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Although Intergraph is responsible for cutting-edge technology in its products, its former headquarters — on a sprawling campus, with few windows — hardly reflected the company’s modern mission.

When Intergraph was acquired by a Swedish company in 2010, one the new chairman’s first acts was to request a new headquarters worthy of the brilliant minds at work there. HPM served as the owner’s representative in an international effort to build a spectacular new glass and concrete facility with open workspaces, a state-of-the-art data center and high-tech collaborative space — constructed with the highest quality and the most diligent budget management.

FLUENT IN BUDGET MANAGEMENT
HPM knew that one of its main responsibilities throughout the construction of Intergraph’s headquarters would be to keep a close eye on the budget and any changes that arose. Between the high-tech demands of Intergraph’s work and the high demands for employee comfort laid out by Intergraph’s new owner, there would be plenty of opportunities for costs to get out of hand. This started at the earliest stages of the project, examining contractors’ bids and anticipating where money might be left on the table and what change orders might be seen. During construction, the Swedish chairman, who initiated the project, took multiple trips to the U.S. and had significant and specific input into many aspects of the design. HPM’s knowledge of the industry allowed the team to give Intergraph the slick, high-performance facility it needed and wanted within the budget it had available.

DETAILS:

• 5-story office building
• Space for 1,100 employees
• Administrative and office space
• Data center
• Conference and collaborative space
• Food service area

GE’s Research and Development Center in Oklahoma City is situated on eight acres and features a 125,000 square-foot research and development center and 120,000 square-feet of structured parking. The facility is designed to be a collaborative hub for both domestic and global customers, and GE plans to accelerate the development of innovations in this state-of-the-art facility.

WALKING THE SAFETY WALK
HPM developed risk management processes which allowed us to review and comment on safety procedures, observe and report on happenings in the field and hold every person on the site accountable to their own safety requirements. In addition, HPM mobilized a bi-lingual site safety manager to the project site. HPM’s site safety manager started by reviewing the existing safety program, identified the need for a communications plan on the project site, and initiated a job hazard analysis program. The program included monthly incentives and recognition for workers and companies doing their work safely – as well as immediate recognition and spot bonuses for exceptional behavior in the field. Plus, lessons learned on this site and with HPM are being carried to other sites in the area. One of the site partners commented that the improvements to safety are not solely happening on GE’s project site now. Subcontractors who are a part of the GE project are taking the behaviors they have learned to other projects in and around Oklahoma City. Now that’s influencing the industry!

One Federal Place is an 11-story tower of glass and gray granite anchoring a classical block of downtown Birmingham — and providing a home for the law firm of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings.

HPM served as owner’s representative to build the firm’s four-story headquarters to dream specifications, including a lunchroom with a commercial-grade kitchen capable of feeding as many as 150 hungry lawyers a day, and a commercial-grade wine cellar capable of hosting after-hours formal events in the building’s elegant lobby. The building’s downtown location presented a big challenge, in large part because of the small amount of space around the construction site and the logistical necessities associated with work in a busy city center. But HPM’s main focus was the busy staff at Bradley Arant and their custom-built workspaces in their elegant new office.

THE LONGEST 61 HOURS
When construction of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings’ new offices was complete, only one thing was missing — or specifically, 360 things: the law firm’s staff. They would be working in their old office until six o’clock on Friday evening, and when they showed up at this new space on Monday morning, it needed to be fully equipped and ready to go. HPM did the math: 61 hours, 54 truckloads of furniture and office supplies and two loading dock doors at the new location meant that the move had to work with clockwork precision. Working with the movers and contractors, HPM devised a strict schedule for loading, moving and unloading the trucks, and HPM’s project manager spent 59 of the next 61 hours at the loading dock — directing traffic, managing staff and sending late-coming moving vans to the back of the line, because there was literally no room for stragglers in that operation. At 5:00 a.m. on Monday, the loading dock remained a flurry of uninterrupted activity — and at 7:00, the PA system came on and the lawyers went to work in their beautiful new offices.

DETAILS:

• 8-story office tower
• 4-level parking deck
• Commercial kitchen
• Art gallery
• Wine cellar
• Law library
• Custom-built, modular workspaces for 360 employees

Serving a 15-state footprint, Regions has dozens of renovations, acquisitions, and relocations every year — requiring HPM to help manage the growth and transitions.

HPM’s team works from an office within Regions’ headquarters, managing projects with the speed and efficiency of an in-house facilities group. HPM’s management of new construction and renovation of Regions retail locations and corporate offices starts at the earliest planning stages and continues through the final placement of the microwave in the breakroom. But it goes beyond that. HPM’s team offers a unique suite of comprehensive services both outside and in — interior design, move management and ergonomics to ensure that locations aren’t just structurally sound but comfortable and functional for all the essentials of office life. This is made possible by HPM’s close relationship with Regions and our understanding of their needs and office culture, developed through more than 100 retail locations, countless corporate offices and more than a decade of work side by side.