One of the main features of this project is its “Heart,” or a three-story atrium space with a cantilevered staircase capped with a 70-ft skylight. About 17,000 sq ft of custom rift white oak panels clad the space as well. Given the space’s complex geometry, the team worked through several mock-ups and detailed shop drawing coordination review sessions. Construction required sequencing from the top down, so a three-story scaffold system was engineered and erected inside the space to assist various trade partners with access.

The structure of the building is primarily cast-in-place concrete, with a voided biaxial slab system called bubble deck used in the main floor structure of the building. In it, hollow plastic spheres create air-filled voids and reduce the volume of concrete required by up to 30%, saving material costs and reducing environmental impacts. Extensive preconstruction planning helped coordinate design of the concrete slab structure and MEP systems along with a specific concrete placement sequence, schedule and logistics.