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Delta Dental Master Plan
The Master Plan for this Delta Dental of Michigan site was developed by focusing first and foremost on the primary strategic goals established by Delta Dental executives, whose dual planning challenge was to facilitate growth while maintaining a strong commitment to the environment. Though the 59 acre site is spacious enough to accommodate even its most aggressive 25-year growth projections, the Delta Dental Master Plan maximizes land preservation by maintaining a vertical building structure. It also enables incremental growth – as well as downsizing, if needed – with a flexible, modular design. Phase I of the three-phase process begins with construction of a 22,500-square-foot Data Center, which creates needed space in the existing building and triggers Phase II – the 91,500-square-foot North Office Building. The existing 159,958-square-foot building is completely renovated during Phase III, while a dramatic 25,000-square-foot western addition transforms the entire look and feel of the campus. more...
The new indoor office environment will also better meet Delta Dental’s expanding needs with a raised floor system that more effectively distributes masses of computer wires; an open floor plan that encourages interaction and facilitates equipment rearrangement; and a furniture system that stimulates collaboration in an informal setting. The pastoral quality and sustainability of the site remains preeminent, with not only a substantially expanded pond and enhanced nature preserve but the development of a central "oval" open space around which the growing campus will mature. Minimal use of hard exterior surfaces will reduce the heat island effect, the pond’s storm water will be properly drained and filtered to be used for irrigation, and the manicured lawn will be converted into a more natural prairie. Based on these and other efforts, the Delta Dental-Kahn team is pursuing LEED©-NC Gold certification as well as qualification under the Wildlife Habitat Council Certification Program.
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