Austin,
Texas, September 3, 2010 - The Best of 2010 Awards
from Texas Construction recently named HomeAway® “The
Best in Category” for interior design/tenant
improvement. HomeAway is a 52,000 SF shell finish
project completed by SpawMaxwell/Austin in October
2009. At the start of interior construction, SpawMaxwell
worked alongside Hensel Phelps while the base building
was completed.
The
jury awarded projects based on entry criteria including
overcoming challenges & teamwork;
safety; innovation & contribution to the industry/community;
construction quality and craftsmanship; and function
and aesthetic quality of design.
HomeAway
also won in the category of “Green Builder: Commercial
Projects” in the recent Austin Business Journal’s
2010 Going Green Award. HomeAway is only the second
company in Austin to achieve LEED Gold for Commercial
Interior Design and is the first mixed-use project
in Austin to garner this prestigious recognition.
The
SpawMaxwell team included Jane Kalina,
project executive; Sanford Wyatt, project
manager; Travis
McGarraugh, superintendent;
Matt
Patrizi, superintendent;
and Shawna Eighmy, coordinator.
"HomeAway
is built upon the appreciation of the irreplaceable
qualities of home," said Brian Sharples, HomeAway
co-founder and chief executive officer. "This
extends to the one home we all share – Earth – so
we designed a building that embraces eco-friendly
practices to reduce our carbon footprint and foster
a healthy work environment and family."
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"As
advocates of green building in Central Texas, it
is exciting for us to see a leading edge national
company like HomeAway embracing the Austin ideals
of sustainable development," said Effie Brunson,
U.S. Green Building Council Central Texas Chapter
vice chair.
CTA
Group was the architect for HomeAway.
Some
of the unique elements of the HomeAway space include:
- A 20x20, steel frame bird
house spans the 3rd and 4th floors and is a signature
feature of the HomeAway corporate logo.
- The many display cases
throughout house the world’s largest collection of
snow globes – more than 800 were collected
by employees – and handmade birdhouses
built by HomeAway employees; an automated “snow
globe turning device” was designed and
fabricated during construction, which spins the
globes activating the “snow.”
- A 10 foot diameter “compass
rose” was etched into the stained concrete
floor on Level 3.
- Approximately 20,000 SF
of 4x6 Hunter Douglas Contract Techstyle Acoustical
Ceiling tiles were installed to create a “cloud
ceiling” effect.
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