Photo courtesy of James Steinkamp, Wrigley, and HOK.

In support of this growth and to further its commitment to strategic innovation, Wrigley opened the Global Innovation Center on Chicago's Goose Island. The three-story, 193,000-sf office/lab building provides space and resources for the company's team of scientists, designers, technicians, and marketers to continue creating high-quality confectionery products. Flexible office space and laboratories designed with collaboration in mind provide modular furniture and equipment to facilitate communication and sharing among the disciplines of Sensory, Scientific & Regulatory Affairs, Quality, Research & Development, Packaging Innovation, and Global Engineering.

Flexible lab spaces are designed with flexible office space allowing areas to be reconfigured with little or no construction. Lab and office spaces can easily change as project teams are formed and reformed. The laboratories consist of seven 40' x 22' modules and can be subdivided into 11-foot increments. One half of the 24-foot lab bench is fixed with services and sinks. The remaining 12-foot section is moveable along with lab casework and cabinets, and can be reconfigured as needed. Write-up space, chemical fume hoods, and perimeter casework are the only other fixed elements in the lab.

Collaboration, functionality, and flexibility are major themes in the design of the Global Innovation Center. The facility is equipped with the latest in wireless connectivity, Voice over IP, and video conferencing technology. "Hotel" space accommodates visitors and project work rooms are located throughout the Center. All conference rooms are equipped with a wall-mounted whiteboard and tack board, and moveable 30" x 60" tables. Meeting rooms, break rooms, rest rooms, and copy areas are scattered among the departments facilitating circulation and maximizing interaction. Basic furniture and moveable whiteboards can accommodate any size meeting at almost any location. The dining room can be altered with an operable wall to accommodate meetings of various sizes while continuing to serve Wrigley employees.

Featured elements include a glass tension-cabled ceiling over the center of the building flooding the interior spaces with natural light and supporting indoor plant growth. Color-glazed glass panels are designed to temper sunlight and keep the interior from getting too hot in the summer. A Winter Garden under the 540 glass panels features meeting areas equipped with power and data outlets, 25 different plant species from four continents, and timed high-intensity lighting to ensure continued growth of the plants during the Chicago winters.

Labs and offices in the main building have a direct connection to a 40,000-sf pilot plant, located on the tip of Goose Island, which enables Wrigley to scale up from lab-size batches to commercial production of new products. The plant also features a "green" roof that provides added insulation and heat deflection. Insulation protects the liquid applied roofing membrane. On top of the insulation are filter fabric, a drainage mat, and three inches of soil. A glass-enclosed landing on the third floor of the pilot plant allows employees to view the garden, with plants such sedum, herbs, grasses, and other vegetation that can withstand harsh growing conditions.

Project Information
Building Owner:		Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
Building Location:		Chicago, Illinois UNITED STATES
Project Type:		New Construction
Principal Building Function:		Product research and manufacturing
Project Delivery Method:		Fast Track
Project Timeline		Jul 2002 Planning Start May 2003 Design Start Feb 2004 Construction Start Sep 2005 Completion Last known status: Completed
Project Cost:		$45,000,000
Cost Per Sq. Ft:		$233
		About These Cost Figures
Building Information
Project Includes:		Atrium Cafeteria Dining Distribution Center Greenhouse Headquarters Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory Laboratory: Research Manufacturing Office Pilot Plant Production Research
Total GSF:		193,000
Project Team
Architect		Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc. (HOK)
Builder		Power Contracting and Engineering
Consultant - Accoustical		Shen, Milson & Wilke Associates
Consultant - Code		Rolf Jensen & Associates
Consultant - Environmental		Weaver Boos Consultants
Consultant - Green		American Hydrotech
Consultant - Information Technology		Environmental Systems Design, Inc.
Consultant - Interiors		Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc. (HOK)
Consultant - Lighting		Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc. (HOK)
Cost Estimator		Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc. (HOK)
Engineer - MEP		Environmental Systems Design, Inc.
Engineer - Civil		Terra Engineering
Engineer - Structural		Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc. (HOK)
Laboratory Planner		HOK Science + Technology Group
Landscape Architect		Jo Karr & Associates
Project Management		The Rise Group
Security Specialist		Sako & Associates
Supplier - Casework		Fisher Hamilton
Supplier - Fume Hoods		Fisher Hamilton
Profile Created 12/14/2005
Last Updated 04/04/2006
About the Reported Cost Figures The cost figures reported are supplied by the firms that submitted these projects for publication, which in most cases are the designers or builders. Whereas these sources are intimately familiar with their projects, they may not be fully aware of the owners' finally-realized and recorded costs. In some cases, costs are truly and completely accounted for, and in others they represent a near approximation of the final costs. Costs have not been adjusted for year of construction, nor has any attempt been made to make regional cost adjustments. Further, costs are not comparable on any kind of detailed standard costing model. Hence, it is possible for the cost of one building to include a steam boiler, while the cost of a comparable building might not include the boiler, if steam is being supplied from an already existing campus grid. Or, in another case, a building might include excess boiler capacity to supply steam to another building. Some submittals include fees or unusual site improvements as part of the construction costs, which others do not.

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