Awards
- 2009 Honor Award Winner from ACEC Indiana
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Knauf Corporate Office Building - Knauf Insulation, Shelbyville, IN
The Knauf Insulation Corporate Office Building Addition Project was initiated when the existing office building caught fire and was destroyed in January of 2007. Knauf elected to hire the same design team that had recently completed the Plant 1 Expansion Project to help them with this new building replacement project. This team consisted of:
- Browing Day Mullins Dierdorf Architects Architect and Prime Consultant
- Applied Engineering Services, Inc. MEP Systems Engineer
- Fink, Roberts & Petrie, Inc. Civil and Structural Engineer
Knauf wanted to take advantage of this opportunity by constructing
the most sustainable and efficient building that they could. New site
locations and a variety of building concepts were studied. It was
decided to construct the new building in a new location on Knauf’s
campus and as an addition to the existing corporate office building. The
building is a 2-story, 20,000-square-foot facility. It contains
individual offices, open office areas and an academy for training
activities.
Knauf instructed the team to design the building to achieve a Gold rating by the U.S. Green Building Council under its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system.
Preliminary design began in spring 2007. The design was completed in late 2007. Project construction began in January 2008 and was completed in October 2008. The total construction cost was approximately $4.5 million.
- 2008 Grand Project Award Winner from ACEC Indiana
- Plant 1 Expansion at Knauf Insulation Manufacturing Facility
- Knauf Insulation, Shelbyville, Indiana
- 2008 Achievement Award Winner from A Monumental Affair
- Citizens Thermal Illinois Street Chilled Water Plant-Phase II
- Citizens Energy Group, Indianapolis, IN
- November 2008 Outstanding Design Winner from American School and University magazine
- Purdue University Memorial Union Dining Services Renovation
- Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
- May 2008 One of Top Two On-Campus Dining Facilities in the Nation
- National Association of College and University Food Services
- Purdue University Memorial Union Dining Facilities
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN - 2006 Merit Award Winner from ACEC Indiana
- Electrical Improvements at Indianapolis Wastewater Treatment Plants
- Department of Public Works, City of Indianapolis
- 2005 Merit Award Winner from ACEC Indiana
- Steam and Condensate Flow Modeling Study
- Purdue University
- 2004 Honor Award Winner from ACEC Indiana
- Chilled Water System Upgrades at the Indiana Government Centers
- Indiana State Office Building Commission
- 2003 Honor Award Winner from ACEC Indiana
- Site Utilities Expansion Design
- Eli Lilly and Company, Greenfield Laboratories
- 2002 Merit Award Winner from ACEC Indiana
- Deaerator Replacement Design
- St. Vincent Hospitals and Health Services
- 2001 Merit Award Winner from Consulting Engineers of Indiana
- Utility Support Building Design
- Delphi Delco Electronics Systems
- 2000 Honor Award Winner from Consulting Engineers of Indiana
- Chilled Water Pumping Improvements
- Eli Lilly and Company, Technology Center North
The Applied team (consisting of Applied Engineering, Fink Roberts & Petrie, and Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf Architects) was selected by Knauf Insulation to perform the design work for a major expansion of their manufacturing operations in Shelbyville, Indiana. The new plant produces commercial and industrial insulations for the U.S. market.
The project scope included the construction of a 375,000 square foot product warehouse, a new utility and chemical compounding plant, a 42 MW substation, a furnace charge batching silo, upgraded rail yard, two electric-fired cold top glass furnaces, three production lines with fiberization, forming and drying ovens, a wet electrostatic precipitator, regenerative thermal oxidizers, wash water recycle systems and new packaging lines.
Applied’s work included all of the architectural, civil, structural, and the majority of the mechanical and electrical design. Selection and design of the batch house, wet electrostatic precipitator, regenerative thermal oxidizers, the production equipment, and packaging equipment was performed by Knauf with several OEMs that specialize in fiberglass manufacturing equipment. The Applied team was responsible for many of the support structures and the utility hookups for this OEM equipment. Applied was also responsible for overall site planning and development, including access roads, parking lots, utility relocation/ improvements, fire protection, and landscaping. The design work began in August 2004 and construction began in February of 2005. The project was built in seven phases, with final construction completed in the fall of 2007. The total cost of the project was approximately $240 million.