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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.

Northwestern Business College

Northwestern Business College, Chicago’s first private business college, had outgrown its southwest suburban campus in Hickory Hills and hired Krusinski Construction Company to renovate its newly acquired 88,000 square-foot retail space.   The college acquired a former department store in Bridgeview to renovate the space to include 15 lecture halls, 13 computer labs, medical and clinical classrooms, library, bookstore and learning center, spa area, student lounge, 200-seat auditorium and administrative and admissions offices.

The challenge was demolishing and renovating the space in four months.

Krusinski was up to the challenge and worked diligently with partners at Design Architects to develop an expedited schedule encompassing seven days a week, often with double crews. To keep tradesmen from tripping over one another, the space was divided into four quadrants, which allowed multiple trades to work at the same time.

Not only did classes start the first week in September, as scheduled, but the new campus allowed Northwestern Business College to double its enrollment from an estimated 450 students at the old campus to 900 at the new college.  The college also celebrated an anniversary that was well deserved – more than 100 years old.

The project received a design excellence award by the American School & University Educational Interiors Showcase.

Neiman Marcus, The Shops at Clearfork

Rogers-O’Brien completed a ground-up, two-story, 90,000-SF Neiman Marcus store in the new 270-acre Shops at Clearfork retail development in Fort Worth, Texas. Exterior consists of a one-of-a-kind precast design with multiple architectural elements on each elevation of the building. The interior consists of high-end vendor shops including Zegna, David Yurman, Canali, Chanel, Gucci, Prada as well as several others. The interior lighting package comprised over 4,000 fixtures the bulk of which were installed in Level 5 finished drywall ceilings. The interior finish-out process required numerous coordination meetings with the design team and representatives from the various vendor shops in order to create seamless transitions between the sales floor and vendor shop areas.

Wood Hill Crossing East

KCC completed an 85,000 square foot LEED Certified Building at Wood Hill Crossing East in Woodridge, IL. The team consisted of architect, SKJN Architekten Corporation and civil engineer, SPACECO Inc.  The group partnered with Lakeview Realty Investors for this multi-tenant speculative building. Wood Hill Crossing East will be the first LEED Certified building within the Village of Woodridge limits. The building can function as an office, research or light industrial facility. During this project, the team was trained to identify Blanding Turtles that populate the area and put a plan together to protect this threatened and endangered species during construction.

The Village of Woodridge is also home to the Internationale Centre, one of the largest business parks in the Chicago area. The Wood Hill Crossing Business Park connects and is adjacent to Internationale Centre.

INSYS Therapeutics Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Facility

Insys Therapeutics is a specialty pharmaceutical company that develops and commercializes innovative products for supportive care of pain patients. The Insys Therapeutics Facility project entailed the interior demolition of a 60,000 SF warehouse and the interior build out of a new pharmaceutical manufacturing facility. Along with the renovation of the exterior façade, the project scope also includes the addition of an 8,000 SF Class 10,000 Clean Room and another 20,000 SF of process space to accommodate the manufacturing of a range of patented pharmaceutical products.

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Lewis has been onsite continuously from 1999 to present at one of the world’s leading cancer research centers. Examples of Lewis’ hundreds of projects include a cGMP cell processing facility with clean room, a BSL-3 suite, a quality control room, and many other laboratory, office, and support spaces. Individual projects range up to 90,000 square feet.

Courtside and Skybox Apartments

Lewis built these two LEED Gold certified apartment buildings. Skybox is a six-story, 94,000 square foot building which features 76 units, ranging from one bedroom to five bedrooms. Courtside is a 64,000 square foot, five-story apartment building which houses 47 living units and includes ground floor retail. Sustainable features include energy-efficient appliances and windows, low-VOC products, low-flow plumbing fixtures, occupancy sensors in common areas, and an eco-roof which retains and cleans storm water.

Comcast Tech Ops West

Lewis completed this design/build project that provides Comcast with a consolidated operations center to service their customers in the greater Portland metro area. The 87,000 square foot, two-story, office and warehouse building is situated on a 10-acre site. Sitework included new ADA parking, concrete walkways and stairs, paving, steel canopies, site fencing and a new pole climbing yard.

Titan Court

Constructed as part of the landmark Lane Community College Downtown Campus project, Titan Court, a new 5-story student housing facility, was completed in the fall of 2012. The 90,000 square foot building houses 255 beds in 75 units. The project was built for LEED Gold certification and provides a living-learning experience for the College’s local and international students, as well as secure housing for University of Oregon students that prefer downtown living.

Downtown Campus

The Downtown Campus is a landmark project, which has greatly contributed to the vitality of downtown Eugene. Housing 250 beds, the residential building is targeting LEED Gold while the 90,000 square foot academic building was built for LEED Platinum certification and includes state-of-the-art classrooms, lecture halls, and an energy management lab. The buildings are expected to achieve an energy performance of 50% better than Oregon code and showcase heating, cooling, and ventilation systems which create a “living laboratory”