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TABLE OF CONTENTS

AIA-MI DESIGN PERSPECTIVES

12 The AIA Michigan 2015 Honor Awards

SUSTAIN-ABILITY

16 Sustainability is Policy at Powers Distributing: A

Case Study in Corporate Responsibility

MECHANICAL/ELECTRICAL

18 From Polaroids to Robots: A Snapshot of

Sani-Vac Service’s 40 Years in Business

24 Detroit’s First National Building Lobby:

A Renaissance of Light

28 Bringing the First National Building Back to Life OAKLAND COUNTY DEVELOPMENT

30 Unemployment and Inflation Rates: Oakland

County’s Economic Weather Report

32 Oakland County’s Big Four: Foreign Direct

Investment, Life Sciences, Automotive and IT Tech

34 Children’s Hospital of Michigan-Troy to Open

Early 2016

36 Small is Beautiful at the New Bloomfield Hills’ High

School

37 New Lessons in School Design at Bloomfield Hills’

New High School

40 Seven Phases, 36 Months:

Renovating Beaumont Hospital Troy’s Surgical

Suite

42 Welcome to Medical Main Street® : Bio-Grid Services Oakland County’s Healthcare

Marketplace

CONSTRUCTION HIGHLIGHT 46 Western Michigan University Launches New

Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine inVintage Building

DEPARTMENTS

6 Industry News

10 Safety Tool Kit

52 Product Spotlight

54 Product Showcase

59 People in Construction

60 Corporate News

61 Construction Calendar

62 CAM Welcomes New Members

63 Advertising Index

ABOUT THE COVER

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acrylic form, the Peter Basso Associates lighting team

incorporated a curved arrangement of LEDs that intermittently

followed its vertical paths. The resulting contrasting light and dark

chasms simultaneously accentuate the organic 3-dimensional

form. The Building’s Project Team included Neumann/Smith

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Joseph Fontanesi Fontanesi & Kann Company Architectural Building Components, Inc.

Brad Leidal Mason Contractors, Inc.

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TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART MARKSENERGY-SAVING MILESTONECombined Heat and Power System Surpasses

400,000 Hours of Operation

A combined heat and power

(CHP) system at the Toledo

Museum of Art has

surpassed 400,000 hours of

operation – contributing to

the Museum’s overall

savings of 80 percent of

electricity use per year.

Representatives from

Capstone Turbine and GEM

Energy presented an award to the Toledo Museum of Art in

recognition of the CHP system operations milestone at a Green

Energy Ohio workshop at the Museum.

The four C65 Capstone microturbines on-site supply heating

and electricity through cogeneration. The microturbine system

supplies the museum with 260kW of continuous electricity and

1.6 million BTU of heat, equal to the amount of electricity

consumed by 250 homes.

“Every dollar that the Museum saves on energy is a dollar that

can be used for programming to benefit our community and

advance our purpose of art education,” said Carol Bintz, chief

operating officer at the Toledo Museum of Art.

GEM Energy, of the Rudolph Libbe Group, installed the

microturbines in 2003. Twelve years ago, the Museum’s CHP

system was a landmark energy project – Ohio’s first microturbine

installation and the first in Ohio to include a net metering

agreement with First Energy.

“Capstone is proud to recognize another long-running and

reliable site that has been providing both environmental benefits

and cost savings to the museum for over a decade,” said Marc

Rouse, director of sales in America at Capstone Turbine.

“The Toledo Museum of Art is a national leader in sustainability,

as well as a world-renowned art museum and educator,” said

Hussien Shousher, president of GEM Energy. “The Museum

committed to an investment in its future with this energy project,

and it’s been exciting to watch that investment increase in value

for our customer over the years. Our customer has impacted how

others have invested in energy efficiency locally.”

As one of the few museums nationwide to implement

comprehensive sustainable practices, the Toledo Museum of Art

is a model for other museums, arenas and large facilities that

require significant amounts of energy. The Museum’s 250,000-

square-foot, two-story main building holds 30,000 works of art.

The 4.5 acres of floor space include 45 galleries, 15 classroom

studios, the 1,750-seat Peristyle concert hall, a 176-seat lecture

hall, a café and boutique.

The sustainable microturbines allow the Museum to conserve

energy, while still maintaining the precise temperature and humidity

levels required to preserve its art collection and ensure the comfort

of visitors.

BARTON MALOW JOINSNATIONAL AND GLOBALCONSTRUCTION FIRMS TOCELEBRATE SAFETY WEEK

Barton Malow Company, Southfield, recently joined national and

global construction firms to celebrate US Safety Week, which ran

from May 3rd to May 9th. In its second year, Safety Week was

recognized by over 40 national and global construction firms

making up The Construction Industry Safety (CISI) group and the

Incident and Injury Free CEO (IIF) Forum with a single goal: To

inspire everyone in the industry to be leaders in safety.

In the largest effort of its kind, leaders of the world's largest

construction companies together promoted a new culture of

worker safety. Forty-four companies - representing hundreds of

thousands of workers - united in the safety campaign, putting a

spotlight on the commitment to accident-prevention that takes

place every day.

"Safety Week was an opportunity to increase safety awareness

and reaffirm an emphasis on being committed to safety each and

every day," said Ryan Maibach, president, Barton Malow Company.

"'Build it safe, no exceptions' is the Barton Malow Safety Standard,

and we are committed to maintaining a safe and healthy

environment for all employees-both in offices and on projects."

During Safety Week, Barton Malow featured daily safety topics,

which included: pre-task planning; vehicle safety; hand safety;

ladder safety; and safety communication. Each daily topic

incorporated a coordinating video and toolbox talk for offices and

jobsites to utilize.

For more information, visit www.bartonmalow.com.

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SA+A ARCHITECTS INSPIRESFUTURE ARCHITECTS

Stephen Auger + Associates Architects (SA+A Architects), Lake

Orion, had an opportunity to meet face-to-face with potential future

architects at Avondale High Schools’ Career and College Fair in

Auburn Hills. Professionals from 45 different career paths were

represented, allowing students to explore a variety of industries

through discussions with experts in their field of interest. These high

school students had an opportunity for candid conversation with

SA+A Architects’ project architects and project managers about

the “day-in-the-life” of an architect.

“We met a group of students who were recently involved in set

design for the school play,” said Stephanie Kolpacke, project

manager at SA+A Architects. “This experience gave them the

‘design bug’ and they are now interested in pursuing a career in

architecture or interior design.”

According to Steve Auger, president of SA+A Architects, “Our

business model has always included the hiring of inspired high

school interns to join our team as they begin their formal education

in architectural design. It is exciting to see these students coming

from my own high school Alma Mater – Avondale.”

Stephen Auger + Associates Architects, celebrating 20 years of

providing distinctive architectural design solutions, is a full-service

architectural design and planning practice. SA+A Architects was

recognized by Crain’s Magazine and The American society of

Employers as one of the 60 coolest places to work in Detroit. SA+A

Architects is a member of the U.S. Green Building Council and is

NCARB certified for reciprocity in all fifty states. For more

information about SA+A Architects please their newly designed

website at www.saa-architects.com.

G2 CONSULTING RECRUITINGNEW TALENT TO HANDLEGROWING BUSINESS

Coming off its third consecutive year of increasing project activity

and strong revenue growth, Troy-based G2 Consulting Group

announced recently that it has hired 12 new environmental

scientists and geotechnical engineers in the past six months and

is looking to hire up to five additional professionals. The nationally

recognized geotechnical, environmental and construction

engineering company has a full-time professional staff of 49, plus

six interns.

“We are continuing to add talent to better serve our clients,” says

G2’s Mark Smolinski. “With the construction business gaining

traction, both here in the Metro Detroit area and in other markets

we serve, we have a number of projects underway and a strong

book of business going forward.”

G2’s recent projects include work on last summer’s I-96

reconstruction in Wayne County, Field & Stream’s first Michigan

location in Troy, and several senior living developments. The

company is currently involved in the I-75/University Drive

interchange Design/Build project in Auburn Hills,

telecommunications projects throughout the United States, and the

Lavergne Avenue Sewer Improvement Project (part of the Tunnel

and Reservoir Plan for the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater

Chicago). G2 completed a record 2,700 projects last year in

highway and roadway construction, water and wastewater

treatment, telecommunications, commercial development and

education.

“With the current focus on improving roads in Michigan and the

increase in development activity throughout the geographic areas

we serve, we want to be ready to dive in wherever we have an

opportunity to do so,” said Smolinski. “We’ve been fortunate to

win a number of marquee projects and we continue to add qualified

professionals to handle the steady volume of work we have on

hand.” Smolinski encouraged entry and mid-level engineers to

forward their resumes for consideration

(www.G2consultinggroup.com). In addition to its Troy

headquarters, G2 has offices in Ann Arbor and Chicago.



Dennis M. Kavanagh of

Clarkston, Michigan and

Bonita Springs, Florida,

passed away on May 17,

2015 at the age of 74. He

owned and operated Data

Reproductions

Corporation, Auburn Hills,

for 48 years. Data Reproductions printed the

CAM Buyers Guide for many years. Dennis

is survived by Lois, his wife of 52 years; son

Dennis (Beth) Kavanagh; daughter Kimberly

Kavanagh; daughter Kristin (Kirk) Goodell; six

grandchildren; brothers, sisters and family.

He will also be missed by his beloved Welsh

Terrier, Maggie. Dennis lived life to the fullest,

traveled with Lois all over the world, and built

a successful business that employed many

dedicated, loyal employees. He was very

proud of his family and was well known as a

generous, giving man. Memorials may be

made to the Make A Wish Foundation.

DENNIS M. KAVANAGH

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The road construction season is in full swing

in the State of Michigan. Let’s hope it’s a

safe one for motorists and road workers.

From 2001 – 2013, twenty-six people have

been killed in work zones on or next to the

roadway. Many times the victim is a

motorist driving through the work zone. A

young man this past January drove his

pickup truck around the traffic control

devices on the ramp to enter I-696 and his

truck fell to the freeway below; he suffered

fatal injuries. I find that when I am driving

through a work zone it usually only takes a

few extra seconds to get through the zone

when I slow down to the proper speed that

is posted there. If traffic is moving slowly

through the zone, then we all need to

exercise a little bit of patience to reach our

destinations. We all want the roads fixed,

and must deal with the short-term

inconvenience of getting the work done.

When entering a work zone, motorists

must put down the phone and stop other

distractions, such as changing music,

eating, disciplining children, etc. We need

to observe and comply with the traffic

control devices that are set up.

WArning to roAd Workers:

Motorists are not always paying attention

like we should be when driving through your

work place. It may be someone eighty

years old who possibly should not be

driving at all; it may be a sixteen-year-old

driving through their very first work zone; or

maybe it’s someone leaving the bar after

having too many drinks and should not be

behind the wheel at all.

WArning to Motorists:

The contractor does not always set up the

traffic control devices as prescribed in the

MMUTCD - Michigan Manual of Traffic

Control Devices. For contractors working

on or next to the road, the MMUTCD should

be their bible when drafting a TCP - Traffic

Control Plan.

Whether it’s a short-term or long-term

job, on the freeway or a two-lane road, in

the city or on rural roads, the contractor

must have a TCP. There are four key

elements to a TCP:

• Advanced warning signs

• Transition or taper area to the

activity

• Activity - the actual work being done

• Termination and taper back to

normal traffic

The contractor also needs to make sure

that the devices are clearly legible, not

faded, scratched, dirty, obstructed or

obsolete. They need to ensure that their

workers are wearing the proper high

visibility clothing: Class 2 for daytime work

and Class 3 for night-time work. They need

to make sure that their employees have

received training on the hazards of working

on the road. The TCP takes planning and

may have to be adjusted as work

progresses.

to the Motoring Public: Please

slow down, obey the traffic control,

eliminate the distractions, expect the

unexpected, and pay attention so that no

one – either motorists or road workers – has

to pay the ultimate price and lose their lives.

If the road workers drove their vehicle

through your office or place of work you

would be upset, and there would be

casualties for you and your co-workers.

These are real people working on our

roads - not some inanimate orange barrel

standing there. They have families just like

you and I do. They go to the same church

that you do, they sit behind you at the

restaurant, and their kids play with your

kids. They deserve to go home at the end

of the work day to their families, just as we

all do. So, when we are in their place of

work, let’s all slow down, give em’ a brake,

respect the vest, and let them do their jobs.

About the Author:

Patrick Sullivan began his career with the

Michigan Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (MIOSHA) as a Compliance Officer

with the Construction Safety Division in 1994.

Seeking a new challenge he transferred to the

CET Division as a traditional consultant

specializing in construction safety. He enjoys

reaching out to employers and employees to help

them be proactive instead of reactive to jobsite

safety. Michigan employers, employees, trade

organizations and associations may request

assistance with training; safety and health hazard

recognition, prevention and control; and,

MIOSHA Standards interpretation. In addition to

these services, Michigan employers may request

compliance abatement assistance, consultation

services, and surveys to be conducted at their

facilities. For more information, contact MIOSHA

at (517) 322-1809.

By Patrick Sullivan

CONSTRUCTION SAFETY CONSULTANT, MIOSHA

CAUTION IN WORK ZONES

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BUILDING CATEGORY:

Corporate Headquarters

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Architect: Lott3Metz Architecture

Owner: Withheld

Contractor: Rockford Construction

Photos: Bill Lindhout

Jury Comment: “The architects

passionately ‘re-lifed’ a decommissioned

warehouse creating a ‘BIG’ space full of

natural light through the insertion of a deep

courtyard and use of a perimeter fritted

glass curtain wall. White walls, structure

with vast sweeps and expanse of wood to

animate circulation and gathering spaces,

creates a powerful spatial and material

dialogue.”

Mills Pharmacy + Apothecary

Birmingham, Michigan

Architect: PLY Architecture

Project Designer: M1/DTW

Owner: Pierre & Hany Boutrous

Contractor: Tony Amoud & Associates

Photos: Jeffrey Kilmer

Jury Comment: “Pharmacy freshly and

innovatively re-invents itself functionally and

architecturally as a retail strip infill.

Restrained well-defined yet detailed entries

of common materials contrasts with large

expanses of glass that allow a theatric

display of well-crafted contemporary interior

cabinetry and colorful pharmacy items.”

500 Barton Shore Drive

Ann Arbor, Michigan


Owner: Lesa and Mike Huget

Contractor: By the River Carpentry LLC

Photos: Adam Smith

Jury Comment: “Heroic effort to re-claim

Mid-Century modern house typically

demolished. Careful passionate restoration

process of the honest ‘50s expression

conveys that sometimes less is more and

worth saving!”

Oakland University Human

Health Building

Rochester, Michigan

Architect: SmithGroupJJR

Owner: Oakland University

Contractor: The Christman Company

Photos: Prakash Patel, Jeff Amram,

Justin Maconochie & Jason Robinson

Jury Comment: “Building has a profound

presence. Its dual performance functions are

manifested in distinct and memorable forms,

with a soft façade that floats above pilots and

glass planes as it glides across a sloping

natural landscape.”

T H E A I A M I CH I G AN 2 0 1 5 HONOR AWARDS

The American Institute of Architects Michigan (AIA-MI) Honor Awards Celebration is held annually. The awards were established to bring

public attention to the value and importance of architectural excellence, and to recognize those whose notable achievements encourage all

to make excellence in architecture the standard. The Honor Awards were held at the Woodward Garden Theater in Midtown Detroit on

Friday, June 5th. The Woodward Garden Theater was also one of the buildings receiving an award at the ceremony.

The esteemed jury from Chicago, IL, chaired by David Chasco, FAIA, chose 13 buildings out of the numerous submissions to be singled

out for design excellence and received awards this year. The jury reported that it was obvious that good design was being achieved at all

scales and types, and that design professionals are engaging the betterment of the built environment.

Elm House

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Architect: Warren Samberg Architect

Owner: Warren Samberg

Contractor: Bloom General Contracting

Photos: Gregory Holm and Warren Samberg

Jury Comment: “A small but ambitious, playful house of re-

imagined contextual forms, with an interior of simple

sustainable materials, honest details and intimate spaces

enlivened by natural light.”


Woodward Garden Theater

Detroit, Michigan

Design Architect: McIntosh Poris

Associates

Architect of Record: Quinn Evans

Architects

Owner: Woodward SA-ZK, LLC

Contractor: The Monahan Company

Photos: Justin Maconochie & Jeff

Garland

Jury Comment: “The beautifully restored

historic façade is the elegant centerpiece of

a new urban block, barely concealing what

lies within. The interior is a memorable raw

aesthetic of saved rustic brick planes

contrasted with planes of punctured

acoustic steel panels. Well-placed retention

of historic elements creates a constant

visual tension.”

INTERIOR CATEGORY:

Lowe Campbell Ewald

Detroit, Michigan

Design Architect: Neumann/Smith

Architecture

Owner: Lowe Campbell Ewald

Contractor: Turner Construction

Company

Photos: Maconochie Photography

Jury Comment: “The existing warehouse's

raw aesthetic merged with the

craftsmanship of new design interventions,

created a highly creative collaborative work

environment of inspiring spaces.”

6 Salon (Old Woodward)

Birmingham, Michigan


Project Designer: M1/DTW

Owner: 6 Salon

Contractor: D&S Contractors

Photos: Jeffrey Kilmer

Jury Comment: “An exceptionally elegant

design. It's simple plan, minimal but

powerful use of well-considered materials

and exquisite detailing imbues value and

beauty for its users.”

UNBUILT PROJECT CATEGORY:

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs,

Robley Rex VA Medical Center

Louisville, Kentucky

Architect: URS | SmithGroup Joint

Venture

Design Architect: SmithGroupJJR

Owner: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Jury Comment: "’Healing with Honor’" is

passionately embraced given the unified

architectural expression and ease of the

plan organization softened by the natural

light-filled green environment of the linear

spine atrium, all designed at a pedestrian

scale to respect the spirit of the Veterans.”

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STEEL AWARD CATEGORY:

U of M Energy Institute—Michigan

Memorial Phoenix Laboratory

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Architect: Lord Aeck Sargent

Owner: University of Michigan

Contractor: De Maria Building Co.

Photos: Curt Clayton

Jury Comment: “Building has a distinctive

presence. It clearly celebrates a historical

tradition of using steel in an expressive

manner, memorable for its form as well as

its distinct interiors.”


Monsanto Conference Center and

Executive Team Offices

Chesterfield, Missouri

Architect: SmithGroupJJR

Owner: Monsanto Company

Jury Comment: “The building beautifully

and naturally integrates with nature to

provide collaborative contemplative and

restorative research and administrative

environments. The weathered Core-Ten

enclosure becomes nature's second skin;

we hope they build it exactly as designed!”

LOW BUDGET / SMALL PROJECT

CATEGORY:

Playful Horizons Garden of Dreams

First Congregational Church, Battle

Creek, Michigan

Architect: MAde Studio

Owner: Garden of Dreams Daycare, First

Congregational Church

Contractor: J&L Manufacturing.

Photos: Adam Smith

Jury Comment: “Inspired use of steel in a

most uncommon inventive way. The

fabricator is clearly part of the design

process. The random shapes inspire

children to invent their own creative play.”

A I A - M I D E S I G N P E R S P E C T I V E S

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25 YEAR AWARD CATEGORY:

This category is for a distinguished project,

executed prior to 1990 and used for at least

25 years for the same purpose for which it

was designed. The 25 Year Award honorees

are chosen because the original design has

made a lasting impact on the design

community and continues to be utilized for

its intended purpose. While the designs

may have undergone updates over the

years, the thoughtful, well-designed spaces

have stood the test of time and the

buildings are just as relevant today as 25

years ago. This year’s winner is the

Penobscot building by Wirt Rowland with

Smith, Hinchman & Grylls, currently

SmithGroupJJR.

The AIA-MI also announced the

contributors to the design and built

environment communities who were singled

out to receive prestigious recognition

awards at the award ceremony.

There were nine (9) recognition categories

and 15 award winners this year:

gold Medal Award:

Victor saroki, FAiA, Saroki Architecture

Firm of the Year:

hopkinsburns design studio

President’s Award:

ronald loch, Jr., AiA, Taubman Company

balthazar korab Award:

James Willer iiI, WORKSHOP Detroit

robert hastings Award:

c. richard hall, FAiA, Harley Ellis

Devereaux, and robert sharrow, AiA,

AchA – Albert Kahn Associates

Young Architect Award:

kurt neiswender, AiA – Sedgewick &

Ferweda Architects, tracy sweeney, AiA –

Harley Ellis Devereaux, and daniel tyrer,

AIA – GMB ae

Associate Member Award:

Anna Van hyfte, Associate AIA – VanCor

honorary Affiliate Award:

evelyn dougherty, hon. Aff. AiAMi – AIA

Michigan, Michael Mort, hon. Aff. AiAMi

– Equity Studios, Inc., and daniel

Zechmeister, hon. Aff. AiAMi – Masonry

Institute of Michigan

college of Fellows:

damian Farrell, FAiA – Damian Farrell

Design Group, and Sandra Laux, FAIA -

Hamilton Anderson Associates

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Visualize a bottle of your favorite ice-cold craft beer in your hands.

Now, imagine how much energy it took to get it there. No one

knows this answer better than Gary Thompson, COO of Powers

Distributing, Orion Twp., MI, the wholesale beer distributor

servicing Oakland and Macomb Counties. According to Gary,

“One of the biggest costs we have is the cost of energy. The money

we save practicing sustainability, recycling and using renewable

energy means we have more to invest in our people, our brands,

our community… and drive more profit to the bottom line.”

Starting as a Miller distributor in 1939, Powers has today built

itself into one of the premiere craft beer wholesalers in the country.

Last year, Powers earned the distinct honor of becoming Beverage

World Magazine’s 2014 Beer Wholesaler of the Year. To give you

an idea of the scope of the organization, Powers Distributing is a

family-owned business with over 75 years of history, more than 200

employees, and a warehouse facility over 200,000 square feet,

including a cooler with 12,500 square feet of refrigeration. Powers

Distributing services over 2,600 retail customers with a fleet of over

100 vehicles that use over 12,000 gallons of bio-diesel fuel per

month. The combined “energy footprint” of electricity, gas and

liquid fuel is enormous. As Gary explained it, “The entire beer

supply chain from brewing to distribution to your refrigerator is a

long and energy hungry road.”

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Due to the energy-intensive nature of the operation, environmental

responsibility is built into the DNA at Powers Distributing. Starting

back in 2007, the sales fleet become eco-friendly when they

converted their off-premise sales team from V8 cargo vans to four-

cylinder Saturn Vue’s and several newer (at the time) Ford Flex–Fuel

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vehicles. In 2008, the sales management team began driving

hybrids. In 2009, Powers Distributing became the first beverage

wholesaler in the country to convert 50 percent of its delivery fleet

to a more fuel-efficient hybrid route tractors. Currently they have

40 hybrid tractors on the road, which is the world’s largest privately

owned fleet of hybrid tractors. All of the more than 100-vehicle fleet

is fueled by B20 bio-diesel, hybrid or both. This clean-burning fleet

is projected to save about 53 million tons of carbon emissions over

the life of the equipment.

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To save energy inside the office, Powers has transformed Industrial

Age traditions of beer distributing by moving to "cloud" computing

for e-mail, sales documents and analytics. Cloud computing is far

more energy-efficient than traditional in-house solutions, and has

other benefits such as high-availability, collaborative advantages

and security on a scale that would be difficult to cost-effectively

achieve using traditional methods.

They also modernized the conveyor system that moves cases of

beer throughout the warehouse. The system is controlled by photo-

electric sensors that only move the conveyor when there are cases

of beer on the conveyor line.

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recYcling

Due to the nature of the business, recycling

is such an important component that they

constructed their own building to house the

recycling operations. As you can guess

with beer distribution, tons of glass bottles,

aluminum cans, cardboard, plastic bottles

and used stretch film are recycled every

month. Beer cans are compacted into 750-

pound bales before they are shipped off for

reprocessing. They also recycle office

paper, shop metal and wooden pallets that

are converted into about a quarter-million

pounds of wood pellets every year. Storm

water runoff is funneled into a holding pond

from the facility grounds and parking areas,

and later used to water the lawn.

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A project to upgrade the facility to energy-

efficient lighting is well under way. Recently,

they have started to replace high bay, high

intensity discharge (HID) fixtures with

energy-efficient LED lighting that could save

as much as 60 percent in lighting costs.

ThinkNRG designed the system that

replaces over 400 lamps with high efficiency

LED’s manufactured and installed by

Michigan contractors. The warehouse and

office area also include automatic motion

sensors to shut off lighting when not in use.

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Last year, after a cost-benefit study of

various methods for renewable energy

including biogas and wind, the Powers

Distributing team decided to install a solar

array on the roof of their new recycling

building. Local Michigan solar experts,

Michigan Solar Solutions

(www.michigansolarsolutions.com), were

called in to propose, design and install the

system. The system is designed to offset

the total electrical demand for the recycling

building and excess power flows over into

the main warehouse.

Mark Hagerty, CEO of Michigan Solar

Solutions and longtime CAM Member, says

that the100 kW (kilowatt) system generates

enough electricity to power twenty average

American homes. Comprised of 352 solar

panels (made in USA by Solar World), the

it is reported to be saving an average of

$2,000 a month in electric bills and is on-

track to amortize itself in eight years.

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Solutions at

www.michigansolarsolutions.com;

Powers Distributing at

http://www.powersdistributing.com/;

and www.ThinkNRG.net.

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years. Solar panels produce the most

power mid-day when demand is high. Each

panel has a micro-inverter that converts the

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building. The mico-inverters also allow for

precise monitoring of the production of

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President and Owner John H. Line, III,

ASCS, CECS began Sani-Vac Service, Inc.

in 1975 with the help of only an assistant

and one door-to-door salesman. The then

residential furnace and ductwork cleaning

company used the best technology of its

day for inspection and documentation: a

Polaroid camera. Fast-forward 40 years

and this Warren-based business is now the

go-to commercial and industrial ductwork

and exhaust system cleaning company in

Michigan. Virtually every major hospital

system in Michigan, not to mention an

assortment of high-tech firms and a broad

cross-section of universities, enlists the

expertise of this long-lived firm now with a

staff of 50 and a full arsenal of state-of-the-

art equipment.

The company, the equipment and the

ductwork cleaning industry have been

completely transformed over the course of

the last 40 years. Toss the retro Polaroid

and its successor - a cable with camera

attachments - for robots of increasingly

smaller size and growing sophistication.

“With the ease of playing a video game,

operators now guide a robot smaller than

the size of a shoebox through a building’s

smaller and more difficult-to-access

ductwork,” said Line.

The ductwork and air conveyance

cleaning industry itself has gone from the

ugly duckling of the HVAC world to an

industry now commonly specified by

architects and engineers. “One of the

things that has changed in the last 40 years

is there has been a major acceptance of the

need to clean ductwork by engineers and

architects,” said Jim Sica, Sani-Vac

business partner and marketing specialist.

“They are specifying it now, which was not

the case for a long time.”

Today, the ductwork and air conveyance

cleaning industry plays a crucial role in both

hospital infection control and in quality

control for the high-tech sector’s data and

cleanrooms. Sani-Vac is heavily engaged in

both sectors, being one of the few firms in

Michigan with the expertise to successfully

tackle these specialty environments.

M E C H A N I C A L / E L E C T R I C A L

pBusiness partners, John Line (LEFT) and Jim Sica (RIGHT), are

celebrating Sani-Vac’s 40 years of success.

FROM POLAROIDSTO ROBOTS:A SNAPSHOT OF SANI-VAC SERVICE’S

40 YEARS IN BUSINESS

BY MARY E. KREMPOSKY

ASSOCIATE EDITOR

PHOTOS COURTESY OF SANI-VAC


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Commercial and industrial duct cleaning

first took root in the automotive industry,

said Sica. As a budding company and

member of Union Local 80, Sani-Vac hit pay

dirt cleaning up the actual dirt in the

ductwork of automotive plants and offices

throughout southeastern Michigan.

Sani-Vac has cleaned such signature

facilities as Ford Motor Company’s

Research and Engineering Building. In

2014, Sani-Vac cleaned the entire air

conveyance system in Ford’s historic

Powertrain Operations Engine Engineering

Building (POEE). Built in 1925, the facility

was the heart and soul of invention in the

early days of Ford’s automotive empire.

Closed in 2008, Ford Motor Company

initially considered either selling the 365,404-

square-foot building to The Henry Ford or

tearing it down. William Ford, Jr. and Ford

Motor Company’s new CEO, Mark Fields,

ultimately elected to renovate the building

and preserve its storied past. “I commend

Ford Motor Company for resurrecting this

unique and beautiful building,” said Line.

As part of its rich history, the building

houses Mahogany Row, a wood-lined

enclave containing the offices of Henry Ford

and his team of Ford executives. “The

engineering area of the building even has a

column that Henry Ford and his executive

team used to mark their heights,” said Line.

“Today, it is preserved under a 12-inch

square piece of glass placed over that part

of the column.”

At the POEE Building, Sani-Vac “cleaned

the entire air conveyance system, including

11,600 linear feet of ductwork, 111 variable

air volume boxes and five large air handling

units,” said Line. “Two 575-ton chillers in

the powerhouse supply chilled water to all

of the air handling units.”

Line compares the air handling unit to the

heart of the air conveyance system, while

the ductwork is the feeder “veins” supplying

vital air to the facility. “If you are going to

clean an air conveyance system, you must

include the air handling units, because if you

don’t clean the ‘heart’ you might as well not

clean the ‘veins,’” said Line.

Laboring in a shuttered building and

working on the very systems that provide

heating, air-conditioning and ventilation, the

Sani-Vac crew did not have the benefit of

operational air handling systems. “The

systems were not up and running, so we

had no conditioned air,” recalled Line, “but

all the steam pipes that still ran through the

building created an immense amount of

heat.” With interior temperatures soaring

into the upper 90s, crews were well-

supplied with refreshment stands and fans

during the day. “We also had several crews

working in the building every evening for

four months,” added Line.

Working under direct contract with Ford

Motor Company, Sani-Vac launched the

cleaning of the air conveyance system in

May 2014 and finished in August 2014. The

team of Roncelli, Inc., Sterling Heights, and

DiClemente Siegel Design, Inc., Southfield,

then renovated the entire building. The

renovation is one of 12 award-winning

projects that will be profiled in CAM

Magazine’s upcoming October 2015

Special Issue.

An IncredIble Surge In ActIvIty

Sani-Vac’s recent work also includes

cleaning the entire floor plenum of La-Z-

Boy, Inc.’s new world headquarters in

Monroe, another CAM Magazine award-

winning Special Issue project by the team

of Rudolph/ Libbe, Inc., Plymouth, MI and

Walbridge, OH, and The Collaborative, Ann

Arbor and Toledo, OH.

Sani-Vac is also cleaning the ductwork for

Wayne State University’s new

Multidisciplinary Biomedical Research

Building now under construction by Barton

Malow/Brinker and designed by Harley Ellis

Devereaux. “Because the Biomedical

Research Building is going to be a LEED-

certified building, there was automatically a

three- to four-page duct cleaning spec

included in the project,” said Line.

Sani-Vac is seemingly everywhere,

including at the recent jobsite of Bedrock

Real Estate Services’ Chase Tower aka “the

Qube,” a downtown Detroit building

numbering a Quicken Loans office and a

WXYZ studio among its tenants. In

addition, Greektown Casino’s installation of

new air handling units led to yet another

large ductwork cleaning project for Sani-

Vac. Past projects also include plenum

cleaning at Quicken Loans’ Compuware

offices and work at the Detroit Medical

Center Cardiovascular Institute, as well as

for Perrigo Pharmaceuticals in Holland, MI.

Clearly, Sani-Vac is experiencing an

accelerated burst of business activity. “The

work in the last six months to a year has

been incredible,” said Line. In fact, the only

strain is securing a sufficient number of

operators to do the work. Applicants must

pass background and drug tests in order to

work in healthcare settings and at night in a

variety of facilities. Training-wise, module

study and on-the-job training typically takes

three months.


pAt Ford Motor Company’s historic Powertrain Operations Engine Engineering Building,

Sani-Vac cleaned the entire air conveyance system, including 11,600 linear feet of ductwork,

111 variable air volume boxes and five large air handling units.


the SAnI-vAc Story: A tIMelIne oF

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Working in his family’s HVAC business was

the beginning of Line’s own training. “I am a

third generation heating and air-conditioning

contractor,” said Line. “My grandfather and

my father first worked for Holland Furnace

Company, a manufacturer of cast iron gravity

furnaces, in the 1940s to the 1960s.”

Line launched his own company shortly

after attending Macomb Community College

for climate control technology and business.

After working in the residential arena for five

years, Line took the road less traveled. In

1982, he established a commercial and

industrial duct cleaning and kitchen exhaust

system business, then one of only a handful

of firms in that side of the industry. “There

were probably only two, maybe three,

heAlthcAre SpecIAlIStS:

SwItchIng courSe In the ‘90s

The staple or bread-and-butter projects of

the ‘80s were skewed heavily towards the

auto industry. “We were probably about 80

percent automotive in the early days,” said

Line. “The percentages are now reversed,

with automotive being 20 percent of our

business and healthcare, schools and

universities being 80 percent.”

As the auto industry “wobbled” in the

early ‘90s recession, Sani-Vac switched

course and developed a strong portfolio of

hospital, nursing home and other healthcare

projects. The company then began working

in K-12 schools, but “as the economy

tightened, school funding dwindled,”

recalled Line. “Since universities are funded

differently, we entered the higher education

market.”

Sica’s marketing and sales savvy aided

Sani-Vac in establishing a foothold and now

a stronghold in these new territories. “Jim

is a very big part of the growth of this

company,” said Line. “We’ve grown

immensely since he came aboard in 1994.”

Today, the University of Michigan,

Michigan State University and other

institutions of higher learning are strong

clients. Sani-Vac’s customer base in the

healthcare arena ranges from West

Michigan’s Spectrum, St. Mary’s, Metro

Health and Holland Hospital to Munson

Hospital in Traverse City and Northern

Michigan Hospital in Petoskey. “We also just

did multiple jobs at Mercy Hospital in

Grayling, and we have worked at War

Memorial Hospital in Sault Ste. Marie,” said

Sica. “We do healthcare work statewide. It

is really a specialty that not many duct

cleaners do.”

Some ductwork cleaners steer clear of

working in healthcare facilities, because of

the added complexity and liability. “You

have to be able to sit down with infectious

control nurses and put together a project to

protect patients, but still get the job done

within the facility department’s budget,” said

Sica.

Sani-Vac has years of experience in

blocking cross-contamination in healthcare

environments through the use of HEPA


companies in commercial and industrial

work,” said Line. Even today, duct cleaning

companies in this sector number only 10 to

12 versus roughly a hundred in the residential

side of the industry.

Line launched his business at an

opportune time. The Energy Crisis led to

tighter buildings, and in some cases, Sick

Building Syndrome, a term originally coined

in a 1984 World Health Organization report.

The Environmental Protection Agency

began to focus on indoor air quality,

creating a stronger wave of social and

market forces that helped to push duct

cleaning from the back burner to the

forefront of consumer concerns.

By 1989, the National Air Duct Cleaners

Association (NADCA) was formed and

began to establish professional standards

for the nascent industry. Line even served

on its Board of Directors for six years in the

‘90s. “NADCA started as a membership

organization, before progressing from

membership to worker certification

programs and standards setting,” said Line.

“Actual specifications then came from these

standards.”

Back at Sani-Vac’s office, the staff grew

from three to 10, and the company secured

the first of many showcase projects,

including the Fox Theater in Detroit.

Inspecting the shuttered theater’s air

conveyance system, Line discovered

vintage air handlers with leather fan belts,

as well as some stretches of ductwork

clogged with four to five inches of dirt, dust

and debris. “We ran into areas of ductwork

where we had to shovel out the dirt before

we actually cleaned the ducts,” recalled

Line. “They kept a great deal of the existing

ductwork, but they naturally had to modify

some of the ductwork to fit the new HVAC

units.”

Because of Sani-Vac’s work, everyone

can breathe easier in such gems as the

Detroit Music Hall and the Detroit Institute

of Arts. In fact, Sani-Vac has been involved

in virtually every major DIA project over the

past few decades. “We recently finished a

project for the DIA’s Detroit Film Theater,”

said Sica.

pAt Ford Motor Company’s POEE facility,

Sani-Vac cleaned the air conveyance

system. The photo on the top is a supply air

fan within one of the building’s large air

handling units before cleaning. The photo

on the bottom is the supply air fan after

cleaning.


filtration, containment cubes under negative

pressure, and other strategies. “To avoid

cross contamination, we also have to clean

equipment very carefully in transporting it

from one area of the hospital to another,”

added Sica.

Sani-Vac cleans both existing and new

ductwork. “Hospitals will ask us to come in

and clean their brand new ductwork before

they occupy procedure rooms, patient

rooms, and other sensitive areas,” said Line,

“because sometimes ductwork is used for

temporary heating during construction, and

even when it’s not, it’s virtually impossible to

keep it clean.”

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Sani-Vac’s success continued into the new

millennium. One large project was cleaning

the ductwork at Detroit Metropolitan

Airport’s North Terminal. Sani-Vac’s 12-

person team successfully navigated

working in an active international airport and

under the tight security conditions imposed

in the aftermath of September 11, 2001.

In general, demand surged for duct

cleaning services in this time period as

consumer awareness grew even more

strongly and spilled over into the

commercial arena. “Once an afterthought

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companies began leaning toward preventive

maintenance rather than waiting until ducts

become plugged or dirt drifted down from

the ceiling.”

Although demand dipped, Sani-Vac

weathered the fierce recession of 2008,

because as a specialty company, it could

survive on the preventative maintenance,

smaller projects and modest renovations

available at the time. As capital budgets

shriveled and demand for new construction

died on the vine, Sani-Vac actually

continued to slowly grow during the

recession. “We’ve grown almost every

year,” said Line.

Sani-Vac’s success over four decades is

grounded in its impeccable customer

service and attention to detail. “We never

leave anybody dissatisfied,” declares Sica.

Other ingredients in Sani-Vac’s “recipe for

success” include investment in both people

and equipment. “I have always believed,


and I still believe, that the only way I am

going to be successful is to surround myself

with good people,” said Line, “and I think I

have done that well. The key to success in

business is to hire good people; they make

our customers happy no matter what it

takes.”

Equipment investment includes the use

of robotics for inspecting, cleaning and

sealing lined ductwork. “Because of

computer technology, the robotics

equipment has become more high-tech, as

well as smaller and smarter,” said Sica.

Line paints a “then and now” picture of a

duct cleaner’s tools of the trade: “In the

past, we used a large TV monitor that was

difficult to work with. The operator can now

run the robot through the ductwork by

holding a small-screen monitor in the hand

and controlling the robot’s movements with

a joy stick. The technology has come a

long way.”

Today’s robotic equipment has multiple

cameras that zoom and swivel. These

amazing miniature machines also have

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lighting systems, rotary brushes and other

brush adaptors, and an air viper that allows

the operator to run compressed air tools off

of the robot. This versatile little R2D2 of

ductwork even has the ability to spray and

seal the inside of an insulated duct. A

common practice in commercial buildings

of the 1970s was to line the ductwork with

fiberglass to improve the system’s thermal

and acoustical properties. “Now they are

finding that this insulation breaks down,”

said Sica, “so if they can’t replace the

internally lined ductwork, then we can seal

it with a latex-based sealer registered by the

EPA.”

Despite their marvels, robots are only

used in select applications. “If the building’s

ductwork is large enough, my crew will still

crawl in and clean it,” said Line. “That is the

most efficient, thorough way to clean

ductwork. Robotic technology can be used

for duct inspection and sealing in duct of

any size, but it is used to clean only smaller

ductwork.”

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As Sani-Vac enters the second decade of the

21st Century, Line is seeing a resurgence of

automotive work, continued work in the

healthcare sectors, and the emergence of

more projects in high-tech industries. “We

have all these high-tech industries in

Michigan,” said Sica. “These industries are

manufacturing under such tight

specifications, and they have such extensive

cleanroom systems, that they can’t have any

‘dirt’ or particulate at all in these areas. It

would adversely impact their manufacturing

process and their products. There is also

renewed interest on the industrial side in duct

cleaning, particularly in plants where dirt

blowing out of their ductwork would also

impact their equipment and product.”

Sani-Vac has successfully navigated the

sometimes rough waters of the past 40

years. From the automotive downturn to the

Great Recession and back again, Sani-Vac

has handled it all, and has created a

company that provides a valuable service to

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growing presence of Bedrock Real Estate Services, peeling back years of neglect and

breathing new life into many of Detroit’s architectural gems including the First National

Building at 660 Woodward Avenue, at the corner of Woodward and Cadillac Square.

On this storied corner in a century-old social hub of Detroit’s financial district, the posh

Ponchartrain Hotel, or “The Ponch” as it would later be nicknamed, once stood as a beacon

of wealth and power – favoring automobile tycoons and deal makers on a daily basis in its

opulent marble and mahogany hotel bar. However, The Ponch’s heyday was sadly short-

lived as Detroit moguls founded the more exclusive Detroit Athletic Club. The Ponchartrain,

later rose again in a new location, shut its doors in 2009, and has since been converted into

a Crowne Plaza Ponchartrain Detroit hotel.

Sitting on a goldmine of real estate, the investors and owners of the First and Old Detroit

National Building shelled out record dollars to purchase the Ponchartrain property and move

their financial operations from a previous location in Detroit to the prime Campus Martius

location. With no hope of renovating the structure due to its sprawling layout and stout,

impenetrable frame (enveloping over 4 million pounds of steel), the once opulent hotel,

adorned with Tiffany & Co.’s elegant décor, was stripped and demolished in a swift 90-day

timeframe.

Between 1921 and 1930 a new 25-story Albert Kahn-designed office building was erected,

later to be known as the First National Building. It spanned an entire city block and was

adorned with massive five-story Corinthian pillars, a limestone façade and street-level granite.

After nearly a century in operation, several ownership changes, and finally a bankruptcy

battle in the 2000’s, the building was purchased by Bedrock Real Estate Services, and

renovations to the art-deco structure followed almost immediately.

Michigan’s largest consulting engineering firm, Troy-based Peter Basso Associates (PBA),

was contacted by Bedrock Real Estate Services in October 2011 to perform a master plan

study and subsequent mechanical, electrical and plumbing design for a complete overhaul

of the building’s mechanical and electrical infrastructure to make way for incoming tenants.

The master plan proposed to upgrade all major building systems including: condenser water

systems; chilled water systems; domestic cold water; domestic hot water; sanitary; storm;


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fire protection; fire alarm and electrical

distribution. One quarter of the building

spanning six floors (floors 8-13) were to be

completely renovated and ready for

expedited occupancy by July 2012. The

complete infrastructure improvements were

planned, designed and constructed in an

astounding nine-month timespan with

200,000 square feet of tenant

improvements implemented concurrently.

The entire process required a collaborative

effort between the trade contractors,

construction manager, property managers

and PBA.

While improvements were underway and

nearing completion, Bedrock turned its

attention to the building’s transitional lobby.

Since its rapid decline in the early 2000s,

the lobby had served merely as an underlit

access point for tenants and visitors to get

from one area to another. Bedrock wanted

the renovated space to become an

inspirational representation of Detroit’s rich

architectural history, with the emerging tech

hub of Campus Martius at its epicenter.

More importantly, they wanted visitors and

tenants to pause, and utilize the space for

social and business gatherings as the

property’s predecessors had in the past.

Of many of the building’s original features

were its majestic art-deco plaster ceilings,

terrazzo floors and marble and granite

features; most of which were starting to

deteriorate. With the purchase of the First

National Building, Bedrock intended to

preserve and protect as much of the original

architectural elements, such as the ceilings

and walls, wherever possible, and to

showcase them using innovative design

solutions that were unique to its vision.

In order to bring attention to its storied

past and to Detroit’s historic urban fabric,

architects from Neumann/Smith

Architecture, Southfield, came up with the

concept of incorporating an elegant yet

modern acrylic form, resembling the fluid

movement of glacial fjords, that would span

the length of the west lobby. The LED lit

form would also serve as a wayfinding guide

for guests directing them to large

informational screens on the opposite walls.

Each screen would provide guests with

uThe elevator lobby features

beautifully preserved plaster ceiling

panels, and takes on an ethereal

glow from four-foot-tall side-lit LED

acrylic panels that sit flush above

the elevator doors.

local and national newsfeeds and building

information resources, as well as some

interactive Bedrock Apps that can be used

with their smartphones and tablets.

Since the intent was to highlight the

historic features of the lobby without

allowing the light fixtures to visibly interfere,

the acrylic form itself took on the role of the

lighting solution. The solution not only

served the purpose of adding a modern,

visually pleasing element of motion, but it

also served the functional purpose of hiding

some of the scars left behind from the

building’s past.

Nearly a century earlier, the central part

of the lobby was pierced with a grand

staircase that allowed bankers and

customers to pass between the first and

second floors. However, in recent

decades, the staircase was filled with a

metal panel structure, leaving a rather

unsightly section of ceiling space. For the

lobby’s renovation, the lighting solution was

incorporated directly below that panel

structure, and associated ductwork from

the renovation, in order to discretely hide

the panel structure, or the “architectural

elephant” in the room.

With such a complex and courageous

design, Bedrock supported and

encouraged the design team to create

various small-scale mock versions of the

swoosh to ensure that the proper balance

of light transmittance, opaqueness of

vertical versus horizontal acrylics and the

proper color temperature were attained. It

was also vital that such a unique solution

would visually achieve the design intent and

not overshadow the surrounding art-deco

ceilings.

To match the illusion of motion created

by the acrylic, the PBA lighting team

incorporated a curved arrangement of

LEDs that intermittently followed its vertical

paths. The resulting contrasting light and

dark chasms simultaneously accentuate

the organic 3-dimensional form. Tucked

above the swoosh are LED light strips and

track lights, that enable illumination of the

adjacent spaces, without detracting from

the form. Custom fasteners, affixed by

hang points that drop from the ceiling, keep




tTo match the illusion of motion created

by this elegant but modern acrylic

form, the PBA lighting team

incorporated a curved arrangement of

LEDs that intermittently followed its

vertical paths. The resulting

contrasting light and dark chasms

simultaneously accentuate the organic

3-dimensional form.


the massive panels suspended in place,

making the form appear light and airy, when

in fact the system as a whole tips the scale

at well over 2,000 pounds.

To accentuate classic with modern,

again, with minimal disruption to the existing

architectural elements, the lighting design

team focused on the area surrounding the

lobby’s security desk. To draw attention to

the marble wall that acts as a backdrop for

the security desk, PBA designed LEDs

stacked in narrow horizontal cove recesses

within the marble wall. LED tape lights are

mounted on the marble framework, while

toekick LED lights flank the bottom of the

marble walls on either side of the elevator

lobby. Removable marble panels allow for

easy maintenance and general access to

LEDs and associated controls.

The elevator lobby features beautifully

preserved plaster ceiling panels, and takes

on an ethereal glow from four-foot-tall side-

lit LED acrylic panels that sit flush above the

elevator doors. The vertical distribution of

light gently touches the details of the plaster

panels, while individual LED downlights

highlight each elevator.

Throughout the lobby, targeted 3500K

color temperature light sources, with

dimmable controls, complement preserved

architectural building materials with vibrant

new colors, materials, and people, helping

to create a functional, elegant space that

buzzes with activity and welcomes social

gatherings, casual dining, relaxation and

impromptu get-togethers. No longer is the

First National Building an afterthought; it’s a

destination and a Detroit mainstay, the very

representation of a renaissance city that is

preserving the vitality of its past, and

encouraging the promise of its future.

The project had a stellar team, including

Neumann/Smith Architecture, Southfield;

Sachse Construction, Detroit; Motor City

Electric Co, Detroit; and Western

Mechanical Contractors, Inc., Clinton

Township. Neumann/Smith Project

Designer, Jaimelyn Neher, LEED AP BD+C,

explains the design vision for the lobby:

“The First National Lobby celebrates its

historic elements. Covered in layers and

layers of dated ceiling tiles, the original

ceiling was revealed. That became the

main concept of the space – urban

archeology.

“The ceiling is exposed to reveal its

original 1922 ceiling, complete with ornate

plaster designs and textures. The steel

columns that were once covered are now

exposed to show the original structure of

the space. To juxtapose that rawness a

ceiling element hangs above the seating

area of the lobby. This element multi-tasks

as a sculptural piece and a source of light

that brightens the space but also feels

inviting.

The vertical panels that drop down from

the illuminated plane lower the scale of the

area and soften the light. As you walk in

from the front doors, the swooping ceiling

element draws your eye to the multi-flat

screen display, which showcases graphic

motion art created by local artists. The

metal panels’ laser-cut design reflects an

abstract urban map of downtown Detroit.

This design is also echoed on the terrazzo

floor.


BRINGING THE FIRST NATIONAL BUILDING BACK TO LIFE

INFORMATION COURTESY OF NEUMANN/SMITH ARCHITECTURE

AND SACHSE CONSTRUCTION


Sachse Construction renovated the lobby

and the entire building. Sachse began

construction on the building in 2012, and

completed work in 2014 on all of the

projects in the 822,684-square-foot

building.

The building was tired after years of use;

the mechanical systems were also

outdated. As part of the renovation, new

electrical transformers and panel boxes

were installed, steam heat was capped and

demolished and then replaced with a new

cooling tower and air handling units. A new

fire pump was installed with a new fire

distribution system throughout the building.

In addition, new plumbing lines and boilers

were installed, along with new core

bathrooms. This work allowed tenants to

hook up to state-of-the-art mechanical

systems now in place throughout the

building. In addition to all new mechanical

systems in the building, both freight

elevators were taken off line and replaced.

The building is a limestone office tower

completed in 1922 and designed by Albert

Kahn in the neoclassical architectural style

with an unusual “Z” configuration that

maximizes natural light. This “Z”-shaped

building also has narrow floor plates, which

made for cramped conditions during

construction. Construction was also

required to be completed while the building

was occupied. This posed multiple

challenges, including exchanging materials

in and out of the building without disrupting

tenants, and meeting the deadline

requirements. Sachse developed a hoisting

mechanism that allowed construction

personnel to exchange materials without

disrupting current tenants. Additionally,

since the floor plates were very narrow, the

second shift workers would load the floors

with materials needed the next day, thus

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George Fulton and Donald Grimes, of the

University of Michigan’s Institute for

Research on Labor, Employment, and the

Economy, presented Oakland County’s

Economic Outlook Summary at a recent

luncheon. Along with Oakland County, the

event was hosted by CHASE and Oakland

Community College. The 2015 sponsors

included Automation Alley, Beaumont

Healthcare, Bishop International Airport,

CAM – Construction Association of

Michigan, FirstMerit Bank, ITC Holdings,

Kelly Services, Lawrence Technological

University, Oakland County Workforce

Development, Oakland University and PNC

Bank.

The brief Economic Outlook Summary

excerpt below presents an overview of

unemployment and inflation rates forecast

for the next two years. The full report is

available at AdvantageOakland.com and

irlee.umich.edu/clmr.

unemPloyment Rates foR

oaklanD County anD the unIteD

states, 2009-2017

The sustained job growth we are projecting

for Oakland County through 2017 is

accompanied by an unemployment rate

that continues to decline over the forecast

period, from 7.2 percent in 2014 to 5.3

percent in 2015, and then falls further to 4.7

percent in 2016 and 4.3 percent in 2017.

We are forecasting that the nation and the

county will come in at the same rate in 2015

(5.3 percent) before switching positions

starting in 2016, with Oakland’s jobless rate

maintaining an advantage of three-tenths of

a percentage point in 2016 and 2017 (4.6

percent nationally and 4.3 percent for

Oakland County in 2017).

2015-2017 foReCasteD PRIvate

seCtoR Job GRowth

In 2014, a total of 690,377 persons were

employed in Oakland County. Job gains in

the private sector are expected to

accelerate in 2015, increasing by 14, 421

jobs compared with 12,173 in 2014. Job

growth continues to accelerate in 2016 and

2017, bringing the total to 48,838 jobs from

2014 to 2017, a solid increase averaging

2.5 percent per year.

2015-2017 foReCasteD Job

GRowth In ConstRuCtIon

The aggregate industry category of natural

resources, mining and construction gains

3,078 jobs over the next three years, all of

them in construction, as the very small

natural resources and mining components

lose a handful of jobs. The construction

industry benefits from a revival in residential

construction after struggling through a long

dry spell. All components of the

construction industry enjoy relatively strong

job growth with the greatest number of

additional jobs (994) being created among

building equipment contractors, such as

plumbing, electrical, and HVAC contractors,

as well as residential building contractors

(648).

InflatIon Rate, DetRoIt ConsumeR

PRICe InDex (CPI), 2013 -17

• Local inflation is measured here by the

growth rate of the Detroit Consumer Price

Index, representing the Detroit metro area

overall, as consumer price data are not

compiled for the county in isolation.

• Oil prices dropped sharply at the end of

2014 and the beginning of 2015. They

are expected to rise somewhat during

much of 2015 but to remain low. This

pattern is largely responsible for a decline

of 0.6 percent in the local price index for

calendar-year 2015 compared with 2014.

• Local inflation then rebounds in 2016 to

1.9 percent, a tenth of a percentage point

below the U.S. rate, spurred by the

continuing partial recovery in crude oil,

and thus gasoline, prices.

• Local inflation nudges up to 2.1 percent

in 2017, equal to the rate forecast for the

U.S. Consumer Price Index.

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The numbers tell the story of Oakland

County’s success. Oakland County

Executive L. Brooks Patterson lists the

glowing – and measurable – results from

2014 in the county’s 30th Annual Economic

Outlook Summary publication:

• Business expansion, attraction and

retention investment of more than $658

million

• More than 11,000 new and retained jobs

• Direct foreign investment of more than

$171 million

• Entrepreneurial startups of nearly $12

million

• Loans closed of nearly $43 million

Oakland County’s Director, Economic

Development & Community Affairs (EDCA),

Irene Spanos, adds another number to the

list: Approximately $356,351,550 million in

investment dollars in Oakland County

construction projects are either currently

underway or plan to be built in the next six

to 12 months. The timeframe for this

sizeable infusion of investment dollars

spans from 2014 to 2016. Projects range

in location from Wixom, Troy and Rochester

to Southfield and Waterford.

Spanos also lists the top growth sectors

in Oakland County: Foreign Direct

Investment, Life Sciences, Automotive, and

IT/TECH. “Over 1,000 foreign direct

investment firms from 39 different countries

call Oakland County home,” said Spanos.

“We are a leader in attracting foreign

companies to the USA.” According to

Advantage Oakland’s 2014 Annual Report,

“Thirty companies generated direct foreign

investment of $171 million – more than a

quarter of the $658 million total business

investment in the county for the year. The

investment created 1,941 jobs.”

With an investment of $28.8 million, H.A.

Automotive is one of the more sizeable

direct foreign investments on the EDCA-

generated list. According to an Oakland

County press release, “China: H.A.

Automotive Systems announced plans to

purchase a building in Troy to establish its

headquarters, manufacturing plant and

research and development facility. The

project will generate a total capital

investment of $28.8 million and create 368

jobs. H.A. Automotive is the North American

subsidiary of Shanghai Changhui Industry

Development Co., an automotive lighting

components supplier established in 1994

and headquartered in China. H.A.

Automotive, along with its parent, has

secured new contracts to supply North

American automotive OEMs and needs to

establish a presence near them.

Oakland County’s Medical Main Street®

continues to brand the county as a global

center of innovation in healthcare and the

life sciences. According to the Advantage

Oakland report, “In 2014, 10 companies

expanded, resulting in $70.3 million in total

investment and 1,440 jobs created or

retained.” In the healthcare arena, the

Detroit Medical Center, Children’s Hospital

of Michigan, Troy Specialty Center

represents a $42 million investment, and is

now under construction.

OAKLANDCOUNTY’S BIG FOUR:

FOREIGN DIRECTINVESTMENT, LIFESCIENCES,AUTOMOTIVE ANDIT/TECH


ASSOCIATE EDITOR

PHOTOS COURTESY OF OAKLAND COUNTY

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNITY

AFFAIRS

p

Under the leadership of Oakland County

Executive, L. Brooks Patterson, Oakland

County has launched several business

development initiatives, including Medical

Main Street® in 2008 and more recently,

Tech248™ in 2014.



The year 2014 marked the launch of

another economic development initiative

called Tech248™. According to the

Oakland Advantage report, “More than

2,000 tech firms have locations in Oakland

County – more than twice the number of

any other Michigan county. The strength

of the tech network is its diversity in

software development, mHealth, game

development, connected cars, digital

media, mobile technology and cyber

security. The county focus is helping tech

companies attract, develop and retain

talent.”

The automotive industry remains a strong

mainstay. Challenge Manufacturing Co.,

LLC, a leading Tier 1 auto supplier, is

investing $50 million in a Pontiac facility

expected to generate 450 jobs, according

to Oakland Advantage. The Pontiac

location – at the site of a former General

implementing the infrastructure nationwide,

county-by-county,” said Spanos.

According to the U.S. Department of

Transportation’s Intelligent Transportation

Systems Joint Program Office, “connected

vehicle technology is a multimodal initiative

that aims to enable safe, interoperable

networked wireless communications among

vehicles, the infrastructure, and passengers’

personal communications devices.” Part of

the vision for connected vehicle

technologies is to create a future where

highway crashes and their tragic

consequences are significantly reduced,

because the connectivity among vehicles

will enable crash prevention.

Spanos also points to light-weighting

technologies as another automotive trend

important to the economic growth of both

current and potential industries and

businesses in Oakland County. Simply put,

light-weight vehicles are more energy-

efficient and save gas. The U.S.

Department of Energy, Office of Energy

Efficiency & Renewable Energy, says,

“Using lightweight components and high-

efficiency engines, enabled by advanced

materials, in one quarter of the U.S. fleet

could save more than five billion gallons of

fuel annually by 2030.”

Given these four powerful economic

engines, “all communities in Oakland

County are showing growth in terms of

development and business attraction,” said

Spanos. “Auburn Hills, Troy, Novi and

Southfield are all hot, but so are Milford,

Oxford, and Orion Township. Large and

small communities are benefitting from the

focus we collaboratively share on economic

development.”

Southfield also has a host of recent

projects, both in pre-construction and

underway. According to Rochelle Freeman,

Southfield Business & Economic

Development Director, projects include

Versa Development Medical Office Village,

$2 million; City Centre II, a $2.5 million retail

development; and the $1.5 million 20570 –

20610 West Eight Mile Road project.

Student housing and a Bio-Engineering

Facilities are two projects on Lawrence

Technological University’s list, as well.

The Top 10 Oakland County Projects

Company

Project City / Investment Amount

1. the mark of troy

Troy $46.9 million

2. Durr Corporation

Southfield $40 million renovation

($20 million renovation/ $20 million

expansion)

3. DmC Children’s

Troy $42 million

Hospital Specialty Center

4. fedex/armory

Oak Park $30 million

5. h.a. automotive

Troy $28.8 million

6. basf

Southfield $19 million

7. walsh College

Troy $15 million

Expansion

8. southfield Park

Southfield $15 million

Plaza

9. two Public Parking

Rochester $11 million

Platforms

10. fountain Park

Waterford $10.4 million

North

other projects include fountain Park north,

waterford, $10.4 million; first street lofts

(47 units, 6 stories), Rochester, $10 million;

hilton Garden Inn, troy, $7.5 million; and

enclaves of Rochester hills (a 26-unit site

condo development), $6.5 million. a host of

other projects range from a $102,000 project

for fluid Routing solutions in madison

heights to a $5 million Dick’s sporting

Goods in troy. source: The Oakland

County Economic Development &

Community Affairs provided this list of

projects, some in pre-construction and

others underway. For more information on

these projects, visit our Online Planroom at

www.cam-online.com.

pOpened in October 2014, the Troy Transit

Center is one of the many recently

constructed buildings in Oakland County.

Neumann/Smith Architecture designed and

Tooles/Clark built the facility. Spanning from

2014 to 2016, Oakland County has attracted

over $356 million in investment dollars

related to construction projects that are now

underway or planned for the next six to 12

months.

Motors plant – was chosen over a

competing site in Ontario.

Oakland County’s economic

development team is also preparing for the

wireless car of the near future. The county

has established the “Connected Car Task

Force – a team that is building the business

case for Connect Car technology and


An exciting new healthcare

facility is taking shape in

Oakland County’s Medical

Main Street®. The

Children’s Hospital of

Michigan, a member of the

Detroit Medical Center

(DMC), is establishing a

new outpatient hospital in

Troy. Both Harley Ellis Deveraux and The

Christman Company are showing their true

colors as quality design and construction

professionals with this exciting project.

From a construction perspective,

Christman is working with an aggressive

schedule and a small footprint to open the

doors of this unique facility that will include

24/7 pediatric emergency services,

operating rooms and a wide variety of

pediatric specialties, including allergy,

cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology,

hematology/oncology, physical medicine

and rehabilitation, neurology and

neurosurgery, orthopedics, pediatric

surgery, rehabilitation therapies, urology and

lab and imaging services. All of this is

housed in a complex and colorful

kaleidoscope of a building designed by

Harley Ellis Deveraux.

As construction manager, Christman has

provided cost leadership, scheduling, value

analysis methodology, and fast-track bid

packaging. The Christman team

coordinated with Harley Ellis Devereaux

prior to beginning the project in order to

create a fast-tracked project schedule that

will allow the building to be completed in

just 13 months.

The multi-colored building definitely

stands out as a children’s hospital. The

building’s unique exterior has seven different

colors of glazed brick and six different

colors of glass. Located adjacent to the

Troy City offices on Big Beaver Road, this

brightly colored building more closely

resembles a big toy rather

than a medical facility –

and that is precisely the

point. The critically

significant services

performed within the

Children’s Hospital of

Michigan-Troy may seem

scary to children who’ve

never experienced a visit to the hospital.

That’s why the design of the building is

meant to ease the anxiety of its child and

adolescent patients.

From the exterior design through interior

planning and design, the point is to make

this very prominent center welcoming to

both parents and children, and even to add

fun and creativity to the hospital experience

for its patient population. As a result, the

building was conceived as a colorful

organization of building blocks that

delineate functions and movement within a

friendly, non-institutional environment.

The separation of the building into smaller

blocks also “humanizes” the hospital

experience by creating smaller and more

child-friendly spaces. The blue box houses


CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL

OF MICHIGAN - TROY

TO OPEN EARLY 2016

PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE CHRISTMAN COMPANY

tThe multi-colored building

definitely stands out as a

children’s hospital. The

building’s unique exterior

has seven different colors of

glazed brick and six different

colors of glass.


the main functional groups, and is

complemented by a large yellow box to

denote the main vehicular drop-off and

pedestrian entrance. A red box identifies

the emergency entrance. These simple

transitions of color, geometry and scale

create a welcoming image, while providing

necessary visual way-finding tools for

anxious parents as they arrive with

their ill child. Internally, the design

accomplishes the goal of creating

small, focused spaces within the

broader facility.

Care was taken to create a

children’s scale for the three-story

building. Glazed masonry was an

obvious choice because of the

range of available colors and the

small scale of each brick. The

masonry scale is further reduced on

the red and yellow boxes by a long

linear “Norman” unit, selected as a

contrast to the larger “utility”

masonry units in the blue box. The

scale of the blue box is mitigated by

insertions of colored stripes along

with colorful orange and yellow

projected boxes. The prominent

east façade, which contains service

functions, is developed as a large-

scale visual marker for westbound

vehicular traffic along Big Beaver.

Furthermore, mechanical equipment

screens are part of the colorful

composition and are connected

vertically in a playful manner.

But this building is not just a pretty

face. Internally, the center contains

emergency, surgery, diagnostics, clinics and

specialty services. The building also

encompasses a broad spectrum of

outpatient services.

The design and planning process for this

specialty healing environment used Lean

Design principals and full-scale mock-ups

of all floors rather than traditional drawings

and sketches. Staff, physicians, patients

and their families were engaged in the

process of physically building and reviewing

life-size mock-ups of the space. This

approach led to idea generation and

building consensus on operational

improvements not normally possible

through traditional methods. This highly

interactive, integrated lean facility design

process resulted in a decrease of overall

area of the building by 12 percent.

For Christman, the building’s small

footprint adds another level of complexity to

the project. Designed to maximize every

square foot of space, each floor of the

building has a footprint of approximately

20,000 square feet. Considering the

extensive mechanical, electrical and

plumbing systems, there was the potential

to have trades unproductively working on

top of each other. The Christman Company

implemented daily coordination meetings

among the different subcontractors to make

sure each system was being installed in the

correct order. This daily coordination has

led to a great team environment onsite.

The Christman Company launched

construction on September 2, 2014.

Christman is tackling a very aggressive 13-

month schedule to meet the September

2015 turnover date to the DMC. Christman

successfully met its milestone dates leading

into the winter months to ensure that the

project remains on schedule. Major

milestones included:

• September 2014 -- Site

Clearing/Grubbing, Mass

Excavation and Undercut Work

• October 2014 – Concrete

Foundations (spread footings

and grade beam foundation)

• November and December

2014 – Structural Steel Frame

Christman installed temporary

enclosures to allow interior MEP

build-out to continue through the

winter months. Christman then

tackled the exterior systems from

January through May 2015. June 1,

2015 marked the launch of the MEP

systems for conditioned air – a

crucial milestone that will allow

finished to be completed.

Early next year young patients will

be experiencing an amazing new

facility in Oakland County built

especially for them. Upon

completion, the glass throughout the

building will offer a colorful

composition that not only

coordinates with the masonry but

also brings the interior environment

to life with a kaleidoscope of color,

lighting, pattern and design elements

all beautifully planned and crafted to

create a healing environment that nourishes

the human spirit.

In the end isn’t that what a Children’s

Hospital is supposed to do?

Harley Ellis Devereaux provided

architecture, interiors, planning, landscape

design, and mechanical, electrical and

structural engineering services.

Professional Engineering Associates, Inc.,

Troy, provided civil engineering and

landscape documentation. Information

provided courtesy of The Christman

Company and Harley Ellis Devereaux.

P R O J E C T F O C U S

pConsidering the extensive mechanical, electrical and

plumbing systems, The Christman Company implemented

daily coordination meetings among the different

subcontractors to make sure each system was being

installed in the correct order.


The new Bloomfield Hills High School is not your grandparent’s -

or even your parent’s - high school. Now under construction by

Barton Malow Company, Southfield, the new school is designed

around the concept of nine learning communities, each offering

highly collaborative and technical learning environments, and four

even featuring their very own kitchen area. Under this new

educational model, students and staff have the opportunity to learn

in a personalized and collaborative environment. Designed with

flexibility and adaptability in mind by Stantec, Berkley, in partnership

with Fielding Nair International, Royal Oak, each learning

community integrates core classes, such as math, science, English

and social studies.

This “little red schoolhouse” is actually quite large; Barton Malow

is constructing 260,000 square feet of new space and renovating

112,000 square feet of the former Andover High School to create

this 372,000-square-foot facility. In line with the community’s

vision, the new educational model effectively turns what could have

been a vast and impersonal high school into a series of small

towns.

The backstory on this exciting new educational model began

over a decade ago. In 2003, the Bloomfield Hills School Board

considered merging Andover and Lahser High Schools into a newly

constructed high school to be built on Andover’s grounds.

Community debate ensued and Bloomfield Hills Schools

commissioned Fielding Nair International to develop a master plan

combining the existing two high schools on one campus. Extensive

community engagement built consensus and led to the

development of a plan calling for small-scale learning communities

based on the community’s desire for small schools. The process

resulted in a successful bond passed in May 2012.

Barton Malow broke ground in June 2013 and then began partial

demolition of the former Andover High School. The project’s first

“lesson” was on soil stability. The soil at the north end of the site

was less than optimal. This area had 19 feet of organic material –

not exactly the most stable soil conditions for construction. Barton

Malow solved the soil stability issue by utilizing a Geopier® system,

installing 1,800 Geopiers, formed of compacted stone and placed

inside a plastic sleeve.

While the north end is built of Geopiers, concrete foundations

and load-bearing masonry, the south end has concrete foundations

and steel. The building will also offer a 1,700-seat gym, an 800-

seat auditorium, and a 12-lane pool with seating for 400.

Since traditional steel joists can’t be used in the pool’s corrosive

environment, Barton Malow used 14 concrete double T’s to

support the roof in the pool area. Each T has a 110-foot span, and

each was shipped – one per truck – from Indiana. A crane lifted


SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL ATTHE NEW BLOOMFIELDHILLS HIGH SCHOOL

INFORMATION AND PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE BARTON MALOW COMPANY

tWindows give way to walls in this “sneak

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Bloomfield Hills High School currently

under construction by Barton Malow

Company.


each T off the truck and onto the masonry

walls of the pool. Much coordination,

logistics and planning was needed to

determine where to place the crane, what

type of crane pad should be used, and even

what route from Indiana to Bloomfield Hills

needed to be taken to safely transport the

14 double T’s to the site. Barton Malow

examined clearances, turn radiuses and a

host of other factors in plotting the most

effective transportation route.

Beyond structure and logistics, the

building has an insulated rubber roof and

energy-efficient mechanical and electrical

systems. The exterior is composed of

masonry brick, storefront glazing, slate tile

and metal panels. Generous expanses of

windows draw in natural light and fit the

open concept learning model of this

cutting-edge school that will ultimately serve

1,800 students. In fact, the majority of

learning spaces are glass.

Yet one more uncommon feature of this

new high school is a radio broadcast station

to be located in the main commons areas

for increased student visibility. Barton

Malow actually has to install a 100-foot

radio broadcast tower as part of the project.

The student run radio station, WBFH, the

BIFF, has such a strong program they were

awarded the 2015 Michigan High School

Radio Station of the Year and the 2014-

2015 Best High School Radio Station in the

Nation.

In May and June 2015, Barton Malow is

installing finishes and preparing for furniture

and technology move in. Completion of

construction of this $78.8 million facility is

scheduled for August 2015 – right on time

for the start of the 2015-2016 school year.

The auditorium and natatorium is scheduled

to open in December 2015.

pConstruction is slated for completion in August 2015. Once completed,

construction materials and equipment will give way to throngs of students

traveling this double-height grand thoroughfare, a.k.a Knowledge Market.

pThe new Bloomfield Hills High School will offer an 800-seat

auditorium.

NEW LESSONS IN SCHOOL DESIGN AT BLOOMFIELD HILLS’ NEW HIGH SCHOOL

INFORMATION COURTESY OF STANTEC

RENDERINGS COURTESY OF STANTEC

When students and teachers enter the new Bloomfield Hills High School

this fall, they’ll be forging new territory – literally and figuratively. Within the

walls of the 350,000-square-foot building there’s little trace of schools of

yore, or even schools of just last year. Gone are the double-loaded

corridors of classrooms and expansive cafeterias. Walls are in short supply,

but windows are abundant. Even the tables and chairs underscore the

motivating theme: Variety is the spice of life. (continued)

pThe new building seamlessly joins portions of the old Andover

high school, presenting one unified and distinctive exterior.



The high school is believed to be the first

in Michigan to not only embrace but propel

new pedagogy through design. Simply put:

Where and how you engage a student

directly impacts how well he or she learns.

Eschewing the factory-like form of 20th

Century high schools, Bloomfield Hills High

School holds surprises around every corner.

The soul of the building is embodied in nine

learning communities, each of which is

owned by a team of teachers. All of the

communities are rich in technology and

ruled by flexibility. A variety of learning

spaces, support a variety of learning styles;

lecture, peer-to-peer, collaborative, project-

based and interdisciplinary instruction are

all easily supported. The heart of the

building is the Knowledge Market – a hub

that connects the functions of a library,

classroom and student union.

Research tells us that educational and

social cohesion are likely to occur over a

shared meal. That’s why the high school

features a distributed dining model, with

serveries on each floor to allow for a grab-

and-go or small group discussions over a

more leisurely lunch.

With their visionary charge from the

education leaders in Bloomfield Hills,

Stantec also conducted a unique research

project – a one-and-a-half-year furniture

pilot program. During this time, teachers

and students put many elements of the

preliminary design to the test, working with

various furniture and space configuration

solutions. The results richly informed the

final design, as the one which best

supported the school’s pedagogical and

cultural shift.

The new building seamlessly joins

portions of the old Andover high school,

presenting one unified and distinctive

exterior. The old high school is wedded to

the new building by a central double height

thoroughfare, along which all of the core

academic areas are accessed.

The Stantec architecture and interior

design team brought valuable experience

designing college and university Schools of

Education. As a result, they were well

versed in how the next generation of

teachers is being trained and the type of

instructional space they will require.

Stantec welcomed the opportunity to

design a school that would best meet these

emerging pedagogy requirements within a

vibrant, groundbreaking community

building.

Stantec’s project team includes Tod Stevens,

Lee Andrea, Patrick Kanary, Rick Bez, Sean

Gross, Alexis Kim, Nicole Vanstone, Scott

Roberts and Ewa Virga.


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Patients place their very lives in the hands of a trusted surgical team.

For the conversion of the surgical suite itself, Beaumont Hospital Troy

is placing its trust in the expert hands of SmithGroupJJR, Detroit,

and Roncelli, Inc., Sterling Heights. Roncelli launched construction

in June 2013 and will reach completion in June 2016. Working with

surgical precision, Roncelli deftly divided the 36-month project into

seven construction phases, including multiple sub-phases.

The mission: Convert 14 operating rooms and support spaces in

the hospital’s existing and original inpatient surgical suite on the first

floor into 16 new operating rooms, along with a new state-of-the-art

hybrid imaging operating room, a new cystoscopy room, and two

interventional radiology rooms. “All of the new rooms are housed

within the renovated 55,000-square-foot space,” said Roncelli Senior

Project Manager Jeff Tessmer.

Some of the advanced surgical equipment in these new spaces,

according to SmithGroupJJR, includes advanced imaging equipment

with real-time images integrated with surgical procedures, including

Graphic Imaging Stations with real-time, ultra-high definition, large

format flat screen displays; surgical booms integrating equipment

and utilities; robotics equipment; and a central control station in each

operating room permitting control of the surgical environment,

including the technology.

A healing environment also includes welcoming spaces and

efficient programming. At Beaumont Hospital Troy, a sky-lit clerestory

was incorporated above one of the surgical corridors to allow natural

light into the space, said Tessmer.

SmithGroupJJR lists some of the efficiencies necessary for a

contemporary surgical environment: A connection to all OR’s from a

common central surgery supply core providing efficient supply and

restricted staff to and between each OR; patient and staff access to

all OR’s from a common outer loop corridor that is restricted to

surgery traffic only; standardization of all 650-square-foot general

and special OR’s to allow more efficient and flexible utilization of

resources; and specialization, including larger and custom room

configurations where required for special inter-operative imaging

equipment, including interventional radiology, minimally invasive

cardiovascular procedures and hybrid OR’s. For added efficiency,

Roncelli is also installing a new elevator and dumbwaiter for more

efficient movement of sterile supplies and soiled linen to and from

the OR department, said Tessmer.

PRoteCtInG the PatIent

At Beaumont Hospital Troy, Roncelli is also constructing 16 interim

in-patient recovery rooms and four new out-patient recovery rooms,

as well as staff support, administrative offices, new locker rooms and

lounges. “The new physician and staff lounge is being constructed

by infilling an existing 1,500-square-foot courtyard, located between

the Professional Office Building and the main hospital,” said Tessmer.

“The location of the lounge is surrounded on all sides by occupied

space. In addition, a critical, active linear accelerator, utilized for

patient radiation treatment, is located below the space.”

The entire project is being conducted in the middle of a busy

hospital and while maintaining 100 percent of the surgical

department’s operations. “The challenges of working in and around

active surgical space included an increase from 14 to 16 licensed

OR’s,” said Tessmer, “requiring us to maintain 16 operational OR’s

and one cystoscopy room throughout the entire construction

phasing.”

With the hospital environment impacted, patient safety had to

remain the top priority. Roncelli’s solution: Strict adherence to

Beaumont Hospital Troy’s Infection Control Processes, including

Interim Life Safety Measures and epidemiology protocols.

“Temporary airtight barrier partitions separated the construction

environments from hospital operations,” said Tessmer. “Advance

planning of work adjacent to active surgical space and coordination

of construction and OR Department schedules eliminated risk to

patient care. Select work within operational space of the hospital was

accomplished within airtight barriers during night shifts, Sundays and

other non-active hours. Also, constant and direct communications

between Roncelli’s project management and Beaumont Troy’s facility


SEVEN PHASES, 36 MONTHSRENOVATING BEAUMONT HOSPITAL TROY’S SURGICAL SUITE

INFORMATION COURTESY OF RONCELLI, INC.

AND SMITHGROUPJJR

PHOTOS COURTESY OF RONCELLI, INC.


and patient care departments insured shared

knowledge of all scheduled activities.”

For infection control, the Bio-Grid Ceiling

System is being installed in each of the

operating rooms. In addition, a pre-

engineered and fabricated “CleanSuite”

ceiling system, which provides safe, laminar

air flow to the space, is being installed in

each operating room. “This provides for a

more efficient install, as opposed to a

traditional time-consuming, suspended,

metal frame and drywall OR ceiling system,”

said Tessmer.

SmithGroupJJR’s design also addresses

infection control measures: Detailed

coordination of the ceiling-mounted

equipment is required to accommodate

equipment, lighting and airflow needs.

Positioning of these items is critical to ensure

that the equipment is functional, but does

not result in poor airflow characteristics,

which could result in infection control

concerns. ASHRAE 170 lists specific

requirements for airflow distribution,

including air velocity range and limitations on

the amount of obstructions allowed. These

guidelines result in a large laminar diffuser

array centered over the patient with booms

and columns mounted towards the

perimeter.

a movInG matRIx

The phased project

also involved

renovations to several

different areas

throughout the

hospital, including

strategically utilizing

the space in the

nearby Beaumont Troy

Area C Building for the

temporary hoteling of

hospital staff impacted

by the renovation.

Given a multitude of

staffing moves,

Roncelli implemented

a moving matrix for

each relocation. This

matrix identified where

the staff was being

moved to, if the move

was temporary, the timeframe and when the

staff could expect to be in their permanent

location. It was critical to keep the staff

informed.

Roncelli also managed multiple,

simultaneous phases of construction

involving select demolition, renovations,

temporary use and final use of areas. In

addition, mechanical and electrical design

was coordinated between the project’s trade

contractors, Roncelli, Inc., Beaumont Health

System and SmithGroupJJR

architects/engineers.

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Roncelli is installing upgraded MEP systems

as each construction phase progresses.

Limbach Company, LLC, Pontiac, is the

mechanical contractor. The systems include

modified fire protection piping, HVAC

ductwork, medical gas piping, heating hot

water piping, air flow fan boxes, domestic

water piping, fire alarm system, nurse call

and intercom system, power distribution

panels and transformers, isolation panels in

each OR, an emergency lighting inverter

system and automatic transfer switch. Other

members of the infrastructure team, include

Center Line Electric, Inc., Center Line, is the

electrical contractor; Shambaugh & Son, LP,

Southfield, is the fire protection contractor.

Relocating and installing new infrastructure

was a large part of the project. The

relocation and installation of large water lines,

HVAC main duct lines, fire protection piping

and electrical buss ducts required extensive

planning of segmented sections of the ceiling

to be reworked. Most of this was performed

during non-operational hours and in small

areas, in order to eliminate risks to patient

care and the functions of adjoining hospital

departments.

Tessmer explains how Roncelli managed

the coordination of infrastructure in

preparation for subsequent phases. “When

working in a phased portion of the total,

proposed project footprint, large sections of

ductwork and piping that would service future

renovated space were installed above the

present area’s ceiling,” said Tessmer.

“Existing ductwork and piping serving existing

areas needed to remain operational and in

place until that future area was renovated.

This protection of existing ductwork and

piping, while installing new ductwork and

piping required advance planning and

coordination, utilizing 3-D design technology

and accurate advance scouting of above-

ceiling areas that would be impacted.”

According to SmithGroupJJR, a surgery

suite has special HVAC needs, including the

fact that lower temperature air from air

handling units is often required to ensure

cooling requirements are met without

excessive airflow rates. Control devices are

needed on both the supply and return air

feeds to each operating room to

accommodate varying cooling loads and

energy savings, all while ensuring proper

pressurization is maintained. This also allows

the opportunity to implement an unoccupied

mode for additional energy savings when the

rooms and equipment are not in use.

Clearly, the surgical suites boosting our

health and well-being are as complex as the

anatomy of the human body. With

Beaumont Hospital Troy surgeons at the

operating table and Roncelli and

SmithGroupJJR building the operating room,

Oakland County residents and the entire

community of Southeast Michigan and

beyond is clearly in good hands.

pSome of the advanced surgical equipment in these new spaces,

includes imaging equipment with real-time images integrated with

surgical procedures, including Graphic Imaging Stations with real-time,

ultra-high definition, large format flat screen displays; surgical booms

integrating equipment and utilities; robotics equipment; and a central

control station in each operating room permitting control of the surgical

environment, including the technology.



Fontanesi and Kann Company, Ferndale,

and its innovative Bio-Grid Ceiling System is

the new “business on the block” serving

Oakland County’s Medical Main Street®.

This thriving “street” is the nexus for

collaboration between hospitals, universities,

healthcare and life science companies in

Southeast Michigan. In fact, with over 4,700

life science companies, Oakland County has

become a national hotspot for medical

devices, said Oakland County’s Director of

Economic Development & Community

Affairs, Irene Spanos.

Fontanesi and Kann’s Bio-Grid Ceiling

System is a welcome addition to the

“neighborhood.” Completely anti-microbial

and easily reconfigured, Bio-Grid can be

viewed as the construction version of a

medical device. The firm also maintains

offices in Davison, Grand Rapids and Toledo,

and frequently exhibits at Medical Main

Street events, showcasing

Bio-Grid and its innovative

line of products for the

healthcare market. The firm

and its subsidiary,

Architectural Building

Components, provides

HVAC equipment, building

automation systems and

integration, electrical

contracting services, including data, security

and fire alarms, as well as architectural

products such as skylights and louvers.

Bio-Grid is now being in installed in

hospitals across the country, ranging in

location from Colorado to Maryland and from

Minnesota to Oklahoma. “We are now

shipping a system a week,” said President

Joseph Fontanesi, Fontanesi and Kann. “We

are the only ones nationally offering

something of this nature.”

Closer to this inventive company’s home

base, the very first Bio-Grid installation took

place in 2013 for the Detroit Medical Center’s

Harper University Hospital Surgical Center.

As part of this DMC project, Bio-Grid was

installed in DMC’s hybrid operating room built

by Roncelli MPS Joint Venture, Sterling

Heights.

The largest Bio-Grid installation to date is

being installed by S & N Drywall, Inc., Casco,

in 20 new operating rooms in Beaumont

Hospital, Troy. Roncelli, Inc. is the

construction manager and SmithGroupJJR

is the architect for this major surgical

expansion in one of Oakland County’s

prominent healthcare institutions. According

to Fontanesi, plans are in the works for an

installation at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak,

as well.

the 21st CentuRy oPeRatInG

Room

Bio-Grid’s success is based on its ability to

accommodate the rapidly evolving medical

technologies and the stringent infection

control measures of the 21st Century

operating room. Equipment booms, robotic

systems and imaging monitors, along with

HVAC and electrical systems, now congest

the ceiling and its equipment-packed

plenum. This dense constellation of systems

requires uniform access to the entire plenum.

Historically, operating and procedure

rooms have either drywall ceilings or a heavy-

duty welded grid system with metal panels.

The drywall ceiling meets the operating room

standard calling for a monolithic ceiling

system, but the downside of drywall is limited

access to the ceiling plenum via only one or

two access panels, said Fontanesi.

The ceiling grid must also be easily


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tCompletely anti-microbial

and easily reconfigured, the

Bio-Grid Ceiling System can

be viewed as the

construction version of a

medical device. Fontanesi

and Kann is the only firm

nationally offering a ceiling

system with these features.

reconfigured to keep up with the pace of

technological change. “Hospitals frequently

modify the ceiling grid in operating rooms,

because the technology now changes so

often,” said Fontanesi. “The welded grid

systems are very good, but they are not

easily reconfigured in the field.”

Reshuffling the welded grid often takes the

use of a blowtorch, and in a hospital, any

form of burning automatically requires a

special permit. Likewise, field modifications

of a drywall ceiling generate fine dust that

necessitates the use of HEPA filtration and

negative air pressure containment.

neCessIty Is the motheR of

InventIon

The Bio-Grid tale proves the truth of the

common adage, “Necessity is the mother of

invention.” One of the nation’s leading

hospitals and a long-standing client of

Fontanesi and Kann asked the firm to invent

a new ceiling system to better serve its

operating and procedure rooms.

Joe Fontanesi, Gerry C. Caratelli, and the

team at Fontanesi and Kann and

Architectural Building Components set to

work. The firm brought an in-depth

knowledge of ceiling systems to the task at

hand. “We know ceiling systems quite well,

because our subsidiary actually installs a

great many of them as part of a turnkey

installation,” said Fontanesi. The team

literally went to the experts in the field. “We

worked with installing contractors and our

own field crews in devising the Bio-Grid

system,” said Fontanesi. “We asked them,

‘What is the fastest method for them to install

the system and to reconfigure it?’”

The installers helped to develop a

patented Quick Snap Connector that links

together the heavy-duty aluminum extrusions

that form the ceiling grid. The end result of

this close collaboration between inventor and

installers is a ceiling grid that is easily

assembled and modified.

As proof, Fontanesi recently queried

Johnson Controls, the company that is

marketing Bio-Grid nationally under its Titus

Division. “We aren’t getting any field phone

calls,” said an incredulous Fontanesi. “Are

you? Johnson Controls said, ‘No, we

haven’t received any calls.’” The lack of field

inquiries is a testament to Bio-Grid’s ease of

installation despite the newness of the

product and its rapid dissemination across

the country.

Every facet of this innovative system - the

Quick Snap connectors, the grid extrusions,

the metal panel tiles inset into the grid and

finally the seals - is well-considered and

thought out. A special teardrop extrusion

on the top side of the grid sections is

engineered to more easily accept the Quick

Snap links, said Fontanesi. Fontanesi and

Kann is working with Jim Paver of E & C

Manufacturing, LLC, a Troy-based

automotive supplier intrinsic to Bio-Grid’s

development. E & C manufactures the grid

extrusions and stamps the metal panel tiles.

The actual metal for the panel tiles was

carefully selected during the year-and-a-half

to two-year product development phase. “All

metal comes in rolls, but once you start to

heat the metal in the manufacturing process,

it will begin to warp,” said Fontanesi. “It’s

‘memory’ of its curved form, so to speak, will

return. We found the right aluminum alloy for

the panel tiles that is able to take the heat

and not warp.”

The Bio-Grid Ceiling System has already

passed ASTM testing, far exceeding the

acceptable heavy-duty standard. “The test

places weight on a four-foot-long piece,”

explained Fontanesi. “The piece can’t

deflect more than a certain amount. Our

system far exceeded the ASTM standard, so

even though it is not welded, it is just as

strong as the welded systems.”

It takes a village to make a ceiling in the

global marketplace. As the final piece,

Fontanesi and Kann partnered with 3M for

the manufacture of closed-cell seals that

keep contaminants out of the operating room

by maintaining positive pressure in the

space.

the “holy GRaIl” of CeIlInG

systems

As the piece de resistance, all Bio-Grid

components are anti-microbial. The paint

system of both the grid extrusions and the

panel tiles has a baked-on, anti-microbial,

powder-coated finish. The seal is anti-

microbial, as well. “Our product is one of the

first to meet all code requirements, because

it is both sealed and anti-microbial,” said

Fontanesi.

Infection control is always of prime

importance in healthcare environments.

According to Fontanesi, new regulations are

upping the ante by limiting reimbursement

from Medicare and Medicaid for any surgical

infection incurred in a hospital.

Fontanesi and Kann Co. has created the

“Holy Grail” of hospital ceiling systems: a

sealed, completely anti-microbial, metal lay-

in ceiling, offering access to the entire

plenum and efficient field modification.

In other important advantages, “Bio-Grid

decreases the install time by at least two

thirds, and is half the cost of a welded

system,” said Fontanesi. Although custom

made for every project, Bio-Grid also ships

in only two to three weeks vs. the 10 to 12

weeks for a welded system. In addition, Bio-

Grid doesn’t need extensive field measuring.

“We can do it from the construction

drawing,” said Fontanesi.

bIo-GRID’s hIGh maRket DemanD

Market demand is certainly looking up for this

newly introduced ceiling system. The Bio-

Grid Ceiling System has been installed in five

operating rooms in the University of Colorado

Hospital’s Emergency Department. Only two

short years since its introduction, Bio-Grid

has been installed in Cuyuna Regional

Hospital in Minneapolis; Community North in

Oklahoma City; Miami Clinic in Miami, Ohio;

and Bethesda Hospital in Maryland. St.

Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ypsilanti, the

Michigan Surgical Center in Southfield and

St. John’s Hospital in Grosse Pointe are

among the more recent Bio-Grid installations

in Michigan.

Fontanesi and Kann Co. has also supplied

the Bio-Grid Ceiling System to the University

of Michigan Health System, first installing it

in the retrofit of OR’s 14 and 16 in C.S. Mott

Children’s Hospital and later in UMHS’s OR

addition project. In fact, the University of

Michigan Health System has standardized

the Bio-Grid system across all of its hospital

facilities, ranging from patient exam rooms to

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Beyond healthcare environments,

Fontanesi and Kann have installed the Bio-

Grid Ceiling System in the research labs of

the Eaton Corporation, a Southfield firm

servicing the automotive industry. “The Bio-

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facility calling for a cleanroom,” said

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Johnson Controls is also marketing another

Fontanesi and Kann product, namely a

patent pending laminar flow diffuser (LFD)

paired with a built-in LED light. The product

was also developed at the request of a long-

standing hospital client and in response to

new air distribution requirements for

operating rooms.

Under the new standard, 80 percent of the

air in an operating room must be directed

over the operating table, known as the sterile

field. “It also had to be laminar flow, which is

a slow, unidirectional flow that actually takes

up more real estate,” said Fontanesi. “With

less space for lighting, the lights were

installed in a ring outside of the diffusers.

This arrangement created shadows in the

sterile field, because the lights were now

behind the surgeons.”

The simple addition of a light in the diffuser,

however, was blocked by an ASHRAE

standard limiting the amount of space that

can be allocated to non-diffuser systems.

“Our hospital client said, ‘We don’t have a

light that is small enough or bright enough to

solve the situation,’” said Fontanesi. “I said,

‘Let me go to work.’”

Fontanesi and Kann did just that, and

ultimately developed a laminar flow diffuser

paired with a 6-inch LED lighting system.

“When I was trying to assemble mockups

and prototypes, people thought I was crazy,”

jokes Fontanesi. “They were looking at me

like I had nine heads. But we got through it,

and we got the largest LED manufacturer –

DM Technologies – to actually back us by

making a special tube for us.” The system

is now installed at DMC , The University of

Michigan Health System, as well as Surgical

Centers of Michigan. Fontanesi is currently

working on an installation at St. Joseph

Mercy Hospital, as well.

Fontanesi and Kann actually developed

Bio-Grid and the LFD/LED panel at the same

time. In fact, the LFD/LED panel easily melds

with the Bio-Grid Ceiling System - merely

replace a metal panel tile with the LFD/LED

one. “Half of the Bio-Grid jobs also have the

LFD/LED panel,” said Fontanesi, “including

Bethesda, Cuyuna and the Oklahoma City’s

Community North Hospital.”

Fontanesi and Kann and E&C

Manufacturing is already back at the drawing

board developing yet another innovative

system, namely a combination operating

room cleaning system that uses both

ultraviolet light and a fine mist of hydrogen

peroxide in a single unit. The UV lights will

be placed on the unit’s robotic arms that will

be able to direct the light at different angles,”

said Fontanesi.

Called Bio-Grid Pure and Pure Plus, one

type of unit will be a roll-in and the other will

be a permanent but retractable fixture in the

ceiling. “Its controls can even be

synchronized with the building automation

system,” said Fontanesi. “Both unit types will

have occupancy sensors that can shut the

unit down if anyone enters the room.”

Fontanesi and Kann plans to build the

prototype this year and introduce it to the

market in two years, all as part of developing

an entire Bio product line.

Fontanesi and Kann’s Bio brand is only

one of a host of innovative products,

services, and medical devices serving

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initiative launched by Oakland County

Executive L. Brooks Patterson in 2008.

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biotechnology, conduct medical research or

that have a product or service that serves the

healthcare marketplace.”

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INFORMATION COURTESY OF WALBRIDGE

As part of the building’s transformation, the team

constructed a three-story atrium that ties the

existing facility to a new three-story, coned-

shaped addition. Other changes include adding

a grand, seven-story stairway and a 22,000-

square-foot medical simulation laboratory.

Photo by Jeff Garland Architectural Photography


Western Michigan University (WMU) hired Walbridge, Detroit, and

architects The S/L/A/M Collaborative (SLAM) in association with

Diekema Hamann (DH) to transform a 30-year-old pharmaceutical

research building in downtown Kalamazoo into the new Western

Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine. As

construction manager, Walbridge was tasked with converting a

drab-looking 330,000-square-foot structure into a unique and

state-of-the-art academic facility. SLAM was charged with

designing a modern environment to encourage learning and

interaction. And DH was responsible for engineering elements of

the design to work with existing conditions.

The team demolished 60 percent of the eight-story building’s

interior – including the entire lower-level, first, second and third

floors – to make way for a fresh new environment defined by

common spaces and natural light. Founded on a common goal,

the new Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School

of Medicine is made possible through the participation of local

teaching hospitals, Borgess Health and Bronson Healthcare, and

WMU’s commitment to expanded programming.

While the project team brought construction management,

design creativity, and infrastructure engineering to the undertaking,

WMU brought passion and accountability, and the Western

Michigan University Homer Stryker School of Medicine Dean

brought the program the insight necessary to tie the whole project

together.

Sidney Ward from the S/L/A/M Collaborative, Steve

VandeBussche from Diekema Hamann, Walbridge Project Manager

Matt Pulick and the Western Michigan University Homer Stryker

M.D. School of Medicine Dean Dr. Hal Jensen together went on a

three-day tour of medical schools around the Midwest to jumpstart

efforts on the project. It was a new, more involved approach for

Walbridge, and it proved to be an integral part of the project’s

success. During the tour, the team took note of programs that

seemed to resonate with WMU’s vision for the new Western

Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine,

selecting the very best elements from each and documenting

lessons learned, all with the goal of creating an academic

experience unique to WMU. The tour provided benchmarks,

opened the team’s eyes to ideas not considered before, and

created a remarkable bonding experience for the people most

heavily involved in building Western Michigan University’s Homer

Stryker M.D. School of Medicine.

Teamwork in acTion

Building a team before actually constructing the building was

pivotal. Because it was such an extensive renovation, it wasn’t

uncommon for the team to detect unexpected conditions during

demolition, some of which required crucial changes to previously

solidified designs. When this occurred, DH would immediately

explore the issue onsite, document with photos and launch a Web

meeting with SLAM, Walbridge and any of the trades involved to

determine a solution on the spot.

Walbridge frequently called Web meetings with the owner,

architect and structural engineer as an effective approach to

reviewing 3D models with cost estimates and to make quick

decisions as a team. Moore Electric and Pro Services, the

mechanical contractor, played an important role on the team as

design-assist contractors.

Because Walbridge consistently ran into existing conditions that

weren’t visible during design phases, quick response time and

close teamwork with the engineers was essential to create

solutions that wouldn’t cause schedule creep. Hundreds of such

situations were documented, yet the team still turned the new

Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of

Medicine over to WMU in time for the school’s first class of students

to arrive in fall 2014. And despite the extensive resources put into

mitigating the unknown conditions, the design team was still able

to work with Walbridge value engineers to reduce costs.

Teamwork also played a strong role in integrating the Western

Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine’s

advanced information technology. This required bringing the

Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of

Medicine Information Technology Department on board early on in

the project. The IT professionals would attend weekly meetings

onsite to assure the Western Michigan University Homer Stryker


t BOTTOM LEFT

The Walbridge team lowers and installs a

new HVAC unit on the roof. Pro Services, the

mechanical contractor, as well as Moore

Electric, both played an important role on

the team as design-assist contractors.

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The new cone-shaped addition holds two,

multi-tiered, team-based learning halls.

Walbridge, the S/L/A/M Collaborative and

Diekema Hamann used Building Information

Modeling (BIM) to achieve the unique

geometry of the addition’s truncated cone and

elliptical shaping. Photo by Jeff Garland

Architectural Photography


M.D. School of Medicine’s network would

be up and running in time for the beginning

of classes. Walbridge enlisted their

expertise specifically to ensure lighting

controls, audio-visual capabilities and other

building management

systems were being

installed effectively and

efficiently.

The

TranSformaTion

BeginS

Following demolition, the

team began the

transformation of the

existing building. The

team added a grand,

seven-story stairway;

constructed a three-story

atrium that ties the

existing facility to a new

three-story, coned-

shaped addition; and

added a 22,000-square-

foot medical simulation

laboratory. This work was in addition to

completely updating the building

infrastructure, as well as revamping vast

interior and exterior finishes to meet the

needs of today’s students.

Existing laboratory space was converted

into classrooms, and floor plates were

opened to create the school’s two-story

auditorium, which features stadium-style

suites for conferenced observation of

presentations through student teaming

space. Today, four levels of dated

laboratory and administration space now

house modern instructional, student life and

new administrative office spaces. The

building’s seventh floor is now a 12-cadaver

anatomy lab and pathology suite, featuring

a medical examiner’s office that will be fully

accredited by the National Association of

Medical Examiners (NAME). And the

updated building allows more daylight

inside than ever before, contributing toward

a goal for the renovated portion of the

building to eventually achieve LEED® Silver

certification.

The existing building was not well-

documented, presenting several surprises

in its foundations and structural steel. For

Walbridge, less than optimal documentation

posed a particular challenge during efforts

to demolish large portions of the building’s

interior while still keeping utility systems

operational. The team uncovered several

undocumented items, including an entire

floor system and an abandoned tunnel

buried several feet below grade. The

findings required unplanned demolition and

re-routing of utilities. Additionally, the

building’s structural frame included columns

that did not appear on the existing

documents. This resulted in extensive,

unexpected measures to make the new

steel match the existing.

carving new SpaceS in a vinTage

Building

Walbridge carefully removed a large section

of the building’s second floor to make room

for a new two-story auditorium. The

auditorium features six rooms, not unlike

skyboxes, that overhang the auditorium

space. An intricate audio-visual system

was installed to pipe activity going on in the

auditorium directly into the skyboxes. The

new space was designed and installed to

be flexible and to provide multi-use

functionality.

For the new atrium on the north end of

the building - constructed in a space

between the new addition and existing

building – the team was tasked with tying

into the existing structural system. Again,

challenges arose as field

teams discovered

locations and quantities

of structural elements

that did not match the as-

built documentation. To

deal with such

unforeseen challenges,

Walbridge installed a 60-

inch monitor onsite to

host interactive Web

meetings. As issues

arose, documentation

was gathered in the form

of photographs and

measurements that could

be shared

instantaneously with

SLAM’s offices in

Connecticut and Atlanta.

As a result, the design

team was empowered with accurate field

data to provide real-time solutions that

included the thoughts and perspectives of

the entire team.

ivory Tower 2.0: a cone-Shaped

“vorTex of knowledge”

The new cone-shaped addition holds two,

multi-tiered, team-based learning halls.

Achieving the unique geometry in the built

form was the most challenging aspect of

the project. To achieve its proposed

truncated cone and elliptical shaping,

Walbridge and SLAM/DH turned to Building

Information Modeling (BIM), specifically to

construct the circular learning halls inside

the addition space and to align the intricate

combination of wall and ceiling paneling

with each room’s 16-foot projection

screens. To achieve the unique

construction of the building’s complex

addition, steel framing was first erected;

then Walbridge laser-scanned the entire

steel structure. This ensured accuracy of

the addition’s foundation and structure,

which was critical to the proper installation


pThe team demolished 60 percent of the eight-story building’s interior, including the

entire lower-level, first, second and third floors, to make way for a fresh new

environment defined by common spaces and natural light.

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of its façade panels and interior systems

build-out. The team removed 20 percent of

the building’s existing façade to build the

addition.

While challenging to accomplish, the new

addition and vast site improvements

transform the entire look of the former

research building, located on a prominent

and central site in downtown Kalamazoo.

Once a drab research complex, the site

now boasts a modern and inviting

academic campus. In addition to changing

the character of the building, the

transformation improved the building’s

functionality, bringing its amenities and

utilities up to state-of-the-art standards.

The addition’s striking façade is

comprised of glass and zinc panels and

composite metal panels. While the glass

panels were straight cut, everything else

was curved both vertically and horizontally,

calling for precise and careful execution. In

fact, virtually no straight walls were used to

create the new academic and faculty

spaces in the renovated building. Radial

walls and curves were utilized to create a

spatial flow from the cone-shaped addition,

which is the main teaching area of the

building. The concept was designed to

emulate a vortex of knowledge that

metaphorically spreads throughout the

building.

creaTing a collegial

environmenT

The building’s new interior layouts are

designed to

support

“collegiality” and to

encourage

opportunities for

spontaneous

encounters

between faculty

and students –

encounters that are

known to enhance

the learning

experience. The

face-to-face

interaction of

students and

mentors can have

a greater impact in medical education

programs. The strategic downtown

location of the new Western Michigan

University Homer Stryker M.D. School of

Medicine also suggests the possibility of a

greater level of interaction, not only within

the campus community, but also with the

broader medical community and general

public.

Another important design consideration

was the desire to avoid creating an

anonymous neutral environment. The

design celebrates the school’s unique

programs and functions by highlighting

focal points and providing distinguished

common spaces to create an academic

home for the students, and to potentially

draw even more users. The interior finishes

are vibrant and dynamic to further reflect the

mission and goals of this energetic new

institution for medical education.

Given the constraints of the building’s

former use and in recognition of a reality

that, in time, programs and staffing

requirements will evolve, “soft space” was

strategically incorporated to allow program

changes. This was carefully balanced with

a prerequisite of meeting the overall

program requirements of the building. The

added value of flexibility and adaptability is

well recognized in higher education facilities

and provides a future economic benefit by

minimizing costly renovations over the

lifetime of the building.

Using Walbridge’s laser-scan

documentation, DH developed 500-level

BIM models of the entire structure, including

as-built and equipment records, and turned

it over to WMU following project

completion. The models assisted greatly

during construction, but they were also

specifically designed to provide assistance

in any forthcoming work on the building.

With intention to aid in commissioning and

resolving building maintenance issues as

they might arise in the future, all BIM models

created for the job were given to the owner

at turnover. Creating the unusual and

innovative modeling process, which allowed

changes and updates to be funneled

through SLAM/DH and made in real time,

was a huge undertaking yielding a seamless

and successful approach for everyone

involved.

Teamwork, technology and creativity

combined to create the new Western

Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D.

School of Michigan. Neither unforeseen

conditions nor the complex geometry of a

cone-shaped addition stopped timely

project delivery and the successful

realization of WMU’s vision. Thanks to

Walbridge, the S/L/A/M Collaborative and

Diekema Hamann, West Michigan and the

entire Great Lakes state has an exciting

learning venue and new medical school.

The following is a list of major participants:

• Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire

Protection Engineer – Affiliated Engineers, Inc.,

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• Civil Engineer, Traffic Engineer – Hurley &

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• Simulation Consultant – Performance Gap

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• AV, Acoustics, Vibration Consultant – Shen

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• Door Hardware Consultant – DORMA

Americas, Woodstock, GA

• Food Service Consultant – JRA Food Service

Consultants, LLC, Grand Rapids

The owner, architect and/or construction

manager provides the list of project participants

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size of a traditional cooling towel offering

less bulk with the same cooling power. The

6717CT and 6715CT conveniently attach

to a hard hat suspension system, and for

any workers needing FR protection, the

6717FR is designed with Modacrylic cotton

blend FR fabric (meets ASTM F1506 and

F2302 Flame Resistant requirements).

Ideal for outdoor and indoor workers

battling heat, fatigue, and FR risks on the

job, the new Chill-Its® Cooling Products

are available now at all authorized

Ergodyne distributors. For more

information or to find out where to buy, visit

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Acuity Brands

expands the

Acculamp®

specification grade

series to include a

dimmable 2000

lumen PAR38 LED

lamp – delivering the

highest light output of

PAR38 LED lamps on the

market to date. The PAR38 LED

lamp replaces 150-watt halogen

lamps with only 25 watts, providing

83 percent energy savings when

compared to traditional light sources.

The Acculamp 2000 lumen PAR38

LED lamp is aesthetically consistent

with traditional halogen lamps and is

designed to minimize glare. The lamp

features a high efficacy and has an

expected lamp life of 50,000 hours. Its

advanced thermal design with ceramic

substrates provides optimal cooling

efficiency and

consistent color

quality over time.

The Acculamp

PAR38 LED lamp

is now available in

900, 1200 and

2000 lumen

packages, offering an

expanded portfolio that

enables users to select the

best option for every application.

PAR38 LED lamps include a five-

year limited warranty.

Acculamp also introduces the

dimmable 400 lumen MR16 LED

lamp to its specification grade series.

The MR16 LED lamp is ideal for track,

recessed and accent lighting use in both

commercial and residential applications. For

more information on the latest in LED lamps

from Acculamp, visit www.acculamp.com

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Acuity Brands Raises the PAR38 LED Lamp Standardwith 2000 Lumen Package from Acculamp

Rough plumbing manufacturer, Sioux Chief,

has added strut clamps for

both rigid and copper

tubing in all normal

pipe sizes, half-inch

through four-inch.

Rigid strut clamps

are used to support

IPS pipe and copper

tubing strut clamps

are used for nominal CTS tube.

Sioux Chief’s strut clamps comply

with MSS SP 58 – Type 59 Trapeze Hangers.

Strut clamps have been added to Sioux

Chief’s catalog as part of the continuing effort

to expand offerings of residential and

commercial hangers and pipe supports.

More information, including spec sheets, can

be found on the Sioux Chief website at

www.siouxchief.com. Sioux Chief strut

clamps are a domestic product and priced

competitively.

Sioux Chief AnnouncesLaunch of Strut Clamps forPlumbing Contractors

The New Hilti Self-Leveling Line Laser PM 2-LG

The new Hilti Self-Leveling Line Laser PM 2-

LG features green beam technology, which

offers up to four times higher visibility

compared to a standard red beam for great

working range.

The PM 2-LG features two green laser

lines to perform a multitude of applications

with maximum visibility. Applications such as

leveling junction boxes, cable trays, radiators,

pipe installations, suspended ceilings, and

aligning doors and windows can be

completed quickly and accurately.

Transferring reference heights are also easily

performed with this new line laser.

An ergonomic and compact design for

easy handling and a rubberized housing and

pendulum lock for increased durability.

Backing the Hilti Line Laser PM 2-LG is

Hilti’s Calibration Service to help ensure

reliability and accuracy. Even with Hilti’s built-

in protection features, precision

instruments can be affected by everyday

use and more. Through the Calibration

Service, the lasers will be calibrated and

adjusted as needed, with the

calibration confirmed in

writing. The PM 2-LG is

also covered by Hilti’s

Lifetime Service, a

unique service

agreement that includes one

free calibration per year during the

first two years.

For more information about the Hilti

PM 2-LG, please contact Hilti Customer

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A.R.E. Tonneau Cover andCap Available for ToyotaTundra

A.R.E is now offering its popular LSII Series

tonneau cover and Z Series truck cap for

the Toyota Tundra with either 6.5-foot or

5.7-foot beds.

A.R.E.'s LSII Series custom-fitted hard

tonneau covers for the Toyota Tundra offers

the ultimate performance, while providing

excellent rear visibility from the cab of the

truck. A.R.E. designs each fiberglass

tonneau cover to match the original

equipment style lines of the pickup and the

truck's paint code.

A.R.E.'s LSII tonneaus come equipped

with fabric headliner. Optional equipment

includes a battery-operated LED dome and

prop light, a sport wing, a sport wing with

brake light, remote keyless entry, a black

palm handle, a 12-volt power strip and an

interior clothes rod.

The company's Z Series fiberglass truck

caps feature soft rounded curves for overall

sleek styling. The cap comes standard with

a front picture window, screen-vent side

window, glass rear door and fabric

headliner. Optional equipment includes a

variety of window styles, Yakima roof rack,

battery-operated LED dome and prop

lights, remote keyless entry and fishing rod

holders, among other options.

The LSII and the Z Series products, as

well as the painted finish, are backed by a

limited lifetime warranty from A.R.E. for the

life of the pickup truck it is originally

installed on. Visit www.4are.com for

additional details, or contact A.R.E. at 400

Nave Rd. S.E., P.O. Box 1100, Massillon,

OH 44648; email [email protected]; or

call (330) 830-7800.

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ECHOtape, a leading industrial tape

supplier, has launched a new line of repair

tapes for building contractors,

homeowners, and do-it-yourself

enthusiasts. Providing an alternative to

duct tape, the three new tapes - a heavy

duty All Leak Repair Tape, All Purpose

Repair Tape, and an All Weather Repair

Tape - are each designed to provide

solutions for repairs, sealing and

waterproofing needs.

The All Purpose Repair Tape (VI-N6132)

is the perfect tape for temporary repairs,

and leaves less residue than traditional duct

tape. This tape is strong and thick yet is

more flexible and stretchy than duct tape.

The All Purpose Repair Tape is ideal for

fixing rips, tears, gashes, holes, cracks and

gaps on a temporary basis, and can be

easily removed with no residue. It is also

good for protecting certain surfaces from

scratching, and not damaging them when

the tape is removed. This tape is available

in clear and white versions.

For applications where a stronger,

permanent bond is required, the All Weather

Repair Tape and All Leak Repair Tape are

ECHOtape Launches Comprehensive Line of Repair TapesProducts Designed for Everything from Temporary Repairs to Permanent

Seals that Can Withstand Water and Extreme Weather

ideal. Both are made with a

butyl-based adhesive, which

is stickier than most tapes

and can create a permanent

seal that will withstand extreme

temperatures and water. The

adhesive is also VOC-free, making it

ideal for use in green construction.

The All Weather Repair Tape (BU-R8510),

is two inches wide and sticky enough to be

applied to concrete, stone, wood, glass,

metal, plastic, cement, plywood and damp

fabrics. It is puncture and tear resistant,

waterproof, and will not crack in

temperatures as low as -30 degrees

Fahrenheit or melt in temperatures as high

as 200 degrees Fahrenheit. It is ideal for

sealing tears, holes or cracks. The tape is

available in white, silver and black.

The All Leak Repair Tape (BU-R8520) is

a great tape if a watertight seal is needed in

a repair. This tape is three inches wide, and

is considered an extreme adhesive tape

with double the stickiness of the All Weather

Repair Tape. It is also designed to withstand

a lot of water. The All Leak Repair Tape

shares many of the same qualities as the All

Weather Repair Tape, but is also resistant

to corrosion. Because of its aggressive

adhesiveness, the All Leak Repair Tape is

ideal for repairing roof joints, skylights, RVs,

pools and ponds. This tape is available in

black and white.

The entire Repair Line is now available for

purchase on ECHOtape’s online store,

shop.echotape.com. Companies

interested in wholesale/reseller

opportunities, please contact ECHOtape at

[email protected]. To learn more about

the company, visit www.echotape.com or

call 800-461-8273.

Lincoln Electric Introduces Millennium Arc 7018 Stick Electrode

Lincoln Electric introduces Millennium Arc™ 7018, a

new mild-steel, low-hydrogen stick welding

consumable that resists moisture in humid conditions,

offering 50 percent less moisture pickup than

competing shielded-metal-arc-welding consumables.

The Millennium Arc 7018 is designed for various

applications: mild steel, power generation,

petrochemical, pressure vessels and pressure piping.

It has no intentional addition of zinc in its composition,

which means significantly less zinc in the welding fume

– and a safer environment, overall.

Key Features:

• 50 percent less moisture pickup vs. competing stick

consumables

• Clear weld puddle without slag interference

• Flat bead profile

• Effortless slag removal

The Lincoln Electric Company, headquartered in

Cleveland, OH, is the world leader in design,

development and manufacture of arc welding

products, robotic arc welding systems, weld fume

control systems, plasma and oxyfuel cutting

equipment, and has a leading global position in the

brazing and soldering alloys markets.

To request a copy of Lincoln Electric’s Millennium

Arc 7018 literature, call 888-355-3212 or visit

www.lincolnelectric.com to obtain bulletin C2.10.33.



Walbridge Senior Project Manager David

Skinner has joined the company’s West Michigan

team in Kalamazoo. He will be managing

construction efforts at the Bell’s Brewery

Comstock Campus expansion. Wal bridge is

construction manager for the project. Skinner has

more than 17 years of experience in the

construction industry.

Aristeo Construction, Livonia, is pleased to

announce new hire Amy Patterson as a client

account manager. Patterson has over 10 years of

Business Development and Marketing experience

in the construction industry and will be focusing

on the automotive and higher education markets.

She is an active member of CREW (Commercial

Real Estate Women), AWAF (Automotive Women’s

Alliance Foundation), SMPS (Society of Marketing Professionals),

IFMA (International Facility Management Association), and MiAPPA

(Michigan Association of Physical Plant Administrators).

Steve Johnson, executive vice president of GEM

Inc., has been named president of the Walbridge,

Ohio-based specialty contractor. Johnson has

more than 25 years of experience in the

construction industry. He is an executive Board

Member and secretary of The Association of Union

Contractors (TAUC), a 2,500-member contractor

association based in Washington D.C. Johnson is

also president of the Mechanical Contractors of Northwest Ohio.

Hubbell, Roth & Clark, Inc. (HRC), a 100-year

old Michigan-based professional engineering

services firm, is pleased to announce that

Jennifer Chehab, PE, has joined the firm as

senior project engineer. Chehab has 20 years of

professional experience in providing design and

project management for municipal infrastructure

improvement projects. Her knowledge of local

communities and assisting them with grant and bond funding

issues will play an important role as HRC continues its growth

pattern.

Roncelli, Inc., based in Sterling Heights, has

announced the new hire of William J. Parker,

CHST as safety manager. Roncelli provides

construction management, design-build,

integrated project delivery, program management

and general contracting services in the healthcare,

industrial, commercial and institutional markets.

Skinner

Patterson

Johnson

Chehab

Parker

P E O P L E I N C O N S T R U C T I O N


Barton Malow Company, Southfield, is

pleased to announce key leadership

transitions in the Central Region which

include two internal promotions and one

retirement. After 29 years

of service to Barton Malow,

Sue Rogers, vice

president, retired from the

firm effective June 30,

2015. Rogers has served

Barton Malow in Finance,

Human Resources, and

Quality and Business

Development. Rogers is

also a Ben Maibach, Jr.

Leadership Award

Recipient. Don Davis will

assume Rogers’

responsibilities and will

transition to the role of vice president of

business development for Barton Malow’s

Central Region. With 24 years of service to

Barton Malow, Davis has proven strengths

in client development, building strong teams

and developing long term strategies for

successful projects.

Teresa Miller has been

promoted to vice

president, central region

and with a primary focus

on healthcare project

delivery. Miller joined

Barton Malow as a LEAPS

intern and has been a leader of Barton

Malow’s partnership with Habitat for

Humanity.

Southfield-based Harley

Ellis Devereaux, one of

the nation’s most

established full-service

architecture and

engineering firms, is

pleased to announce that

Tracy L. Sweeney, AIA,

LEED AP BD+C, was

recently announced as one

of the American Institute of

Architects Michigan (AIA

Michigan) Young Architect

Award recipients. In

addition, Andrew Hermiz,

LEED AP BD+C, was awarded the

Structural Engineers Association of

Michigan (SEAMi) Young Structural Engineer

of the Year. Sweeney has been an integral

part of the design community, not only

through the numerous projects she has had

a hand in, but also her tireless volunteer

efforts with both AIA Michigan and Detroit

chapters, PechaKucha Night Detroit, and

chairing Lawrence Technological

University’s Architecture and Design Alumni

Cabinet. Hermiz devotes his time as a

member of the Structural Engineers

Association of Michigan (SEAMi) and serves

as the Young Members Group Chair for the

organization.

CORPORATE NEWS

A team from Walbridge’s West Michigan

office will soon begin construction on a

major expansion at the Bell’s Brewery

campus in Comstock. The fast-track project

brings roughly 200,000 square feet of

additions to the existing campus. As

construction manager for the project,

Walbridge is constructing the building

envelope for the 13,000-square-foot keg

storage facility and several loading dock

areas. Prior to constructing Bell’s new

27,000-square-foot bottling hall, Walbridge

will remove the site’s main truck drive,

reroute existing site drainage and water

lines, and provide grading infill so the

building pad will match existing floor

elevations around campus. A new truck

drive will placed as part of the project

scope. The team is also constructing a new

100,000-square-foot logistics center and

warehouse. Site work includes constructing

a staging area for trucks just west of the

new warehouse, relocating a storm sewer

line and easement, relocating a municipal

water main loop around the new additions,

con necting new floor drains to Bell’s

process sewer system, connecting its

sanitary sewer to the municipal sewer line,

and connecting roof drains and the

property’s storm sewer piping into the

Comstock Com merce Park storm water

basin. Turnover of the new bottling hall and

warehouse are expected in early November

and December 2015, respectively. The new

additions are slated for full operation by

February 2016. Bell’s is Michigan’s largest

brewer.

Clark Construction Company and

Central Michigan University (CMU) held

a “topping off” ceremony for CMU’s

Biosciences building in April 2015. Guests

had a chance to sign the last steel beam

before it was lifted into place. Clark

Construction is serving as construction

manager for the CMU Biosciences building.

Construction on the 169,000-square-foot

Bioscience building began in September

2014. The building, which is scheduled to

open in fall 2016, is the largest project in

CMU’s history. The new building will feature

state-of-the-art research facilities,

classrooms and meeting space. The facility

will help CMU conduct valuable research in

fields such Alzheimer’s disease, cancer and

environmental sustainability.

Roncelli, Inc., a Sterling Heights-based

construction services company, has been

chosen by DTE Energy to construct a new

Wellness Center at their downtown Detroit

headquarters to promote the health and

well-being of their employees. The project

is part of DTE’s Workplace Transformation

Initiative and encompasses the complete

renovation of the 30,000-square-foot, 6th

Floor of the DTE Service Building. The new

facility will include a gymnasium, fitness

equipment workout space, and locker

rooms. In addition, the new Wellness

Center will be staffed by Henry Ford

Hospital.

Rogers

Davis

Miller

Sweeney

Hermiz

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American Society of Concrete

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Hyatt Regency, Dallas TX

Concrete contractors, manufacturers,

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For more information, visit

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American Society of Concrete

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Hyatt Regency, Dallas TX

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cement and ready-mix giant CEMEX, to

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more efficient operations and achieve the goal

of zero incidents.

To register for this program, visit

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October 5 – 7, 2015

The 2015 Polyurethanes Technical

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Gaylord Palms Resort, Orlando, FL

Annual conference offers a unique convergence

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