MAGUIRE PROPERTIES – PEKO

When PEKO Precision Products, a provider of high-end equipment manufacturing solutions, needed a new assembly plant, they worked with Maguire Properties to find a suitable parcel of land for development. They chose an industrial site that spanned two city blocks within the City of Rochester. This 11-acre site would need a complete redesign to accommodate this building project.

Mitchell Design Build was hired to provide integrated design-build services which included Architecture, Construction, Code Consulting, Site Preparation, and general construction management of this $10M project.

Site preparation for the project included full site demolition of the 11 acre parcel, closing a city road, bedrock excavation, building over city sewers, relocating power and fiber optic lines, and the installation of a storm water pond.

The goal of the building design and construction was to provide the customer with an energy efficient, modern, clean, and bright facility. A fully customizable Pre-Engineered Metal Building provided the most cost effective and efficient option. The 81,250 SF building would include 5,000 SF of office space, with the remainder of the building open as assembly space with 2 grade doors and 4 loading docks. Careful custom design, including Integrating long bay purlins to allow for fewer interior columns, helped to maximize the space.

The building is a study in energy efficiency. In addition to the efficiency of the custom designed PEMB, the design included an R-Seal roofing insulation system. This cutting-edge, continuous rigid insulation system was one of the first of its kind in the Northeast. R-Seal systems provide better insulation values and better air barrier performance than standard fiberglass insulation systems. A Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) HVAC system added to the energy efficiency of this building. Energy Recovery Ventilators replaced traditional economizers to bring fresh air into the system, creating a fully electric HVAC system that doesn’t rely on fossil fuel. This state of the art, fully electric HVAC technology, coupled with energy efficient building design, qualified the project for a state rebate equal to 40% of the cost of the HVAC system.

This project was completed on an accelerated timeline in just eleven months.