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Project Specs

The Ford Assembly Building
Richmond, California
Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects

the People

Owner:
Eddie Orton, Orton Development, Inc.

Architect:
Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects
800 Bancroft Way   Ste 200 
Berkeley CA 94710
tel 510 843 0916 
fax 510 843 0949   

Personnel in architect's firm who should receive special credit:
Marcy Wong (Principal, Registered Architect) 
Donn Logan FAIA Principal, Registered Architect) 
Kent Royle (Project Manager, Registered Architect)
Ketki Shah (Project Architect, Registered Architect)
Cari Rosner (NOT Registered Architect)
Justin Tang  (NOT Registered Architect)
Ramelo Manding (NOT Registered Architect)

Interior designer:
Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects 

Engineer(s):
Structural Engineering:
The Crosby Group, Ravi Kanitkar

Structural Engineering:
(SunPower stair + other interior elements): 
Gregory P. Luth & Associates, Greg Luth

Mechanical Design Build:    
Bay City Mechanical, Inc

Electrical Design Build:         
Morrow-Meadows Corporation

Consultant(s)
Landscape: SWA, Bill Callaway

Lighting:
Craneway, Boiler House Restaurant):
Architecture & Light, Darrell Hawthorne

Lighting: SunPower): Angie Xanders

Acoustical: Charles M. Salter Associates, David Schwind

Other: Mark Hulbert Historic Preservation

General contractor: Dalzell Corporation, Bruce Hammon

Photographer(s): Billy Hustace, Billy Hustace Photography 

Alex Vertikoff, Alexander Vertikoff Photography    

 

the Products

Structural system: Dalzell Corporation installed

Exterior cladding
Masonry: Buff colored brick to match existing

EIFS, ACM, or other:  
Parapet replacement: FRP Laminate fabricated by Kreysler & Associates; Note FRP stands for Fiber Reinforced Polymer)

Roofing
Built-up roofing: State Roofing Company

Windows 
Steel:
Dalzell provided field fabrication from recycledhistoric components.

Aluminum:    
Paramount Aluminum Company at interior and also exterior clerestory windows

Glazing
Glass: Supreme Glass (Henry Najafi)
   
Skylights:  Paramount Aluminum Company

Doors
Entrances:  Dalzell field fabricated with components and hardware from Demountable Wall Supply (DWS) Union City, CA

Metal doors:   see above

Wood doors:   see above

Sliding doors: Rebuiltby Dalzell to match existing historic

Upward acting doors, other:  Clopay Doors - R&S Erectors

Hardware    

Locksets: Schlage

Hinges: Schlage

Closers: Norton

Exit devices: Norton
 
Pulls: Schlage

Cabinet hardware: Sugatsune pull SN-70/S (Satin finish)

Interior finishes
Acoustical material: Pinta Acoustics

Cabinetwork and custom woodwork: Plyboo

Paints and stains: Penetrol wipe-onto steel SunPower stair

Paneling: 9Wood Hemlock(solid, flat grain);stain #9W0119

Recycled Glass Counters: Vetrazzo at SunPower

Special surfacing:     
Floor and wall tile:
Graniti Fiandre Porcelain Tile
At all Bathrooms

Concrete floor finish: RP Coatings
    
Carpet:                
Bentley Carpets (SunPower)
Designweave & Earth Weave Carpets (Mountain Hardwear)

Furnishings
Office furniture:      
Knoll at SunPower
Technion at Mountain Hardwear

Reception furniture:   
Chairs: Knoll at SunPower

Stools: Swerve

Tables: Swerve; Knoll

Lighting
Interior ambient lighting:  
Poulsen, Solavanti, Aamsco, Vode
Zumtobel, Translight Sonoma, Shaper

Office Down and Uplighting: Peerless, Lithonia

Down lighting: Gotham

Task lighting: Alko
                       
Exterior: Refurbished Historic Light Fixtures
Eurotique- Antique street lamps

Conveyance
Elevators/Escalators: Otis

Plumbing:
Kohler, typical; Sloan flush valves; Elkay sinks; Oliviera sinks

Add any additional building components or special equipment that made a significant contribution to this project: 

Solar Panels: SunPower

1-megawatt high-efficiency solar power system

 

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