CASE STUDY

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Cargill
Wayzata, Minnesota

Corporate Headquarters Office Center Renewal

The Corporate Headquarters Office Center was fully renovated including all mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, and technology infrastructure while the building remained occupied and open for business. PEGASUS GROUP led the coordination effort with the Owner and the Design-Build Team to define and detail project phasing that would work from a business operation and continuity perspective as well as a construction perspective. This included review of existing field conditions, verification of existing mechanical and electrical service, developing plans as needed to provide temporary utility services to areas of the building, working with Cargill’s Communications staff to develop regular communication to staff, vendors and visitors of pedestrian routes to and through the building, temporary business unit moves either within the Office Center or to off-site leased office space, parking restrictions, loading dock requirements for vendors and construction, etc.
 
PEGASUS GROUP worked closely with the Design-Build Team and the Owner’s furniture vendor to coordinate furniture layouts with power and data infrastructure. In addition to overseeing the construction activities, we also worked very closely with the Owner’s contractors that we retained for Cargill through a competitive procurement process that met their corporate purchasing guidelines in terms of IT (low voltage) infrastructure, data closet requirements, security system (card access and video surveillance) requirements, Audio Visual systems, etc. We coordinated those design requirements and work activities with the Design-Build Team.

​One of the critical areas of the Office Center project was the development of the “Traders Floor”, an area where the commodity buyers/sellers operate in conjunction with the other corporate trading locations around the world. Significant data and communication infrastructure were put in place as well as 100% redundant mechanical and electrical services to ensure operational “up time” as well as their direct communications to their other global locations.  

The project has allowed Cargill to consolidate its office operations within the Twin Cities letting them vacate multiple leased space locations. As Cargill CEO David MacLennan stated, “the improved synergies of their operation between forty different business units is immeasurable.”

​SERVICES PROVIDED BY PEGASUS GROUP

• Strategic Planning and Project Development
  • ​Risk Management
  • Budget and Cost Control Strategies
• Design Administration Services
• Construction Administration Services
  • Contract and RFP Development
  • ​Project Phasing and Control - management of multiple ​schedules within ​the same project
  • Project Accounting
• Move Planning and Coordination
• Warranty Administration
• Project Closeout Services

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​Phased Design-Build project delivery method allowed changes to be made to later phases based upon the outcome of the earlier phases.

Phased Design-Build project delivery method allowed the project schedule to be customized
​to meet the needs of the Cargill business units.

Pegasus Group successfully coordinated the activities of the builder with the suppliers/ installers of furniture, demountable walls, AV systems and security systems to create an efficient flow of work allowing all business units to move into their new spaces on-time. 

Pegasus Group was an active, contributing member to eleven different team throughout the life of the project.

This project was highly visible, complex and impactful. With expert help from Pegasus Group, we were on time, on budget and successful - achieving our financial goals, our energy reduction and reuse goals and our goals for providing an invigorated, energized and safe workplace for our employees and visitors. We enthusiastically recommend Pegasus Group for your project. They are skilled professionals and a genuine pleasure to have as a partner." -
​Carol Larson, Assistant Vice President, Office Services, Cargill, Inc. (retired)