For electric vehicle technology manufacturer Proterra’s facility to assemble large batteries, Harper General Contractors returned to a tilt-wall warehouse shell it constructed for the company in 2019 to make improvements including an enclosure for the battery production line, dedicated chiller, research and development labs, Class A employee spaces and more.
The 150,000-sq-ft headquarters for logistics company Vanderlande took some creative problem-solving from the team at HITT Contracting, which delivered the three-story building connecting two office towers on time and on budget in May 2022 after less than 12 months of construction.
Six buildings are undergoing a refresh at Cadence Design Systems’ campus. As for Building 5, which houses the CEO and executive offices, the rework included the complete interior demolition of a 90,000-sq-ft, two-story building.
Designed pro bono by architect Frank Gehry, the Children’s Institute Inc.’s Watts Campus is a two-story, steel-framed facility at the corner of E. 102nd Street and Success Avenue in Watts, Calif./p>
This two-floor renovation was designed with growth in mind. Spanning the 47th and 48th floors of the Wells Fargo Building in Bunker Hill, the project features contemporary design with an interconnecting staircase, an interior water feature, a loggia, green walls and distinctive millwork, lighting and furniture elements.
The new BART headquarters in downtown Oakland, Calif., features nine office floors, a rooftop deck and public board room on the ground floor of the building. The 234,000-sq-ft design-build project was held to a tight ten-month timeline.
This LEED Gold project transformed 36,000 sq-ft of a retail warehouse into a transparent workplace that combines contemporary amenities with the natural character of the Pacific Northwest.
Design for this 180,000-sq-ft workplace was completed for a single tenant in June 2020, but when the pandemic compelled the tenant to adopt a hybrid workplace, a more efficient and flexible design was adopted.