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AIA-MI DESIGN PERSPECTIVES 12

The AIA Michigan 2015 Honor Awards

SUSTAIN-ABILITY 16

Sustainability is Policy at Powers Distributing: A Case Study in Corporate Responsibility

MECHANICAL/ELECTRICAL 18

From Polaroids to Robots: A Snapshot of Sani-Vac Service’s 40 Years in Business

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Detroit’s First National Building Lobby: A Renaissance of Light

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Bringing the First National Building Back to Life

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OAKLAND COUNTY DEVELOPMENT 30

Unemployment and Inflation Rates: Oakland County’s Economic Weather Report

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Oakland County’s Big Four: Foreign Direct Investment, Life Sciences, Automotive and IT Tech

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DEPARTMENTS

Children’s Hospital of Michigan-Troy to Open Early 2016

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Small is Beautiful at the New Bloomfield Hills’ High School

52 Product Spotlight

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New Lessons in School Design at Bloomfield Hills’ New High School

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Seven Phases, 36 Months: Renovating Beaumont Hospital Troy’s Surgical Suite

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18 Industry News

10 Safety Tool Kit 54 Product Showcase 59 People in Construction 60 Corporate News 61 Construction Calendar

Welcome to Medical Main Street® : Bio-Grid Services Oakland County’s Healthcare Marketplace

CONSTRUCTION HIGHLIGHT 46 Western Michigan University Launches New Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine in Vintage Building

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62 CAM Welcomes New Members 63 Advertising Index

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PUBLISHER EDITOR

Kevin N. Koehler Amanda M. Tackett

ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Mary E. Kremposky

PRODUCTION DIRECTOR GRAPHIC DESIGN DIRECTOR OF MARKETING ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE

Matthew J. Austermann Noelle E. Scharer Gregg A. Montowski Cathy A. Jones

DIRECTORS OFFICERS Chairman

Larry S. Brinker, Jr. The Brinker Group

Vice Chairman

Stephen J. Hohenshil Glasco Corporation

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Donielle Wunderlich George W. Auch Company

Treasurer

Joe S. Palazzolo

President

Kevin N. Koehler

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Chris Hippler Capital Letters

Dennis King DMKING Consulting, LLC

Nancy Marshall Aluminum Supply Company

Rick Rys Hi Def Color

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TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART MARKS ENERGY-SAVING MILESTONE Combined Heat and Power System Surpasses 400,000 Hours of Operation A combined heat and power (CHP) system at the Toledo Museum of Art has surpassed 400,000 hours of operation – contributing to the Museum’s overall savings of 80 percent of electricity use per year.

Representatives from Capstone Turbine and GEM Energy presented an award to the Toledo Museum of Art in recognition of the CHP system operations milestone at a Green Energy Ohio workshop at the Museum.

The four C65 Capstone microturbines on-site supply heating and electricity through cogeneration. The microturbine system supplies the museum with 260kW of continuous electricity and 1.6 million BTU of heat, equal to the amount of electricity consumed by 250 homes.

“Every dollar that the Museum saves on energy is a dollar that can be used for programming to benefit our community and advance our purpose of art education,” said Carol Bintz, chief operating officer at the Toledo Museum of Art. GEM Energy, of the Rudolph Libbe Group, installed the microturbines in 2003. Twelve years ago, the Museum’s CHP system was a landmark energy project – Ohio’s first microturbine installation and the first in Ohio to include a net metering agreement with First Energy.

“Capstone is proud to recognize another long-running and reliable site that has been providing both environmental benefits and cost savings to the museum for over a decade,” said Marc Rouse, director of sales in America at Capstone Turbine.

“The Toledo Museum of Art is a national leader in sustainability, as well as a world-renowned art museum and educator,” said Hussien Shousher, president of GEM Energy. “The Museum committed to an investment in its future with this energy project, and it’s been exciting to watch that investment increase in value for our customer over the years. Our customer has impacted how others have invested in energy efficiency locally.”

As one of the few museums nationwide to implement comprehensive sustainable practices, the Toledo Museum of Art is a model for other museums, arenas and large facilities that require significant amounts of energy. The Museum’s 250,000square-foot, two-story main building holds 30,000 works of art.

The 4.5 acres of floor space include 45 galleries, 15 classroom studios, the 1,750-seat Peristyle concert hall, a 176-seat lecture hall, a café and boutique.

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The sustainable microturbines allow the Museum to conserve energy, while still maintaining the precise temperature and humidity levels required to preserve its art collection and ensure the comfort of visitors.

BARTON MALOW JOINS NATIONAL AND GLOBAL CONSTRUCTION FIRMS TO CELEBRATE SAFETY WEEK Barton Malow Company, Southfield, recently joined national and global construction firms to celebrate US Safety Week, which ran from May 3rd to May 9th. In its second year, Safety Week was recognized by over 40 national and global construction firms making up The Construction Industry Safety (CISI) group and the Incident and Injury Free CEO (IIF) Forum with a single goal: To inspire everyone in the industry to be leaders in safety.

In the largest effort of its kind, leaders of the world's largest construction companies together promoted a new culture of worker safety. Forty-four companies - representing hundreds of thousands of workers - united in the safety campaign, putting a spotlight on the commitment to accident-prevention that takes place every day.

"Safety Week was an opportunity to increase safety awareness and reaffirm an emphasis on being committed to safety each and every day," said Ryan Maibach, president, Barton Malow Company. "'Build it safe, no exceptions' is the Barton Malow Safety Standard, and we are committed to maintaining a safe and healthy environment for all employees-both in offices and on projects."

During Safety Week, Barton Malow featured daily safety topics, which included: pre-task planning; vehicle safety; hand safety; ladder safety; and safety communication. Each daily topic incorporated a coordinating video and toolbox talk for offices and jobsites to utilize.

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G2 CONSULTING RECRUITING NEW TALENT TO HANDLE GROWING BUSINESS SA+A ARCHITECTS INSPIRES FUTURE ARCHITECTS

Stephen Auger + Associates Architects (SA+A Architects), Lake Orion, had an opportunity to meet face-to-face with potential future architects at Avondale High Schools’ Career and College Fair in Auburn Hills. Professionals from 45 different career paths were represented, allowing students to explore a variety of industries through discussions with experts in their field of interest. These high school students had an opportunity for candid conversation with SA+A Architects’ project architects and project managers about the “day-in-the-life” of an architect.

“We met a group of students who were recently involved in set design for the school play,” said Stephanie Kolpacke, project manager at SA+A Architects. “This experience gave them the ‘design bug’ and they are now interested in pursuing a career in architecture or interior design.”

According to Steve Auger, president of SA+A Architects, “Our business model has always included the hiring of inspired high school interns to join our team as they begin their formal education in architectural design. It is exciting to see these students coming from my own high school Alma Mater – Avondale.”

Stephen Auger + Associates Architects, celebrating 20 years of providing distinctive architectural design solutions, is a full-service architectural design and planning practice. SA+A Architects was recognized by Crain’s Magazine and The American society of Employers as one of the 60 coolest places to work in Detroit. SA+A Architects is a member of the U.S. Green Building Council and is NCARB certified for reciprocity in all fifty states. For more information about SA+A Architects please their newly designed website at www.saa-architects.com.

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Coming off its third consecutive year of increasing project activity and strong revenue growth, Troy-based G2 Consulting Group announced recently that it has hired 12 new environmental scientists and geotechnical engineers in the past six months and is looking to hire up to five additional professionals. The nationally recognized geotechnical, environmental and construction engineering company has a full-time professional staff of 49, plus six interns.

“We are continuing to add talent to better serve our clients,” says G2’s Mark Smolinski. “With the construction business gaining traction, both here in the Metro Detroit area and in other markets we serve, we have a number of projects underway and a strong book of business going forward.”

G2’s recent projects include work on last summer’s I-96 reconstruction in Wayne County, Field & Stream’s first Michigan location in Troy, and several senior living developments. The company is currently involved in the I-75/University Drive interchange Design/Build project in Auburn Hills, telecommunications projects throughout the United States, and the Lavergne Avenue Sewer Improvement Project (part of the Tunnel and Reservoir Plan for the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago). G2 completed a record 2,700 projects last year in highway and roadway construction, water and wastewater treatment, telecommunications, commercial development and education.

“With the current focus on improving roads in Michigan and the increase in development activity throughout the geographic areas we serve, we want to be ready to dive in wherever we have an opportunity to do so,” said Smolinski. “We’ve been fortunate to win a number of marquee projects and we continue to add qualified professionals to handle the steady volume of work we have on hand.” Smolinski encouraged entry and mid-level engineers to forward their resumes for consideration (www.G2consultinggroup.com).

In addition to its Troy headquarters, G2 has offices in Ann Arbor and Chicago.

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OBITUARY DENNIS M. KAVANAGH Dennis M. Kavanagh of Clarkston, Michigan and Bonita Springs, Florida, passed away on May 17, 2015 at the age of 74. He owned and operated Data Reproductions Corporation, Auburn Hills, for 48 years. Data Reproductions printed the CAM Buyers Guide for many years. Dennis is survived by Lois, his wife of 52 years; son Dennis (Beth) Kavanagh; daughter Kimberly Kavanagh; daughter Kristin (Kirk) Goodell; six grandchildren; brothers, sisters and family.

He will also be missed by his beloved Welsh Terrier, Maggie. Dennis lived life to the fullest, traveled with Lois all over the world, and built a successful business that employed many dedicated, loyal employees. He was very proud of his family and was well known as a generous, giving man. Memorials may be made to the Make A Wish Foundation.

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CAUTION IN WORK ZONES

By Patrick Sullivan CONSTRUCTION SAFETY CONSULTANT, MIOSHA

The road construction season is in full swing in the State of Michigan. Let’s hope it’s a safe one for motorists and road workers.

From 2001 – 2013, twenty-six people have been killed in work zones on or next to the roadway. Many times the victim is a motorist driving through the work zone. A young man this past January drove his pickup truck around the traffic control devices on the ramp to enter I-696 and his truck fell to the freeway below; he suffered fatal injuries. I find that when I am driving through a work zone it usually only takes a few extra seconds to get through the zone when I slow down to the proper speed that is posted there. If traffic is moving slowly through the zone, then we all need to exercise a little bit of patience to reach our destinations. We all want the roads fixed, and must deal with the short-term inconvenience of getting the work done.

When entering a work zone, motorists must put down the phone and stop other distractions, such as changing music, eating, disciplining children, etc. We need to observe and comply with the traffic control devices that are set up.

WArning to roAd Workers: Motorists are not always paying attention like we should be when driving through your work place. It may be someone eighty years old who possibly should not be driving at all; it may be a sixteen-year-old driving through their very first work zone; or maybe it’s someone leaving the bar after having too many drinks and should not be behind the wheel at all.

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WArning to Motorists: The contractor does not always set up the traffic control devices as prescribed in the MMUTCD - Michigan Manual of Traffic Control Devices. For contractors working on or next to the road, the MMUTCD should be their bible when drafting a TCP - Traffic Control Plan.

Whether it’s a short-term or long-term job, on the freeway or a two-lane road, in the city or on rural roads, the contractor must have a TCP. There are four key elements to a TCP: • Advanced warning signs • Transition or taper area to the activity • Activity - the actual work being done • Termination and taper back to normal traffic The contractor also needs to make sure that the devices are clearly legible, not faded, scratched, dirty, obstructed or obsolete. They need to ensure that their workers are wearing the proper high visibility clothing: Class 2 for daytime work and Class 3 for night-time work. They need to make sure that their employees have received training on the hazards of working on the road. The TCP takes planning and may have to be adjusted as work progresses. to the Motoring Public: Please slow down, obey the traffic control, eliminate the distractions, expect the unexpected, and pay attention so that no one – either motorists or road workers – has to pay the ultimate price and lose their lives.

If the road workers drove their vehicle through your office or place of work you would be upset, and there would be casualties for you and your co-workers.

These are real people working on our roads - not some inanimate orange barrel standing there. They have families just like you and I do. They go to the same church that you do, they sit behind you at the restaurant, and their kids play with your kids. They deserve to go home at the end of the work day to their families, just as we all do. So, when we are in their place of work, let’s all slow down, give em’ a brake, respect the vest, and let them do their jobs.

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THE AIA MICHIGAN 2015 HONOR AWARDS The American Institute of Architects Michigan (AIA-MI) Honor Awards Celebration is held annually. The awards were established to bring public attention to the value and importance of architectural excellence, and to recognize those whose notable achievements encourage all to make excellence in architecture the standard. The Honor Awards were held at the Woodward Garden Theater in Midtown Detroit on Friday, June 5th. The Woodward Garden Theater was also one of the buildings receiving an award at the ceremony.

The esteemed jury from Chicago, IL, chaired by David Chasco, FAIA, chose 13 buildings out of the numerous submissions to be singled out for design excellence and received awards this year. The jury reported that it was obvious that good design was being achieved at all scales and types, and that design professionals are engaging the betterment of the built environment.

BUILDING CATEGORY:

Corporate Headquarters Grand Rapids, Michigan Architect: Lott3Metz Architecture Owner: Withheld Contractor: Rockford Construction Photos: Bill Lindhout Jury Comment: “The architects passionately ‘re-lifed’ a decommissioned warehouse creating a ‘BIG’ space full of natural light through the insertion of a deep courtyard and use of a perimeter fritted glass curtain wall. White walls, structure with vast sweeps and expanse of wood to animate circulation and gathering spaces, creates a powerful spatial and material dialogue.”

Mills Pharmacy + Apothecary Birmingham, Michigan Architect: PLY Architecture Project Designer: M1/DTW Owner: Pierre & Hany Boutrous Contractor: Tony Amoud & Associates Photos: Jeffrey Kilmer Jury Comment: “Pharmacy freshly and innovatively re-invents itself functionally and architecturally as a retail strip infill.

Restrained well-defined yet detailed entries of common materials contrasts with large expanses of glass that allow a theatric display of well-crafted contemporary interior cabinetry and colorful pharmacy items.”

Elm House Ann Arbor, Michigan Architect: Warren Samberg Architect Owner: Warren Samberg Contractor: Bloom General Contracting Photos: Gregory Holm and Warren Samberg Jury Comment: “A small but ambitious, playful house of reimagined contextual forms, with an interior of simple sustainable materials, honest details and intimate spaces enlivened by natural light.”

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500 Barton Shore Drive Ann Arbor, Michigan Architect: PLY Architecture Owner: Lesa and Mike Huget Contractor: By the River Carpentry LLC Photos: Adam Smith Jury Comment: “Heroic effort to re-claim Mid-Century modern house typically demolished. Careful passionate restoration process of the honest ‘50s expression conveys that sometimes less is more and worth saving!”

Oakland University Human Health Building Rochester, Michigan Architect: SmithGroupJJR Owner: Oakland University Contractor: The Christman Company Photos: Prakash Patel, Jeff Amram, Justin Maconochie & Jason Robinson Jury Comment: “Building has a profound presence. Its dual performance functions are manifested in distinct and memorable forms, with a soft façade that floats above pilots and glass planes as it glides across a sloping natural landscape.”

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Woodward Garden Theater Detroit, Michigan Design Architect: McIntosh Poris Associates Architect of Record: Quinn Evans Architects Owner: Woodward SA-ZK, LLC Contractor: The Monahan Company Photos: Justin Maconochie & Jeff Garland Jury Comment: “The beautifully restored historic façade is the elegant centerpiece of a new urban block, barely concealing what lies within. The interior is a memorable raw aesthetic of saved rustic brick planes contrasted with planes of punctured acoustic steel panels. Well-placed retention of historic elements creates a constant visual tension.”

6 Salon (Old Woodward) Birmingham, Michigan Architect: PLY Architecture Project Designer: M1/DTW Owner: 6 Salon Contractor: D&S Contractors Photos: Jeffrey Kilmer Jury Comment: “An exceptionally elegant design. It's simple plan, minimal but powerful use of well-considered materials and exquisite detailing imbues value and beauty for its users.”

UNBUILT PROJECT CATEGORY: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Robley Rex VA Medical Center Louisville, Kentucky Architect: URS | SmithGroup Joint Venture Design Architect: SmithGroupJJR Owner: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Jury Comment: "’Healing with Honor’" is passionately embraced given the unified architectural expression and ease of the plan organization softened by the natural light-filled green environment of the linear spine atrium, all designed at a pedestrian scale to respect the spirit of the Veterans.”

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Monsanto Conference Center and Executive Team Offices Chesterfield, Missouri Architect: SmithGroupJJR Owner: Monsanto Company Jury Comment: “The building beautifully and naturally integrates with nature to provide collaborative contemplative and restorative research and administrative environments. The weathered Core-Ten enclosure becomes nature's second skin; we hope they build it exactly as designed!”

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25 YEAR AWARD CATEGORY: This category is for a distinguished project, executed prior to 1990 and used for at least 25 years for the same purpose for which it was designed. The 25 Year Award honorees are chosen because the original design has made a lasting impact on the design community and continues to be utilized for its intended purpose. While the designs may have undergone updates over the years, the thoughtful, well-designed spaces have stood the test of time and the buildings are just as relevant today as 25 years ago. This year’s winner is the Penobscot building by Wirt Rowland with Smith, Hinchman & Grylls, currently SmithGroupJJR. The AIA-MI also announced the contributors to the design and built environment communities who were singled 14 CAM MAGAZINE JULY 2015

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LOW BUDGET / SMALL PROJECT CATEGORY: Playful Horizons Garden of Dreams First Congregational Church, Battle Creek, Michigan Architect: MAde Studio Owner: Garden of Dreams Daycare, First Congregational Church Contractor: J&L Manufacturing.

Photos: Adam Smith Jury Comment: “Inspired use of steel in a most uncommon inventive way. The fabricator is clearly part of the design process. The random shapes inspire children to invent their own creative play.”

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There were nine (9) recognition categories and 15 award winners this year: gold Medal Award: Victor saroki, FAiA, Saroki Architecture Firm of the Year: hopkinsburns design studio

STEEL AWARD CATEGORY: U of M Energy Institute—Michigan Memorial Phoenix Laboratory Ann Arbor, Michigan Architect: Lord Aeck Sargent Owner: University of Michigan Contractor: De Maria Building Co. Photos: Curt Clayton Jury Comment: “Building has a distinctive presence. It clearly celebrates a historical tradition of using steel in an expressive manner, memorable for its form as well as its distinct interiors.”

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balthazar korab Award: James Willer iiI, WORKSHOP Detroit

honorary Affiliate Award: evelyn dougherty, hon. Aff. AiAMi – AIA Michigan, Michael Mort, hon. Aff. AiAMi – Equity Studios, Inc., and daniel Zechmeister, hon. Aff. AiAMi – Masonry Institute of Michigan

robert hastings Award: c. richard hall, FAiA, Harley Ellis Devereaux, and robert sharrow, AiA, AchA – Albert Kahn Associates

college of Fellows: damian Farrell, FAiA – Damian Farrell Design Group, and Sandra Laux, FAIA Hamilton Anderson Associates

President’s Award: ronald loch, Jr., AiA, Taubman Company

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SUSTAIN |ABILITY INDUSTRY NEWS

SUSTAINABILITY IS POLICY AT POWERS DISTRIBUTING: A CASE STUDY IN CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY

BY DOUGLAS ELBINGER ENERGY SYSTEMS ANALYST, NEWMAN CONSULTING GROUP, LLC DOUGE@NCGONSULTING.US.COM

Visualize a bottle of your favorite ice-cold craft beer in your hands.

Now, imagine how much energy it took to get it there. No one knows this answer better than Gary Thompson, COO of Powers Distributing, Orion Twp., MI, the wholesale beer distributor servicing Oakland and Macomb Counties. According to Gary, “One of the biggest costs we have is the cost of energy. The money we save practicing sustainability, recycling and using renewable energy means we have more to invest in our people, our brands, our community… and drive more profit to the bottom line.”

Starting as a Miller distributor in 1939, Powers has today built itself into one of the premiere craft beer wholesalers in the country.

Last year, Powers earned the distinct honor of becoming Beverage World Magazine’s 2014 Beer Wholesaler of the Year. To give you an idea of the scope of the organization, Powers Distributing is a family-owned business with over 75 years of history, more than 200 employees, and a warehouse facility over 200,000 square feet, including a cooler with 12,500 square feet of refrigeration. Powers Distributing services over 2,600 retail customers with a fleet of over 100 vehicles that use over 12,000 gallons of bio-diesel fuel per month. The combined “energy footprint” of electricity, gas and liquid fuel is enormous. As Gary explained it, “The entire beer supply chain from brewing to distribution to your refrigerator is a long and energy hungry road.” sustAinAbilitY is essentiAl to resPonsible And ProFitAble oPerAtions Due to the energy-intensive nature of the operation, environmental responsibility is built into the DNA at Powers Distributing. Starting back in 2007, the sales fleet become eco-friendly when they converted their off-premise sales team from V8 cargo vans to fourcylinder Saturn Vue’s and several newer (at the time) Ford Flex–Fuel 16 CAM MAGAZINE JULY 2015

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Powers Distributing has the largest privately owned fleet of more than 100 vehicles that are fueled by B20 bio-diesel, hybrid or both. This clean-burning fleet is projected to save about 53 million tons of carbon emissions over the life of the equipment.

vehicles. In 2008, the sales management team began driving hybrids. In 2009, Powers Distributing became the first beverage wholesaler in the country to convert 50 percent of its delivery fleet to a more fuel-efficient hybrid route tractors. Currently they have 40 hybrid tractors on the road, which is the world’s largest privately owned fleet of hybrid tractors. All of the more than 100-vehicle fleet is fueled by B20 bio-diesel, hybrid or both. This clean-burning fleet is projected to save about 53 million tons of carbon emissions over the life of the equipment. energY eFFicient oPerAtions To save energy inside the office, Powers has transformed Industrial Age traditions of beer distributing by moving to "cloud" computing for e-mail, sales documents and analytics. Cloud computing is far more energy-efficient than traditional in-house solutions, and has other benefits such as high-availability, collaborative advantages and security on a scale that would be difficult to cost-effectively achieve using traditional methods.

They also modernized the conveyor system that moves cases of beer throughout the warehouse. The system is controlled by photoelectric sensors that only move the conveyor when there are cases of beer on the conveyor line.

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recYcling Due to the nature of the business, recycling is such an important component that they constructed their own building to house the recycling operations. As you can guess with beer distribution, tons of glass bottles, aluminum cans, cardboard, plastic bottles and used stretch film are recycled every month. Beer cans are compacted into 750pound bales before they are shipped off for reprocessing. They also recycle office paper, shop metal and wooden pallets that are converted into about a quarter-million pounds of wood pellets every year. Storm water runoff is funneled into a holding pond from the facility grounds and parking areas, and later used to water the lawn. led lighting retroFit A project to upgrade the facility to energyefficient lighting is well under way. Recently, they have started to replace high bay, high intensity discharge (HID) fixtures with energy-efficient LED lighting that could save as much as 60 percent in lighting costs.

ThinkNRG designed the system that replaces over 400 lamps with high efficiency LED’s manufactured and installed by Michigan contractors. The warehouse and office area also include automatic motion sensors to shut off lighting when not in use. solAr MAkes sense in MichigAn Last year, after a cost-benefit study of various methods for renewable energy including biogas and wind, the Powers Distributing team decided to install a solar array on the roof of their new recycling building. Local Michigan solar experts, Michigan Solar Solutions (www.michigansolarsolutions.com), were called in to propose, design and install the system. The system is designed to offset the total electrical demand for the recycling building and excess power flows over into the main warehouse.

Mark Hagerty, CEO of Michigan Solar Solutions and longtime CAM Member, says that the100 kW (kilowatt) system generates enough electricity to power twenty average American homes. Comprised of 352 solar panels (made in USA by Solar World), the Visit us online at www.cammagazineonline.com

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it is reported to be saving an average of $2,000 a month in electric bills and is ontrack to amortize itself in eight years.

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FROM POLAROIDS TO ROBOTS: A SNAPSHOT OF SANI-VAC SERVICE’S 40 YEARS IN BUSINESS

BY MARY E. KREMPOSKY ASSOCIATE EDITOR

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President and Owner John H. Line, III, ASCS, CECS began Sani-Vac Service, Inc. in 1975 with the help of only an assistant and one door-to-door salesman. The then residential furnace and ductwork cleaning company used the best technology of its day for inspection and documentation: a Polaroid camera. Fast-forward 40 years and this Warren-based business is now the go-to commercial and industrial ductwork and exhaust system cleaning company in Michigan. Virtually every major hospital system in Michigan, not to mention an assortment of high-tech firms and a broad cross-section of universities, enlists the expertise of this long-lived firm now with a staff of 50 and a full arsenal of state-of-theart equipment.

The company, the equipment and the ductwork cleaning industry have been completely transformed over the course of the last 40 years. Toss the retro Polaroid and its successor - a cable with camera attachments - for robots of increasingly smaller size and growing sophistication.

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the size of a shoebox through a building’s smaller and more difficult-to-access ductwork,” said Line.

The ductwork and air conveyance cleaning industry itself has gone from the ugly duckling of the HVAC world to an industry now commonly specified by architects and engineers. “One of the things that has changed in the last 40 years is there has been a major acceptance of the need to clean ductwork by engineers and architects,” said Jim Sica, Sani-Vac business partner and marketing specialist.

“They are specifying it now, which was not the case for a long time.”

Today, the ductwork and air conveyance cleaning industry plays a crucial role in both hospital infection control and in quality control for the high-tech sector’s data and cleanrooms. Sani-Vac is heavily engaged in both sectors, being one of the few firms in Michigan with the expertise to successfully tackle these specialty environments.

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FreSh AIr For MAhogAny row Commercial and industrial duct cleaning first took root in the automotive industry, said Sica. As a budding company and member of Union Local 80, Sani-Vac hit pay dirt cleaning up the actual dirt in the ductwork of automotive plants and offices throughout southeastern Michigan.

Sani-Vac has cleaned such signature facilities as Ford Motor Company’s Research and Engineering Building. In 2014, Sani-Vac cleaned the entire air conveyance system in Ford’s historic Powertrain Operations Engine Engineering Building (POEE). Built in 1925, the facility was the heart and soul of invention in the early days of Ford’s automotive empire.

Closed in 2008, Ford Motor Company initially considered either selling the 365,404square-foot building to The Henry Ford or tearing it down. William Ford, Jr. and Ford Motor Company’s new CEO, Mark Fields, ultimately elected to renovate the building and preserve its storied past. “I commend Ford Motor Company for resurrecting this unique and beautiful building,” said Line.

As part of its rich history, the building houses Mahogany Row, a wood-lined enclave containing the offices of Henry Ford and his team of Ford executives. “The engineering area of the building even has a column that Henry Ford and his executive team used to mark their heights,” said Line.

“Today, it is preserved under a 12-inch square piece of glass placed over that part of the column.”

At the POEE Building, Sani-Vac “cleaned the entire air conveyance system, including 11,600 linear feet of ductwork, 111 variable air volume boxes and five large air handling units,” said Line. “Two 575-ton chillers in the powerhouse supply chilled water to all of the air handling units.”

Line compares the air handling unit to the heart of the air conveyance system, while the ductwork is the feeder “veins” supplying vital air to the facility. “If you are going to clean an air conveyance system, you must include the air handling units, because if you don’t clean the ‘heart’ you might as well not clean the ‘veins,’” said Line.

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At Ford Motor Company’s historic Powertrain Operations Engine Engineering Building, Sani-Vac cleaned the entire air conveyance system, including 11,600 linear feet of ductwork, 111 variable air volume boxes and five large air handling units.

working on the very systems that provide heating, air-conditioning and ventilation, the Sani-Vac crew did not have the benefit of operational air handling systems. “The systems were not up and running, so we had no conditioned air,” recalled Line, “but all the steam pipes that still ran through the building created an immense amount of heat.” With interior temperatures soaring into the upper 90s, crews were wellsupplied with refreshment stands and fans during the day. “We also had several crews working in the building every evening for four months,” added Line.

Working under direct contract with Ford Motor Company, Sani-Vac launched the cleaning of the air conveyance system in May 2014 and finished in August 2014. The team of Roncelli, Inc., Sterling Heights, and DiClemente Siegel Design, Inc., Southfield, then renovated the entire building. The renovation is one of 12 award-winning projects that will be profiled in CAM Magazine’s upcoming October 2015 Special Issue.

An IncredIble Surge In ActIvIty Sani-Vac’s recent work also includes cleaning the entire floor plenum of La-ZBoy, Inc.’s new world headquarters in Monroe, another CAM Magazine awardwinning Special Issue project by the team of Rudolph/ Libbe, Inc., Plymouth, MI and Walbridge, OH, and The Collaborative, Ann Arbor and Toledo, OH.

Sani-Vac is also cleaning the ductwork for Wayne State University’s new Multidisciplinary Biomedical Research Building now under construction by Barton Malow/Brinker and designed by Harley Ellis Devereaux.

“Because the Biomedical Research Building is going to be a LEEDcertified building, there was automatically a three- to four-page duct cleaning spec included in the project,” said Line.

Sani-Vac is seemingly everywhere, including at the recent jobsite of Bedrock Real Estate Services’ Chase Tower aka “the Qube,” a downtown Detroit building numbering a Quicken Loans office and a WXYZ studio among its tenants.

In addition, Greektown Casino’s installation of new air handling units led to yet another large ductwork cleaning project for SaniVac. Past projects also include plenum cleaning at Quicken Loans’ Compuware offices and work at the Detroit Medical Center Cardiovascular Institute, as well as for Perrigo Pharmaceuticals in Holland, MI. Clearly, Sani-Vac is experiencing an accelerated burst of business activity. “The work in the last six months to a year has been incredible,” said Line. In fact, the only strain is securing a sufficient number of operators to do the work. Applicants must pass background and drug tests in order to work in healthcare settings and at night in a variety of facilities. Training-wise, module study and on-the-job training typically takes three months.

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the SAnI-vAc Story: A tIMelIne oF SucceSS the 1980s: A coMpAny And InduStry Are born Working in his family’s HVAC business was the beginning of Line’s own training. “I am a third generation heating and air-conditioning contractor,” said Line. “My grandfather and my father first worked for Holland Furnace Company, a manufacturer of cast iron gravity furnaces, in the 1940s to the 1960s.”

Line launched his own company shortly after attending Macomb Community College for climate control technology and business.

After working in the residential arena for five years, Line took the road less traveled. In 1982, he established a commercial and industrial duct cleaning and kitchen exhaust system business, then one of only a handful of firms in that side of the industry. “There were probably only two, maybe three,

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companies in commercial and industrial work,” said Line. Even today, duct cleaning companies in this sector number only 10 to 12 versus roughly a hundred in the residential side of the industry.

Line launched his business at an opportune time. The Energy Crisis led to tighter buildings, and in some cases, Sick Building Syndrome, a term originally coined in a 1984 World Health Organization report.

The Environmental Protection Agency began to focus on indoor air quality, creating a stronger wave of social and market forces that helped to push duct cleaning from the back burner to the forefront of consumer concerns.

By 1989, the National Air Duct Cleaners Association (NADCA) was formed and began to establish professional standards for the nascent industry. Line even served on its Board of Directors for six years in the ‘90s. “NADCA started as a membership organization, before progressing from membership to worker certification programs and standards setting,” said Line.

“Actual specifications then came from these standards.”

Back at Sani-Vac’s office, the staff grew from three to 10, and the company secured the first of many showcase projects, including the Fox Theater in Detroit.

Inspecting the shuttered theater’s air conveyance system, Line discovered vintage air handlers with leather fan belts, as well as some stretches of ductwork clogged with four to five inches of dirt, dust and debris. “We ran into areas of ductwork where we had to shovel out the dirt before we actually cleaned the ducts,” recalled Line. “They kept a great deal of the existing ductwork, but they naturally had to modify some of the ductwork to fit the new HVAC units.”

Because of Sani-Vac’s work, everyone can breathe easier in such gems as the Detroit Music Hall and the Detroit Institute of Arts. In fact, Sani-Vac has been involved in virtually every major DIA project over the past few decades. “We recently finished a project for the DIA’s Detroit Film Theater,” said Sica.

heAlthcAre SpecIAlIStS: SwItchIng courSe In the ‘90s The staple or bread-and-butter projects of the ‘80s were skewed heavily towards the auto industry. “We were probably about 80 percent automotive in the early days,” said Line. “The percentages are now reversed, with automotive being 20 percent of our business and healthcare, schools and universities being 80 percent.”

As the auto industry “wobbled” in the early ‘90s recession, Sani-Vac switched course and developed a strong portfolio of hospital, nursing home and other healthcare projects. The company then began working in K-12 schools, but “as the economy tightened, school funding dwindled,” recalled Line. “Since universities are funded differently, we entered the higher education market.”

Sica’s marketing and sales savvy aided Sani-Vac in establishing a foothold and now a stronghold in these new territories. “Jim is a very big part of the growth of this company,” said Line.

“We’ve grown immensely since he came aboard in 1994.”

Today, the University of Michigan, Michigan State University and other institutions of higher learning are strong clients. Sani-Vac’s customer base in the healthcare arena ranges from West Michigan’s Spectrum, St. Mary’s, Metro Health and Holland Hospital to Munson Hospital in Traverse City and Northern Michigan Hospital in Petoskey. “We also just did multiple jobs at Mercy Hospital in Grayling, and we have worked at War Memorial Hospital in Sault Ste. Marie,” said Sica. “We do healthcare work statewide. It is really a specialty that not many duct cleaners do.”

Some ductwork cleaners steer clear of working in healthcare facilities, because of the added complexity and liability. “You have to be able to sit down with infectious control nurses and put together a project to protect patients, but still get the job done within the facility department’s budget,” said Sica.

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filtration, containment cubes under negative pressure, and other strategies. “To avoid cross contamination, we also have to clean equipment very carefully in transporting it from one area of the hospital to another,” added Sica.

Sani-Vac cleans both existing and new ductwork. “Hospitals will ask us to come in and clean their brand new ductwork before they occupy procedure rooms, patient rooms, and other sensitive areas,” said Line, “because sometimes ductwork is used for temporary heating during construction, and even when it’s not, it’s virtually impossible to keep it clean.”

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SurvIvIng 2008 Sani-Vac’s success continued into the new millennium. One large project was cleaning the ductwork at Detroit Metropolitan Airport’s North Terminal. Sani-Vac’s 12person team successfully navigated working in an active international airport and under the tight security conditions imposed in the aftermath of September 11, 2001.

In general, demand surged for duct cleaning services in this time period as consumer awareness grew even more strongly and spilled over into the commercial arena. “Once an afterthought

and I still believe, that the only way I am going to be successful is to surround myself with good people,” said Line, “and I think I have done that well. The key to success in business is to hire good people; they make our customers happy no matter what it takes.”

Equipment investment includes the use of robotics for inspecting, cleaning and sealing lined ductwork.

“Because of computer technology, the robotics equipment has become more high-tech, as well as smaller and smarter,” said Sica.

Line paints a “then and now” picture of a duct cleaner’s tools of the trade: “In the past, we used a large TV monitor that was difficult to work with. The operator can now run the robot through the ductwork by holding a small-screen monitor in the hand and controlling the robot’s movements with a joy stick. The technology has come a long way.”

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undertaken only in the event of a budget surplus, companies began to actually budget for duct cleaning,” said Sica. “More companies began leaning toward preventive maintenance rather than waiting until ducts become plugged or dirt drifted down from the ceiling.”

Although demand dipped, Sani-Vac weathered the fierce recession of 2008, because as a specialty company, it could survive on the preventative maintenance, smaller projects and modest renovations available at the time. As capital budgets shriveled and demand for new construction died on the vine, Sani-Vac actually continued to slowly grow during the recession. “We’ve grown almost every year,” said Line.

Sani-Vac’s success over four decades is grounded in its impeccable customer service and attention to detail. “We never leave anybody dissatisfied,” declares Sica.

Other ingredients in Sani-Vac’s “recipe for success” include investment in both people and equipment. “I have always believed,

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lighting systems, rotary brushes and other brush adaptors, and an air viper that allows the operator to run compressed air tools off of the robot. This versatile little R2D2 of ductwork even has the ability to spray and seal the inside of an insulated duct. A common practice in commercial buildings of the 1970s was to line the ductwork with fiberglass to improve the system’s thermal and acoustical properties. “Now they are finding that this insulation breaks down,” said Sica, “so if they can’t replace the internally lined ductwork, then we can seal it with a latex-based sealer registered by the EPA.” Despite their marvels, robots are only used in select applications. “If the building’s ductwork is large enough, my crew will still crawl in and clean it,” said Line. “That is the most efficient, thorough way to clean ductwork. Robotic technology can be used for duct inspection and sealing in duct of any size, but it is used to clean only smaller ductwork.” the hIgh-tech MArketplAce oF 2015 As Sani-Vac enters the second decade of the 21st Century, Line is seeing a resurgence of automotive work, continued work in the healthcare sectors, and the emergence of more projects in high-tech industries. “We have all these high-tech industries in Michigan,” said Sica. “These industries are manufacturing under such tight specifications, and they have such extensive cleanroom systems, that they can’t have any ‘dirt’ or particulate at all in these areas. It would adversely impact their manufacturing process and their products. There is also renewed interest on the industrial side in duct cleaning, particularly in plants where dirt blowing out of their ductwork would also impact their equipment and product.”

Sani-Vac has successfully navigated the sometimes rough waters of the past 40 years. From the automotive downturn to the Great Recession and back again, Sani-Vac has handled it all, and has created a company that provides a valuable service to a wide range of owners and to the entire construction industry.

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DETROIT’S FIRST NATIONAL BUILDING LOBBY: A RENAISSANCE OF LIGHT

BY CAMILLE SYLVAIN THOMPSON, MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR, PBA

PHOTOGRAPHY BY JUSTIN MACONOCHIE PHOTOGRAPHY

If you’ve been to downtown Detroit in the past year or two, you’ve probably noticed the growing presence of Bedrock Real Estate Services, peeling back years of neglect and breathing new life into many of Detroit’s architectural gems including the First National Building at 660 Woodward Avenue, at the corner of Woodward and Cadillac Square.

On this storied corner in a century-old social hub of Detroit’s financial district, the posh Ponchartrain Hotel, or “The Ponch” as it would later be nicknamed, once stood as a beacon of wealth and power – favoring automobile tycoons and deal makers on a daily basis in its opulent marble and mahogany hotel bar. However, The Ponch’s heyday was sadly shortlived as Detroit moguls founded the more exclusive Detroit Athletic Club. The Ponchartrain, later rose again in a new location, shut its doors in 2009, and has since been converted into a Crowne Plaza Ponchartrain Detroit hotel.

Sitting on a goldmine of real estate, the investors and owners of the First and Old Detroit National Building shelled out record dollars to purchase the Ponchartrain property and move their financial operations from a previous location in Detroit to the prime Campus Martius location. With no hope of renovating the structure due to its sprawling layout and stout, impenetrable frame (enveloping over 4 million pounds of steel), the once opulent hotel, adorned with Tiffany & Co.’s elegant décor, was stripped and demolished in a swift 90-day timeframe.

Between 1921 and 1930 a new 25-story Albert Kahn-designed office building was erected, later to be known as the First National Building. It spanned an entire city block and was adorned with massive five-story Corinthian pillars, a limestone façade and street-level granite.

After nearly a century in operation, several ownership changes, and finally a bankruptcy battle in the 2000’s, the building was purchased by Bedrock Real Estate Services, and renovations to the art-deco structure followed almost immediately.

Michigan’s largest consulting engineering firm, Troy-based Peter Basso Associates (PBA), was contacted by Bedrock Real Estate Services in October 2011 to perform a master plan study and subsequent mechanical, electrical and plumbing design for a complete overhaul of the building’s mechanical and electrical infrastructure to make way for incoming tenants.

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fire protection; fire alarm and electrical distribution. One quarter of the building spanning six floors (floors 8-13) were to be completely renovated and ready for expedited occupancy by July 2012. The complete infrastructure improvements were planned, designed and constructed in an astounding nine-month timespan with 200,000 square feet of tenant improvements implemented concurrently.

The entire process required a collaborative effort between the trade contractors, construction manager, property managers and PBA. While improvements were underway and nearing completion, Bedrock turned its attention to the building’s transitional lobby.

Since its rapid decline in the early 2000s, the lobby had served merely as an underlit access point for tenants and visitors to get from one area to another. Bedrock wanted the renovated space to become an inspirational representation of Detroit’s rich architectural history, with the emerging tech hub of Campus Martius at its epicenter.

More importantly, they wanted visitors and tenants to pause, and utilize the space for social and business gatherings as the property’s predecessors had in the past.

Of many of the building’s original features were its majestic art-deco plaster ceilings, terrazzo floors and marble and granite features; most of which were starting to deteriorate. With the purchase of the First National Building, Bedrock intended to preserve and protect as much of the original architectural elements, such as the ceilings and walls, wherever possible, and to showcase them using innovative design solutions that were unique to its vision.

In order to bring attention to its storied past and to Detroit’s historic urban fabric, architects from Neumann/Smith Architecture, Southfield, came up with the concept of incorporating an elegant yet modern acrylic form, resembling the fluid movement of glacial fjords, that would span the length of the west lobby. The LED lit form would also serve as a wayfinding guide for guests directing them to large informational screens on the opposite walls.

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local and national newsfeeds and building information resources, as well as some interactive Bedrock Apps that can be used with their smartphones and tablets.

Since the intent was to highlight the historic features of the lobby without allowing the light fixtures to visibly interfere, the acrylic form itself took on the role of the lighting solution. The solution not only served the purpose of adding a modern, visually pleasing element of motion, but it also served the functional purpose of hiding some of the scars left behind from the building’s past.

Nearly a century earlier, the central part of the lobby was pierced with a grand staircase that allowed bankers and customers to pass between the first and second floors.

However, in recent decades, the staircase was filled with a metal panel structure, leaving a rather unsightly section of ceiling space. For the lobby’s renovation, the lighting solution was incorporated directly below that panel structure, and associated ductwork from the renovation, in order to discretely hide the panel structure, or the “architectural elephant” in the room.

With such a complex and courageous design, Bedrock supported and encouraged the design team to create various small-scale mock versions of the swoosh to ensure that the proper balance of light transmittance, opaqueness of vertical versus horizontal acrylics and the proper color temperature were attained. It was also vital that such a unique solution would visually achieve the design intent and not overshadow the surrounding art-deco ceilings.

To match the illusion of motion created by the acrylic, the PBA lighting team incorporated a curved arrangement of LEDs that intermittently followed its vertical paths. The resulting contrasting light and dark chasms simultaneously accentuate the organic 3-dimensional form. Tucked above the swoosh are LED light strips and track lights, that enable illumination of the adjacent spaces, without detracting from the form. Custom fasteners, affixed by hang points that drop from the ceiling, keep 26 CAM MAGAZINE JULY 2015

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The elevator lobby features beautifully preserved plaster ceiling panels, and takes on an ethereal glow from four-foot-tall side-lit LED acrylic panels that sit flush above the elevator doors.

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To match the illusion of motion created by this elegant but modern acrylic form, the PBA lighting team incorporated a curved arrangement of LEDs that intermittently followed its vertical paths.

The resulting contrasting light and dark chasms simultaneously accentuate the organic 3-dimensional form.

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the massive panels suspended in place, making the form appear light and airy, when in fact the system as a whole tips the scale at well over 2,000 pounds.

To accentuate classic with modern, again, with minimal disruption to the existing architectural elements, the lighting design team focused on the area surrounding the lobby’s security desk. To draw attention to the marble wall that acts as a backdrop for the security desk, PBA designed LEDs stacked in narrow horizontal cove recesses within the marble wall. LED tape lights are mounted on the marble framework, while toekick LED lights flank the bottom of the marble walls on either side of the elevator lobby. Removable marble panels allow for easy maintenance and general access to LEDs and associated controls.

The elevator lobby features beautifully preserved plaster ceiling panels, and takes on an ethereal glow from four-foot-tall sidelit LED acrylic panels that sit flush above the elevator doors. The vertical distribution of light gently touches the details of the plaster panels, while individual LED downlights highlight each elevator.

Throughout the lobby, targeted 3500K color temperature light sources, with dimmable controls, complement preserved architectural building materials with vibrant new colors, materials, and people, helping to create a functional, elegant space that buzzes with activity and welcomes social gatherings, casual dining, relaxation and impromptu get-togethers. No longer is the First National Building an afterthought; it’s a destination and a Detroit mainstay, the very representation of a renaissance city that is preserving the vitality of its past, and encouraging the promise of its future.

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BRINGING THE FIRST NATIONAL BUILDING BACK TO LIFE INFORMATION COURTESY OF NEUMANN/SMITH ARCHITECTURE AND SACHSE CONSTRUCTION

The project had a stellar team, including Neumann/Smith Architecture, Southfield; Sachse Construction, Detroit; Motor City Electric Co, Detroit; and Western Mechanical Contractors, Inc., Clinton Township.

Neumann/Smith Project Designer, Jaimelyn Neher, LEED AP BD+C, explains the design vision for the lobby: “The First National Lobby celebrates its historic elements. Covered in layers and layers of dated ceiling tiles, the original ceiling was revealed. That became the main concept of the space – urban archeology.

“The ceiling is exposed to reveal its original 1922 ceiling, complete with ornate plaster designs and textures. The steel columns that were once covered are now

exposed to show the original structure of the space. To juxtapose that rawness a ceiling element hangs above the seating area of the lobby. This element multi-tasks as a sculptural piece and a source of light that brightens the space but also feels inviting.

The vertical panels that drop down from the illuminated plane lower the scale of the area and soften the light. As you walk in from the front doors, the swooping ceiling element draws your eye to the multi-flat screen display, which showcases graphic motion art created by local artists. The metal panels’ laser-cut design reflects an abstract urban map of downtown Detroit.

This design is also echoed on the terrazzo floor.

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Sachse Construction renovated the lobby and the entire building. Sachse began construction on the building in 2012, and completed work in 2014 on all of the projects in the 822,684-square-foot building.

The building was tired after years of use; the mechanical systems were also outdated. As part of the renovation, new electrical transformers and panel boxes were installed, steam heat was capped and demolished and then replaced with a new cooling tower and air handling units. A new fire pump was installed with a new fire distribution system throughout the building.

In addition, new plumbing lines and boilers were installed, along with new core bathrooms. This work allowed tenants to hook up to state-of-the-art mechanical systems now in place throughout the building. In addition to all new mechanical systems in the building, both freight elevators were taken off line and replaced.

The building is a limestone office tower completed in 1922 and designed by Albert Kahn in the neoclassical architectural style with an unusual “Z” configuration that maximizes natural light. This “Z”-shaped building also has narrow floor plates, which made for cramped conditions during construction.

Construction was also required to be completed while the building was occupied.

This posed multiple challenges, including exchanging materials in and out of the building without disrupting tenants, and meeting the deadline requirements. Sachse developed a hoisting mechanism that allowed construction personnel to exchange materials without disrupting current tenants. Additionally, since the floor plates were very narrow, the second shift workers would load the floors with materials needed the next day, thus preventing traffic jams between workers moving materials and workers performing construction duties.

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UNEMPLOYMENT AND INFLATION RATES: OAKLAND COUNTY’S ECONOMIC WEATHER REPORT

George Fulton and Donald Grimes, of the University of Michigan’s Institute for Research on Labor, Employment, and the Economy, presented Oakland County’s Economic Outlook Summary at a recent luncheon. Along with Oakland County, the event was hosted by CHASE and Oakland Community College. The 2015 sponsors included Automation Alley, Beaumont Healthcare, Bishop International Airport, CAM – Construction Association of Michigan, FirstMerit Bank, ITC Holdings, Kelly Services, Lawrence Technological University, Oakland County Workforce Development, Oakland University and PNC Bank.

The brief Economic Outlook Summary excerpt below presents an overview of unemployment and inflation rates forecast for the next two years. The full report is available at AdvantageOakland.com and irlee.umich.edu/clmr.

2015-2017 foReCasteD PRIvate seCtoR Job GRowth In 2014, a total of 690,377 persons were employed in Oakland County. Job gains in the private sector are expected to accelerate in 2015, increasing by 14, 421 jobs compared with 12,173 in 2014. Job growth continues to accelerate in 2016 and 2017, bringing the total to 48,838 jobs from 2014 to 2017, a solid increase averaging 2.5 percent per year.

2015-2017 foReCasteD Job GRowth In ConstRuCtIon The aggregate industry category of natural resources, mining and construction gains 3,078 jobs over the next three years, all of them in construction, as the very small natural resources and mining components lose a handful of jobs. The construction industry benefits from a revival in residential construction after struggling through a long dry spell.

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construction industry enjoy relatively strong job growth with the greatest number of additional jobs (994) being created among building equipment contractors, such as plumbing, electrical, and HVAC contractors, as well as residential building contractors (648).

InflatIon Rate, DetRoIt ConsumeR PRICe InDex (CPI), 2013 -17 • Local inflation is measured here by the growth rate of the Detroit Consumer Price Index, representing the Detroit metro area overall, as consumer price data are not compiled for the county in isolation.

• Oil prices dropped sharply at the end of 2014 and the beginning of 2015. They are expected to rise somewhat during much of 2015 but to remain low. This pattern is largely responsible for a decline of 0.6 percent in the local price index for calendar-year 2015 compared with 2014.

• Local inflation then rebounds in 2016 to 1.9 percent, a tenth of a percentage point below the U.S. rate, spurred by the continuing partial recovery in crude oil, and thus gasoline, prices.

• Local inflation nudges up to 2.1 percent in 2017, equal to the rate forecast for the U.S. Consumer Price Index.

unemPloyment Rates foR oaklanD County anD the unIteD states, 2009-2017 The sustained job growth we are projecting for Oakland County through 2017 is accompanied by an unemployment rate that continues to decline over the forecast period, from 7.2 percent in 2014 to 5.3 percent in 2015, and then falls further to 4.7 percent in 2016 and 4.3 percent in 2017.

We are forecasting that the nation and the county will come in at the same rate in 2015 (5.3 percent) before switching positions starting in 2016, with Oakland’s jobless rate maintaining an advantage of three-tenths of a percentage point in 2016 and 2017 (4.6 percent nationally and 4.3 percent for Oakland County in 2017).

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OAKLAND COUNTY’S BIG FOUR: FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, LIFE SCIENCES, AUTOMOTIVE AND IT/TECH

BY MARY E. KREMPOSKY ASSOCIATE EDITOR PHOTOS COURTESY OF OAKLAND COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS The numbers tell the story of Oakland County’s success.

Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson lists the glowing – and measurable – results from 2014 in the county’s 30th Annual Economic Outlook Summary publication: • Business expansion, attraction and retention investment of more than $658 million • More than 11,000 new and retained jobs • Direct foreign investment of more than $171 million • Entrepreneurial startups of nearly $12 million • Loans closed of nearly $43 million Oakland County’s Director, Economic Development & Community Affairs (EDCA), Irene Spanos, adds another number to the list: Approximately $356,351,550 million in investment dollars in Oakland County construction projects are either currently underway or plan to be built in the next six to 12 months. The timeframe for this sizeable infusion of investment dollars spans from 2014 to 2016. Projects range in location from Wixom, Troy and Rochester to Southfield and Waterford.

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Spanos also lists the top growth sectors in Oakland County: Foreign Direct Investment, Life Sciences, Automotive, and IT/TECH. “Over 1,000 foreign direct investment firms from 39 different countries call Oakland County home,” said Spanos.

“We are a leader in attracting foreign companies to the USA.” According to Advantage Oakland’s 2014 Annual Report, “Thirty companies generated direct foreign investment of $171 million – more than a quarter of the $658 million total business investment in the county for the year. The investment created 1,941 jobs.”

With an investment of $28.8 million, H.A. Automotive is one of the more sizeable direct foreign investments on the EDCAgenerated list. According to an Oakland County press release, “China: H.A. Automotive Systems announced plans to purchase a building in Troy to establish its headquarters, manufacturing plant and research and development facility. The project will generate a total capital investment of $28.8 million and create 368 jobs. H.A. Automotive is the North American subsidiary of Shanghai Changhui Industry Development Co., an automotive lighting components supplier established in 1994

p Under the leadership of Oakland County Executive, L. Brooks Patterson, Oakland County has launched several business development initiatives, including Medical Main Street® in 2008 and more recently, Tech248™ in 2014.

and headquartered in China. H.A. Automotive, along with its parent, has secured new contracts to supply North American automotive OEMs and needs to establish a presence near them.

Oakland County’s Medical Main Street ® continues to brand the county as a global center of innovation in healthcare and the life sciences. According to the Advantage Oakland report, “In 2014, 10 companies expanded, resulting in $70.3 million in total investment and 1,440 jobs created or retained.” In the healthcare arena, the Detroit Medical Center, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Troy Specialty Center represents a $42 million investment, and is now under construction.

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The year 2014 marked the launch of another economic development initiative called Tech248™.

According to the Oakland Advantage report, “More than 2,000 tech firms have locations in Oakland County – more than twice the number of any other Michigan county. The strength of the tech network is its diversity in software development, mHealth, game development, connected cars, digital media, mobile technology and cyber security. The county focus is helping tech companies attract, develop and retain talent.”

The automotive industry remains a strong mainstay. Challenge Manufacturing Co., LLC, a leading Tier 1 auto supplier, is investing $50 million in a Pontiac facility expected to generate 450 jobs, according to Oakland Advantage.

The Pontiac location – at the site of a former General

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Opened in October 2014, the Troy Transit Center is one of the many recently constructed buildings in Oakland County.

Neumann/Smith Architecture designed and Tooles/Clark built the facility. Spanning from 2014 to 2016, Oakland County has attracted over $356 million in investment dollars related to construction projects that are now underway or planned for the next six to 12 months.

Motors plant – was chosen over a competing site in Ontario.

Oakland County’s economic development team is also preparing for the wireless car of the near future. The county has established the “Connected Car Task Force – a team that is building the business case for Connect Car technology and Visit us online at www.cammagazineonline.com

implementing the infrastructure nationwide, county-by-county,” said Spanos.

According to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office, “connected vehicle technology is a multimodal initiative that aims to enable safe, interoperable networked wireless communications among vehicles, the infrastructure, and passengers’ personal communications devices.” Part of the vision for connected vehicle technologies is to create a future where highway crashes and their tragic consequences are significantly reduced, because the connectivity among vehicles will enable crash prevention.

Spanos also points to light-weighting technologies as another automotive trend important to the economic growth of both current and potential industries and businesses in Oakland County. Simply put, light-weight vehicles are more energyefficient and save gas.

The U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, says, “Using lightweight components and highefficiency engines, enabled by advanced materials, in one quarter of the U.S. fleet could save more than five billion gallons of fuel annually by 2030.”

Given these four powerful economic engines, “all communities in Oakland County are showing growth in terms of development and business attraction,” said Spanos. “Auburn Hills, Troy, Novi and Southfield are all hot, but so are Milford, Oxford, and Orion Township. Large and small communities are benefitting from the focus we collaboratively share on economic development.”

Southfield also has a host of recent projects, both in pre-construction and underway. According to Rochelle Freeman, Southfield Business & Economic Development Director, projects include Versa Development Medical Office Village, $2 million; City Centre II, a $2.5 million retail development; and the $1.5 million 20570 – 20610 West Eight Mile Road project.

Student housing and a Bio-Engineering Facilities are two projects on Lawrence Technological University’s list, as well.

The Top 10 Oakland County Projects Company Project City / Investment Amount the mark of troy Troy $46.9 million 2. Durr Corporation Southfield $40 million renovation ($20 million renovation/ $20 million expansion) 3. DmC Children’s Troy $42 million Hospital Specialty Center 4. fedex/armory Oak Park $30 million 5. h.a. automotive Troy $28.8 million 6. basf Southfield $19 million 7. walsh College Troy $15 million Expansion 8. southfield Park Southfield $15 million Plaza 9. two Public Parking Rochester $11 million Platforms 10. fountain Park Waterford $10.4 million North 1.

other projects include fountain Park north, waterford, $10.4 million; first street lofts (47 units, 6 stories), Rochester, $10 million; hilton Garden Inn, troy, $7.5 million; and enclaves of Rochester hills (a 26-unit site condo development), $6.5 million. a host of other projects range from a $102,000 project for fluid Routing solutions in madison heights to a $5 million Dick’s sporting Goods in troy. source: The Oakland County Economic Development & Community Affairs provided this list of projects, some in pre-construction and others underway. For more information on these projects, visit our Online Planroom at www.cam-online.com.

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CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN - TROY TO OPEN EARLY 2016 PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE CHRISTMAN COMPANY

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The multi-colored building definitely stands out as a children’s hospital. The building’s unique exterior has seven different colors of glazed brick and six different colors of glass.

An exciting new healthcare facility is taking shape in Oakland County’s Medical Main Street®.

The Children’s Hospital of Michigan, a member of the Detroit Medical Center (DMC), is establishing a new outpatient hospital in Troy. Both Harley Ellis Deveraux and The Christman Company are showing their true colors as quality design and construction professionals with this exciting project.

From a construction perspective, Christman is working with an aggressive schedule and a small footprint to open the doors of this unique facility that will include 24/7 pediatric emergency services, operating rooms and a wide variety of pediatric specialties, including allergy, cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hematology/oncology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, pediatric surgery, rehabilitation therapies, urology and lab and imaging services. All of this is housed in a complex and colorful 34 CAM MAGAZINE JULY 2015

kaleidoscope of a building designed by Harley Ellis Deveraux.

As construction manager, Christman has provided cost leadership, scheduling, value analysis methodology, and fast-track bid packaging.

The Christman team coordinated with Harley Ellis Devereaux prior to beginning the project in order to create a fast-tracked project schedule that will allow the building to be completed in just 13 months.

The multi-colored building definitely stands out as a children’s hospital. The building’s unique exterior has seven different colors of glazed brick and six different colors of glass. Located adjacent to the Troy City offices on Big Beaver Road, this brightly colored building more closely

resembles a big toy rather than a medical facility – and that is precisely the point.

The critically significant services performed within the Children’s Hospital of Michigan-Troy may seem scary to children who’ve never experienced a visit to the hospital.

That’s why the design of the building is meant to ease the anxiety of its child and adolescent patients.

From the exterior design through interior planning and design, the point is to make this very prominent center welcoming to both parents and children, and even to add fun and creativity to the hospital experience for its patient population. As a result, the building was conceived as a colorful organization of building blocks that delineate functions and movement within a friendly, non-institutional environment.

The separation of the building into smaller blocks also “humanizes” the hospital experience by creating smaller and more child-friendly spaces. The blue box houses “The Voice Of The Construction Industry”®

PROJECT FOCUS construction on September 2, 2014. improvements not normally possible the main functional groups, and is Christman is tackling a very aggressive 13through traditional methods. This highly complemented by a large yellow box to month schedule to meet the September interactive, integrated lean facility design denote the main vehicular drop-off and 2015 turnover date to the DMC. Christman process resulted in a decrease of overall pedestrian entrance. A red box identifies successfully met its milestone dates leading area of the building by 12 percent. the emergency entrance. These simple into the winter months to ensure that the For Christman, the building’s small transitions of color, geometry and scale project remains on schedule.

Major footprint adds another level of complexity to create a welcoming image, while providing milestones included: the project. Designed to maximize every necessary visual way-finding tools for • September 2014 -- Site anxious parents as they arrive with Clearing/Grubbing, Mass their ill child. Internally, the design Excavation and Undercut Work accomplishes the goal of creating • October 2014 – Concrete small, focused spaces within the Foundations (spread footings broader facility. and grade beam foundation) Care was taken to create a • November and December children’s scale for the three-story 2014 – Structural Steel Frame building. Glazed masonry was an Christman installed temporary obvious choice because of the enclosures to allow interior MEP range of available colors and the build-out to continue through the small scale of each brick. The winter months. Christman then masonry scale is further reduced on tackled the exterior systems from the red and yellow boxes by a long January through May 2015. June 1, linear “Norman” unit, selected as a 2015 marked the launch of the MEP contrast to the larger “utility” systems for conditioned air – a masonry units in the blue box. The crucial milestone that will allow scale of the blue box is mitigated by finished to be completed. insertions of colored stripes along Early next year young patients will with colorful orange and yellow be experiencing an amazing new projected boxes. The prominent facility in Oakland County built east façade, which contains service especially for them.

Upon functions, is developed as a largecompletion, the glass throughout the scale visual marker for westbound building will offer a colorful vehicular traffic along Big Beaver. p composition that not only Furthermore, mechanical equipment Considering the extensive mechanical, electrical and coordinates with the masonry but screens are part of the colorful plumbing systems, The Christman Company implemented also brings the interior environment composition and are connected daily coordination meetings among the different to life with a kaleidoscope of color, vertically in a playful manner. subcontractors to make sure each system was being lighting, pattern and design elements But this building is not just a pretty installed in the correct order. all beautifully planned and crafted to face. Internally, the center contains create a healing environment that nourishes square foot of space, each floor of the emergency, surgery, diagnostics, clinics and the human spirit. building has a footprint of approximately specialty services. The building also In the end isn’t that what a Children’s encompasses a broad spectrum of Hospital is supposed to do?

20,000 square feet.

Considering the outpatient services. extensive mechanical, electrical and The design and planning process for this Harley Ellis Devereaux provided plumbing systems, there was the potential specialty healing environment used Lean architecture, interiors, planning, landscape to have trades unproductively working on Design principals and full-scale mock-ups design, and mechanical, electrical and top of each other. The Christman Company of all floors rather than traditional drawings structural engineering services. implemented daily coordination meetings and sketches. Staff, physicians, patients Professional Engineering Associates, Inc., among the different subcontractors to make and their families were engaged in the Troy, provided civil engineering and sure each system was being installed in the process of physically building and reviewing landscape documentation. Information correct order. This daily coordination has life-size mock-ups of the space. This provided courtesy of The Christman led to a great team environment onsite. approach led to idea generation and Company and Harley Ellis Devereaux.

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SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL AT THE NEW BLOOMFIELD HILLS HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION AND PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE BARTON MALOW COMPANY

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Windows give way to walls in this “sneak peak” of the courtyard view of the new Bloomfield Hills High School currently under construction by Barton Malow Company.

The new Bloomfield Hills High School is not your grandparent’s or even your parent’s - high school. Now under construction by Barton Malow Company, Southfield, the new school is designed around the concept of nine learning communities, each offering highly collaborative and technical learning environments, and four even featuring their very own kitchen area. Under this new educational model, students and staff have the opportunity to learn in a personalized and collaborative environment. Designed with flexibility and adaptability in mind by Stantec, Berkley, in partnership with Fielding Nair International, Royal Oak, each learning community integrates core classes, such as math, science, English and social studies.

This “little red schoolhouse” is actually quite large; Barton Malow is constructing 260,000 square feet of new space and renovating 112,000 square feet of the former Andover High School to create this 372,000-square-foot facility. In line with the community’s vision, the new educational model effectively turns what could have been a vast and impersonal high school into a series of small towns.

The backstory on this exciting new educational model began over a decade ago. In 2003, the Bloomfield Hills School Board considered merging Andover and Lahser High Schools into a newly constructed high school to be built on Andover’s grounds.

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Community debate ensued and Bloomfield Hills Schools commissioned Fielding Nair International to develop a master plan combining the existing two high schools on one campus. Extensive community engagement built consensus and led to the development of a plan calling for small-scale learning communities based on the community’s desire for small schools. The process resulted in a successful bond passed in May 2012.

Barton Malow broke ground in June 2013 and then began partial demolition of the former Andover High School. The project’s first “lesson” was on soil stability. The soil at the north end of the site was less than optimal. This area had 19 feet of organic material – not exactly the most stable soil conditions for construction. Barton Malow solved the soil stability issue by utilizing a Geopier® system, installing 1,800 Geopiers, formed of compacted stone and placed inside a plastic sleeve.

While the north end is built of Geopiers, concrete foundations and load-bearing masonry, the south end has concrete foundations and steel. The building will also offer a 1,700-seat gym, an 800seat auditorium, and a 12-lane pool with seating for 400.

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PROJECT FOCUS each T off the truck and onto the masonry walls of the pool. Much coordination, logistics and planning was needed to determine where to place the crane, what type of crane pad should be used, and even what route from Indiana to Bloomfield Hills needed to be taken to safely transport the 14 double T’s to the site. Barton Malow examined clearances, turn radiuses and a host of other factors in plotting the most effective transportation route.

Beyond structure and logistics, the building has an insulated rubber roof and energy-efficient mechanical and electrical systems. The exterior is composed of

masonry brick, storefront glazing, slate tile and metal panels. Generous expanses of windows draw in natural light and fit the open concept learning model of this cutting-edge school that will ultimately serve 1,800 students. In fact, the majority of learning spaces are glass.

Yet one more uncommon feature of this new high school is a radio broadcast station to be located in the main commons areas for increased student visibility. Barton Malow actually has to install a 100-foot radio broadcast tower as part of the project.

The student run radio station, WBFH, the BIFF, has such a strong program they were

awarded the 2015 Michigan High School Radio Station of the Year and the 20142015 Best High School Radio Station in the Nation.

In May and June 2015, Barton Malow is installing finishes and preparing for furniture and technology move in. Completion of construction of this $78.8 million facility is scheduled for August 2015 – right on time for the start of the 2015-2016 school year.

The auditorium and natatorium is scheduled to open in December 2015.

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Construction is slated for completion in August 2015. Once completed, construction materials and equipment will give way to throngs of students traveling this double-height grand thoroughfare, a.k.a Knowledge Market.

NEW LESSONS IN SCHOOL DESIGN AT BLOOMFIELD HILLS’ NEW HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION COURTESY OF STANTEC RENDERINGS COURTESY OF STANTEC When students and teachers enter the new Bloomfield Hills High School this fall, they’ll be forging new territory – literally and figuratively. Within the walls of the 350,000-square-foot building there’s little trace of schools of yore, or even schools of just last year. Gone are the double-loaded corridors of classrooms and expansive cafeterias. Walls are in short supply, but windows are abundant. Even the tables and chairs underscore the motivating theme: Variety is the spice of life. (continued) Visit us online at www.cammagazineonline.com

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The heart of the building is the Knowledge Market – a hub that connects the functions of a library, classroom and student union.

The high school is believed to be the first in Michigan to not only embrace but propel new pedagogy through design. Simply put: Where and how you engage a student directly impacts how well he or she learns.

Eschewing the factory-like form of 20th

Century high schools, Bloomfield Hills High School holds surprises around every corner.

The soul of the building is embodied in nine learning communities, each of which is owned by a team of teachers. All of the communities are rich in technology and

PROJECT FOCUS ruled by flexibility. A variety of learning spaces, support a variety of learning styles; lecture, peer-to-peer, collaborative, projectbased and interdisciplinary instruction are all easily supported. The heart of the building is the Knowledge Market – a hub that connects the functions of a library, classroom and student union.

Research tells us that educational and social cohesion are likely to occur over a shared meal. That’s why the high school features a distributed dining model, with serveries on each floor to allow for a graband-go or small group discussions over a more leisurely lunch.

With their visionary charge from the education leaders in Bloomfield Hills, Stantec also conducted a unique research project – a one-and-a-half-year furniture pilot program. During this time, teachers and students put many elements of the preliminary design to the test, working with various furniture and space configuration solutions. The results richly informed the final design, as the one which best supported the school’s pedagogical and cultural shift.

The new building seamlessly joins portions of the old Andover high school, presenting one unified and distinctive exterior. The old high school is wedded to the new building by a central double height thoroughfare, along which all of the core academic areas are accessed.

The Stantec architecture and interior design team brought valuable experience designing college and university Schools of Education. As a result, they were well versed in how the next generation of teachers is being trained and the type of instructional space they will require.

Stantec welcomed the opportunity to design a school that would best meet these emerging pedagogy requirements within a vibrant, groundbreaking community building.

Stantec’s project team includes Tod Stevens, Lee Andrea, Patrick Kanary, Rick Bez, Sean Gross, Alexis Kim, Nicole Vanstone, Scott Roberts and Ewa Virga.

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SEVEN PHASES, 36 MONTHS RENOVATING BEAUMONT HOSPITAL TROY’S SURGICAL SUITE INFORMATION COURTESY OF RONCELLI, INC. AND SMITHGROUPJJR PHOTOS COURTESY OF RONCELLI, INC.

Patients place their very lives in the hands of a trusted surgical team.

For the conversion of the surgical suite itself, Beaumont Hospital Troy is placing its trust in the expert hands of SmithGroupJJR, Detroit, and Roncelli, Inc., Sterling Heights. Roncelli launched construction in June 2013 and will reach completion in June 2016. Working with surgical precision, Roncelli deftly divided the 36-month project into seven construction phases, including multiple sub-phases.

The mission: Convert 14 operating rooms and support spaces in the hospital’s existing and original inpatient surgical suite on the first floor into 16 new operating rooms, along with a new state-of-the-art hybrid imaging operating room, a new cystoscopy room, and two interventional radiology rooms. “All of the new rooms are housed within the renovated 55,000-square-foot space,” said Roncelli Senior Project Manager Jeff Tessmer.

Some of the advanced surgical equipment in these new spaces, according to SmithGroupJJR, includes advanced imaging equipment with real-time images integrated with surgical procedures, including Graphic Imaging Stations with real-time, ultra-high definition, large format flat screen displays; surgical booms integrating equipment and utilities; robotics equipment; and a central control station in each operating room permitting control of the surgical environment, including the technology.

A healing environment also includes welcoming spaces and efficient programming. At Beaumont Hospital Troy, a sky-lit clerestory was incorporated above one of the surgical corridors to allow natural light into the space, said Tessmer.

SmithGroupJJR lists some of the efficiencies necessary for a contemporary surgical environment: A connection to all OR’s from a common central surgery supply core providing efficient supply and restricted staff to and between each OR; patient and staff access to all OR’s from a common outer loop corridor that is restricted to surgery traffic only; standardization of all 650-square-foot general and special OR’s to allow more efficient and flexible utilization of resources; and specialization, including larger and custom room configurations where required for special inter-operative imaging 40 CAM MAGAZINE JULY 2015

equipment, including interventional radiology, minimally invasive cardiovascular procedures and hybrid OR’s. For added efficiency, Roncelli is also installing a new elevator and dumbwaiter for more efficient movement of sterile supplies and soiled linen to and from the OR department, said Tessmer.

PRoteCtInG the PatIent At Beaumont Hospital Troy, Roncelli is also constructing 16 interim in-patient recovery rooms and four new out-patient recovery rooms, as well as staff support, administrative offices, new locker rooms and lounges. “The new physician and staff lounge is being constructed by infilling an existing 1,500-square-foot courtyard, located between the Professional Office Building and the main hospital,” said Tessmer.

“The location of the lounge is surrounded on all sides by occupied space. In addition, a critical, active linear accelerator, utilized for patient radiation treatment, is located below the space.”

The entire project is being conducted in the middle of a busy hospital and while maintaining 100 percent of the surgical department’s operations. “The challenges of working in and around active surgical space included an increase from 14 to 16 licensed OR’s,” said Tessmer, “requiring us to maintain 16 operational OR’s and one cystoscopy room throughout the entire construction phasing.”

With the hospital environment impacted, patient safety had to remain the top priority. Roncelli’s solution: Strict adherence to Beaumont Hospital Troy’s Infection Control Processes, including Interim Life Safety Measures and epidemiology protocols.

“Temporary airtight barrier partitions separated the construction environments from hospital operations,” said Tessmer. “Advance planning of work adjacent to active surgical space and coordination of construction and OR Department schedules eliminated risk to patient care. Select work within operational space of the hospital was accomplished within airtight barriers during night shifts, Sundays and other non-active hours. Also, constant and direct communications between Roncelli’s project management and Beaumont Troy’s facility “The Voice Of The Construction Industry”®

PROJECT FOCUS a movInG matRIx The phased project also involved renovations to several different areas throughout the hospital, including strategically utilizing the space in the nearby Beaumont Troy Area C Building for the temporary hoteling of hospital staff impacted by the renovation. p Given a multitude of Some of the advanced surgical equipment in these new spaces, staffing moves, includes imaging equipment with real-time images integrated with Roncelli implemented surgical procedures, including Graphic Imaging Stations with real-time, ultra-high definition, large format flat screen displays; surgical booms a moving matrix for integrating equipment and utilities; robotics equipment; and a central each relocation. This control station in each operating room permitting control of the surgical matrix identified where environment, including the technology. the staff was being moved to, if the move and patient care departments insured shared was temporary, the timeframe and when the knowledge of all scheduled activities.” staff could expect to be in their permanent For infection control, the Bio-Grid Ceiling location. It was critical to keep the staff System is being installed in each of the informed. operating rooms.

In addition, a preRoncelli also managed multiple, engineered and fabricated “CleanSuite” simultaneous phases of construction ceiling system, which provides safe, laminar involving select demolition, renovations, air flow to the space, is being installed in temporary use and final use of areas. In each operating room. “This provides for a addition, mechanical and electrical design more efficient install, as opposed to a was coordinated between the project’s trade traditional time-consuming, suspended, contractors, Roncelli, Inc., Beaumont Health metal frame and drywall OR ceiling system,” System and SmithGroupJJR said Tessmer. architects/engineers.

SmithGroupJJR’s design also addresses infection control measures: Detailed hvaC In the oR coordination of the ceiling-mounted Roncelli is installing upgraded MEP systems equipment is required to accommodate as each construction phase progresses. equipment, lighting and airflow needs.

Limbach Company, LLC, Pontiac, is the Positioning of these items is critical to ensure mechanical contractor. The systems include that the equipment is functional, but does modified fire protection piping, HVAC not result in poor airflow characteristics, ductwork, medical gas piping, heating hot which could result in infection control water piping, air flow fan boxes, domestic concerns. ASHRAE 170 lists specific water piping, fire alarm system, nurse call requirements for airflow distribution, and intercom system, power distribution including air velocity range and limitations on panels and transformers, isolation panels in the amount of obstructions allowed. These each OR, an emergency lighting inverter guidelines result in a large laminar diffuser system and automatic transfer switch. Other array centered over the patient with booms members of the infrastructure team, include and columns mounted towards the Center Line Electric, Inc., Center Line, is the perimeter. electrical contractor; Shambaugh & Son, LP, Visit us online at www.cammagazineonline.com

Southfield, is the fire protection contractor.

Relocating and installing new infrastructure was a large part of the project. The relocation and installation of large water lines, HVAC main duct lines, fire protection piping and electrical buss ducts required extensive planning of segmented sections of the ceiling to be reworked. Most of this was performed during non-operational hours and in small areas, in order to eliminate risks to patient care and the functions of adjoining hospital departments.

Tessmer explains how Roncelli managed the coordination of infrastructure in preparation for subsequent phases. “When working in a phased portion of the total, proposed project footprint, large sections of ductwork and piping that would service future renovated space were installed above the present area’s ceiling,” said Tessmer.

“Existing ductwork and piping serving existing areas needed to remain operational and in place until that future area was renovated.

This protection of existing ductwork and piping, while installing new ductwork and piping required advance planning and coordination, utilizing 3-D design technology and accurate advance scouting of aboveceiling areas that would be impacted.”

According to SmithGroupJJR, a surgery suite has special HVAC needs, including the fact that lower temperature air from air handling units is often required to ensure cooling requirements are met without excessive airflow rates. Control devices are needed on both the supply and return air feeds to each operating room to accommodate varying cooling loads and energy savings, all while ensuring proper pressurization is maintained. This also allows the opportunity to implement an unoccupied mode for additional energy savings when the rooms and equipment are not in use.

Clearly, the surgical suites boosting our health and well-being are as complex as the anatomy of the human body.

With Beaumont Hospital Troy surgeons at the operating table and Roncelli and SmithGroupJJR building the operating room, Oakland County residents and the entire community of Southeast Michigan and beyond is clearly in good hands.

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WELCOME TO MEDICAL MAIN STREET ® BIO-GRID SERVICES OAKLAND COUNTY’S HEALTHCARE MARKETPLACE

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Fontanesi and Kann Company, Ferndale, and its innovative Bio-Grid Ceiling System is the new “business on the block” serving Oakland County’s Medical Main Street®.

This thriving “street” is the nexus for collaboration between hospitals, universities, healthcare and life science companies in Southeast Michigan. In fact, with over 4,700 life science companies, Oakland County has become a national hotspot for medical devices, said Oakland County’s Director of Economic Development & Community Affairs, Irene Spanos.

Fontanesi and Kann’s Bio-Grid Ceiling System is a welcome addition to the “neighborhood.” Completely anti-microbial and easily reconfigured, Bio-Grid can be viewed as the construction version of a medical device. The firm also maintains offices in Davison, Grand Rapids and Toledo, and frequently exhibits at Medical Main Street events, showcasing Bio-Grid and its innovative line of products for the healthcare market. The firm and its subsidiary, Architectural Building Components, provides HVAC equipment, building automation systems and integration, electrical

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Completely anti-microbial and easily reconfigured, the Bio-Grid Ceiling System can be viewed as the construction version of a medical device. Fontanesi and Kann is the only firm nationally offering a ceiling system with these features.

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contracting services, including data, security and fire alarms, as well as architectural products such as skylights and louvers.

Bio-Grid is now being in installed in hospitals across the country, ranging in location from Colorado to Maryland and from Minnesota to Oklahoma. “We are now shipping a system a week,” said President Joseph Fontanesi, Fontanesi and Kann. “We are the only ones nationally offering something of this nature.”

Closer to this inventive company’s home base, the very first Bio-Grid installation took place in 2013 for the Detroit Medical Center’s Harper University Hospital Surgical Center.

As part of this DMC project, Bio-Grid was installed in DMC’s hybrid operating room built

by Roncelli MPS Joint Venture, Sterling Heights.

The largest Bio-Grid installation to date is being installed by S & N Drywall, Inc., Casco, in 20 new operating rooms in Beaumont Hospital, Troy.

Roncelli, Inc. is the construction manager and SmithGroupJJR is the architect for this major surgical expansion in one of Oakland County’s prominent healthcare institutions. According to Fontanesi, plans are in the works for an installation at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, as well. the 21st CentuRy oPeRatInG Room Bio-Grid’s success is based on its ability to accommodate the rapidly evolving medical technologies and the stringent infection control measures of the 21st Century operating room. Equipment booms, robotic systems and imaging monitors, along with HVAC and electrical systems, now congest the ceiling and its equipment-packed plenum. This dense constellation of systems requires uniform access to the entire plenum.

Historically, operating and procedure rooms have either drywall ceilings or a heavyduty welded grid system with metal panels.

The drywall ceiling meets the operating room standard calling for a monolithic ceiling system, but the downside of drywall is limited access to the ceiling plenum via only one or two access panels, said Fontanesi.

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reconfigured to keep up with the pace of technological change. “Hospitals frequently modify the ceiling grid in operating rooms, because the technology now changes so often,” said Fontanesi. “The welded grid systems are very good, but they are not easily reconfigured in the field.”

Reshuffling the welded grid often takes the use of a blowtorch, and in a hospital, any form of burning automatically requires a special permit. Likewise, field modifications of a drywall ceiling generate fine dust that necessitates the use of HEPA filtration and negative air pressure containment. neCessIty Is the motheR of InventIon The Bio-Grid tale proves the truth of the common adage, “Necessity is the mother of invention.” One of the nation’s leading hospitals and a long-standing client of Fontanesi and Kann asked the firm to invent a new ceiling system to better serve its operating and procedure rooms.

Joe Fontanesi, Gerry C. Caratelli, and the team at Fontanesi and Kann and Architectural Building Components set to work.

The firm brought an in-depth knowledge of ceiling systems to the task at hand. “We know ceiling systems quite well, because our subsidiary actually installs a great many of them as part of a turnkey installation,” said Fontanesi. The team literally went to the experts in the field. “We worked with installing contractors and our own field crews in devising the Bio-Grid system,” said Fontanesi. “We asked them, ‘What is the fastest method for them to install the system and to reconfigure it?’”

The installers helped to develop a patented Quick Snap Connector that links together the heavy-duty aluminum extrusions that form the ceiling grid. The end result of this close collaboration between inventor and installers is a ceiling grid that is easily assembled and modified.

As proof, Fontanesi recently queried Johnson Controls, the company that is marketing Bio-Grid nationally under its Titus Division. “We aren’t getting any field phone calls,” said an incredulous Fontanesi. “Are you? Johnson Controls said, ‘No, we Visit us online at www.cammagazineonline.com

haven’t received any calls.’” The lack of field inquiries is a testament to Bio-Grid’s ease of installation despite the newness of the product and its rapid dissemination across the country.

Every facet of this innovative system - the Quick Snap connectors, the grid extrusions, the metal panel tiles inset into the grid and finally the seals - is well-considered and thought out. A special teardrop extrusion on the top side of the grid sections is engineered to more easily accept the Quick Snap links, said Fontanesi. Fontanesi and Kann is working with Jim Paver of E & C Manufacturing, LLC, a Troy-based automotive supplier intrinsic to Bio-Grid’s development. E & C manufactures the grid extrusions and stamps the metal panel tiles.

The actual metal for the panel tiles was carefully selected during the year-and-a-half to two-year product development phase. “All metal comes in rolls, but once you start to heat the metal in the manufacturing process, it will begin to warp,” said Fontanesi. “It’s ‘memory’ of its curved form, so to speak, will return. We found the right aluminum alloy for the panel tiles that is able to take the heat and not warp.”

The Bio-Grid Ceiling System has already passed ASTM testing, far exceeding the acceptable heavy-duty standard. “The test places weight on a four-foot-long piece,” explained Fontanesi. “The piece can’t deflect more than a certain amount. Our system far exceeded the ASTM standard, so even though it is not welded, it is just as strong as the welded systems.”

It takes a village to make a ceiling in the global marketplace. As the final piece, Fontanesi and Kann partnered with 3M for the manufacture of closed-cell seals that keep contaminants out of the operating room by maintaining positive pressure in the space. the “holy GRaIl” of CeIlInG systems As the piece de resistance, all Bio-Grid components are anti-microbial. The paint system of both the grid extrusions and the panel tiles has a baked-on, anti-microbial, powder-coated finish. The seal is anti-

microbial, as well. “Our product is one of the first to meet all code requirements, because it is both sealed and anti-microbial,” said Fontanesi.

Infection control is always of prime importance in healthcare environments.

According to Fontanesi, new regulations are upping the ante by limiting reimbursement from Medicare and Medicaid for any surgical infection incurred in a hospital.

Fontanesi and Kann Co. has created the “Holy Grail” of hospital ceiling systems: a sealed, completely anti-microbial, metal layin ceiling, offering access to the entire plenum and efficient field modification.

In other important advantages, “Bio-Grid decreases the install time by at least two thirds, and is half the cost of a welded system,” said Fontanesi. Although custom made for every project, Bio-Grid also ships in only two to three weeks vs. the 10 to 12 weeks for a welded system. In addition, BioGrid doesn’t need extensive field measuring.

“We can do it from the construction drawing,” said Fontanesi. bIo-GRID’s hIGh maRket DemanD Market demand is certainly looking up for this newly introduced ceiling system. The BioGrid Ceiling System has been installed in five operating rooms in the University of Colorado Hospital’s Emergency Department. Only two short years since its introduction, Bio-Grid has been installed in Cuyuna Regional Hospital in Minneapolis; Community North in Oklahoma City; Miami Clinic in Miami, Ohio; and Bethesda Hospital in Maryland. St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ypsilanti, the Michigan Surgical Center in Southfield and St. John’s Hospital in Grosse Pointe are among the more recent Bio-Grid installations in Michigan.

Fontanesi and Kann Co. has also supplied the Bio-Grid Ceiling System to the University of Michigan Health System, first installing it in the retrofit of OR’s 14 and 16 in C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital and later in UMHS’s OR addition project. In fact, the University of Michigan Health System has standardized the Bio-Grid system across all of its hospital facilities, ranging from patient exam rooms to the pharmacy, said Fontanesi.

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Beyond healthcare environments, Fontanesi and Kann have installed the BioGrid Ceiling System in the research labs of the Eaton Corporation, a Southfield firm servicing the automotive industry. “The BioGrid Ceiling System can be installed in any facility calling for a cleanroom,” said Fontanesi. the bIo bRanD Johnson Controls is also marketing another Fontanesi and Kann product, namely a patent pending laminar flow diffuser (LFD) paired with a built-in LED light. The product was also developed at the request of a longstanding hospital client and in response to new air distribution requirements for operating rooms.

Under the new standard, 80 percent of the air in an operating room must be directed over the operating table, known as the sterile field. “It also had to be laminar flow, which is a slow, unidirectional flow that actually takes up more real estate,” said Fontanesi. “With less space for lighting, the lights were installed in a ring outside of the diffusers.

This arrangement created shadows in the sterile field, because the lights were now behind the surgeons.”

The simple addition of a light in the diffuser, however, was blocked by an ASHRAE standard limiting the amount of space that can be allocated to non-diffuser systems.

“Our hospital client said, ‘We don’t have a light that is small enough or bright enough to solve the situation,’” said Fontanesi. “I said, ‘Let me go to work.’”

Fontanesi and Kann did just that, and ultimately developed a laminar flow diffuser paired with a 6-inch LED lighting system.

“When I was trying to assemble mockups and prototypes, people thought I was crazy,” jokes Fontanesi. “They were looking at me like I had nine heads. But we got through it, and we got the largest LED manufacturer – DM Technologies – to actually back us by making a special tube for us.” The system is now installed at DMC , The University of Michigan Health System, as well as Surgical Centers of Michigan. Fontanesi is currently working on an installation at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, as well.

Fontanesi and Kann actually developed Bio-Grid and the LFD/LED panel at the same time. In fact, the LFD/LED panel easily melds with the Bio-Grid Ceiling System - merely replace a metal panel tile with the LFD/LED one. “Half of the Bio-Grid jobs also have the LFD/LED panel,” said Fontanesi, “including Bethesda, Cuyuna and the Oklahoma City’s Community North Hospital.”

Fontanesi and Kann and E&C Manufacturing is already back at the drawing board developing yet another innovative system, namely a combination operating room cleaning system that uses both ultraviolet light and a fine mist of hydrogen peroxide in a single unit. The UV lights will be placed on the unit’s robotic arms that will be able to direct the light at different angles,” said Fontanesi.

Called Bio-Grid Pure and Pure Plus, one type of unit will be a roll-in and the other will be a permanent but retractable fixture in the ceiling.

“Its controls can even be synchronized with the building automation system,” said Fontanesi. “Both unit types will have occupancy sensors that can shut the unit down if anyone enters the room.”

Fontanesi and Kann plans to build the prototype this year and introduce it to the market in two years, all as part of developing an entire Bio product line.

Fontanesi and Kann’s Bio brand is only one of a host of innovative products, services, and medical devices serving Oakland County’s Medical Main Street, an initiative launched by Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson in 2008.

According to www.medicalmainstreet.org., the initiative helps firms “looking to commercialize a medical device or biotechnology, conduct medical research or that have a product or service that serves the healthcare marketplace.”

As shown by Bio-Grid’s national market presence, Oakland County’s Medical Main Street is aiding the economic well-being of Southeast Michigan by creating a global center of innovation in the healthcare arena right here at home in a powerhouse of a county in the tri-county region.

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As part of the building’s transformation, the team constructed a three-story atrium that ties the existing facility to a new three-story, conedshaped addition. Other changes include adding a grand, seven-story stairway and a 22,000square-foot medical simulation laboratory.

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Western Michigan University (WMU) hired Walbridge, Detroit, and architects The S/L/A/M Collaborative (SLAM) in association with Diekema Hamann (DH) to transform a 30-year-old pharmaceutical research building in downtown Kalamazoo into the new Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine. As construction manager, Walbridge was tasked with converting a drab-looking 330,000-square-foot structure into a unique and state-of-the-art academic facility. SLAM was charged with designing a modern environment to encourage learning and interaction. And DH was responsible for engineering elements of the design to work with existing conditions.

The team demolished 60 percent of the eight-story building’s interior – including the entire lower-level, first, second and third floors – to make way for a fresh new environment defined by common spaces and natural light. Founded on a common goal, the new Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine is made possible through the participation of local teaching hospitals, Borgess Health and Bronson Healthcare, and WMU’s commitment to expanded programming.

While the project team brought construction management, design creativity, and infrastructure engineering to the undertaking, WMU brought passion and accountability, and the Western Michigan University Homer Stryker School of Medicine Dean

t BOTTOM LEFT The Walbridge team lowers and installs a new HVAC unit on the roof. Pro Services, the mechanical contractor, as well as Moore Electric, both played an important role on the team as design-assist contractors.

Photo by Barking Dog Studios t BOTTOM RIGHT The new cone-shaped addition holds two, multi-tiered, team-based learning halls.

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brought the program the insight necessary to tie the whole project together.

Sidney Ward from the S/L/A/M Collaborative, Steve VandeBussche from Diekema Hamann, Walbridge Project Manager Matt Pulick and the Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine Dean Dr. Hal Jensen together went on a three-day tour of medical schools around the Midwest to jumpstart efforts on the project. It was a new, more involved approach for Walbridge, and it proved to be an integral part of the project’s success. During the tour, the team took note of programs that seemed to resonate with WMU’s vision for the new Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, selecting the very best elements from each and documenting lessons learned, all with the goal of creating an academic experience unique to WMU. The tour provided benchmarks, opened the team’s eyes to ideas not considered before, and created a remarkable bonding experience for the people most heavily involved in building Western Michigan University’s Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine.

Teamwork in acTion Building a team before actually constructing the building was pivotal. Because it was such an extensive renovation, it wasn’t uncommon for the team to detect unexpected conditions during demolition, some of which required crucial changes to previously solidified designs. When this occurred, DH would immediately explore the issue onsite, document with photos and launch a Web meeting with SLAM, Walbridge and any of the trades involved to determine a solution on the spot.

Walbridge frequently called Web meetings with the owner, architect and structural engineer as an effective approach to reviewing 3D models with cost estimates and to make quick decisions as a team. Moore Electric and Pro Services, the mechanical contractor, played an important role on the team as design-assist contractors.

Because Walbridge consistently ran into existing conditions that weren’t visible during design phases, quick response time and close teamwork with the engineers was essential to create solutions that wouldn’t cause schedule creep. Hundreds of such situations were documented, yet the team still turned the new Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine over to WMU in time for the school’s first class of students to arrive in fall 2014. And despite the extensive resources put into mitigating the unknown conditions, the design team was still able to work with Walbridge value engineers to reduce costs.

Teamwork also played a strong role in integrating the Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine’s advanced information technology. This required bringing the Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine Information Technology Department on board early on in the project. The IT professionals would attend weekly meetings onsite to assure the Western Michigan University Homer Stryker CAM MAGAZINE JULY 2015 47

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For the new atrium on the north end of the building - constructed in a space between the new addition and existing building – the team was tasked with tying into the existing structural system. Again, challenges arose as field teams discovered locations and quantities of structural elements that did not match the asbuilt documentation. To The deal with such TranSformaTion unforeseen challenges, BeginS Walbridge installed a 60Following demolition, the inch monitor onsite to team began the host interactive Web transformation of the meetings.

As issues existing building. The arose, documentation team added a grand, was gathered in the form seven-story stairway; of photographs and constructed a three-story measurements that could atrium that ties the p shared existing facility to a new The team demolished 60 percent of the eight-story building’s interior, including the be instantaneously with three-story, coned- entire lower-level, first, second and third floors, to make way for a fresh new SLAM’s offices in shaped addition; and environment defined by common spaces and natural light.

Photo by Jeff Garland architectural PhotoGraPhy Connecticut and Atlanta. added a 22,000-squareAs a result, the design foot medical simulation team was empowered with accurate field interior while still keeping utility systems laboratory. This work was in addition to data to provide real-time solutions that operational. The team uncovered several completely updating the building included the thoughts and perspectives of undocumented items, including an entire infrastructure, as well as revamping vast the entire team. floor system and an abandoned tunnel interior and exterior finishes to meet the buried several feet below grade. The needs of today’s students. ivory Tower 2.0: a cone-Shaped findings required unplanned demolition and Existing laboratory space was converted “vorTex of knowledge” re-routing of utilities. Additionally, the into classrooms, and floor plates were The new cone-shaped addition holds two, building’s structural frame included columns opened to create the school’s two-story multi-tiered, team-based learning halls. that did not appear on the existing auditorium, which features stadium-style Achieving the unique geometry in the built documents. This resulted in extensive, suites for conferenced observation of form was the most challenging aspect of unexpected measures to make the new presentations through student teaming the project. To achieve its proposed steel match the existing. space.

Today, four levels of dated truncated cone and elliptical shaping, laboratory and administration space now Walbridge and SLAM/DH turned to Building carving new SpaceS in a vinTage house modern instructional, student life and Information Modeling (BIM), specifically to Building new administrative office spaces. The construct the circular learning halls inside Walbridge carefully removed a large section building’s seventh floor is now a 12-cadaver the addition space and to align the intricate of the building’s second floor to make room anatomy lab and pathology suite, featuring combination of wall and ceiling paneling for a new two-story auditorium. The a medical examiner’s office that will be fully with each room’s 16-foot projection auditorium features six rooms, not unlike accredited by the National Association of screens.

To achieve the unique skyboxes, that overhang the auditorium Medical Examiners (NAME).

And the construction of the building’s complex space. An intricate audio-visual system updated building allows more daylight addition, steel framing was first erected; was installed to pipe activity going on in the inside than ever before, contributing toward then Walbridge laser-scanned the entire auditorium directly into the skyboxes. The a goal for the renovated portion of the steel structure. This ensured accuracy of new space was designed and installed to building to eventually achieve LEED® Silver the addition’s foundation and structure, be flexible and to provide multi-use certification. which was critical to the proper installation functionality.

The existing building was not wellM.D. School of Medicine’s network would be up and running in time for the beginning Walbridge enlisted their of classes. expertise specifically to ensure lighting controls, audio-visual capabilities and other building management systems were being installed effectively and efficiently.

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designed to support “collegiality” and to encourage opportunities for spontaneous encounters between faculty and students – encounters that are known to enhance p learning As construction manager, Walbridge converted a drab-looking, 30-year- the old pharmaceutical research building in downtown Kalamazoo into the experience.

The new Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine. face-to-face Photo by fred Golden PhotoGraPhy interaction of students and mentors can have of its façade panels and interior systems a greater impact in medical education build-out. The team removed 20 percent of programs.

The strategic downtown the building’s existing façade to build the location of the new Western Michigan addition.

University Homer Stryker M.D. School of While challenging to accomplish, the new Medicine also suggests the possibility of a addition and vast site improvements greater level of interaction, not only within transform the entire look of the former the campus community, but also with the research building, located on a prominent broader medical community and general and central site in downtown Kalamazoo. public.

Once a drab research complex, the site Another important design consideration now boasts a modern and inviting was the desire to avoid creating an academic campus. In addition to changing anonymous neutral environment.

The the character of the building, the design celebrates the school’s unique transformation improved the building’s programs and functions by highlighting functionality, bringing its amenities and focal points and providing distinguished utilities up to state-of-the-art standards. common spaces to create an academic The addition’s striking façade is home for the students, and to potentially comprised of glass and zinc panels and draw even more users. The interior finishes composite metal panels. While the glass are vibrant and dynamic to further reflect the panels were straight cut, everything else mission and goals of this energetic new was curved both vertically and horizontally, institution for medical education. calling for precise and careful execution. In Given the constraints of the building’s fact, virtually no straight walls were used to former use and in recognition of a reality create the new academic and faculty that, in time, programs and staffing spaces in the renovated building. Radial requirements will evolve, “soft space” was walls and curves were utilized to create a strategically incorporated to allow program spatial flow from the cone-shaped addition, changes.

This was carefully balanced with which is the main teaching area of the a prerequisite of meeting the overall building. The concept was designed to program requirements of the building. The emulate a vortex of knowledge that added value of flexibility and adaptability is metaphorically spreads throughout the well recognized in higher education facilities building. and provides a future economic benefit by minimizing costly renovations over the creaTing a collegial lifetime of the building. environmenT Using Walbridge’s laser-scan The building’s new interior layouts are 50 CAM MAGAZINE JULY 2015

documentation, DH developed 500-level BIM models of the entire structure, including as-built and equipment records, and turned it over to WMU following project completion. The models assisted greatly during construction, but they were also specifically designed to provide assistance in any forthcoming work on the building.

With intention to aid in commissioning and resolving building maintenance issues as they might arise in the future, all BIM models created for the job were given to the owner at turnover. Creating the unusual and innovative modeling process, which allowed changes and updates to be funneled through SLAM/DH and made in real time, was a huge undertaking yielding a seamless and successful approach for everyone involved.

Teamwork, technology and creativity combined to create the new Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Michigan. Neither unforeseen conditions nor the complex geometry of a cone-shaped addition stopped timely project delivery and the successful realization of WMU’s vision. Thanks to Walbridge, the S/L/A/M Collaborative and Diekema Hamann, West Michigan and the entire Great Lakes state has an exciting learning venue and new medical school.

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Larson Electronics Releases a Solar Powered Generator with Manual Crank Mast Larson Electronics has announced the release of a solar powered generator with a manual crank mast. This solar light tower includes four solar panels, a solar charging system, battery bank and a mast mounted on a trailer with outriggers and a removable tongue.

The SPLT-1.2K-200A-19 from Larson Electronics is a 1.2 KW solar generator system that replenishes 100 amp hours of usable battery capacity per day. This system delivers 24 volts for lighting, cameras, sensors or other electronic equipment mounted atop a 19-foot collapsible mast. This unit is comprised of four 300 watt solar panels, generating a total maximum output of 1.2 KW. The panels are mounted to a rotating axis assembly and can be rotated until they face inwards, which protects the panels during transport.

When deployed, the panels are rotated until they face upwards. As part of the deployment, operators will set the four outriggers into position by pulling them out and pinning them into position.

In this 24-volt system, each panel is terminated with a fused combiner box with a single lever action cut-off switch. With the switch set to the ‘on’ position, the combiner box passes power to the 80 amp capacity Outback Extreme charge controller. The charge controller charges a 200 amp battery bank. This 24-volt battery system is comprised of four, 6-volt batteries tied together in series and parallel. The batteries are spaced apart, strapped to the battery tray and covered with a protective shield. In order to ensure that the 50 percent threshold on the batteries is controlled,

this solar trailer includes a system of min/max voltage sensors and relays that monitor the voltage produced by the batteries and will automatically shut off power distribution when the battery capacity falls below 50 percent. All the electrical components, including the combiner panel, charge controller, battery monitoring and ground fault isolation, are encapsulated in a NEMA 3R job box that is bolted to the trailer. The component control system includes a terminal block so that customers can mount additional electronics gear without interfering with the charging systems.

Larson Electronics carries an extensive line of LED light towers, portable distribution systems, explosion proof lights, portable work lights and industrial grade LED area lights. You can view Larson Electronics’ entire line of lighting by visiting them on the Web at Larsonelectronics.com. You can also call 1-800369-6671 to learn more or call 1-903-498-3363 for international inquiries.

Blue Angel Pumps Goes National with New Branding Launch and Focused Professional Product Lines Blue Angel Pumps, a professional line of sump and sewage pumps dedicated to the professional plumber, has rolled out enhanced product lines nationally. Backed by WAYNE Water Systems, a Scott Fetzer/Berkshire Hathaway Company, their expertise in moving large volumes of water is recognized throughout the industry.

The Blue Angel brand launch will also be supported by a new logo featuring a blue and yellow halo and the tagline “Professional Products for Professionals,” advertising, public relations and a social media campaign, as well as a re-designed, easy to navigate website at blueangelpumps.com.

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is poised to take their professional lines to the next level.

Blue Angel Pumps is launching several lines of portable, submersible, and battery back-up pumps, with attractive incentive programs for contractors and distributors.

Other exciting pro product launches include new smart pump technologies that call or text the homeowner or plumber about basement water conditions. The core of the product offerings are heavy duty pumps made with cast iron components, to endure the toughest

commercial environments. Blue Angel Pumps will also launch a mobile App for the iPhone with easy navigation of its product lines, program offerings and social media.

Blue Angel Pumps are professionally designed with the professional plumber in mind and engineered to endure the most demanding environments. The Blue Angel Pumps brand includes sump, sewage, utility and residential pumps known for dependable, reliable performance.

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size of a traditional cooling towel offering less bulk with the same cooling power. The 6717CT and 6715CT conveniently attach to a hard hat suspension system, and for any workers needing FR protection, the 6717FR is designed with Modacrylic cotton blend FR fabric (meets ASTM F1506 and F2302 Flame Resistant requirements).

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Ideal for outdoor and indoor workers battling heat, fatigue, and FR risks on the job, the new Chill-Its® Cooling Products are available now at all authorized Ergodyne distributors.

For more information or to find out where to buy, visit www.ergodyne.com or call (800) 225-8238 or (651) 642-9889.

Ergodyne Launches New Cooling Towel Sizes and Colors Ergodyne has announced the expansion of the Chill-Its® Evaporative Series featuring a variety of new options of their top-selling Cooling Towel (CT). Utilizing the same advanced PVA technology workers know and love, the expanded line offers new colors as well as different sizes and ways to wear the CT – all with the same goal in mind: to cool workers on the job and combat the dangerous effects of heat stress.

Specifically, the new additions include: • 6602 Cooling Towel Color Additions • 6603 Cooling Towel Band • 6717CT Hard Hat Pad w/ Shade w/ Cooling Towel • 6715CT Hard Hat Pad w/ Cooling Towel • 6717FR Flame Resistant Hard Hat Pad w/ Shade

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The New Hilti Self-Leveling Line Laser PM 2-LG The new Hilti Self-Leveling Line Laser PM 2LG features green beam technology, which offers up to four times higher visibility compared to a standard red beam for great working range.

The PM 2-LG features two green laser lines to perform a multitude of applications with maximum visibility. Applications such as leveling junction boxes, cable trays, radiators, pipe installations, suspended ceilings, and aligning doors and windows can be completed quickly and accurately.

Transferring reference heights are also easily performed with this new line laser.

An ergonomic and compact design for easy handling and a rubberized housing and pendulum lock for increased durability.

Backing the Hilti Line Laser PM 2-LG is Hilti’s Calibration Service to help ensure reliability and accuracy. Even with Hilti’s built-

in protection features, precision instruments can be affected by everyday use and more. Through the Calibration Service, the lasers will be calibrated and adjusted as needed, with the calibration confirmed in writing. The PM 2-LG is also covered by Hilti’s Lifetime Service, a unique service agreement that includes one free calibration per year during the first two years.

For more information about the Hilti PM 2-LG, please contact Hilti Customer Service. From the U.S. call Hilti, Inc. at 1800-879-8000 or visit www.us.hilti.com/pm2-lg. From Canada, call Hilti (Canada) Corporation at 1-800363-4458 or visit www.hilti.ca/pm2-lg.

Acuity Brands Raises the PAR38 LED Lamp Standard with 2000 Lumen Package from Acculamp Acuity Brands expands the Acculamp® specification grade series to include a dimmable 2000 lumen PAR38 LED lamp – delivering the highest light output of PAR38 LED lamps on the market to date. The PAR38 LED lamp replaces 150-watt halogen lamps with only 25 watts, providing 83 percent energy savings when compared to traditional light sources.

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efficiency and consistent color quality over time.

The Acculamp PAR38 LED lamp is now available in 900, 1200 and 2000 lumen packages, offering an expanded portfolio that enables users to select the best option for every application.

PAR38 LED lamps include a fiveyear limited warranty.

Acculamp also introduces the dimmable 400 lumen MR16 LED lamp to its specification grade series.

The MR16 LED lamp is ideal for track, recessed and accent lighting use in both commercial and residential applications. For more information on the latest in LED lamps from Acculamp, visit www.acculamp.com or www.acuitybrands.com.

Sioux Chief Announces Launch of Strut Clamps for Plumbing Contractors Rough plumbing manufacturer, Sioux Chief, has added strut clamps for both rigid and copper tubing in all normal pipe sizes, half-inch through four-inch.

Rigid strut clamps are used to support IPS pipe and copper tubing strut clamps are used for nominal CTS tube.

Sioux Chief’s strut clamps comply with MSS SP 58 – Type 59 Trapeze Hangers.

Strut clamps have been added to Sioux Chief’s catalog as part of the continuing effort to expand offerings of residential and commercial hangers and pipe supports.

More information, including spec sheets, can be found on the Sioux Chief website at www.siouxchief.com. Sioux Chief strut clamps are a domestic product and priced competitively.

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well as the painted finish, are backed by a limited lifetime warranty from A.R.E. for the life of the pickup truck it is originally installed on. Visit www.4are.com for additional details, or contact A.R.E. at 400 Nave Rd. S.E., P.O. Box 1100, Massillon, OH 44648; email contact@4are.com; or call (330) 830-7800.

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A.R.E. Tonneau Cover and Cap Available for Toyota Tundra A.R.E is now offering its popular LSII Series tonneau cover and Z Series truck cap for the Toyota Tundra with either 6.5-foot or 5.7-foot beds.

A.R.E.'s LSII Series custom-fitted hard tonneau covers for the Toyota Tundra offers the ultimate performance, while providing excellent rear visibility from the cab of the truck. A.R.E. designs each fiberglass tonneau cover to match the original equipment style lines of the pickup and the truck's paint code.

A.R.E.'s LSII tonneaus come equipped with fabric headliner. Optional equipment includes a battery-operated LED dome and prop light, a sport wing, a sport wing with brake light, remote keyless entry, a black palm handle, a 12-volt power strip and an interior clothes rod.

The company's Z Series fiberglass truck caps feature soft rounded curves for overall sleek styling. The cap comes standard with a front picture window, screen-vent side window, glass rear door and fabric headliner. Optional equipment includes a variety of window styles, Yakima roof rack, battery-operated LED dome and prop lights, remote keyless entry and fishing rod holders, among other options.

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Lincoln Electric Introduces Millennium Arc 7018 Stick Electrode Lincoln Electric introduces Millennium Arc™ 7018, a new mild-steel, low-hydrogen stick welding consumable that resists moisture in humid conditions, offering 50 percent less moisture pickup than competing shielded-metal-arc-welding consumables.

The Millennium Arc 7018 is designed for various applications: mild steel, power generation, petrochemical, pressure vessels and pressure piping.

It has no intentional addition of zinc in its composition, which means significantly less zinc in the welding fume – and a safer environment, overall.

Key Features: • 50 percent less moisture pickup vs. competing stick consumables

• Clear weld puddle without slag interference • Flat bead profile • Effortless slag removal The Lincoln Electric Company, headquartered in Cleveland, OH, is the world leader in design, development and manufacture of arc welding products, robotic arc welding systems, weld fume control systems, plasma and oxyfuel cutting equipment, and has a leading global position in the brazing and soldering alloys markets.

To request a copy of Lincoln Electric’s Millennium Arc 7018 literature, call 888-355-3212 or visit www.lincolnelectric.com to obtain bulletin C2.10.33.

ECHOtape Launches Comprehensive Line of Repair Tapes Products Designed for Everything from Temporary Repairs to Permanent Seals that Can Withstand Water and Extreme Weather ECHOtape, a leading industrial tape supplier, has launched a new line of repair tapes for building contractors, homeowners, and do-it-yourself enthusiasts. Providing an alternative to duct tape, the three new tapes - a heavy duty All Leak Repair Tape, All Purpose Repair Tape, and an All Weather Repair Tape - are each designed to provide solutions for repairs, sealing and waterproofing needs.

The All Purpose Repair Tape (VI-N6132) is the perfect tape for temporary repairs, and leaves less residue than traditional duct tape. This tape is strong and thick yet is more flexible and stretchy than duct tape.

The All Purpose Repair Tape is ideal for fixing rips, tears, gashes, holes, cracks and gaps on a temporary basis, and can be easily removed with no residue. It is also good for protecting certain surfaces from scratching, and not damaging them when the tape is removed. This tape is available in clear and white versions.

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ideal. Both are made with a butyl-based adhesive, which is stickier than most tapes and can create a permanent seal that will withstand extreme temperatures and water. The adhesive is also VOC-free, making it ideal for use in green construction.

The All Weather Repair Tape (BU-R8510), is two inches wide and sticky enough to be applied to concrete, stone, wood, glass, metal, plastic, cement, plywood and damp fabrics. It is puncture and tear resistant, waterproof, and will not crack in temperatures as low as -30 degrees Fahrenheit or melt in temperatures as high as 200 degrees Fahrenheit. It is ideal for sealing tears, holes or cracks. The tape is available in white, silver and black.

The All Leak Repair Tape (BU-R8520) is a great tape if a watertight seal is needed in a repair. This tape is three inches wide, and is considered an extreme adhesive tape with double the stickiness of the All Weather Repair Tape. It is also designed to withstand a lot of water. The All Leak Repair Tape shares many of the same qualities as the All

Weather Repair Tape, but is also resistant to corrosion. Because of its aggressive adhesiveness, the All Leak Repair Tape is ideal for repairing roof joints, skylights, RVs, pools and ponds. This tape is available in black and white.

The entire Repair Line is now available for purchase on ECHOtape’s online store, shop.echotape.com.

Companies interested in wholesale/reseller opportunities, please contact ECHOtape at info@echotape.com. To learn more about the company, visit www.echotape.com or call 800-461-8273.

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Walbridge Senior Project Manager David Skinner has joined the company’s West Michigan team in Kalamazoo. He will be managing construction efforts at the Bell’s Brewery Comstock Campus expansion. Walbridge is construction manager for the project. Skinner has more than 17 years of experience in the construction industry.

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Aristeo Construction, Livonia, is pleased to announce new hire Amy Patterson as a client account manager. Patterson has over 10 years of Business Development and Marketing experience in the construction industry and will be focusing on the automotive and higher education markets.

Patterson She is an active member of CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women), AWAF (Automotive Women’s Alliance Foundation), SMPS (Society of Marketing Professionals), IFMA (International Facility Management Association), and MiAPPA (Michigan Association of Physical Plant Administrators).

Steve Johnson, executive vice president of GEM Inc., has been named president of the Walbridge, Ohio-based specialty contractor. Johnson has more than 25 years of experience in the construction industry. He is an executive Board Member and secretary of The Association of Union Johnson Contractors (TAUC), a 2,500-member contractor association based in Washington D.C. Johnson is also president of the Mechanical Contractors of Northwest Ohio.

Hubbell, Roth & Clark, Inc. (HRC), a 100-year old Michigan-based professional engineering services firm, is pleased to announce that Jennifer Chehab, PE, has joined the firm as senior project engineer. Chehab has 20 years of professional experience in providing design and project management for municipal infrastructure Chehab improvement projects. Her knowledge of local communities and assisting them with grant and bond funding issues will play an important role as HRC continues its growth pattern.

Roncelli, Inc., based in Sterling Heights, has announced the new hire of William J. Parker, CHST as safety manager. Roncelli provides construction management, design-build, integrated project delivery, program management and general contracting services in the healthcare, industrial, commercial and institutional markets.

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Barton Malow Company, Southfield, is pleased to announce key leadership transitions in the Central Region which include two internal promotions and one retirement. After 29 years of service to Barton Malow, Sue Rogers, vice president, retired from the firm effective June 30, 2015. Rogers has served Rogers Barton Malow in Finance, Human Resources, and Quality and Business Development. Rogers is also a Ben Maibach, Jr. Leadership Award Recipient. Don Davis will Davis assume Rogers’ responsibilities and will transition to the role of vice president of business development for Barton Malow’s Central Region. With 24 years of service to Barton Malow, Davis has proven strengths in client development, building strong teams and developing long term strategies for successful projects.

Teresa Miller has been promoted to vice president, central region and with a primary focus on healthcare project delivery.

Miller joined Miller Barton Malow as a LEAPS intern and has been a leader of Barton Malow’s partnership with Habitat for Humanity.

Southfield-based Harley Ellis Devereaux, one of the nation’s most established full-service architecture and engineering firms, is pleased to announce that Tracy L. Sweeney, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, was recently announced as one of the American Institute of Architects Michigan (AIA Michigan) Young Architect Award recipients.

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LEED AP BD+C, was awarded the Structural Engineers Association of Michigan (SEAMi) Young Structural Engineer of the Year. Sweeney has been an integral part of the design community, not only through the numerous projects she has had a hand in, but also her tireless volunteer efforts with both AIA Michigan and Detroit chapters, PechaKucha Night Detroit, and chairing Lawrence Technological University’s Architecture and Design Alumni Cabinet. Hermiz devotes his time as a member of the Structural Engineers Association of Michigan (SEAMi) and serves as the Young Members Group Chair for the organization.

C O R P O R AT E N E W S A team from Walbridge’s West Michigan office will soon begin construction on a major expansion at the Bell’s Brewery campus in Comstock. The fast-track project brings roughly 200,000 square feet of additions to the existing campus. As construction manager for the project, Walbridge is constructing the building envelope for the 13,000-square-foot keg storage facility and several loading dock areas. Prior to constructing Bell’s new 27,000-square-foot bottling hall, Walbridge will remove the site’s main truck drive, reroute existing site drainage and water lines, and provide grading infill so the building pad will match existing floor elevations around campus. A new truck drive will placed as part of the project scope. The team is also constructing a new 100,000-square-foot logistics center and warehouse. Site work includes constructing a staging area for trucks just west of the new warehouse, relocating a storm sewer line and easement, relocating a municipal water main loop around the new additions, connecting new floor drains to Bell’s process sewer system, connecting its sanitary sewer to the municipal sewer line, and connecting roof drains and the property’s storm sewer piping into the Comstock Commerce Park storm water basin. Turnover of the new bottling hall and

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warehouse are expected in early November and December 2015, respectively. The new additions are slated for full operation by February 2016. Bell’s is Michigan’s largest brewer.

Clark Construction Company and Central Michigan University (CMU) held a “topping off” ceremony for CMU’s Biosciences building in April 2015. Guests had a chance to sign the last steel beam before it was lifted into place. Clark Construction is serving as construction manager for the CMU Biosciences building.

Construction on the 169,000-square-foot Bioscience building began in September 2014. The building, which is scheduled to open in fall 2016, is the largest project in CMU’s history. The new building will feature state-of-the-art research facilities, classrooms and meeting space. The facility will help CMU conduct valuable research in fields such Alzheimer’s disease, cancer and environmental sustainability.

Roncelli, Inc., a Sterling Heights-based construction services company, has been chosen by DTE Energy to construct a new Wellness Center at their downtown Detroit headquarters to promote the health and well-being of their employees. The project is part of DTE’s Workplace Transformation Initiative and encompasses the complete renovation of the 30,000-square-foot, 6th Floor of the DTE Service Building. The new facility will include a gymnasium, fitness equipment workout space, and locker rooms. In addition, the new Wellness Center will be staffed by Henry Ford Hospital.

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