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FLORIDA, U.S.
FIS HEADQUARTERS
WSP, ENTUITIVE
SITUATED ON THE ST. JOHNS RIVER, in Jacksonville, Florida, the 12-storey
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building world headquarters for Fidelity National Information Services
(FIS) was recently awarded LEED Platinum certification. The new 300,000
square-foot office space features a dynamic design offering modern workspaces, outdoor terraces, and ample amenities, such as cafés, fitness
and wellness facilities, and an adjacent six-storey parkade attached by a
connector building and bridge.
The headquarters were built with sustainability, resilience, and adaptability in mind, given that Jacksonville is especially challenged with frequent
hurricanes and tropical storms. In addition to the building’s energy efficiency measures, the project team sought to protect the site from rising sea
levels for the next 50 to 100 years. This included strengthening the walls at
the edge of the Riverwalk, adding a concrete curb at the perimeter of the
building, raising the finished floor an additional foot, and building up the
landscape with permeable surface and vegetation to delay the impacts of
rising sea levels.
Entuitive was engaged by Hines and Gensler to serve as the Building
Envelope (BE) consultant and Building Enclosure Commissioning (BECx)
consultant. As the BE consultant, Entuitive provided options for the daylighting design and high-performance envelope systems. As the BECx consultant,
Entuitive verifie d that the quality and execution of all the envelope systems
functioned as intended.
LEED, developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), is the most
widely used green building rating system in the world and an international
symbol of excellence. Through design, construction, and operations practices that improve environmental and human health, LEED-certified buildings
are helping make the world more sustainable.
“The project team was committed to achieving a high standard in environmental performance through the LEED Platinum certification, choosing
to optimize and commission the building enclosure was a key early decision
to demonstrate the performance of the whole building and validate that it
was designed and managed in an effective manner by avoiding conflicts
between trades as well as providing significant field testing and verification
as the shell was completed,” said Entuitive’s Building Envelope specialist
Timothy Wong.
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