Design-Build Team Takes Fast-Track Approach to New 170,000-Square-Foot Manufacturing Plant

A design-build team led by Crossland Construction Company, Inc. headquartered in Columbus, Kan., with GBA providing architectural design, is taking a fast-track approach to the design and construction of a new 170,000-square-foot seat manufacturing plant for Johnson Controls, Inc. The facility will be located on a 25.5-acre site in the 800-acre Horizons Industrial Park in Riverside, Mo. 

The state-of-the-art facility will manufacture seats for the Chevrolet Malibu produced at the General Motors Fairfax Assembly Plant in Kansas City, Kan., and the Ford F-150 manufactured at Ford Motor Co.’s Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo, Mo.

Johnson Controls is targeting LEED Silver Certification for the project from the USGBC. The company’s commitment to sustainability dates back to its roots and is a driving force behind the design and construction of this new facility.

According to GBA Project Manager Craig Rogge, AIA, DBIA, LEED AP, a variety of sustainable features are planned, from a structural load-bearing, precast sandwich wall building envelope system to a white TPO roof membrane, sunshades, use of regional materials, FSC certified lumber, and low VOC paints and finishes. A “job site” recycling program and other sustainability initiatives will be implemented throughout design and construction.