New setting suits sun; building a campus for a rapidly expanding computer giant requires up-to-the-minute planning and execution. (Merit Award * Commercial * Sun Microsystems Inc.).

Building Design & Construction, May, 2002 by Danner, Morgan Luciana

In 1997, as the dot-com boom continued its madcap ride toward the heavens, computer giant Sun Microsystems Inc. anticipated doubling its work force from 30,000 to 60,000 employees to meet market need. Faced with a shortage of usable space, the company decided to migrate from 90 percent rental properties to 70 percent ownership of facilities it occupies. Today, the $76 million phased development of 635,000 square feet of office space on a 37-acre campus in Newark, Calif., is allowing Sun to keep pace with the current economic climate, and has won a 2002 Building Team of the Year Merit Award.

The task confronting the building team was formidable because of the logistics and timing involved. But with intense cooperation and a multipackage, fast-track design...

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