{"id":1004057627,"date":"2013-01-14T11:10:19","date_gmt":"2013-01-14T19:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/?p=94059"},"modified":"2022-12-08T09:16:23","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T17:16:23","slug":"retrofitted-kennesaw-facility-to-serve-as-novelis-new-global-rd-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/retrofitted-kennesaw-facility-to-serve-as-novelis-new-global-rd-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Retrofitted Kennesaw Facility to Serve as Novelis&rsquo; New Global R&amp;D Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>By Georgiana Mihaila, Associate Editor<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2013\/01\/a4ad1be9-8731-48ab-ab73-9c3f9419e0ed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-94060\" src=\"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2013\/01\/a4ad1be9-8731-48ab-ab73-9c3f9419e0ed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Rolled aluminum and aluminum are two key materials for recycling giant Novelis and its new 160,000-square-foot Global Research &amp; Technology Center in Kennesaw.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The facility, located just 25 miles from the company\u2019s corporate headquarters in Atlanta, previously served as office and warehouse space for a chemical manufacturer. Novelis hired architecture firm Lord, Aeck &amp; Sargent (LAS) to retrofit the office space, design a new public entry, and build out the empty warehouse space.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The building\u2019s public entrance, formerly pedimented precast concrete and glass, has been completely reimagined and now features a 38-foot-long cantilevered aluminum-clad steel and glass canopy and updated landscaping that reaches out to welcome visitors. The design incorporates a dramatic structure and a playful use of scuppers and rain chains that direct water into the new planted areas that frame the arrival sequence. The exterior entry area also features a large aluminum ingot cast into the sidewalk.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cNovelis asked us to design a facility that emphasized cohesiveness with the company\u2019s corporate headquarters in Atlanta, so we created a modern, open, light-filled work environment with similar finishes, and we took the design a step beyond,\u201d said Barry Abrams, a senior associate with LAS. \u201cWe created numerous ways to incorporate the company\u2019s aluminum into the design.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The building is one story with a mechanical mezzanine in the high-bay area to optimize the use of space. The warehouse build-out made way for a variety of materials development and testing <a href=\"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2013\/01\/lobby.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-94063\" src=\"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2013\/01\/lobby.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>laboratories, along with a 30-foot-tall high-bay space housing a 16,000-square-foot pilot beverage can production line, an industrial lab with two overhead cranes, and storage space. Approximately 35,000 square feet remains for future expansion, with plans for a small scale aluminum rolling mill and heat treatment capabilities for finishing automotive aluminum sheet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">DPR served as construction manager for the facility, AHA Consulting Engineers as MEP\/FP engineer, while idea|span assisted Lord, Aeck &amp; Sargent on interior design work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rolled aluminum and aluminum can recycling giant Novelis prides itself with a new 160,000-square-foot Global Research &amp; Technology Center in Kennesaw. 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