当罗亚l Bank of Scotland decided to consolidate its North American headquarters – moving offices from Manhattan and Greenwich, Conn., to one location in Stamford, Conn. – it wanted a more efficient business operation. But RBS also wanted a state-of-the art building.
Last August, three years after a groundbreaking ceremony, the fast-track $431 million project is complete.
它具有100万平方英尺的建筑空间，可容纳多达3,000名员工，并结构停车场可容纳多达2,000个空间。RBS运营的枢纽是一款通风100,000平方英尺的六层交易地板，可容纳多达1,400个交易员，并带有两个落地窗。屋顶庭院用作交易楼的盖子，收集雨水以重复使用。带有自动扶梯的六层楼玻璃中庭将贸易楼层连接到11楼，为员工和访客提供了共同的条目。12楼用作机械顶层公寓。
A so-called “amenities floor” includes a one-acre roof garden with views of the adjacent Mill River, mahogany and granite surfaces, a full kitchen and 120-person dining facility, a 10,000-sq-ft fitness center with sauna and full locker room, a sports bar, coffee shops and restaurants.
The 4.25-acre riverfront site, adjacent to I-95, was selected in part because of its high visibility and closeness to Metro North train service and highways. Designed as a European-style mid-rise office block, the building includes 12 stories, forming a J-shape with the majority of the building’s five stories of above-grade parking camouflaged by the building’s wraparound design.
该项目正在寻求LEED黄金认证，其一部分战略是在园景地区使用本地自适应草；在建筑物内，它采用幕墙上的集成日光调光和自动化的盲型系统。
The building superstructure combines slab on metal deck, cast-in-place concrete, post-tensioned concrete and filigree construction systems. The building topped out last February, less than six months after the staggered-phased, fast-tracked construction project began. A glass curtain wall system yields 100 percent visibility with spandrel-less construction and terra cotta accents.
该项目的关键方面之一是团队合作，几次管理团队向600多名工人提供午餐，以提高团队的士气和团结。
“One of the biggest assets the project had was the team’s ability to work together through issues from the owner to the architect to the general contractor – everyone working together through any hurdles thrown our way,” says Peter Marzec, one of the project managers with Turner Construction. “It was a very concerted effort with lots of communication, lots of meetings at all different levels. Each member of the team was represented and it definitely made things to a lot smoother.”
关键人物;主力;重要一员
Owner/Developer:Royal Bank of Scotland, Stamford, Conn.
General Contractor:Turner Construction Co., New York, N.Y.
Architect:Roger Ferris + Partners, Westport, Conn.
管道分包商：Harry Grodsky & Co., Inc., Springfield, Mass.
Electrical Subcontractor:Belway Electrical Contracting Corp., Elmsford, N.Y.
Fire Protection Subcontractor:Professional Mechanical Contractors, Glastonbury, Conn.
