Fast-tracking Automotive Research
The Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) is a 250-acre site along Interstate 85 just east of Greenville, South Carolina. CU-ICAR is designed to be the premier automotive and motor sports research and educational facility in the world. This world-class research campus has attracted investment partners from both the public and private sectors, including:
BMW SAE International The Timken Company
Michelin Sun Microsystems IBM
Upstate Alliance State of South Carolina INTEC U.S., Inc.
Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Richard Petty Driving Experience Microsoft Corporation
The Furman Co., Development, LLC and its subsidiaries have been involved from the outset to help implement CU-ICAR’s sustainability goals through the master plan for this project. A portion of this project could potentially consist of up to three buildings, ranging in size from 80,000 to 120,000 square feet each. These buildings, known as Collaboration 1, Collaboration 2 and Collaboration 3, have been designed to complement Clemson University’s automotive research facilities and to partially accommodate the project’s private-sector partners.
The first, Collaboration 3, is the home of The Timken Company. Timken decided to consolidate its entire research, development and testing operations into new lab facilities in South Carolina. They needed a 73,000 square foot lab and 44,000 square feet of office space, with a delivery date of late Summer 2006.
Furman Development began construction of the Collaboration 3 building in September 2005. The development team worked through time constraint challenges, permit requirements, and coinciding construction of the infrastructure needed from Clemson to make the building serviceable. Timken moved into their new offices in September 2006.
The Collaboration 3 building was designed to comply with the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design (LEED®) guidelines for Silver Certification. Despite extreme time constraints and challenges, Furman Development’s talented team of professionals delivered the building on time and within budget, and exceeded its original LEED certification goal. The project achieved LEED Gold Certification, honoring Furman Development as the first developer in the State of South Carolina to achieve a LEED Gold Certified project.
Sustainable design features of the project include:
Raised-access flooring Under-floor air distribution
Operable windows Low-flow restroom fixtures
Entry mats Recycling room
Drought-resistant/native plantings Sun-shading and sun control
No irrigation Indirect lighting, high-albedo roof
This project is the first LEED Gold Core and Shell building in the state of South Carolina, the second LEED certified in Greenville County, the first LEED Gold certified within the city limits of Greenville, the first LEED Gold building on the Clemson Campus, and the first LEED certified building at CU-ICAR. The project was also awarded The Carolinas Chapter of the Counselors of Real Estate (CRE) "Creative Thinkers Award".
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