Project Specs

United States Census Bureau Headquarters
Suitland, Maryland
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill

the People

 

 

the Products

Structural system:
Office Building: Steel
Garages: Concrete

Exterior cladding
Metal/glass curtainwall:
Viracon VE1-2M 1” insulated Glazing unit with 10% ceramic frit (curved Lines) – Viracon (Glass) – Enclos Corp. (Curtain wall Manufacturer)

Concrete:
Green-tinted precast concrete spandrel panels with Mica flakes – Artex Systems, Inc.

Wood:
Wood Blades:
Curved, glue laminated white Oak sun-shading blades – Sentinel Structures

Wood Cladding:
Panelized tongue-and-groove IPE Boards – ISEC, Inc.
EIFS, ACM, or other:
Ivy Green Screen system (Parking enclosures) - GreenScreen

Roofing Elastomeric:
GAF

Other:
white reflective.
All roof systems installed by Prospect Waterproofing

Garden roof assembly:
engineered soil & landscaping Roof system by American Hydrotech

Intensive system at garage
Extensive system at office building

PVC Roofing:
fully adhered PVC roof membrane system (white reflective) complete with flashings and terminations by GAF

Windows
Aluminum:
Enclos Corp

Glazing
Glass:
see above – Curtainwall

Skylights:
United Skys, Inc.

Doors
Entrances:
Architectural clear glass doors, by American Architectural Metal Fabricators, Inc.

Metal doors:
Long Island Fireproof Door Co.

Wood doors:
Interiors – pivot wooden doors with push/pull handles by Elmes.

Glass doors:
Interiors –Architectural glass doors with push/pull handles by Elmes.

Fire-control doors, security grilles:
Long Island Fire Door (fire control doors); Overhead Door Company of Washington DC (security grilles)

Hardware
Locksets:
Corbin Russwin, Matise heavy duty type with lever type trim

Hinges:
stainless steel pivot hinges at ground floor and office support nodes; full mortise concealed hall bearing

Closers:
Norton, Rixon

Exit devices:
Monarch

Pulls:
doors: by Elmes.

Security devices:
As specified and installed by U.S. Census Bureau

Cabinet hardware:
Rixon, Ives, Corbin Russwin, LCN, DARCOR, SOSS, Hagar Roton, Hafele

Interior finishes
Acoustical ceilings:
Dining:
USG Geometrix ceiling panels – basket weave pattern

Servery:
USG Transluscent ceiling panels
Workplace:Armstrong Optima Open Pan 1220 x 1400 Plank ceiling with 15/16 prelude grid exposed

Suspension grid:
USG
Demountable partitions:
KI demountable office front systems with acid etched glass

Cabinetwork and custom woodwork:
Polybois, Quebe

Paints and stains:
Workplace walls: Benjamin Moore and Sherman Williams paint: color spectrum at nodes and cores.

Wallcoverings:
Street: Formglas FRG wall Panel custom designed by SOM

Credit Union:
Sina Pearson Calypso Banana wall Covering
Auditorium, Training & Conference Center: Maharam Medium #463490 color 029 pistachio & # 458640 color 013 Myrtle

Cores:
Custom vinyl wall coverings design by SOM, production by Fromkin Brothers, Inc.

Paneling:
Dining: Black Walnut wood veneer panels by Polybois

Special surfacing:
Glass Fins: Vanceva tinted Laminated glass by American Architectural Metal Fabricators, Inc.

Floor and wall tile
Servery:
Stonesource Veneto glass tiles, DalTile ceramic tiles

Dining, Servery, Café & Credit Union:
white & bleu terrazzo by Roman Mosaic

Kitchen:
Quarry Tile (floor), Ceramic Tile (walls) DalTile

Street:
white terrazzo by Roman Mosaic

Access Flooring:
Tate Access Flooring with under floor ac-supply

Resilient flooring:
Armstrong, Manning, Johnsonite

Carpet:
Milliken Way carpet (Designed by SOM) – 36 x 36 carpet tiles

Dining, Servery, Café & Credit Union:
Milliken Way carpet (Designed by SOM)

Broad loom carpets by Bentley Prince Street

Raised flooring: Tate Access Floors

Furnishings
Office furniture: Knoll Morrisson workstations – Humanscale Freedom Chairs

Reception furniture:
Chairs
:
Street, Servery, Cafe & Nodes: Fritz Hansen series 7 chairs

Dining:
Brayton Switch chair with ArcCom fabric

Credit Union & Node Conference Room:
Humanscale Freedom chair

Auditorium:
KI Versa chair

Tables:
Street, Dining & Nodes: Knoll Arena tables

Credit Union & Node Seating Area: Keilhauer Branden Banquette, Keilhauer Branden Table

Node Conference Room: Howe Conference table

Upholstery:
Café, dining & Servery: Arc-Com “Silverado”

Node:
Momentum “Tease & Sense” and Sina Pearson “Calypso” (Brandon benches, Momentum “Velese” (Cal lounge chairs)

Fitness Center:
Maharam/Voyage

Auditorium, Training & Conference Center: Chairs: Humanscale “Vellum” upholstery; Tables:
Wilson Art laminate; Tables (training center off auditorium): Veneer; Pallas Textiles “Savoy” (auditorium chairs)

Conference Center / Break out areas: Sina Pearson “Calypso” fabric (Branden chairs);
Momentum “Velese” fabric (Canal chairs).

Other furniture (use additional sheet if necessary):

Lighting

Interior ambient lighting: Street: Baldinger custom skylight fixture.

Downlights:
Dining: Nieghthardt Inc. Dome pendant light fixture, Day-O-Light linear direct/indirect luminaire

Training Center: Prudential skydome fluorescent light fixture; Edison Price Predlite metal
Halide downlight

Workplace: Day-O-Light 4’ linear fluorescent

Exterior: Lumec, Noral, Erco, Exteriuer Vert, Zumtobel, Edison Price, Forum Security Lighting, Indy, Alera, Allscape, Lithonia, Bega

Controls: Lutron

Conveyance
Elevators/Escalators: Fujitech

Accessibility provision (lifts, ramping, etc.): ADA