Project Details

Number of Buildings: 2

Square Footage: 1 Million

Location: Atlanta GA

Project Status: Completed

Target/Completion Date: September 2021

Contact:
Hampton Whatley
hwhatley@newcomb-boyd.com
Andrew Morris
andrew.morris2@nscorp.com

Norfolk Southern Headquarters

Norfolk Southern | Newcomb & Boyd

Project Fusion: Building Technologies & Data Insights

Norfolk Southern’s new high-performance headquarters has been designed as an efficient, next-generation urban campus that reimagines employee work environment and experience. Through technology, this campus built a single mobile experience application, a work order system, and a single pane of glass for building operations to integrate amenities and function for a reimagined occupant comfort experience. Composed of two office towers, the complex is unified by a five-story campus-style hub for employees to work and socialize. The hub also features multiple roof terraces as well as parking for 2000 cars. The entire development is clad in a high-performance enclosure with floor-to-ceiling glass to maximize daylight and views. Amenities include an on-site dining facility, rooftop garden and private greenspace, fitness center, state-of-the-art conference and training facilities, on-site childcare, and a variety of workspaces to serve employees’ diverse needs while fostering interaction and collaboration.

Challenges:

• Vendor adjustments and staffing
• SME Matriculation
• Adoption practices
• Bleeding edge technology function vs. cutting edge
• COVID-19 (enough said)

Successes:

• Executive level support for all initiatives; vendor commitment
• True collaboration between construction entities, end-users, information technology and owner
• Converged Network Design and Workshopping Team; versioning processes and working in an agile format
• HQ features touchless technology from top to bottom; and technology that enables the new era of hybrid work
• One of the first LEED Gold certified office buildings in Georgia

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