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Lincoln Electric System Operations Center

lincoln electric system, new operations center | lincoln, nebraska

The LES Operations Center is a new campus consisting of six buildings designed by Davis Design to serve all aspects of Lincoln Electric System’s business activities. In addition to the main structure’s 302,000 gross square feet, additional buildings include:

• Fle et Vehicle Maintenance building (35,800 sf)

• Grounds Maintenance Building (5,000 sf)

• Warehouse (36,400 sf)

• Vehicle and Equipment Carport Structure (12,500 sf)

• District Energy Center’s Central Plant (27,400 sf)

The O perations Center includes corporate office space for 250+ employees to consolidate and replace the defunct downtown office building, including a public meeting board room. Several multi-purpose training center conference rooms are reconfigurable with operable partitions depending on meeting size. This flexible arrangement supports meetings for 20 up to as large as 600 people. Meeting space amenities include full A/V capabilities for voice enhancement, projection, recording and broadcasting, pre-function space, and a dedicated catering kitchen with servery. Also included inside the main building are an employee dining room, employee fitness center and locker rooms, and a North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) secure control center.

The industrial operation area of the complex includes: warehouses, shops, and mechanics garage spaces specifically designed to support the field lineworker and construction employees of LES. Spaces are tailored to house daily supplies, tools, vehicles, and equipment staging areas necessary for their work. Having all diverse components of the LES work force divided between its north and south operations centers was critical to their operational efficiency. Envisioning this cohesive campus, that satisfied the owners desire to facilitate intra-company collaboration, was a key to the success of the project, for both LES and Davis Design.

LES se eks to set an example and be a model citizen for the community in which they reside and serve. Acting as good stewards of the resources required to construct and operate, the facility is designed to minimize energy usage and maximize sustainable practices. Davis Design mirrored the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED system as the basis of design framework for design choices. Sustainable strategies implemented into the campus include: enhanced native landscaping and plantings with limited irrigation, water use reduction, daylighting, sourcing low volatile organic compounds and sustainably sourced raw materials and products, installation of photo voltaic solar electrical production on site, and design for active occupants.

The LES Operations Center facility serves as a major operations center and helps the Lincoln Electric System in their quest to ensure reliable and efficient service to their growing service area of Lincoln and the surrounding communities.

The Davis Design team was with us from day one helping us work through the thousands of design details. This was a five-year phased construction project, and the team at Davis became not only our architects and designers…..they became friends. While this public building is designed for efficiency, Davis Design also ensured the building and grounds were attractive and visually inviting. Even more importantly they respected our construction budget and created a comfortable and inviting atmosphere for the LES employees who work there.

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One of the things I love to do

providing tours of the new LES Operations Center is to tell everyone that Davis Design was the architect. Trish Owen, Lincoln Electric System

WORKS IN PROGRESS

tabitha intergenerational housing lincoln, nebraska

The new National Guard readiness center located in Bellevue, Nebraska will be a functional, professional, highly sustainable and efficient building with a modern design. The design pulls in natural elements and ties to the National Guard history. The center consists of 103,064 square feet of multi-purpose space to support five separate units, including the 72nd Civil Support Team. Spaces include offices, lecture hall, classrooms, kitchen, drill hall, vehicle bays and storage. The substantial completion date is Fall 2024.

Tabitha Intergenerational Housing is a 128 unit apartment building that will serve seniors (65+) and college students attending Bryan College of Health Sciences. Through in-depth research Tabitha discovered that these two populations can be quite lonely (seniors living away from former neighbors and students living away from home for the first time). The goal is to provide living space, but also to create spaces where residents come together through cooking, dining, education and training. The substantial completion is July 2023

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timpte, inc. | david city, nebraska

Timpte Inc. wanted to make a statement of commitment to its employees, to its customers, to the community of David City and to rural America, showing that Timpte was going to be there supporting all of them well into the future.

T hat st atement was made with the design of their new corporate office. The corporate office was aligned on the main campus entrance to be the ‘jewel’ that attracted attention and brought people in.

The 30,000 square foot corporate office houses the engineering group, accounting team, senior executive staff and other personnel. The entire project consisted of the construction of three new buildings on the campus, the relocation of one existing building, an addition onto the existing factory building and a major facelift and remodel of the existing factory offices – along with major grading and hard surfacing improvements.

The entire eastern and southern sides of the building were made of glass walls designed for customers to view product displays. The trailer showroom, much like an automobile dealership, was designed to be inviting and draw the customer in. It was also set up so that a variety of products and fully completed trucks could be on display. In addition, the showroom can be used for campus and corporate events and was outfitted with audio and visual support to handle groups as large as 250.

“The Corporate Center is a striking structure that makes a statement to all of the parties that Timpte is committed to serving. It provides a great environment for our employees to work in and it provides our customers with an interactive showcase for the Timpte products and a welcoming place to meet with their Timpte counterparts.

Jeff Thompson Executive Vice President of Engineering & Facilities | Timpte Inc.

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