Allergan – 4 Millennium Way

Precis provided architecture and engineering design services for a multipurpose facility for Allergan (now part of AbbVie), a pharmaceutical company that develops and manufactures medical devices and brand-name drugs. The facility was designed to support the manufacture of reconstructive tissue products for human health care.

The project involved the fit-out of an existing high-bay, shell building initially designed as a warehouse. The architecture and engineering design was competitively bid directly to the owner prior to development of a conceptual plan. The design team, working closely with the owner, developed a concept layout and basis of design, which were provided to construction management firms to secure bids. The conceptual design effort identified multiple design aspects that were not included in the originally requested facility design.

The project objective was to create new facility areas to consolidate existing operations for research and development (R&D) laboratories, warehouse operations, kitting operations, quality control inspection, office, cafeteria, and facilities support. The fit-out scope was limited to the east half of the 147,500-sf building, encompassing approximately 73,750 sf, with the remaining space designated for future expansion. A new second floor contains a 20,000-sf office space and a 14,000-sf mechanical space. The remaining 73,750 sf received minimal modifications to appropriately maintain the environment until the future buildout can be executed. Utility systems for the two halves of the building were originally designed to support both halves of the facility.

The building design is based on meeting the requirements to receive state funding under the local Economic Development Authority program and to meet minimum Leadership in Energy and Environmental Development (LEED) Silver Certification. Based on value engineering exercises and budgetary constraints, the building requirements were reduced to meet LEED Certified level.