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 Trading Floor Cook Inlet Energy, the nation’s largest minority owned energy business
asked Syska Hennessy Group to create a new corporate office space for the company
in Century City, CA. The project scope included 17,000 sq. ft. of open office
and support space and a 5,000 sq. ft. trading floor to support the trading
personnel of the company.
The project team of consulting engineers and architects met with the company’s
key traders early in the project’s design phase to brainstorm on the
design of their new space. The key challenge in the project involved meeting
a tight deadline of nineteen weeks for the complete 17,000 square foot space.
Budget consultation and analysis was established from the beginning between
the client, landlord, and contractor. In addition, cost input and detailed
coordination was instrumental in the project success from cable vendors, audio-visual
designers, engineers, furniture manufacturers, dealers, and the security consultant.
The up-front coordination continued throughout the project and insured confidence
that design, complicated technical interface and the target budget would be
achieved.
Syska’s contributions and challenges in the project included the coordination
of various elements to create both a functional and striking space. Handling
the extensive cabling requirements and MEP coordination for the trading floor
was one of the criteria. In addition, to avoid reinforcing the floor and to
meet budget constraints, the our team established equipment and cabling clearances
for Cook Inlet and design team members. Ducts, grills, VAV boxes, linear diffusers,
conduit and the cable trays were sized and located to accommodate tight clearances
at the exposed deck and angled ceiling planes An FM200 fire suppression system,
3M-display board, plasma screens, and Daktickers displaying stock prices were
also integrated.
The client, project manager, general contractor, mechanical/electrical/plumbing
engineer and custom furniture manufacturer were among the many team members
who contributed to this successful project. The lesson: close coordination
and cooperation of the entire group from the project’s onset enabled
us to bring our project together within a tight schedule, on budget, while
incorporating many unusual materials, cutting edge technology and the allusion
to our client’s Alaskan roots.
Syska Hennessy Group was awarded a 2003 International Interior Design Association
(IIDA) Calibre Award for their building systems design on this project.
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