High-Tech Client Office Building

Mountain View, California

In 2017, ASPECT was engaged by Skanska through a Design Assist role, to offer this pre-tender service for a new development proposed to be located on the campus of a high-tech client in California. The design intent for the development was to create a two-storey post-and-beam structure supporting a timber-concrete composite floor. Our team was engaged directly by the general contractor that was providing pre-construction services, with the express purpose of helping to simplify the mass timber design solutions for the team.

As the Design Assist partner for the pre-construction contractor, ASPECT worked with our client, as well as the broader design team, to optimize the design from a “Design for Manufacturing and Assembly” (DfMA) perspective. Our involvement included reviewing general detailing of the post-and-beam structure, providing options for the timber-concrete-composite interface, clarifying trade interfaces and scopes, and supporting the RFQ and RFP process. ASPECT’s Design Assist role took place between 2017 and 2018, concluding at the tender phase. The final office building ultimately successfully incorporated mass timber. The project was completed in 2020 and was designed and constructed to achieve LEED®Platinum certification.

ClientUndisclosedStatusComplete (2020)