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General Motors Vehicle Engineering Center East Building
General Motors Vehicle Engineering Center East Building
Warren, MI, United States
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General Motors Vehicle Engineering Center East Building
Warren, MI, United States
Firm
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2017
SIZE
100,000 sqft - 300,000 sqft
BUDGET
$10M - 50M
The General Motors Technical Center has served as the automaker's engineering base since the 1950's. As part of a major investment program aimed at modernizing and expanding this historic campus, GM acquired a neighboring 10-story building that would provide workspace for up to 800 international employees. Making this happen meant completing a major upgrade of the nearly 50-year-old building to embrace GM's new corporate facility specifications and transformation guidelines.
We kicked off the multi-phase project by conducting a comprehensive assessment of the 186,700 SF building and performing subsequent programming, planning, and conceptual design. The lack of as-built documentation and engineering maintenance records complicated the programming phase, prompting us to develop the program based on the building's maximum capacity. Following the conceptual design phase, the project proceeded under design-build delivery with Ghafari providing architecture / engineering and construction administration services.
Our design of the modernized facility features a variety of spaces and amenities that foster interaction, including open-area workstations, a series of collaborative spaces and small conference rooms, breakrooms, a large telepresence space, social employee gaming areas, a large town commons area, a market and guest restaurant, hoteling workspaces, fitness areas, training rooms, and a large convertible conference room. Our design also upgrades the HVAC systems to promote energy efficiency and comply with GM corporate standards.
Facing a tight schedule, we met with the client's facilities team on a weekly basis to make sure that the project progressed in line with their goals. the completed "Vehicle Engineering Center east" carries forward the proud legacy of the Tech Center while embodying GM's vision of a fresh workspace where innovation can flourish.
We kicked off the multi-phase project by conducting a comprehensive assessment of the 186,700 SF building and performing subsequent programming, planning, and conceptual design. The lack of as-built documentation and engineering maintenance records complicated the programming phase, prompting us to develop the program based on the building's maximum capacity. Following the conceptual design phase, the project proceeded under design-build delivery with Ghafari providing architecture / engineering and construction administration services.
Our design of the modernized facility features a variety of spaces and amenities that foster interaction, including open-area workstations, a series of collaborative spaces and small conference rooms, breakrooms, a large telepresence space, social employee gaming areas, a large town commons area, a market and guest restaurant, hoteling workspaces, fitness areas, training rooms, and a large convertible conference room. Our design also upgrades the HVAC systems to promote energy efficiency and comply with GM corporate standards.
Facing a tight schedule, we met with the client's facilities team on a weekly basis to make sure that the project progressed in line with their goals. the completed "Vehicle Engineering Center east" carries forward the proud legacy of the Tech Center while embodying GM's vision of a fresh workspace where innovation can flourish.
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