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ELECTRONIC ARTS, PHASE II, REDWOOD CITY, CA

After successfully completing the 700,000 square foot Electronic Arts campus, as the contractor, construction manager and a member of the development team, Webcor was chosen to build their second phase. The first phase consisted of a 6 story office building, a 8 story office building, a 2 story commons building (which houses a cafeteria, gymnasium, and fitness center) a 4 level parking structure and 1+ acre open GREEN space for employee recreation and relaxation. This second phase of their 36-acre campus consisted of a 4-sotry, 316,000 square foot office building, a 4-story parking structure and a state-off-the-art 500 seat auditorium and received design and construction attention for its increased sustainability.

To produce the highly interactive environment necessary to Electronic Arts’ creative culture, the large footplates of the building open into a full height atrium providing a vast, open and flexible work space. To fully utilize the advantage of a concrete structure, the shear walls were moved it the exterior eliminating the need for architectural precast panels and generating a significant cost savings. The building features a raised floor distribution system or mechanical, electrical and data delivery systems which are efficiently contained in the sub floor area proving ‘plug & play’ flexibility and reducing energy costs by as much as 15%^

As part of the design team on Phase II, Webcor studied Electronic Arts’ actual power usage in order to make the final mechanical and electrical systems as efficient as possible, while still allowing for future capacity. The final design included mixed-sized equipment to better respond to the building’s load profile providing energy usage significantly lower than Title-24 and ASHRAE-90.1 requirements.

Additional sustainable features include:
  • Reduce heat island effect – through the use of high solar reflectance index (SRI) albedo roofing, as well as stacked parking structures (placing a minimum of 50% of parking spaces under cover).
  • Daylight & views – the open floor plan and space configurations provide a minimum of 90% of the building occupants a connection between indoor spaces and the outdoors through the introduction of daylight and views into the regularly occupied areas of the building.
  • Controllability of Systems (Thermal Comfort) – superior individual user control of HVAC systems (ASHRAE-55), and optimized indoor air quality and ventilation effectiveness through the use of operable windows and raised access floor air distribution systems (ASHRAE-62 and ASHRAE-129) enables building occupants to make adjustments to suit individual or group task needs and preferences.
  • Refrigerant Management – a high efficiency chilled water cooling plant was installed which uses no CFC-based refrigerants (VDF controlled compressors and HFC-134a refrigerant).
  • Measurement & Verification – an extensive direct digital controlled energy management system was specifically designed, programmed, and implemented on the project to evaluate the energy system performance of the buildings.



Owner: Electronic Arts
Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Civil Engineer: Brian Kangas Foulk
Landscape Architect: SWA
General Contractor: Webcor Builders

Construction Manager and General Contractor for Phase II High Tech Corporate Headquarters, 52 Acre Campus
4 Story Office Bldg., 317,000 sf
500 Seat Auditorium, 9,500 sf
4 Story, 764 Stall Parking Garage, 232,500 sf


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