Driving Dynamics Lab
Dearborn, Mich.
Best Project
Owner:福特汽车公司的子公司福特Land。
General Contractor:Walbridge Aldinger
Lead Design Firm/Structural Engineer/MEP Engineer:Albert Kahn Associates
土木工程师：Mannik Smith Group
The Driving Dynamics Lab (DDL) at Ford Motor Co.’s Dearborn Proving Ground houses a broad range of vehicle testing labs, a full garage and shop space as well as collaborative workspaces and employee amenities. Located on a remediated brownfield adjacent to the test track, the 210,000-sq-ft LEED Gold-certified facility consolidates previously dispersed functions to enhance efficiency and cohesion among product engineers and test technicians.
对于项目团队而言，在压缩的两年时间表中交付该高级设施也至关重要。价值工程与高级建模技术相结合，使DDL保持预算，同时优化了两阶段的建筑计划，以适应有限的站点足迹并适应未来的扩展。该项目团队仅针对未知的实用程序要求提供了最小的设计标准，该项目团队将“白盒子”纳入了基础设施计划中，并具有必要的灵活性来支持所有系统要求。
An early construction challenge required careful integration of a 1-million-lb concrete inertia base with the structural mat foundation. Supported at 20 locations by a high-pressure air-mount isolation system, the base was formed and poured to tight dimensional tolerances to allow placement of precision vehicle dynamometer testing equipment.
Adaptable construction sequencing also proved essential to integrate multiple special elements of a freestanding acoustic panel structure for environmental temperature testing and to integrate last-minute design changes such as adding a 3-hour firewall separating the first and second phases and a city-requested drainage system alteration.
Despite these and other complex requirements, the DDL was completed on time and on budget.
