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Comcast Regional Headquarters – One Ballpark Center

Telecommunications leader Comcast relocates their regional headquarters to a space designed to further support the global largest broadcasting and cable company. Overlooking the Atlanta Braves’ SunTrust Park, the space houses over 1,000 Comcast employees in a dynamic office space that intertwines innovation, technology, and growth. As a technology development hub, the headquarters office provides a home for the company’s growing workforce of technologists, engineers, and software architects.

The 229,192-SF building comes to life with an interior upfit on all nine of its floors. Employees and visitors alike are welcomed into the grand lobby with sleek terrazzo floors, fry reglet forms, and surfaces finishes. NanoLumens screens are mounted to interior lobby walls, showcasing Comcast’s services.

Encouraging workplace comradery, a cafe on the second floor features a commercial kitchen and includes indoor and outdoor dining areas. The full-service corporate kitchen features a large pizza oven, and a walk-in refrigerator and freezer. Additionally on the second floor, a gym with extensive workout equipment, showers, plus yoga rooms allows employees to unwind during their downtime. A striking glass and terrazo staircase leads guests to the third floor outdoor gathering space.

An open-office floor plan promotes teamwork and runs throughout the third through eighth floors with huddle rooms, large conference rooms, breakrooms, plus private offices. The executive space takes up the ninth floor with spacious private offices, large training conference rooms, and a warming kitchen.

A popular spot in the building, the ninth floor, features an indoor bar plus an outdoor seating area. Employees can watch a Braves game from the ninth floor and enjoy a signature hotdog cooked on the various outdoor grills. Box suites with cushioned risers allow a comfortable space to watch a baseball game or finish work outdoors.

Chemours Discovery Hub

IMC broke ground on a 312,000-square-foot research facility for Chemours on Dec. 18th.  The $150 million Chemours Discovery Hub will be constructed on the University of Delaware’s Science Technology and Advanced Research (STAR) Campus in Newark, Delaware.

The Discovery Hub will go up on a 15-acre site in the southeast corner of the STAR campus, consolidating laboratories and offices for approximately 330 scientists, engineers, and researchers who will be relocated from Chemours’ New Castle County facilities. The Hub will include more than 100 labs, fifty specialty rooms, cafes, conference rooms and twenty “huddle” rooms for small group meetings. The four-story building will be complete in early 2020.

InVue Security

Founded in 1974, InVue Security is a global leader in developing innovative products that focus on preventing retail theft for today’s newest technology. These security devices protect merchandise on display in retail stores in the video, music, wearable technology, and personal device industries. InVue more than doubles its footprint in the Charlotte, NC area with this corporate headquarters campus. The campus houses a research and development lab, product testing lab, quality control operations center, main IT hub, and data center for their worldwide operations. The corporate headquarters features a striking building with three floors above grade and a below-grade basement. The basement level is constructed of cast-in-place concrete, creating the foundation for the three floors above which are comprised of structural steel with exposed steel brace framing. Substantial masonry work and glass curtain wall make up the building’s exterior façade. Two elevators service the central core of the building. Sitework includes ample parking for InVue’s employees and visitors.

Bank of North Carolina Build – 3515 Glenwood

A vacant 1960s-era facility is demolished to make way for a 99,916-SF building featuring a full-service Bank of North Carolina branch and Class A office space for various tenants. A fusion of traditional materials and contemporary lines, 3515 Glenwood Avenue blends seamlessly into the well-traveled Glenwood Avenue. Choate completes the core and shell of the four-story building as well as the main lobby space. Foundation walls with a structural steel frame plus a mechanical rooftop unit form the building. Masonry with precast concrete accents and curtain wall glazing systems adorn the exterior of the building. Designed to LEED Certification, 3515 Glenwood Avenue doubles the existing site density without increasing impervious area. The structure sits atop 25,000 SF of parking, allowing ample space for building tenants and Bank of North Carolina customers alike.

Bank of North Carolina Fit-Up at 3515 Glenwood

Located in 3515 Glenwood Avenue, also constructed by Choate Construction, Bank of North Carolina opens an office and full-service bank branch in the first generation space. Over 40 private offices allow ample space for Bank of North Carolina’s corporate real estate division. Custom prefinished walnut cabinetry runs throughout the office and bank areas while a wood base lines the floor, adding a warm and traditional feel to the space. The bank features a fully-automated drive-through with a pneumatic tube system running underground to the bank teller. A break room and multiple conference areas complete the space.

CoreLogic – North Texas Operations Office

Part of the Cypress Waters development in Dallas, Texas, this 327,000 SF 4-story shell tilt-wall office and parking garage serves as a new regional headquarters for CoreLogic bringing 1,300 local employees from the existing Westlake and Richardson locations.   The embedded CoreLogic logo on the building was achieved through the use of a fritted glass technique whereby the color is integral of the glass and not a decal or applied sticker.  Rogers-O’Brien documented 49 weather-delay days during the construction of this project. The entire building site was matted to prevent sinking and sandbags used.  Even with significant weather delays the building was delivered on time.  Through buy-out savings Rogers-O’Brien was able to return $640,992 to the owner which they used for tenant-improvement upgrades.

Network Operations Center

The Network Operations Center (NOC) included the renovation of the 45,000-square-foot facility to accommodate over 370 employees. The new space has four employee collaboration areas, training rooms, conference rooms and a full cafe with smaller pantries throughout the space.
The existing call center cabling, wires and infrastructure had to be traced, identified and relocated to accommodate the new open exposed ceilings throughout the space without interfering with the day to day operations.

 

Halyard Healthcare

Following the spin-off from Kimberly-Clark Clark Corporation, Halyard Health relocates their headquarters office to Kimberly-Clark’s campus in Alpharetta, GA. Four floors within two office buildings are renovated in an extremely fast-paced four-month schedule. Halyard Health is a global healthcare company focused on preventing infection, eliminating pain, and speeding recovery.

Full height glass doors lined with Halyard’s distinct logo allow guests to enter through various other points of entry. Upon entering Halyard’s main lobby, guests are greeted by porcelain Italian tile floors and a fumed Aspen wood reception desk. Halyard’s logo is prominently displayed against custom millwork wall panels. Canted display walls with additional printed vinyl decals create an unmistakable sophistication in elevator lobbies. Elevator lobbies and conference areas are illuminated by 5-foot cylindrical mud-in lighting fixtures. A skyfold partition is installed in the large conference room.

In the six breakrooms throughout the corporate office, Italian porcelain tile backsplash plus custom millwork panels evoke the modern atmosphere felt throughout the entire office. The renovation encourages employee collaboration and engagement. Breakaway rooms made for small conferences include full monitors and backlit LED lighting lining the wall, facilitating mobile conferencing. Comfortable seating plus full internet capabilities allow for a shared work environment in the mobile lounge. Nearly 80% of the sheetrock in the office is covered with writable wall surfaces, enhancing employee teamwork. Scheduling monitors are installed outside all rooms with meeting capabilities to eliminate any scheduling complications. Wellness rooms provide a place for relaxation and healing for new and expectant mothers or employees feeling under the weather.

Central core areas feature custom designed booths complete with Halyard’s distinct colors, full bar-height island, fumed Aspen millwork, and elegant Cambria quartz side panels. Employees can enjoy a sophisticated coffee bar with a high-end espresso maker and monitors. BuzziSpace, a sound-absorbing felt, is installed in common core areas allowing for acoustic deafening. LED lighting throughout these areas have occupancy sensors to allow for energy efficiency. Custom display cabinets are installed outside of core areas, showcasing the company’s products.

One of the largest and most unique areas in this multi-faceted project is the laboratory space. A see-through custom ducted, stainless steel fume hood is installed, allowing employees to view experiments occurring in the lab. As employees enter the lab, all of the printed vinyl decals on the full height glass doors showcase the patent numbers of all of Halyard’s products. Welded chemical resistant vinyl floors and multi-faceted millwork clouds hang above all lab islands, creating the look of a sail. These millwork clouds aid in both lighting and acoustics, absorbing sound created in the laboratory. Each lab island is equipped with epoxy resin tops, medical gases, and completely deionized water systems. Mock-up rooms allow customers to see all of the company’s products in motion, offering true-to-life and fully operational surgery rooms with surgical lighting and medical equipment.

Halyard’s basement contains a machine shop prototype room, installed for new product development. An environmental chamber allows employees to modify the controlled environment, including humidity and temperature, to facilitate product reaction experimentation.

To allow for the sophisticated equipment installed throughout the building, a steel platform is built on the roof housing mechanical equipment and exhaust units. A screen is installed around the equipment, featuring 15-foot Alucobond metal panels and covering 40-by-90-feet, to obscure visibility from the road. A synthetic rubber 60-mil roof is added with a wire platform to support the mechanical equipment and exhaust units.

Comcast Spotlight

Comcast Spotlight, LP, the cable giant’s digital advertising division, leased a Class A office building in Chesterbrook Business Center in Wayne, Pennsylvania. IMC was hired to renovate the existing building into the main headquarters for Comcast Spotlight. The building features executive offices, a conference center, fitness center, cafeteria, bocce court, and outdoor dining area.

AmerisourceBergen

Tremendous growth in the Philadelphia area afforded AmerisourceBergen the opportunity to expand with a new location in Conshohocken, PA. IMC renovated the existing 70,000- squarefoot, Millennium III office building to house the new employees. Open, modern and flexible work spaces promote collaboration, inspire occupants and attract the best employees. Rich wood finishes contrast with clean white accents to create a timeless interior space that features multiple conference rooms, lunchroom, large group training room, multiple breakout areas for small group meetings and office space for 200 employees.