LOCATION
Omaha, Nebraska

AREA
1 million GSF

PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The Tower at First National Center was built to accommodate the First National Bank of Omaha offices in the heart of downtown. The First National Bank Tower Renovation project offers a more collaborative and healthy office environment for employees to return to work; our team designed new mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and technology systems to renovate specific floors of the 45-story building.

PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS

• 2024 ACEC Nebraska Honor Award Winner and Category Award Winner in the Building Systems and Technology section.
• Pursuing WELL Certified Platinum on Floors 7 (conference room), 15 (office), and 17 (food service).
• The open workspace design throughout each business unit floor has a unique power distribution to workstations and other furniture that allows a direct line of sight to the views of the Omaha skyline throughout the tower.
• Integrated a lighting design with customized lighting controls to provide a modern and inviting space for employees. Included capabilities include customizable lighting output levels for each control area on each floor to counter the daylight available throughout the day.
• On typical floors, the heart of the workspace is the lounge space on the east end of the floor. Our team selected fixtures with wood tones and a warmer color temperature to give the space a more hospitality-type feel.
• The renovation included “The Interchange,” which is a full-service kitchen for employees on the 17th floor with private dining, wellness suites, an IT bar, quiet areas, and a game area for a more relaxed environment.
• Designed waste stream diversion (landfill, recycling, energy bags, and composting).
• Introduced active-learning andragogy to the corporate training and development instructors and designed several new technology-rich training spaces tailored to this new teaching method.
• Re-imagined the client-facing spaces to boost engagement and foster Owner-Client partnership by leveraging immersive projection mapping, large-scale, direct-view LED walls, architecturally embedded displays, and soundscapes.
• Collaborated with the project architect and a specialty sculpture manufacturer to create a one-of-a-kind centerpiece on the marketing unit floor that incorporates a large, direct-view LED element.

Photography credit: AJ Brown Imaging