by Rebecca Walker — June 21, 2010—KBR announced that its Building Group has been awarded a multimillion dollar contract by DuPont for construction management of the initial phase of a multi-phase planned expansion at the company’s suburban campus in Wilmington, Delaware. DuPont’s Chestnut Run Plaza — Phase 1 encompasses a five-story, 222,000-square-foot office building designated as Building 730.
Designed to support 700 employees, Building 730 will include an 18,000-square-foot cafeteria intended to accommodate 400 people. The Building Group’s scope of work includes site infrastructure items such as utilities, parking and walking paths, as well as a new picnic pavilion (Building 731) for on-site company events.
A primary design objective for architect of record, KlingSubbins, was to create a flexible office building that is high-performing, technologically advanced and cost effective, with enhanced energy and environmental performance. To maintain flexibility, the structural steel building will utilize an open floor-space design that includes raised floors and under-floor air distribution, and demountable partitions.
Building 730 is designed to achieve U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Gold Certification. The Building Group’s Washington office is responsible for this project, which is slated for completion in mid-December 2011.
KBR is a global engineering, construction and services company supporting the energy, hydrocarbon, government services, minerals, civil infrastructure, power and industrial markets. The Building Group is the commercial construction subsidiary of KBR with a particular focus on education, healthcare, life science, and manufacturing and industrial projects.
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