At A Glance:
New Construction
366,600 s.f.
Parking Garage: 850 cars
LEED Gold Certified
Project Description:
FM Global, a FORTUNE 1000 company and one of the world’s largest business property insurers, commissioned Vision 3 Architects to design their world headquarters for more than 900 employees. As an insurer with a unique focus on property risk management, FM Global extended its loss prevention philosophy to all aspects to its new corporate offices – “built to last.” The building is designed and constructed to FM Global’s own engineering guidelines, and is also LEED Gold certified. It’s a high-performance “green” building that applies the latest technology to promote the health and wellness of employees and to minimize the impact on the environment. The design includes administrative offices, data center, structured parking for 850 vehicles, fitness center, restaurant quality dining center, and meeting center. The parking garage was designed in association with Walker Parking Consultants.
As part of FM Global’s corporate offices, Vision 3 Architects designed the 12,000 s.f. data center located in the west wing of the building, in collaboration with the owner’s IT consultants and vendors. This complex and sophisticated new data center was designed and built to FM Global’s highest loss prevention standards with a blend of advanced green technology. Structurally separate from the main building, the data center houses and protects the entire technology infrastructure for the business systems used by FM Global’s employees and clients worldwide. Features of the data center include: an environmental management system, non-combustible building materials, a wind-rated concrete roof, double wall construction to contain fire, as well as earthquake resiliency technology. With 85 miles of cable under the floor, dual generators, dual power feeds, and dual UPS systems, power should never be lost. The data center was completed seven months prior to the main building, and was functional during the final stages of construction.
