The facility is intended to be an innovative 鈥榳orkplace of the future鈥� that will bring multiple company organisations together into one building to foster creativity and collaboration.
Balfour Beatty will be providing preconstruction and construction management at risk services. 鈥淲e are thrilled to be Eastman鈥檚 partner on such an important project for their company,鈥� said David Laib, senior vice president at Balfour Beatty.聽 "We look forward to providing Eastman employees a world-class, innovative workplace that they will be proud to call home.鈥�
The multi-storey office facility will be designed to accommodate more than 850 employees and feature amenities such as a fitness centre, cafeteria, customer meeting spaces, customer innovation space and conference rooms. The design will incorporate Eastman鈥檚 high-performance and energy-efficient building products where possible, flexible space solutions, and maximum natural light.聽 Jacobs KlingStubbins of Philadelphia is serving as the project鈥檚 architect-engineer.
Eastman is a global chemical company that serves customers in approximately 100 countries and employs approximately 14,000 people around the world. The business centre is part of Eastman鈥檚 overall 鈥楶roject Inspire鈥�, a US$1.6bn (拢1bn), seven-year plan that will add 300 new jobs and grow the company鈥檚 corporate campus and presence in the local Kingsport area.聽
Construction is anticipated to begin the first quarter of 2014 with completion aimed for late summer 2015.
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