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March 29, 2021 by Timberly Dinglas

Approaching their 100th anniversary, Covington & Burling embarked on the relocation of their offices to the Foster + Partners designed One CityCenter. The goal for the interiors was to create more flexibility and address changes in technology needs for the 850-person firm. The new space is 7% smaller than the previous headquarters but by using innovative acoustic and technology design, Cerami helped Covington & Burling expand their available workspace.

With the successful deployment of Covington & Burling’s DC office, Cerami was later engaged to work on their other office locations around the United States, including New York, Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, San Francisco and internationally on their South Africa locations.

Signature Solution: Cerami provided acoustical and technology design services for the law offices located in two interconnected buildings on levels 7, 9, 11 and the roof. Tenant space in the two towers were horizontally connected with glazed bridges and external stair towers vertically link all Covington space.

A combination of sound absorption and sound masking was implemented to maximize speech privacy for offices and conferences rooms and increase client confidence and comfort in discussing legal matters.

Technology scope of work included the relocation of a main on-site server room, as well as resilient technology infrastructure to support the firm’s future needs and growth. Furthermore, ubiquitous wireless network availability was also implemented to give lawyers freedom to work wherever and whenever they want.

October 8, 2020 by Adrienne Petrella

Baker Botts recently occupied the top four floors of 700 K Street at Anthem Row, where it currently serves as the anchor tenant of the building. Designed to Baker Botts’ specifications, the new space includes common spaces and amenities to help facilitate a collaborative environment, as well as a flexible office space to accommodate its future growth. Cerami’s team supported the design and implementation of low-voltage information technology, acoustic, audiovisual, and security systems technology required to meet Baker Botts’ needs.

Signature Solution: Cerami ensured that the building infrastructure will support Baker Botts’ technology requirements for the next 15 years, as well as incorporate future-ready system designs that can be easily upgraded without affecting the building infrastructure. Mitigating risk to the IT systems was an area of significant focus, both during design and during implementation. In design, the security of the IT fiber riser was ensured and a lightning protection system for the outdoor WAPs and security cameras designed.  In implementation, water valves were noted in the IDFs, resulting in the installation of a physical barrier as well as a remotely reporting temperature and water sensor.

The rooms and shared spaces were designed as highly functional, appealing, and inviting spaces that enhance the staff’s well-being. Similar system capabilities and user interface were implemented across all room types matching campus standards to ensure seamless experience by all users.

Ubiquitous wireless network availability was integrated throughout the facility for Baker Bott’s employees, guests and visitors. This wireless access was also extended to the outdoor patio area. All digital display devices, including digital signage and wayfinding, were converted into wireless collaboration displays that encourages spontaneous collaboration and allows public spaces to become extensions of the learning space. Furthermore, Video Management System and Electronic Card Access Control Systems were integrated to lobby vestibules, shipping elevator vestibules, stairwell doors and other critical areas.

 

October 2, 2020 by Adrienne Petrella

As a long-standing tenant of Hines’ Columbia Square since 1987, Hogan Lovells ventured into a multi-phased modernization of its Washington, D.C. headquarters and a transformation to a workplace of the future aimed at attracting top talent and fostering collaboration, productivity, and engagement. The office design comprised of practice floors that would accommodate over 500 employees and legal staff, a Conference Center and reception on the entire 13th floor, a childcare center, and a new rooftop pavilion.

The goal was to create a central hive with the purpose of encouraging interactions and collaboration among its employees, and ultimately create standardized law offices to accommodate Hogan’s future growth. Our acoustics team helped achieve this by implementing optimized acoustical performance throughout, with a focus on quality of environment for both privacy and productivity.

Signature Solution: Maintaining privacy and confidentiality are major challenges for law firms. It is no different for Hogan Lovells who not only seeks to improve privacy to protect clients’ rights but to also to create a comfortable environment where its employees can work productively without unnecessary distractions. We started with their DC Headquarters and developed the acoustic blueprint that would integrate open breakout and “oasis” spaces with the acoustic privacy needed for each attorney’s office.

During the pilot floor design in Washington D.C., we performed acoustical testing of the mock-up space as well as existing spaces, providing design review and recommendations alongside the design and ownership team, enabling the client to make an informed decision on acoustic performance of glass office fronts, partitions, finishes and sound masking systems.

A combination of sound absorption and sound masking were implemented to improve speech privacy for offices and conferences rooms. Sound masking was also incorporated in corridors, open areas, and reception to help mitigate noise build up in key workplace areas as well as in the large double and triple-height client-facing spaces. Now when employees and clients move from area to area, the acoustic aesthetic is seamless, providing a calm and sustainable environment for the thousands of lawyers who view their office as a second home.

In addition to Hogan Lovell’s DC office, we also recently completed the fit-out of their Boston office and  relocation in Northern Virginia, where we were able to seamlessly integrate our knowledge of the base building with the strategy for the new office space.

We were also engaged as Hogan Lovells acoustic consultant for their more recently completed New York home at 390 Madison Avenue. We had a strong understanding of Hogan Lovells’ workplace values and needs, guiding them through transitioning the New York office into more visible workspaces with glass office fronts and collaborative and client areas in an acoustically challenging building.

 

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