Space, M-Club Screenwall Framing, and Festoon Posts. Miscellaneous Steel and Metal Fabrication Work – Courturier Iron Craft Inc., Comstock Park • Electrical & Fire Alarm, Light Fixture Installation Only Work – Advantage Electric, Shelby Twp. • Electrical & Fire Alarm, Light Fixture Installation Only Work – Bayview Electric, Detroit • Electrical & Fire Alarm, Light Fixture Installation Only Work – Ferndale Electric Co., Inc., Ferndale • Fire Suppression System – Wolverine Fire Protection, Milford • Furnish Only Hollow Metal Doors and Frames, Wood/Laminate Doors, and Door Hardware Work – Rayhaven Group, Livonia • Glass & Glazing Systems, Aluminum Tube Fireplace Framing, Spanlite, Bathroom and Club Mirrors, and Revolving Door Work – Edwards Glass Co., Livonia • Gypsum Board Assemblies, Acoustical Ceiling Tiles, Linear Metal Ceilings, Toilet Partitions, Wall Protection & Cornerguards, 126 CAM MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2018
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Spray-on Fireproofing, Spray-on Acoustical Ceiling, Cold Form Metal Framing Work – Pontiac Ceiling and Partition, Pontiac Gypsum Board Assemblies, Acoustical Ceiling Tiles, Wall Protection & Corner Guards, Cold Form Metal Framing Work – Brinker Team Construction, Detroit Hard Tile, Cast Stone, and Thin Brick Work – Empire Tile & Marble Co., Eastpointe HVAC Work – Systemp, Rochester Hills HVAC Work – Ventcon, Allen Park Light Fixtures and Lighting Controls Furnish Only Work – Turner Logistics, Detroit Metal Fabrications, Structural Steel Framing, and Misc. Metals – Sav’s, Detroit North Club Area Millwork & Countertops & Associated Metal Fabrications, Metal Handrails, Drink Rails and TV Frames & D Displays, Hanging Metal Framework, Gridiron & Cascade Assemblies, Booths, and Metal & Wood Wall Paneling Work. Excludes Suite Millwork – Landry Carpentry & Millwork, Milford Paint and Wallcovering Work – Detroit Spectrum Painters, Warren Paint and Wallcovering Work – Madias Brothers, Inc., Detroit Polished Concrete, Sealed Concrete, and Elite Crete Epoxy Flooring Work – Mastercraft Floors, Plymouth Plumbing, HVAC, and Toilet Accessory Work – Limbach, Pontiac Plumbing, Toilet Accessory, and Fireplace Work – Western Mechanical, Clinton Twp. Resilient Base and Carpet Work – City Carpet, Detroit Resilient Flooring & Base, Wood Flooring, and Carpet Work – Turner Brooks, Madison Heights Suite Millwork & Associated Metal Fabrications, Metal TV Frames and Displays, South Club Area Millwork & Countertops & Associated Metal Fabrications, Metal Handrails, Drink Rails, and TV Frames & Displays, Taco Bar Shipping Container, and Lighting Support Structure Work – Trend Millwork, Lincoln Park
Plaza Building, Herbert-Herman Cancer Center, Lansing
Owner: Sparrow Health System Architect of Record: AECOM, Minneapolis, Minnesota Local Architectural Representative, Contract Administration: Hobbs + Black Associates, Ann Arbor Contractor: The Christman Company, Lansing Landscape Architect: Michael J. Dul & Associates, Birmingham MEP Engineer: IMEG, Novi Surveying, Civil Engineering: LSG Engineers & Surveyors, Lansing
Trade Contractors: • Concrete Block Supplier – Grand Blanc Cement Products, Inc., Grand Blanc • Elevators – Otis Elevator Co., Lansing • Materials Testing Consultant – PSI Construction Testing, Troy • Metal Panels – C.L. Rieckhoff Co., Inc., Taylor • Parking Deck, Cable Guard Rail System – Davis Iron Works, Inc., Commerce Township • Parking Deck, Caulking – Industrial Services, Inc. (ISI), Ann Arbor • Parking Deck, Electrical – Summit Contractors, Inc., Haslett • Parking Deck, Excavation & Site Utilities – Eagle Excavation, Inc., Flint • Parking Deck, Fire Protection System – Dynamic Piping Co., Inc., Hemlock • Parking Deck, Foundations – Christman Constructors, Inc., Lansing • Parking Deck, Glass and Glazing – Aaron Glass Co., Lansing • Parking Deck, Masonry – Schiffer Mason Contractors, Inc., Holt • Parking Deck, Precast Concrete – International Precast Solutions (IPS), River Rouge • Parking Deck, Precast Concrete Patching – PRS, Lincoln University, Pennsylvania • Parking Deck, Precast Concrete Structural Design – Integrated Engineering Solutions (IES), Windsor, Ontario • Parking Deck, Steel Erection – Redinger “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
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Steel Erectors, Inc., Fowlerville • Parking Deck, Structural/Misc. Steel – Howard Structural Steel, Saginaw • Plaza Building, Brick Supplier – Belden Brick, Fraser • Plaza Building, Carpet/Resilient Flooring – William Reichenbach Co., Lansing • Plaza Building, Electrical – Superior Electric Great Lakes Co., Okemos • Plaza Building, Excavation – TCI Inc. of Michigan, Eaton Rapids • Plaza Building, Fire Protection System – Great Lakes Fire Protection, Inc., Clio • Plaza Building, Foundations and General Trades – Granger Construction Co., Lansing • Plaza Building, Glass & Glazing Systems – Lansing Glass, Lansing • Plaza Building, Hard Tile – Battle Creek Tile & Mosaic Co., Battle Creek • Plaza Building, HVAC/Ductwork, 3rd/4th Floor Tenant Fit Out – Applegate, Inc., Jackson • Plaza Building, HVAC/Ductwork System – Dee Cramer, Inc., Holly • Plaza Building, Masonry – Leidal & Hart Mason Contractors, Livonia • Plaza Building, Painting & Wall Covering – Murray Painting Co., Freeland • Plaza Building/Parking Deck, Mechanical Systems Controls – Johnson Controls, Auburn Hills • Plaza Building, Plumbing/Piping Systems – John E. Green Co., East Lansing • Plaza Building, Plumbing/Piping Systems, 3rd/4th Floor Tenant Fit Out – Myers Plumbing & Heating, Lansing • Plaza Building, Structural/Misc. Steel – Douglas Steel Fabricating Corp., Lansing • Plaza Building, Terrazzo – Fabris Pearce Tile & Terrazzo, Inc., Burton • Plaza Building, Walls & Ceilings – Pontiac Ceiling & Partition Co., LLC, Pontiac • Roofing – Bornor Restoration, Inc., Lansing • Site Concrete – Fessler & Bowman, Inc., Flushing
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28Grand
Owner: Bedrock LLC Architect: Kraemer Design Group Construction Manager: Walbridge Engineer – Peter Basso Associates Desai/Nasr Consulting Engineers Giffels Webster Engineers (Surveying) Consultants and Trade Contractors: • Asphalt Paving – Asphalt Specialists, Inc., Pontiac • Caissons – Rohrscheib Sons Caissons, New Hudson • Carpentry – Wally Kosorski & Co, Inc., Clinton Township • Concrete – Colasanti Specialty Services, Macomb Township • Demolition – Blue Star, Inc., Warren • Division 10 Specialties – Division X Supply, LLC, Detroit • Door and Hardware Supplier – La Force, Inc., Green Bay, Wisconsin • Drywall – Brinker Team Construction, Detroit • Electrical – Triangle Electric Co., Madison Heights • Elevators – Otis Elevator Co., Farmington Hills • Elevator, Temporary – Metro Elevator Co., Indianapolis, Indiana • Fencing – Future Fence Co., Warren
• Fire Protection – Progressive Mechanical, Inc., Ferndale • Flooring – Turner-Brooks, Inc., Madison Heights • Glazing – Modern Mirror & Glass Co., Roseville • HVAC – R.W. Mead & Sons, Inc., Fraser • Integration – Hepta Control Systems, Chesterfield • Masonry – Dixon, Inc., Livonia • Overhead Door – KVM Door Systems, Inc., Clinton Township • Painting – Detroit Spectrum Painters, Inc., Warren • Plumbing – Oakland Plumbing Co., Ray Township • Precast – Kerkstra Precast, Inc., Grandville • Roof Top Mechanical Penthouse – TMI Climate Solutions, Inc., Holly • Roofing – Royal Roofing Co., Inc., Orion • Siding – C.L. Rieckhoff Co., Inc., Taylor • Smoke Curtain – Shaffner Heaney Associates, South Bend, Indiana • Steel – Assemblers, Inc., Pinckney • Testing – Testing Engineering & Consultants, Troy • Tile/Stone – Wolverine Stone Co., Warren • Trash Chute – Kasl Enterprises, Inc., Troy • Waterproofing – RAM Construction Services of Michigan, Inc., Livonia
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The Corner Ballpark
Owner: Detroit Police Athletic League Architect: Pendulum Architecture Studios Construction Manager: Tooles-Roncelli, a joint venture Engineer: Strategic Energy Solutions (MEP) and Giffels Webster (civil) Consultants and Trade Contractors: • Carpentry – Commercial Contracting Group, Auburn Hills • Damproofing – Leidel & Hart, Livonia • Doors & Hardware – La Force, Green Bay, Wisconsin • Doors, Hardware & Toilet Partitions – Rayhaven Group, Southfield • Earthwork – Blaze Contracting, Detroit • Electrical – Triangle Electric, Madison Heights • Elevators – Otis Elevator Co., Indianapolis, Indiana • Fire Alarms – Simplex Grinnel, Farmington Hills • Fire Protection – Lincoln Fire Protection, South Rockwood • Flooring – Continental Interiors, Inc., Troy • Glass/Glazing – Edwards Glass Co., Livonia • Masonry – Dixon, Inc., Detroit • Mechanical – Control Solutions, Inc., Byron Center
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• Mechanical – Martinez Mechanical, Livonia • Mechanical Insulation – Master Mechanical Insulation, Troy • Millwork – Brunt Associates, Inc., Wixom • Painting – Signature Contracting Group, Redford • Partitions – Urbans Partition & Remodeling Co., Northville • Plumbing – Delta Temp, Inc., Madison Heights • Plumbing – Oakland Plumbing Co., Ray Twp. • Precast – International Precast Solutions, River Rouge • Roofing – Schena Roofing & Sheet Metal, Chesterfield • Seating – National Recreation System, Fort Wayne, Indiana • Spray Foam Installation – Stony Creek Services, Westland • Structural Steel – B & A Structural Steel, Chesterfield • Supply Posts – Great Lakes Recreation Co., Zeeland • Testing – Professional Service Industries, Inc., Detroit • Tile & Marble – Eldorado Tile & Marble, Sterling Heights • Turf – Shaw Sports Turf, Calhoun, GA • Waterproofing – D.C. Byers Co., Detroit
Masco Corporation World Headquarters
Owner-Client, Building Occupant: Masco Corporation, Livonia Building Owner: Delta Seven, LLC, Livonia Architect: Lindhout Associates Architects, Brighton Construction Manager: George W. Auch Company, Pontiac Civil Engineers – PEA, Brighton Mechanical & Electrical Engineers – MEEC, Plymouth Structural Engineer – Paradis Associates, Rochester
Trade Contractors and Consultants: • Access Controls – Wiltec Technologies, Inc., Ann Arbor • Acoustical Ceilings – Northwest Acoustical, Inc., Redford • Aluminum Glass & Glazing – Lansing Glass Co., Lansing •. Asphalt Paving – Nagle Paving Co., Novi •. Building Signage – Curb Appeal Concepts, Shelby Township •. Cable Handrails – Special Fabricators, Inc., Madison Heights •. Carpet and Resilient Flooring – Conventional Carpet, Inc., Sterling Heights • Ceramic Tile – Eldorado Tile & Marble Co., Sterling Heights • Commissioning Agent – Horizon Engineering, Ann Arbor • Concrete Flatwork – Gemelli Concrete, LLC, Romeo • Dock Leveler – Michigan Overhead Door, Grand Blanc • Doors/Frames/Hardware – Stafford Building Products, Inc., Waterville, Ohio • Electrical and Fire Alarm – Ferndale Electric Co., Inc., Ferndale • Elevators – Thyssen Krupp Elevator Co., Livonia
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• Toilet Partitions – RE Leggette Co., Dearborn • Trash Enclosure Gates – Future Fence Co., Warren • Water Feature – Bluworld of Water, Orlando, Florida
• Spray Foam and Sealants – RAM Construction Services, Inc., Livonia • Structural Steel – Cass Erectors & Fabricators, Livonia • Terra Cotta Rain Screen – Ann Arbor Ceiling & Partition, Ypsilanti • Terrazzo Stairs – Michielutti Brothers, Inc., Eastpointe • Toilet Accessories – Liberty Plumbing, Inkster
• Exterior Cold-Formed Metal Framing – Denn-Co Construction, Inc., Detroit • Exterior Metal Panels – Exterior Metals, Inc., Burton • Fencing – Nationwide Construction Group, Chesterfield • Finish Carpentry – Nelson Mill Co., Southfield • Fire Suppression – Professional Sprinkler, Inc., Wixom • Food Service Equipment – StaffordSmith, Inc., Kalamazoo • Foundations – Novi Wall, Inc., Novi • Landscaping – J.W. Christmas & Associates, Milford • Landscaping Walls – Landtek Design Build, Inc., Oxford • Low-Voltage and Security Cameras – Compass Technology Solutions, Mt. Clemens • Masonry – Rosati Mason Contractors, Redford • Mechanical Systems – De-Cal, Inc., Warren • Metal Studs and Drywall – TurnerBrooks, Inc., Madison Heights • Misc. Steel – Strut Tech Systems, Clarkston • Operable Partitions – Gardiner C. Vose, Bloomfield Hills • Overhead Door – Overhead Door Co. of Whitmore Lake, Whitmore Lake • Painting – Detroit Spectrum Painters, Inc., Warren • Plumbing – J.M. & Sons Plumbing, Brighton • Quality Testing Agent – SME, Plymouth • Roofing – Royal Roofing Co., Inc., Orion • Site Work and Utilities – Stante Excavating Co., Inc., Wixom • Smoke Curtains – KVM Door System, Clinton Township
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Inc., Grand Rapids • Carpet – Master Craft Carpet Service, Inc., Plymouth • Civil – Angelo Iafrate Construction Co., Warren • Civil – Brix Corporation, Livonia • Concrete Cutting – Cut Core Concrete Cutting, LLC, Madison Heights • Construction – Alberici Constructors, Inc., Southfield
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• Construction – Eagle Specialties, Detroit • Construction – W3 Construction, Detroit • Consulting Firm – Wahbee Enterprises, Bloomfield Hills • Consulting Firm – Patrick Engineering, Inc., Lisle, Illinois • Controls – Johnson Controls, Inc., Auburn Hills • Controls – Knight Watch, Inc., Kalamazoo • Demolition – Homrich, Carleton • Electrical – Center Line Electric, Center Line • Electrical – Motor City Electric, Detroit • Electrical – Superior Electric Great Lakes, Troy • Electrical – Utilities Instrumentation Service, Dexter • Engineering – Livingston Engineering, Brighton • Engineering – tekWorx, Cincinnati, Ohio • Environmental – Testing Engineers & Consultants, Troy • Epoxy Flooring – Hoover & Wells Inc., Toledo, Ohio • Excavation – Site Development, Inc., Madison Heights • Fencing – Industrial Fence & Landscaping, Detroit • Fencing – Future Fence Co., Warren • Fire Protection – WM Crook Fire Protection Co., Royal Oak • General Contractor – Walbridge, Detroit • Lifts – Thyssenkrupp Elevator, Livonia • Machining – Michigan Mechanical Service, Taylor • Mechanical – Danboise Mechanical, Inc., Farmington • Misc Concrete – MPS-Group-Marked Up, Farmington Hills • Painting – A & S Industrial Coatings, Warren • Painting – Seaway Painting, LLC, Livonia • Painting – Seaway Maintenance Services, LLC, Livonia • Painting & Sheet Metal – John A. Papalos & Co., Lincoln Park • Painting – Signature Contracting/Painting, Redford • Paving – Flynn Paving Co., Royal Oak • Pest Control – Cook’s Pest Control, Huntsville, Alabama • Piping – Metro Piping, Inc., Detroit • Piping – Power Process Piping, Plymouth • Piping – Progressive Mechanical, Ferndale • Plumbing – Progressive Plumbing Supply, Warren • Roofing/Sheetmetal – Christen Detroit Roofing, Detroit • Steel Work – Indiana Bridge-Midwest Steel, Inc., Detroit • Surveying – Ground Penetrating Radar Tech, Ann Arbor • Ventilation – Motor City Ventilation, Detroit • Ventilation – Ventcon, Allen Park • Waste Management – United Resource, LLC, Livonia
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Owner: University of Michigan Architect: TMP Architecture & Sink Combs (now Perkins & Will) Engineers: SPI Structures, SmithGroup General Contractor: Granger Construction
Trade Contractors: • Aluminum, Glass & Glazing (IDT, ODT, LAX) – Edwards Glass, Livonia • Aluminum, Glass & Glazing (SPC) – Calvin & Company, Flint • Architectural Woodwork (Athletic Lockers) – Christman Constructors, Lansing • Architectural Woodwork (SPC, IDT, ODT, LAX) – Nelson Millworks, Southfield • Asphalt Paving – T & M Asphalt, Milford • Athletic Flooring (SPC) – Kiefer Specialty Flooring, Lindenhurst, Illinois • Broadcast & Audio Equipment – AVI-SPL, Tampa, Florida • Building Slabs (SPC, LAX, ODT, IDT) – Barton Malow Co., Southfield • Carpet & Resilient Flooring (All) – Continental Interiors, Troy • Cast in Place (IDT, ODT, PLX, Site) – Spence Brothers, Ann Arbor • Cast in Place (SPC & LAX) – Amalio, Sterling Heights • Centrifugal Chillers – Trane, Novi • Concrete Paving – Angelo Iafrate Construction, Warren • Condensing Boilers – Process Engineering & Equipment, Comstock Park • Cooling Towers – Sarmento, BAC, Farmington • Custom Air Handling Equipment – Griffin International, Chesterfield • Earthwork and Utilities – Blaze Contracting, Detroit Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
• Electrical – A.F. Smith Electric, Ypsilanti • Electrical (SPC) – Tri-County Electric, Saline • Electrical (Sports Lighting, Site, ODT) – J. Ranck Electric, Mt. Pleasant • Electrical (IDT, LAX), Voice & Data Communications – Conti Corp., Sterling Heights • Electrical Substations – Eaton, Chicago, Illinois • Elevators – Kone, Livonia • ERRC DAS (Antenna) – Blue Stone Communications, Livonia • Fences, Site Fencing – Future Fence, Warren • Fire Detection & Alarm System, Security & Access Control – Siemens, Wyoming, Michigan • Fireproofing – William Reichenbach Co., Okemos • Fire Suppression – Wolverine Fire Protection, Mt. Morris • Food Service Equipment – Stafford Smith, Detroit • General Trades – A.R. Brouwer Company, Dexter • General Trades & Carpentry (IDT, LAX, ODT, PLZ, Site) – Colasanti Specialty, Macomb Township • General Trades & Carpentry (SPC) – Spence Brothers, Saginaw • Grandstands & Bleachers – Sturdisteel, Hewitt, Texas • Graphics & Branding – Shaw & Slavsky dba Shaw PPC Design, Novi • Gypsum & Ceilings (SPC, IDT, ODT, LAX) – Tooles Contracting, Detroit • Hard Tile (IDT, LAX, ODT, SPC Bsmt and Levels 1 & 2) Terrazzo – Michielutti Brothers, Eastpointe
• Hydrotherapy Pools – Hydroworx, Middletown, Pennsylvania • Indoor Track, Outdoor Track – Beynon, Hunt Valley, Maryland • Interior Rigging & Netting – Gardiner Vose, Bloomfield Hills • Landscaping – W. H. Canon, Romulus • Masonry (IDT, LAX, ODT, PLZ, SPC, Site) – Baker Construction, Whitmore Lake • Mechanical, Air Distribution (SPC, IDT, ODT, LAX) – S & Z Sheet Metal, Flint • Mechanical, TAB – Absolut Balance, South Lyon • Mechanical, Temperature Controls – Johnson Controls, Dallas, Texas • Mechanical (UG Plumbing) – John E. Green, Cincinnati, Ohio • Metal Wall Panels – C.L. Rieckhoff, Taylor • Packaged Engine Generator – Wolverine Power, Zeeland • Painting (IDT, ODT, LAX) – Detroit Spectrum Painters, Warren • Painting (SPC) – Murray Painting, Freeland • PEMB – Bluescope, Kansas City, Missouri • Plumbing & Hydronics (IDT, ODT, LAX, SPC) – Boone & Darr, Ann Arbor • Pre-Cast Concrete – IPS, River Rouge • Roofing – Royal-West Roofing, Brighton • Rowing Tanks – InRiver, Concord, Massachusetts • Scoreboards & Controller Equipment – Panasonic, Newark, New Jersey • Signage – Visual Entities, Grand Rapids • Steel Supply – Airo Steel, Jackson • Structural Steel, Misc. Metals (All Buildings) – Art Iron (Kern Steel), Bakersfield, California • Synthetic Turf (LAX) – FieldTurf USA, Montreal, Quebec
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Jackson Associates, Inc..........................102 James C. Scott & Associates ...................74 JJ Curran Crane Co...................................60 KAS Estimating .........................................31 Kem-Tec ....................................................73 Lawrence Technological University ...........76 Lee Industrial Contracting ...........................4 Lee Xtreme ..........................................68, 69 Limbach ....................................................19 McAllister Rentals/ Michigan CAT ...........IBC Michael J. Dul & Associates ......................53 Michielutti Brothers .................................119 Michigan Construction Protection Agency ......................................................26 Michigan Holiday Lighting .........................80 Michigan LECET........................................77 Midland Tool ............................................107 MIOSHA CET Division ...............................72 Next Generation Services Group...............55 North American Dismantling................36, 37 Nuggett Leasing ........................................14 Oakland Insurance ....................................95 Oakland Metal Sales .................................45 Operating Engineers Local 324 ...................9 Pace, Inc ...................................................57
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Pearl Glass & Metals .................................78 Performance Line Tool Center ...................32 Peter Basso Associates...........................120 Peterson Glass Company..........................54 PPG Paints ................................................67 R L Deppman ............................................41 R. S. Dale Co.............................................97 Ronald B. Rich & Associates .....................80 Roncelli, Inc...............................................93 Ruby & Associates ....................................18 Safety Services, Inc...................................27 SANI-VAC Services ...................................88 Scaffolding, Inc. ......................................130 Spalding DeDecker..................................120 Spartan Industries .....................................62 Testing Engineers & Consultants .............111 Thompson IG...........................................104 Valenti Trobec Chandler Inc.........................5 Varnum Law ..............................................61 Ventcon .....................................................17 Wade’s Electrical .......................................77 Wally Kosorski and Co. .............................85 Woods Construction................................105 Zervos Group ..........................................106
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