Owens Corning World Headquarters

HEAPY provided full design of the MEP, ICT (Information Communications Technology) and Fire Protection systems for the Owens Corning World Headquarters. The project contains many amenity spaces: a 275-seat auditorium, a full-service conference center, a 400-seat dining facility and gourmet company store, a full-service health and fitness center, a medical center/employee assistance facility and a full-service credit union. The site includes walking trails, exercise stations, a softball field, gazebo and a campus-style courtyard.

The Owens Corning/Hines Property managers knew it was time for a facility refresh. HEAPY worked hand in hand with the design and construction team to collaborate on the changes. The design includes new lighting upgrades, as well as relocation of all power and data related to the new layout of the demountable walls to provide an open office experience. In addition, we provided power and lighting upgrades within Panther Hall, a 275-seat auditorium.

The café was also refreshed to allow open seating with collaboration areas. Each area of the design included additional power for charging of devices as well as a wireless network adjustment to allow end users to have wireless coverage. Within the executive suites, new conference and collaboration spaces were created to help with video conferencing meeting across the worldwide firm.

On the main floors each cubical was replaced and power/data was designed to support the new layouts. In addition, collaboration rooms were created in different sizes, each of these room were designed to support full video and audio collaboration with the ability to schedule rooms within teams and the scheduling panels located outside of room.

As part of the project, the design included the removal of a floor to allow for open space between the floors. This required a complete rework of the mechanical systems, lighting, fire protection and technology to support the changes to the building.

During the project it was decided to update the access control system cameras / surveillance / blue phones while the refresh was taking place. The complete project was phased to allow manual disruptions to the staff by creating temporary space for the user to work during construction. HEAPY worked collaboratively to coordinate shutdowns and moves to keep all the systems up and running for the staff.