Best Government/Public Building Project: Konterra AJBP 8
The Building 8 project in the Annapolis Business Park is the first in the world to meet the Dept. of Defense Medium Level Criteria for blast resistance and progressive collapse, the team says. The project had specific building readiness milestones—set forth by potential future tenants—that had to be met by mid-September 2014. If those deadlines were missed, the project would have been disqualified from contention for leasing.
Although the developer didn’t issue a notice to proceed until October 2013, the project team collaborated closely to develop an effective design and construction strategy and milestones. That included an accelerated design and review process, lagged permit submissions, identification of long lead trades and trades that required schedule acceleration to meet project milestones.