THE OPPORTUNITY

This Consumer Products Division and PS&S collaborated to find a new home for the offices, labs, and pilot plant. After evaluating a few potential sites, the selection was based on location with an emphasis on retaining the people and talent of the Consumer Products Division.

PS&S provided full design and engineering services for a new 150,000 sf R&D facility. PS&S has been involved in all phases from the initial site selection through Basis of Design, Programming and Final Design for this facility.

THE CHALLENGE

One-third of the building was comprised of office space, while the other portions of the facility consisted of laboratory space and a pilot plant where small-scale product research is to be conducted. The new facility was specifically designed to be flexible and to support the client’s universal candy and gum development endeavors. Control over the odors to provide a public sensory tasting center was one of the many challenges. This resulted in three major building components wrapped around an outdoor courtyard.

THE PS&S SOLUTION

PS&S provided all architecture and engineering services under one roof, including civil, environmental MEP, structural, architecture, and interior design. This resulted in a seamless approach for the overall construction package. PS&S maintained an exceptional balance between creating a state-of-the-art facility with the necessary functionality and staying within an extremely tight budget.