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ABOUT ROGERS-O’BRIEN CONSTRUCTION
Since 1969, Rogers-O’Brien has firmly established itself as a leading general contractor in Texas by providing a wide range of preconstruction and construction management services. Our unique approach consistently delivers high quality buildings in a variety of market sectors, exceeding the most demanding expectations. Ethics and integrity serve as the cornerstones for everything we do, and the adherence to these values has earned us a solid reputation. The commitment to our customers is evident in the dedication of our people, our open communication policies, pioneering technology, operational diligence and continued process improvement. Rogers-O’Brien is family-owned, with three generations impacting the company’s operations. The family attitude extends throughout our strong management team, many of whom rose up through the ranks to management. To our offices in Austin, Dallas and Houston, we have also actively recruited a forward-thinking new generation to energize us with knowledge of new tools, techniques and approaches to continually improve the way we deliver services. Others who have joined us in the past decade are seasoned construction professionals, hand-picked for their ability to grow the firm. This controlled growth approach has resulted in $1.5 billion in construction volume over the past five years.
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SUCCESSFUL PROJECT PLANNING How do you define success on a construction project? The answer varies according to each participant’s perspective: • The owner wants results — on time and within budget, with the completed facility performing as anticipated. • Process may be foremost to the architect, focused on achieving the creative vision. • The contractor may see relationships as paramount, to assure key subcontractors and suppliers will support their future projects. Recognizing the divide that too often arises between what the distinctive parties define as success, RogersO’Brien Construction formalized an approach called Successful Project Planning to balance process, results and relationships. This approach acknowledges that each participant has something at stake, seeks to define those expectations and provides a framework for taking corrective action when expectations are not being met. To get all key project team members thinking with a preventative mindset, focused on solving problems before the fact, prior to construction start-up, Ken Dunham, Rogers-O’Brien Vice President, facilitates a day-long workshop with all stakeholders in attendance covering these key topics: • Fostering team collaboration • Defining decision-making process • Process agreements and team expectations • Potential roadblocks and preventions • Action plan Successful Project Planning enables project teams to more readily meet schedule, budget and quality requirements while fostering solid working relationships. This process has been successfully applied to many Rogers-O’Brien construction projects. The initial workshop clearly defines the way in which all parties communicate, ground rules and expectations, aligning all parties to work together toward exceptional outcomes.
TECHNOLOGY DRIVES QUALITY An early adopter of Building Information Modeling (BIM), Rogers-O’Brien actively uses technology to enhance team collaboration and achieve operational efficiencies, faster project delivery and lower total project costs. Our staff includes recognized industry leaders in BIM that have authored national journal articles and presented to international audiences. Our technology team keeps current on BIM software such as Autodesk Revit and Navisworks; Innovaya to generate quantities and costs directly from either architect’s electronic files or our internally built models; Timberline estimating software to develop and analyze project costs; and Primavera products for scheduling. This technology team also manages our online portal for all team members to distribute and electronically review project data and documents. Rogers-O’Brien harnesses the power of technology to improve project delivery in these key areas: • During design, our estimators quickly develop new take-offs and re-price the effects of major design revisions like changing the building skin. • Laser scanning of existing structures helps coordinate renovation design. • Project managers analyze site logistics and construction sequences. • Virtual models are used by superintendents to show work crews exactly how completed work should look; IPads are used in the field to compare in-place construction to virtual models and quickly resolve any variances. • Subcontractors can pre-fabricate MEP systems, wall sections, or even entire rooms based on the model, reducing job site labor and clutter. • At project completion, information-rich 3D as-built drawings act as a virtual operating manual.
SAFETY At Rogers-O’Brien, we always put safety first, believing it is our duty to provide the safest possible workplace for our employees, jobsite partners and clients. Our dedicated safety personnel directs our proactive approach to environmental, safety and health programs that Rogers-O’Brien has refined over the course of four decades. Our program includes customary requirements such as background checks and drug screening for all new employees; subcontractor compliance with our substance abuse policy and safety procedures; and maintaining a minimum level of OSHA 30-hour safety training for all management-level personnel. We also assign each new employee a work partner until the safety director has completed an assessment of that employee and identified his/her training needs. We have a long-established partnership with OSHA to identify and eliminate potential hazards in the industry and establish the safest environment possible for our subcontractors. We consistently maintain an Experience Modification Rate (EMR) well below industry average. Rogers-O’Brien won 2nd place in the National AGC Construction Safety Excellence Awards Competition and has won the ABC Safety Star Award for two consecutive years.
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WeWork
MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, TEXAS
Owner: WeWork Locations: Domain, Austin, TX University Park, Austin, TX 1920 McKinney, Dallas, TX Thanksgiving Tower, Dallas, TX Legacy West, Dallas, TX Rogers-O’Brien provided office finish-out and tenant improvements for several WeWork locations throughout the state of Texas, all which were done so on an extremely aggressive schedule. WeWork offers fully furnished coworking office spaces which serves to grow business and encourage collaboration. The spaces accommodate teams of 1 to 100+; choice amenities include high speed internet, unique interior design, printing, lounges and conference rooms.
FEDEX OFFICE
AND PRINT SERVICE PLANO, TEXAS
Owner: KDC Legacy HQ Investments One, LP Architect: HKS, Inc. Rogers-O’Brien completed the construction of the FedEx Office and Print Services Facility located in Plano, Texas, a consolidated North Texas headquarters. This four-story tilt wall facility encompasses 260,000 SF and serves as a world-class facility for over 1,200 employees.
CAPITAL RIDGE OFFICE COMPLEX AUSTIN, TEXAS
Owner: Riverside Resources Architect: GDA Architects The Capital Ridge Office Complex, which houses a Fortune 100 Technology company, is a new 7-story 240,000 SF Class A office building and 9-story parking garage situated on the top of a hill accessed utilizing a long winding road. Features include a lobby access tunnel which gives employees and visitors access to the building lobby from the parking garage through a subterranean tunnel featuring natural limestone walls, air conditioning and wall art. Located immediately adjacent to the Hotel Granduca, the Capital Ridge Office Complex is the cornerstone of this new development located just north of Bee Cave Road on Highway 360 in west Austin.
PIZZA HUT
CORPORATE HQ PLANO, TEXAS
Owner: YUM! Brands Architect: GFF Architects Pizza Hut Corporate Headquarters consists of a 3-story, 114,000 SF tilt wall building with steel structure, cast stone exterior veneer and stone veneer accents. Adjacent to the main office structure is a 145,000 SF, 3-level cast-in-place parking garage clad with architectural pre-cast panels. This building includes a number of unique features such as child-care facilities, exterior water features, an on-site data center, numerous full-size restaurant test kitchens and restaurant mock-ups of the company’s restaurants. Rogers-O’Brien helped the project comply with the strict policy of minimizing environmental impact by achieving two Green Globe Awards for the numerous earth-friendly features included in the design and construction of the facility. Rogers-O’Brien recently completed the second phase of this project, a 50,000 SF expansion that includes conference rooms, test kitchens, office space and a Bright Horizons child care facility
Jones Lange LaSalle REGIONAL HQ DALLAS, TEXAS
Owner: Lincoln Property Company Architect: HKS, Inc. The seven-story office tower is home to the Jones Lang LaSalle Regional Headquarters and includes a branch of Guaranty Bank. Constructed on top of a three-story parking garage, the building consists of structural concrete and architectural precast panels. The shell combines granite, glazing systems and various steel elements with architectural precast. The lobby and common areas include the installation of high-end granite finishes. The branch bank is a separate one-story shell with exterior finishes that match the office tower. Located one block off of the Dallas North Tollway, Rogers-O’Brien coordinated the complex staging of materials on a site that had limited working space and heavy traffic.
ONE CITY PLACE FORT WORTH, TEXAS
Owner: Spire Realty Architect: WDG Architecture One City Place is a 326,000 SF building located in the heart downtown Fort Worth. This 19-story office building is the second project Rogers-O’Brien has completed as part of the redevelopment of the entire City Place site. The Class A office building, which once served as the Radio Shack Corporate Headquarters, features high-end finishes, state-of-the-art systems and a 2.5/1,000 parking ratio. On display as a centerpiece in the new lobby building is the restored No. 1 rail car from the former subway line that operated under the site for decades. The M&O Subway line shuttled shoppers from a parking lot near at the edge of downtown to the Leonard’s Department store, which later became the Radio Shack headquarters. The project received a Topping Out Award.
LAMAR CENTRAL AUSTIN, TEXAS
Owner: Highland Resources, Inc. Architect: STG Design Lamar Central is a unique project for Central Texas that is cutting-edge, demonstrating the highest levels of quality and sophistication. The development is a four-story, Class-A office building with 163,000 SF of rentable space and a significant display of amenities. This awardwinning development features 34,000 SF of ground-floor space for shops and restaurants topped with three levels of office space and an adjacent 600 space parking garage. Amenities in the building include floor-to-ceiling windows, direct garage access on each floor, buried utility lines, energy-efficient features, a landscaped courtyard with spots for patio dining, car-charging stations, bike storage space, showers and changing rooms.
PLAZA AT PRESTON CENTER UNIVERSITY PARK, TEXAS
Owner: Caruth/Preston Road Association, Ltd. Architect: GFF Architects The Plaza at Preston Center Office Tower is a 5-story, 71,416 SF office building with a 2-level, underground parking structure located in the high-end shopping center at the intersection of Preston Road and Northwest Highway. Rogers-O’Brien overcame the challenge of working in a limited area among retail shops and restaurants that remained opened throughout construction and adjacent to an up-scale residential neighborhood. As a solution to minimize the effects of construction activities, the Rogers-O’Brien team installed a 20’ tall, sound attenuating wall to absorb noise and allow for increased work hours. This led to an expedited schedule, allowing tenants to begin operating sooner while minimizing the duration of construction interference.
ALLIANCE TOWN CENTER FORT WORTH, TEXAS
Owner: Hillwood Architect: BOKA Powell Rogers-O’Brien provided pre-construction and construction services for the Alliance Town Center Office North, a 3-story, 155,000 SF tilt-wall Class A office building. This project is the first office component to be built in the Alliance Town Center mixed-use development and is part of the 17,000-acre Alliance Texas master plan in northern Tarrant county.
ERICSSON NORTH AMERICA HQ PLANO, TEXAS
Owner: Ericsson Real Estate Holdings, Inc. Architect: Gensler Ericsson’s North American Headquarters expansion consists of two new four-story buildings, a connector building and two parking garages. This project is an example of successful global collaboration at all levels, where the project team was challenged with balancing Ericsson’s global design program with the needs of a North American operation and market, while also managing an aggressive budget and schedule. The prominence of Ericsson’s site required thoughtful consideration with regards to potential impacts on the surrounding community.
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS PARK PLANO, TEXAS
Owner: Billingsley Company Architect: Morrison Dilworth + Walls Rogers-O’Brien has built 11 office buildings at the International Business Park (IBP), a 300acre corporate development situated at the epicenter of Dallas’ coveted Platimum Corridor adjacent to the Dallas North Tollway and the George Bush Turnpike. The projects were constructed over a span of 10 years, totalling over 1.2 Million SF of lease space and worth over $100 Million. All but one of the buildings utilized tilt-wall construction, and each was delivered under budget and on-schedule.
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