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Cumberland County 4 SF Federal Credit Union Operations Center Falmouth, ME
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Region A Headquarters MAINE INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE GRAY, MAINE
New construction 7,200 sf Construction cost $1.3M Completed 2017 The new Region A headquarters for the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife houses biologists and the Warden Service. The project weaves together public meeting areas, private offices and processing spaces, and secure law enforcement functions in a compact, cost effective plan. Designed with a rustic Maine aesthetic, the building is open to the public. The building is designed with a northern-Maine aesthetic inspired by hunting and fishing camps. The exterior materials were chosen for their aesthetics and durability while paying homage to the Maine forest vernacular. The rustic exterior echoes pine siding in a more durable material and traditional green and rusty brown color scheme. Eastern white pine and cedar are showcased around the front entry. The generous Craftsman-style peaked, bracketed entrance canopy responds to the need for shelter at the door from a harsh climate and welcomes visitors. A continuously insulated building envelope combined with energy efficient windows and proper air sealing helps reduce heating and cooling needs. The borate insulation reduces the risk of mold intrusion into the wall assembly. Both the exterior walls and the
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roof are passively pressurized through a rain-screen system and soffit vents, which promotes drying to the exterior. The building has two separate mechanical systems, one dedicated to office use and the other for the laboratories. Keeping the lab zone on its own system helps isolate odors and provide a healthier indoor environment. LED fixtures with occupancy sensors help reduce energy costs and allow the building to function with varying daily occupancies. A post-occupancy survey shows that energy bills are down and office morale is up.
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Newsroom Renovation Maine Today Media/Portland Press Herald SOUTH PORTLAND, MAINE
Interior renovation 15,000 sf Construction cost $1.4M Completed 2017 Maine Today Media, in the midst of updating technology and consolidating staff locations, retained Lisa Whited of Workplace Transformation Facilitation to lead a process to re-envision their workplace organization. The client wanted to consolidate offices and move the newsroom and associated departments from One City Center in Portland to the former press hall on Gannett Drive in South Portland. PDT was brought in to collaborate on the renovation of this industrial building. The old presses filled a 3-story space with an industrial high-bay ceiling. The compact new presses fit in the lower floor, making room to infill the floor above. The new double-height editorial floor includes the newsroom, dining/break area, conference spaces, and audio and video production studios. All of the news staff, including the publisher, sit in the newsroom, where the desks are arranged to funnel news toward the editors in the center of the space. Large media screens are mounted on the walls. OFFICES AND INTERIORS
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The main newsroom is surprisingly quiet, but one large conference room, small focus and huddle rooms around the perimeter, and the video booth in the center provide private meeting spaces. The glass partitions around the conference rooms double as writing surfaces for presentations. The cafĂŠ, a former storage and work space that housed barrels of printing ink, was made inviting with limited intervention: oversized windows, color, lighting, a polished floor, and a variety of seating. Careful attention to graphics, signage, furnishings, and employee spaces has turned this industrial building into a welcoming and collaborative place to work.
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First- and Sixth-Floor Interior Renovation MEMIC PORTLAND, MAINE
Interior fitup Completed 2013 The client asked for a dramatic, elegant upgrade to the 1st and 6th floors. PDT’s interior designer replaced a dated color scheme with a more dramatic, higher-contrast, and reflective environment to bring a fresher, contemporary feel to this workplace. On the first floor, the renovation included the public lobby, staff entrance lobby, conference rooms, offices, bathrooms, the mail room, and the Safety Academy; on the sixth floor, open offices, break room, and conference room. In the front lobby new updated finishes and lighting make the space brighter, safer, and more welcoming. In the elevator lobby, a floating ceiling conceals new LED lighting and existing ductwork, while new flooring, wallcoverings, and decorative backlit resin panels with embedded twigs illuminate this formerly dark space.
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50 Sewall Street Office Building OLYMPIA EQUITY INVESTORS PORTLAND, MAINE
New construction 42,000 sf PDT designed core and shell Construction cost shell and core $4M Completed 2006 LEED CS Certified This building is, to our knowledge, the first LEED-certified commercial office building in Maine. Designed and built to rent at market rates, it represents a new generation of LEED construction at costs competitive with conventional construction. Among its LEED credits are a heat-recovery system, reduced light pollution, water-efficient fixtures, a high-albedo roof, recycling of construction materials, use of certified lumber and materials with recycled content, bike storage and showers, and a
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Lobby Renovation UNUM PORTLAND, MAINE
Interior renovation Completed 2016 Current fire code necessitated enclosing the open elevator lobbies, which led to an opportunity to emphasize the circulation cores using light as a focal point. On the high walls, PDT’s interior designer introduced a playful contemporary gesture, tracks of starbursts that emphasize the verticality of the space. The generous three-story volume invited a grand 12’-diameter LED light ring suspended from an existing skylight. The color palette, once beige with a travertine floor, was freshened up with a crisper white. Textured limestone walls at the elevators marry beautifully with the floor’s linear patterning. In the entrance lobby, a new custom adjustable sit-to-stand desk, with LED lighting above and textured stone behind, greets visitors with a modern aesthetic.
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U.S. Marine Hospital Renovation Martin’s Point Health Care PORTLAND, MAINE
Completed 2007 2008 Statewide Historic Preservation Honor Award, Maine Preservation 2007 Special Preservation Honor Award, Greater Portland Landmarks As Phase 1 of the Master Plan for their historic 12-acre campus, Martin’s Point Health Care decided to renovate this signature building, the 1859 U.S. Marine Hospital, designed by Ammi Young. The H-shaped building, which occupies a beautiful, prominent site at the northeast entrance to Portland, is Italianate in style, with well-preserved cast-iron front porches. Exterior renovation included sandblasting and painting the masonry and wood cornice, repointing the brick, rebuilding original windows, and replacing the first floor windows, which were not original. The cast iron porches were repaired and repainted. Side verandas that had been hidden in an earlier renovation are now supported and visible for the first time in decades. Inside, mechanical and electrical systems were replaced, and bearing wall arches repaired.
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Third-Floor Interior Renovation Martin’s Point Health Care PORTLAND, MAINE
Interior fit-up 7,700 sf Completed 2008 The third floor of the U. S. Marine Hospital building affords magnificent 360-degree views of Portland and Casco Bay. This interior fit-up project includes the boardroom, two large conference rooms, three smaller conference rooms, a kitchen, and an employee fitness center. The floor is flexibly planned so that it can accommodate a large conference or several smaller simultaneous meetings. The largest of the conference rooms can function as a central gathering place for group meetings or meals, with the others available as breakout spaces. One of the enclosed porches was converted into a comfortable break-out and dining area; the other is part of the employee fitness center, which includes locker rooms and two exercise rooms.
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Portland Health Care Center Interiors Martin’s Point Health Care PORTLAND, MAINE
Furniture and finishes only Completed 2010 PDT’s interior designer, Suzanne Morin, designed the reception desk and chose a range of furnishings and finishes for the new Portland Health Care Center. Augmenting a palette chosen by the architect, Suzanne established a wayfinding system through the use of coordinated accent colors, textiles, and signage. Within a fresh, contemporary livingroom atmosphere, each waiting area offers a variety of seating options for patients’ needs. Taking advantage of the center’s spectacular historic site and ocean views, the owner decided on a coastal theme for the waiting areas. Suzanne assisted the owner and art consultant to find and procure prints and watercolors of Maine images by local artists. Examining rooms, the employee lounge, and patient education areas received contemporary, durable furnishings linked by color to the wayfinding system.
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Facade and Lobby Renovation Nathan Winslow Block PORTLAND, MAINE
Renovation 24,000 sf Completed 2009 Long occupied by one of Portland’s largest law firms, 245-251 Commercial St., first renovated by PDT in 1985, was sold to a new owner and renovated for offices, retail, and a restaurant. Working with the city Historic Preservation Commission, PDT settled on a light-touch exterior façade renovation with new windows and color schemes. In the lobby, the exposed brick side wall was retained and a new, sculptural light wall adds interest while providing sound insulation from the restaurant next door. New carpet, wallcoverings, lighting, and an oval ceiling panel add modern notes that contrast with the traditional exterior. Four floors of offices, corridors, and bathrooms were renovated and repainted.
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179 John Roberts Road J. B. Brown SOUTH PORTLAND, MAINE
PHASE I Sappi Fine Paper Renovation 37,000 sf Completed 2005 This 3-phase project started with an existing operations center that PDT had renovated for Key Bank in the 1980s. PDT worked closely with the owner, J. B. Brown, and the city to master plan the 11-acre site adjacent to Clark’s Pond Walkway. Stormwater is treated on site, and detention ponds preserve the integrity of nearby Red Brook. Phase 1 was a complete facelift and office renovation built to suit the tenant, Sappi Fine Paper. Enclosed offices and a conference room are built on the perimeter. Sappi’s data center, the hub of the information management system for the North American headquarters, sits on a raised access floor with separate HVAC and is protected by a UPS (uninterrupted power supply) system and emergency generator.
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PHASE 2 Sappi Fine Paper
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New construction 11,800 sf Construction cost Phases 1 and 2, $5.2M Completed 2005
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The Phase 2 addition is a new main entrance and lobby, offices, conference room, and kitchen/break room for the same tenant. In both phases, PDT did the interior design and furnishings as well.
PHASE 3 Sedgwick Claims Management Services New construction 10,700 sf Completed 2008 Phase 3, a shell and core addition, included a space layout plan for the tenant. The faรงade design repeats the pavilion entrance and ribbon of windows. By locating the third mass forward of the Phase 2 addition, PDT softened the repetition and created a central courtyard.
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VIA Marketing and Design PORTLAND, MAINE
Interior renovation 10,000 sf Construction cost $425,000 Completed 2001 PDT worked closely with the owner, J. B. Brown, and the city to master plan this 11-acre site adjacent to Clark’s Pond Walkway. Stormwater is treated on site, and detention ponds preserve the integrity of nearby Red Brook. Phase 1 was a complete facelift and office renovation built to suit the tenant, Sappi Fine Paper. Enclosed offices and a conference room are built on the perimeter. Sappi’s data center is the hub of the information management system for the North American headquarters. It sits on a raised access floor with separate HVAC and is protected by a UPS (uninterrupted power supply) system and emergency generator. This 3-phase project started with an existing operations center that PDT had renovated for Key Bank in the 1980s. The recladding of the building and construction of the entrance pavilion was accomplished before Sappi signed on as a tenant.
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The new space centers the office floor and provides a waiting area for new adjoining conference and focus group rooms.Via also holds parties, art exhibitions, and receptions here. Existing wood framing was retained and augmented throughout. Oval-ended tables between workstations promote impromptu collaboration. Wheels on tables and files keep furniture arrangements flexible. For the main conference room,Via commissioned Jamie Johnston, a local furniture designer, to make a custom table and sideboard.
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Fairpoint/155 Gannett Drive SOUTH PORTLAND, MAINE
New construction 23,000 sf PDT designed shell and core Completed 2005 PDT worked within the limitations of a pre-engineered metal building system to produce a very efficient and cost-effective shell and core. In order to give the building a corporate image, PDT used brick and a continuous window band across the exterior, with entry points delineated by lead-coated copper. The interior remains open and flexible in case it is ever subdivided.
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DeLorme Mapping Company (now Garmin) YARMOUTH, MAINE
New construction Lobby, offices, and retail 68,000 sf Warehouse 43,000 sf Construction cost $6.5M Completed 1997 The visibility of DeLorme’s 41‑ft diameter globe—from the highway, from the parking lot, from the entrance to the Map Store, and from employees’ areas—drove the design of this lobby. The glazed walls, balconies, interior windows, and open tile floor ensure visibility from every angle and level, creating the atmosphere of a city square. The rotating DeLorme Globe, which represents the earth as seen from space, is a local tourist attraction. The cantilevered 41-foot diameter aluminum structure is covered with 792 threedimensional map panels at a scale of 1 to 1 million, one inch representing 16 miles. The interior photo on the left was taken before the panels were installed.
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Cole Haan International Headquarters (now Tyler Technologies) YARMOUTH, MAINE
New construction 90,000 sf Construction cost $11M Completed 1995 This international headquarters for a footwear and accessories company, then a subsidiary of Nike, is sited on a sloping property at the intersection of U. S. Route 1 and I-95. The architects turned the sloping site into an asset by nestling the building into the side of the hill. The design adapts a graceful international vocabulary. The sculptural qualities of woven, braided, and hand-stitched leather goods inspired the use of articulated joints throughout the building, the ceiling of the boardroom, and the brick-andmaple piers in the lobby.
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The colors and sensuous, deep textures of leather and the fabrics in Cole Haan’s clothing line are echoed in the green granite of the lobby flooring and the variegated paint finishes. Cole Haan’s concern for its employees’ winter state of mind suggested skylights, pond reflections, and deep fenestration that pull light into work areas. As you move from level to level, galleries and glass walls let you see where you’ve been, and let you participate in the outdoors.
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Anthem Blue Cross/ Blue Shield of Maine YARMOUTH, MAINE
New construction 90,000 sf Construction cost $11M Completed 1995 This international headquarters for a footwear and accessories company, then a subsidiary of Nike, is sited on a sloping property at the intersection of U. S. Route 1 and I-95. The architects turned the sloping site into an asset by nestling the building into the side of the hill. The design adapts a graceful international vocabulary. The sculptural qualities of woven, braided, and hand-stitched leather goods inspired the use of articulated joints throughout the building, the ceiling of the boardroom, and the brick-andmaple piers in the lobby.
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John D. Carroll Block PORTLAND, MAINE
Early in the 1980s, when Commercial Street was being redeveloped, PDT desgned the renovation of this 1863 warehouse on the Portland waterfront. By adding new floors within the structure and on the back slope of the rooftop, the architects added 6,000 sf to the existing 15,000 sf of industrial space. The design, for retail use on the ground floor and offices above, maintained the characteristic roof line, brought light and harbor views to the water side, and preserved the building’s status on the National Register of Historic Places.
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891 Washington Avenue J. B. Brown/Martin’s Point Health Care PORTLAND, MAINE
Interior tenant fit-up 27,000 sf Completed 2004 Programming for this interior fit-up of an existing office space involved extensive interviews and meetings with the eleven Martin’s Point departments involved. The project relocated and consolidated administrative functions for all departments in an existing single-story structure. The core conference, break, and toilet rooms are shared elements that anchor the plan. Separate entrances for employees–on the north side–and visitors–on the south side–facilitate security and supervision.
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Specialty Spaces • Archival storage areas • Auditoriums • Child care centers • Computer centers • Conference centers • Design studios • Employee dining • Executive suites • Health centers • High-security areas • Parking garages • Retail and display • TV studios • Operations centers • Warehouses
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BEDROOM 107 SF LIVING / DINING 139 SF
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