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Client/Owner: Sands Capital Management
Location: Arlington, VA
Awards: 2017 NAIOP Northern Virginia Interiors, Tenant Space, 50,000 SF and Above: Award of Merit; 2017 ENR Mid-Atlantic Best Projects Award of Merit; 2017 AIA Virginia Award of Merit in Interior Design; 2017 AIA Northern Virginia Award of Jurors' Citation; 2017 CREW DC Best Interiors Project Winner; 2017 WBC Craftsmanship Award
GPI Contact: Lew Brode, PE, LEED AP
Description: GPI provided mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection engineer design for the 78,000 sq ft Sands Capital Management office at 1000 Wilson Boulevard in Arlington, VA. Sands Capital Management occupies space on the 28th through 31st floors of the building. Floors 28, 29, & 30 have an interconnecting stair and include typical perimeter offices and interior workstations. The 31st floor includes a conference center, theater, additional restrooms, and shower facilities. GPI also provided design for a 24/7 capable Trading Area, including generator backup. In addition to the tenant space, GPI worked with the owner to add a roof deck to the building. This tenant amenity includes a conference center, a kitchen area, roof top terrace for entertaining, indoor/outdoor fireplace, a bar/catering pantry, game room, and treadmill desks. This project was awarded LEED Gold certification.
Service: Building Systems
Client/Owner: Haynes and Boone
Description: GPI provided mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection engineering design for the new 23,000 sq ft space in the newly constructed PNC Place in Washington, DC. GPI provided intense coordination with the architect on everything from the lighting design down to the diffuser borders. The types of spaces included in the project are enclosed glass front offices, conference rooms with moveable partitions, break area, IT Room, and other support areas common to law offices.
Client/Owner: The Motley Fool
Awards: 2014 IIDA Bronze Premiere Design Award Commercial Under 20,000 sf; 2013 NAIOP Northern Virginia Best Interiors, Tenant Space 0-14,999 sf Award of Merit
Description: GPI provided mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection design services for this 15,000 sq ft first floor office. The project was developed in three different phases: Server room modifications, Asset Management Group office space with conferencing facility, and General office space including multi-purpose room, locker room, pantry, and café.
Client/Owner: National Restaurant Association
Award: 2015 IDA Merit Award 60,000 - 99,000 sf
Description: GPI provided engineering design for the new 54,000 sq ft National Restaurant Association office. The scope included work on the 7th floor as well as the addition of an 8th floor to the existing building. The 7th floor included a conferencing center, open work stations, a large reception area, and a connecting stair to the new 8th floor. GPI also assisted in the evaluation of mechanical, electrical, and fire alarm systems that were designed as part of the base building upgrade and provided assessment and recommendations for engineering upgrades of the existing building including recommendations for upgrades associated with an additional floor to accommodate NRA requirements.
Client/Owner: Nuclear Energy Institute
Awards: 2014 NAIOP MD/DC Award of Merit for Best Interiors Tenant Space over 25,000 sf; the 2014 WBC Craftsmanship Award; the 2014 IIDA Pinnacle Award / Gold Premiere Design Award "Commercial 20,000-100,000 sq ft"; and was a 2014 CREW DC Placemaking Award Finalist.
Description: GPI provided engineering design services for the mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection systems for the new Nuclear Energy Institute Headquarters. The 50,000 sq ft office is located on two full and one partial floors with a communicating stair. Special use areas include a broadcast studio, radio studio, catering pantry, and conference collaboration area. GPI designed a Variable Refrigerant Flow system to provide supplemental cooling to the conference center, mail/copy room, and AV storage room. This project was awarded LEED Gold certification.
Client/Owner: The Nature Conservancy
Description: GPI provided mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection design services for the renovation of this 120,000 sq ft office. The Nature Conservancy desired a collaborative efficient workplace. Open workstations, huddle rooms, and an office space organized by department achieved this goal. GPI provided input on the lighting design and controllability of the lighting systems to help improve the overall feel of the new office space. The scope of work included renovations on the first through seventh floors, including an expansion of the data center. This project was awarded LEED Gold certification.
Client/Owner: Bechtel
Award: 2013 NAIOP Northern Virginia Best Interiors, Tenant Space 50,000 SF and Above: Award of Excellence
Description: GPI provided mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection design services for the new 188,000 sf offices in Reston, VA. The Tenant occupies space in two buildings. Building 1 includes 112,000 sf of office space plus 5,000 sf of Conference Center and Building 2 includes 71,000 sf of office space. The office space includes a mix of offices and workstations along with standard support areas, pantries, storage, conference rooms, small SCIF area, and IDF/MDF rooms. This project obtained LEED Silver certification.
Client/Owner: District Department of Transportation
Description: GPI provided engineering consulting services to design the mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection systems for the new District Department of Transportation Administrative office. The office is 150,000 sf over 4.5 floors and is comprised of private offices, workstations, conference rooms, multi-use purpose rooms, kitchenettes, break rooms, copy rooms, and LAN room. This project was awarded LEED Silver certification.
Client/Owner: Church & Dwight Company
Location: York, PA
GPI Contact: James E. Pfluger, PE
Description: This project was a 1.1 million sf combination warehouse and processing/ manufacturing complex in a single building. GPI provided MEP/FP engineering services. Some of the sustainable elements included in the project were a geothermal system for heating and cooling, gray water distribution for non-potable usage, and heat recovery from a compressed air system for process water heating. The new facility incorporated a large medium-voltage electrical connection of a 600A, 13.2KV utility service with a power distribution system consisting of two 2500KVA and one 1500KVA substations as well as a 500KVA unitized power center for the fire pump that stepped down to the plant utilization voltage of 480/277V 3 phase. The project received a LEED Silver rating.
Client/Owner: Realogy Corporate Headquarters
Location: Madison, NJ
GPI Contact: John Havenstrite, PE, LEED AP
Description: This project included a renovation and expansion of an existing 150,000 sf facility into a 255,000 sf corporate headquarters. Greenman-Pedersen, Inc. provided MEP/FP engineering services for the facility. This is the new world headquarters for the parent of several real estate companies including, Coldwell Banker, ERA, Better Homes and Gardens, Sothby's, and Century 21. The facility is 4 floors and includes the following spaces: fitness center, cafeteria, cafes, theaters, video studio, data center, and office space. The facility received a LEED Gold rating.
Client/Owner: Scitor Corporation (Now SAIC)
Description: GPI provided mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection engineering design for a multiphase renovation of six floors, totaling 158,000 sf. The project design includes an auditorium, data center, training facilities, war rooms, and Secure Area. The design included a stand-by generator system to support data center and critical loads throughout the entire space, as well as special use areas. The scope of work included the design of a fire suppression system and design provisions for classified areas.
Client/Owner: TMG Health
Location: Jessup, PA
GPI Contact: Stephen Daiute, PE, LEED AP
Description: GPI provided MEP/FP engineering services for TMG's new facility, which is a 150,000 sf call/data center. The new facility entailed the merger of two local call centers into one new state-of-the-art facility that met the current and long-term corporate goals of TMG. In addition to the call center and data center, the facility included a full-service cafeteria, management office areas, as well as conference and training rooms. The facility has been in operation since 2012.