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In
all, the project created 113,000 square feet of addition and
renovation on a fast track, 19-week construction schedule.
The
Challenges:
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Create
a corporate office image for the complex. |
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Unify
a dozen empty retail shops into a single functioning office
space for 800 people. |
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Convert
a series of separate mechanical and electrical systems into
one centralized system. |
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Respond
to an extensive scrap metal operation immediately to the
south. |
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Incorporate
a continuing multiplex cinema as a tenant on the site. |
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Responses:
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The
covered walkway extending along the front of the shops was
enclosed to form an interior hallway. |
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A
special entry tower with a vehicular drop-off was added to
identify the main entrance. |
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Parking
was pulled back 30’ from the building and a landscape strip
was added to overcome the strip mall image. |
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The
roof structure was reinforced to support additional mechanical
equipment. |
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The
windowless south side was opened up with new windows in
conjunction fences and plantings to conceal the junkyard. |
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2000 AIA Citation for Excellence in Architecture
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AG Edwards
Concord, NH
Managed
Ops.Com
Bedford, NH
Nobis
Engineering Concord, NH
PC
Connection
Merrimack, NH
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