The new Owatonna manufacturing facility is located on 36 acres and measures 340,000
square feet or eight football fields under one roof. The perimeter is nearly ½ mile.
- Manufacturing space: 275,000 square feet
- Office space: 35,000 square feet
- Warehouse space: 30,000 square feet
Special Features
- An education center complete with bleacher/stadium seating for 225 employees
- Windows throughout factory to incorporate natural light into the workspace
- Open offices on the perimeter allow natural light for all office employees
- 3,000 square feet of workout facility for employees also serves as a showroom
Environment Friendly
- Energy efficient equipment: A $3.5 million state of the art powder
paint electrostatic system has energy efficient motors throughout the entire paint
processing system
- Water recycling system allows filtering and re-use of water in
the paint process over several times; it reduces daily waste water from the painting
process to the treatment facility dramatically. All runoff is captured in two holding
ponds (for water shed management), and the surrounding area will be seeded for the
use of wildlife and natural foliage
- Windows installed throughout the building reduce energy use by
10% and enhance the work environment for employees with natural sunlight
- Energy efficient lighting is state of the art (HID ballast coupled
with Holophane high efficiency Super Glass) which dramatically reduces the number
of fixtures needed without sacrificing light levels.
- Building design and insulation factors produces energy savings
in utilities by as much as 25%
- Cybex green incentives were self initiated and self-funded
Building Factoids
- Building occupied in August 2007
- 22 teams of employees worked on the design
- The floor is comprised of 7,500 yards of concrete. It took 755 cement trucks to
deliver it.
- 150 semi-loads of pre-cast concrete wall panels were used
- It took 7 weeks to excavate and grade the site - 29,000 cubic yards of dirt were
removed
- 11,095 yards of sod were laid. 44 trees and 164 shrubs
- HVAC required over 150 tons of heating and cooling
- The steel stud framing was 71,456 linear feet or 13.5 miles of steel stud
- 300,000 screws and 4,560 man hours were needed to put up the dry wall