Eisenhower Executive Office Building — 17th Street Modernization
Washington, DC
Project Details
Owner: General Services Administration
Contract Amount: $113,005,423
Notice to Proceed: April 7, 2004
Completion Date: March 2, 2007
D/B Architect: Hayes, Seay, Mattern & Mattern, Inc. (HSMM), Washington, DC
Bridging Documents: The SmithGroup, Washington, DC
Grunley Construction was the Design-Build contractor on the 17th Street Modernization of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB) project. This design-build project covered 192,000 sf of the massive building's 692,000 sf of space.
Today the EEOB is regarded as one of the nation’s premier architectural treasures and is a designated National Historic Landmark. The structure’s several wings have been the subjects of various restoration and renovation activity for much of the past 20 years.
The 17th Street Wing contract was the first phase of a massive upgrade/renovation effort that will transform the building into a modernized, state-of-the-art facility incorporating flexible office space while preserving the building’s most important historic features.
The design-build team was led by Grunley Construction with contractor Coakley & Williams Construction, Inc., of Gaithersburg, Maryland, and architecture and engineering firm Hayes, Seay, Mattern & Mattern, Inc., (HSMM) of Washington.
Included in the scope of work was the:
- Removal of non-historic partitions within the EEOB and the creation of more open, flexible spaces to accommodate future technological advances and frequent tenant relocations
- Incorporation of integrated and updated electrical and telecommunications systems that will be located within a raised access flooring system
- Addition of a new central utility plant
- Preservation and restoration of significant historic details that are affected by the modernization process
Last Updated: April 23, 2008