41,110 SF | Office, Warehouse, Manufacturing | Phoenix, Arizona

With this new flagship facility, Phoenix Pumps reinforces its industry-leading status as a full-service provider of industrial liquid pumps of all kinds.  Its primary customers are in the mining, power generation, commercial, chemical, food and beverage, and municipal water and wastewater markets.  Typical of so many of the Cawley Architects’ projects, this owner-user build to suit project is for a locally owned and operated family business.  Working closely with the family principals and the LGE Corporation, Cawley designed this striking concrete tilt office, warehouse and manufacturing building.  The design features a unique two-story office area with a distinctive metal panel pylon that is the building’s signature.  The warehouse and manufacturing area is 24 feet clear and features a five-ton bridge crane for their repair and manufacturing operations.

Owner: Phoenix Pumps
Contractor: LGE Design Build
Interiors: Iconic Design Studio

166,985 SF | Manufacturing Headquarters | Surprise, Arizona

Southwest Products Corporation is a leading manufacturer of heavy industry service trucks, custom generators, and specialty tanks for mining and other large-scale industries in North America.  This manufacturing facility brings together 50 years of engineering experience required to fabricate and assemble heavy industry truck bodies and unify them to truck chassis from the major manufacturers.  The facility includes 16,500 SF of corporate two-story office, 118,000 SF of manufacturing space for service trucks and generators, a 45,000 SF exterior welding bay with gantry cranes, and a 1,500 SF parts and will-call area convenient to off-street parking.  The building is surrounded by a concrete yard large enough to secure raw truck chassis, equipment, and parts storage and all finished inventory.

The project was designed and constructed with the companion 420,000 SF cross-docked Park Skyway project in Surprise, Arizona, taking advantage of the economies of scale for construction costing.

Owner: Southwest Products
Contractor: LGE Design Build
Interiors: Iconic Design Studio

177,750 SF | Aerospace Headquarters | Mesa, Arizona

Able Engineering is a 177,750 SF advanced aerospace, maintenance, repair, and overhaul facility at the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport.  This headquarters facility for a nationwide aircraft repair company includes corporate offices, advanced manufacturing, plating, and storage.  The facility also includes a helicopter hangar for advanced commercial retrofits and repairs.

The City of Mesa facilitated this innovative P3 (Public Private Partnership) with Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, and this rapidly growing aerospace company.  They contracted to design, finance, and construct this facility and lease it back to Able.  The initial economic impact for the first year of operations was for construction and equipment purchasing, and the ongoing yearly impacts are projected to grow.  Because of the innovative approach to a Public-Private agreement, the project was awarded the Economic Impact Project of the Year Award from NAIOP in 2013.

Owner: Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Authority
Contractor: D.L. Withers Construction
Interiors: Evolution Design

135,227 SF | Industrial Office Warehouse | Gilbert, Arizona

Footprint is dedicated to creating a healthier planet by eliminating single-use plastic food ware and packaging products.  They design, develop, and manufacture plant-based molded fiber technologies that are biodegradable, compostable, and recyclable. The company provides sustainable packaging materials to leading global brands and is the fastest-growing molded fiber company in North America.

At the request of Footprint’s owners, Cawley Architects and Iconic Design Studio created office and manufacturing spaces dedicated to promoting opportunities for staff in every department to huddle and work collaboratively.

The primary design concept was an open two-story office surrounded on two sides with a mezzanine overlooking the main floor.  Spaces on the first floor surround an open café, where the staff is encouraged to meet comfortably at any time during the day.  The café has freestanding tables and bench-style banquettes, and each touch-down space has an interactive monitor, promoting team partnering and co-working.  Vibrant colors and natural materials complete the areas creating a bright, contemporary working environment.  Adjacent to the café are four freestanding conference rooms for private and secure conversations.

Located behind the offices are the technical lab and the R & D departments, that have direct access to both the offices and the manufacturing plant.  We designed the manufacturing area as a series of self-supporting modules, each supporting a multi-million dollar machine producing the packaging products assembly-line style.

The first construction phase included utility and infrastructure power for three machines, with a future option to expand to ten machines total.

Due to Footprint’s need to begin manufacturing quickly, we broke the project down into three construction phases.  An aggressive schedule allowed the design team to move through each phase’s permitting process just in time to begin the next construction phase.  This process allowed the company to begin production well in advance of the completion of the entire plant.

Owner: Footprint Inc.
Contractor: Atlas Construction
Interiors: Iconic Design Studio