Landis Ridge

Summarize the project's program, features and achievements?

The 202,800 square foot project was built as a speculative industrial facility capable of accommodating multiple tenants. The building’s main features are the protruding ACM shroud elements which incorporate recessed, linear LED lighting to create halo illumination. Also featured ribbed and random shale-like textured form liners, and similar center entry treatments. This building demonstrates the latest tilt-up concrete technology and capabilities with a simple reveal design, form liner textures with colored, textured coatings, and ACM-wrapped canopies. The architectural language demonstrates relief through varying heights of the panels, shadow panel overlaps, and the symmetrical reveal and hierarchy of the paint pattern, taking full advantage of the site orientation.

What obstacles were overcome related to the schedule, budget, program, specification, site, etc. on this project?

One of the main obstacles was the site development which included wetlands mitigation, substantial grade differentials and road improvements. Most notable was the amount of site prep that had to occur before building construction could commence. The long site prep period led to a reduced building construction schedule, which was further impacted by numerous days of inclement weather during construction.

Please communicate any engineering complexities or unique features of the panel design for this project?

Panel design presented several challenging panels, notably several panels that required steel strong backs to be installed to allow the panels to be lifted without cracking. Some panels with large openings also required complex rigging with atypical doubled-up lifting insert positions since there was not much panel area to locate lifting point. Most challenging in terms of the actual lifting were the upper spandrel panels, which required temporary lifting legs and careful placement of a steel support column that would support the ends of two separate panels. It was not until all panels were lifted and connected and the steel column attached, that the stringbacks and temporary legs could be removed.