October, 2012
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High-Profile: Facilites Development News
Service Credit Union HQ Opens Gund Architect - Suffolk CM
Portsmouth, NH - Service Credit Union recently celebrated the opening of its new headquarters in Portsmouth. Gund Partnership of Cambridge is the architect, and Suffolk Construction is the construction manager. Clad in glass curtain wall and locally sourced granite, the four story building creates a new landmark and unified headquarters for the growing credit union. It is located on Lafayette Road, a major corridor leading into downtown Portsmouth, and is the first project under the city’s new Gateway District zoning ordinances. The 100,000sf building features a full-service, 24x7 member service call center, foreign exchange, member check imaging, processing and control, finance, community rooms, conference rooms, departmental, and executive offices. Three community rooms on the ground level will be offered for use by local city government, not-for-profit organizations, and other community based associations. Green design strategies played a significant role in the design approach. The team is seeking LEED Gold certification. Geothermal heat exchange, high performance low emissive glazing, envelope improvements, displacement ventilation, raised floor sys-
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Rendering of Service Credit Union
tems, CO2 monitoring, photovoltaic panels, daylight harvesting, and low-VOC materials are among the strategies that promote energy efficiency and improved environmental quality. The building is organized around a central sky-lit atrium that connects all four floors with natural light and offers a dramatic area for communal interaction. A significant amenity for staff is the 17.1-acre site. Formerly a brownfield site, the landscape is now richly planted with walking trails and outdoor seating areas that encourage staff to take advantage of the open space. Native plantings connect the site with surrounding landscape and reduce maintenance and water needs. Oehme, van Sweden & Associates of ashington, D.C. served as the landscape architect.
Cornerstone Expands FoodState
Londonderry, NH - When your product is MegaFood, you need a “mega” space. Cornerstone Construction Company of Manchester is partnering with FoodState Nutrients (formerly BioSan Laboratories), maker of the MegaFood line of premium dietary supplements, to expand its New Hampshire manufacturing and warehouse facilities. Working with Stibler Associates Photo by Jodie Andruskevich of Manchester, Cornerstone was hired to Richard LaFond, Robert Craven, and Elsa provide an analysis of FoodState’s space Pomberio of FoodState look over plans for requirements and assess whether the the new manufacturing and warehouse facility company should build, buy, or expand with Roland Martin, president of Cornerstone. its current locations. Cornerstone subApproximately 15,000sf of the Delsequently was awarded a design-build contract to renovate and build-out a facility ta Drive building was already being used by FoodState as a distribution center and at 11 Delta Drive in Londonderry. FoodState is relocating its current warehouse. Renovation of the building’s dry manufacturing facility from a Derry remaining 25,000sf will accommodate the increased production capacity. location to 11 Delta Drive.
UMaine Completes Renovation
Orono - ME -The renovation of the University of Maine’s Neville Hall Data Center, a mission critical facility located at the UMaine campus in Orono was recently completed by the Portland office of Consigli Construction Co., Inc. UMaine is the premier research institution in Maine and the only one to have large-scale, pilot-plant capabilities among its research facilities. The full modernization and reno-
vation of the Neville Hall Data Center includes new electrical and mechanical systems and upgrades, dedicated fire protection and fire alarm systems, exterior lighting, landscaping and paving improvements. The 24-hour facility remained in constant operation, occupied by students, faculty and staff during the multiphased construction.
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