蓝色原始发动机设施|由Clayco提交
阿拉巴马州亨茨维尔。
Region: ENR southeast
老板：蓝色
领导设计公司：Lamar Johnson Collaborative
Contractor:Clayco
Structural Engineer:Alper Audi Inc.
蓝色原始发动机制造设施具有40万平方英尺的足迹，具有分裂的个性。虽然100,000平方英尺的玻璃墙核心是工程和行政人员的工作场所，但周围的工作人员是太空发射公司的火箭发动机的加工，装配和测试操作。倾斜墙板形成外壳，周围是结构性钢脊柱。
A design-build team of Clayco and Lamar Johnson Collaborative was chosen to deliver turnkey design, engineering and construction of the liquid-fueled rocket engine manufacturing facility within 10 months. Clayco started construction with only 20% schematic design. Design changed extensively as the project evolved, requiring dramatic alterations to building layouts, spacings and heights. Many original concepts had to be altered or removed completely through value engineering as the building production requirements became more defined.
One early challenge was geotechnical. An abundance of expansive clay was found in all borings down 30 ft, with the top 3 ft of material under the building pad of most concern to the team. Members mitigated it through soil stabilization practices using cement and lime.
为了降低项目成本并推动时间表，Cla新利18备用官网登录yco特别建议在没有锚固口袋的情况下倒入基础。其提交说，通过核心钻探锚螺栓的位置，团队节省了时间和人工，更容易在基础混凝土中实现了严格的高程公差。
该工厂的众多设备基础较大且形状非典型，许多设备深处深3英尺，需要多层加固。室内玻璃墙可最大程度地减少火箭工程人员和制造区域之间的物理分离。但是，据团队称，在制造空间中间，办公脊柱的中心位置导致了一个分裂的工作场所，这使项目测序综合体。
尽管这是承包商Clayco首次与Blue Origin合作，但“工作关系很快就建立了，”承包商高级项目经理John Kavitz说。竞赛评委对该项目的激进时间表印象深刻。
