SSA SUPPORT CENTER

URBANA, MD | SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL

Each month, the Social Security Administration (SSA) serves nearly 60 million Americans. To support this essential function, the SSA needed a new PRIMARY DATA CENTER. The National Support Center met this need, achieving STRINGENT SUSTAINABILITY AND SECURITY CRITERIA with a REFINED DESIGN.

Constructed of glass, aluminum, and precast concrete, an elegant two­story office building provides a WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT for visitors and staff along with COMFORTABLE OFFICE AND MEETING FACILITIES

An innovative design­build arrangement streamlined design and construction. An enhanced Building Information Modeling (BIM) delivery process MINIMIZED COSTS and compressed the project timeline The resulting cost­effective, ENERGY­SAVING FACILITY provides a secure home for data operations that enables the SSA to continue to effectively provide its services