Science and Technology Studio Delivers Process-Driven Facility Designed to Optimize Office, Fabrication Spaces
Newport Beach, Calif. – (April 03, 2019) – Award-winning interior architecture and planning firm H. Hendy Associates (Hendy) today announced the completion of the new Southern California office space and fabrication facility for Southland Industries, one of the largest mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) systems firms in the nation. Located in Garden Grove at 12131 Western Avenue, Hendy delivered a process-driven and employee-centric environment designed to enhance Southland’s integrated solutions across the entire building lifecycle. Founded in 1949, Southland delivers customized engineering, construction, building automation, service and energy capabilities as standalone services or as integrated solutions.
Previously dispersed among two buildings, Southland’s new 160,000 square-foot fabrication facility unites employees across departments within a cohesive floorplan. The new layout creates synergy among processes and teams and provides Southland with the environment to continue to produce results that have earned the firm its unmatched reputation as an industry leader of next-generation products and equipment configurations.
“Southland’s new facility seamlessly reflects its holistic approach to building performance and celebrates the firm’s deep commitment to its people,” said Carolina Weidler, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and H. Hendy Associates project director. “Working against a tight project timeline called for an innovative design approach – one that pushed for collaboration between client, general contractor, interior architect and vendors – enabling us to create a cohesive and enjoyable work environment for Southland employees on time and budget.”
With the goal to enhance the way in which space is used within Southland, Hendy’s Science and Technology Studio measured the number of steps it would take employees to travel to key areas within the facility and designed pathways throughout the floorplan to support optimal navigation patterns. Using this insight to inform its design, Hendy delivered a highly-efficient working environment that promotes productivity, collaboration and quality Southland services and solutions.
To promote innovation and creativity, Hendy incorporated an all-new research and development center as well as spaces designed to hold newer and larger equipment. The new workspace also contributes to the firm’s recruitment and retention goals and includes employee-centric elements and amenity spaces such as a break room, centrally-located restrooms, showers and a “fun zone” with arcade games and lounge areas.
“As a company that has always prided itself on innovation and collaboration, we were craving high-performance work and fabrication spaces that could serve to enhance our commitment to integrated solutions, our design-build-maintain model, and an environment that serves our most important asset: our people,” said Southland Industries’ vice president and division leader Payman Farrokhyar. “Hendy’s design of our new facility not only delivers on Southland’s business objectives but will help us move our 70-year history of serving MEP industries forward for future generations.”
About H. Hendy Associates
Founded in 1979, H. Hendy Associates is a national interior architecture and planning company offering a full range of services for corporate and multifamily clients. In 2019, Hendy proudly commemorates 40 years of helping corporate clients seamlessly relocate or remodel, with services spanning strategic facilities programming, employee satisfaction analysis, change management and space planning. The company’s roster of workplaces includes TRI Pointe Group, El Pollo Loco, Monster Energy, Squar Milner, Mark IV, Yokohama Tires Corporation, Kawasaki and OluKai. Hendy’s multifamily projects include Alliance Residential ICIS, Candara, Angelene, Coronado Bay Club and Shea Vantis. For more information, visit hhendy.com.
About Southland
Founded in 1949, Southland Industries is one of the nation's largest MEP building systems experts providing innovative yet practical solutions through a holistic approach to building performance. Advocating a design-build-maintain model, Southland specializes in the design, construction, and service of mechanical, plumbing, fire protection, process piping, automation and controls systems, as well as comprehensive energy solutions. Offering standalone and integrated services, Southland’s in-house experts remain connected, sharing knowledge and information in order to produce the results that have earned Southland its unmatched reputation as one of the top design-builders in the nation. As a company that has always prided itself on innovation and collaboration, Southland continues to pave the way as an industry leader in sustainability and energy efficiency so as to improve the way buildings are designed, built, and maintained. For information, please visit southlandind.com.
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