258-acre site, with construction projectedto take approximately 10 years, said MikeGillaspie, Cerner’s Director of FacilitiesDevelopment. Cerner Innovations is thelargest economic development project inMissouri’s history, he added.

The complex is in an area that waseither undeveloped or formerly home toBannister Mall, the Montgomery Ward &Co. building, Benjamin Stables, andHypermart USA. (Phases 3 & 4 will bebuilt where the Hypermart was.)

PROJECT TEAMThe JE Dunn project team includes

Kyle McQuiston; Curtis Golba, VicePresident; Matt Jansen and Will Thielen,Senior Project Managers; KevinMcPartland, Mike Schmelig, and MarkPatras, Project Managers; Jamison Clark,MEP Engineer; Cassie Morrison andCherie Caughern, Senior ProjectEngineers; Hillary Kaub, Nick Dutton,Jerad Croghan, Emily Held, SamBreitenbach and Nick Woodard, ProjectEngineers; Mitch Swymeler, QualitySpecialist; Andrew Letsch, BIM Specialist;Kim Sanders, Linda Webb and ShannaClausen, Project Coordinators; DanKanzler, General Superintendent;Jason Pruitt, Doug Pruitt, Dave Evans,Paul Cook, Matt Gregg and ClarkBowden, Project Superintendents; and

Miss GG Owens, Community RelationsRepresentative.

Cerner Property Development, Inc. (CPDI)is the Owner. Cerner contracted with GrandConstruction to be the Owner’s Representative.Cerner Properties and Facilities will operatethe facility.

Gould Evans is the Design Architect and theArchitect of Record. Gould Evans wasrepresented by Tony Rohr, AIA, NationalManaging Principal; Deb Ford, AIA, ProjectArchitect and Vice President; Todd Ault, AIA,Associate Vice President; Jay Browning, AIA,Senior Project Architect; Emily Harrold, AIA,Interior Designer; Doug Hurt, AIA, SeniorProject Architect; and Nick Christopher, AIA,Matt Pauly, Nick Baumgarten and David Parks,AIA, Project Designers.

The project is expected to meet the 15%Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and 10%Woman Business Enterprise (WBE) goals forparticipation. More than 40 MBE/WBE tradepartners have performed work on the project.

At the intersection of Health Careand Information Technology sitsCerner Innovations, Cerner

Corporation’s latest addition to the KansasCity landscape. The street names reflectthe vision and mission of the world’slargest publicly-traded health informationtechnology company.

JE Dunn Construction Company wasthe General Contractor for Phases 1 & 2 ofCerner Innovations, which is located inKansas City, Missouri, east of 1-435between 87th Street and 95th Street (EastBannister Road).

Phase 1 is an 11-story office towerserved by a twelfth floor mechanicalpenthouse. North of Phase 1 is Phase 2, aneight-story office tower served by a ninthfloor mechanical penthouse. The twotowers are connected by the four-storyConnector building, which has a fifth-storyrooftop terrace.

South of and contiguous to Phase 1 isthe Link, a two-story structure which willeventually link Phases 1 & 2 with Phases3 & 4. The latter two phases are in theplanning stage.

The Phase 1 tower and the Connectorbuilding contain a total of 465,517 squarefeet; the Phase 2 tower contains 315,763square feet; and the Link contains 77,259square feet. The total square footage of allfour buildings is 858,539.

The Central Plant serves all of Phases 1 & 2and is located on the east side of Phase 1, on thefirst floor. Future phases will have their ownCentral Plant.

JE Dunn mobilized to the site on January19, 2015. Phases 1 & 2, including the Connector,are scheduled to be completed on time by theend of 2016. The Link is scheduled to becompleted on time in March 2017. The fourbuildings were coordinated and constructed

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CERNER INNOVATIONS

From upper-left: Phase 2 (north) tower, Connector, Phase 1(south) tower, Link, and (continuing south) planned Phases3 & 4. (Image courtesy of Gould Evans)

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West elevation. Phases 1 & 2 of CernerInnovations near completion on December 12,2016. The Phase 2 (north) tower is at left. ThePhase 1 (south) tower is at right. Between thetwo towers is the Connector, which serves asthe main entrance to Phases 1 & 2. The Linkbuilding is at far right. (Photo by Paul Kivett)

LARGEST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN MISSOURI’S HISTORY IS NOW WELL UNDER WAY

concurrently in order to meet the fast-trackschedule, said Kyle McQuiston, Vice President/Project Executive, JE Dunn.

JE Dunn self-performed the concrete,masonry, rough and finish carpentry, and precastconcrete erection. They reached a peak ofapproximately 650 workers during the fall of2016, when they were finishing all scopes ofwork including the sitework, landscaping, andfinal layer of asphalt for the parking areas.

About 3,000 employees, mostly softwareengineers, will begin moving into CernerInnovations in January 2017. The entire projectcalls for a total of eight additional towers on the

CERNER’S FOURTH MAJOR COMPLEXUpon entering Cerner Innovations from 87th

Street to the towers, Hillcrest Road has beenrenamed Health Care. From the roundabout westof Phases 1 & 2 to East 93rd Street, HillcrestRoad has been renamed Information Technology.The Phase 1 & 2 towers are numbered 1024.This address, which is for Cerner’s internalproperty use, converts in bytes to one kilobyte –a reference to technology.

The official Cerner Innovations address onfile with the City is 8779 Hillcrest Road. Thisaddress was chosen to reflect the company’shistory, said Mike Gillaspie. The number 8779recalls the year the company went public (1987)and the year it was founded (1979). The number87 was placed before 79 because the Unicodesymbol for 8779, a triple tilde [≋], refers toThree Trails, the name by which the complexwas originally known.

Cerner Innovations is the company’s fourthmajor complex in the Kansas City area. Theother major complexes are: Cerner WorldHeadquarters Campus at 2800 Rock CreekParkway; Cerner Realization Campus at 10234Marion Park Drive; and Cerner ContinuousCampus (pictured below) at 1024 InformationTechnology Way. The latter campus is located atthe east edge of the Legends Shopping District,near Interstates 70 and 435.

JE Dunn and Grand completed CernerContinuous Campus in May 2014. Its two nine-story office towers provide office, conferenceand support spaces for 4,000 employees and areconnected by a dining facility and health clinic.The entire complex contains a total of 650,000square feet and was named “Continuous”because it houses client support operations thatare open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.Gould Evans was the Design Architect andArchitect of Record for the Cerner ContinuousCampus as well.

LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGYIntegration and utilization of advanced

technology at Cerner Innovations was a toppriority for JE Dunn, said Andrew Letsch, the

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Members Companies ofThe Builders’ Association WhoWorked on Cerner InnovationsPhases 1 & 2• A K Lee Construction L.L.C.• Ambassador Steel• AT Abatement Services, Inc.• Barnes & Dodge, Inc.• George J. Shaw Construction Co.• Building Erection Services Company• Burns Boys Company• C&C Group• Ceco Concrete Construction• Construction Anchors, Inc.• Control Service Company, Inc.• Contract Services Corporation Structural Steel Division• Cornell Roofing & Sheet Metal Company• C.S. Humphrey & Co., LLC• DH Restoration, Inc.• Doherty Steel, Inc.• Enterprise Precast Concrete, Inc.• Firetek, Incorporated• Flynn Midwest, LP• Gerdau• Gonzalez Construction LLC• Hanrahan Asphalt Paving Company, Inc.• Hartline Construction, LLC• Hayes Drilling, Inc.• Higman Equipment Company, Inc. dba Siggins Company Inc.• Hogarty & Associates Inc.• Insco Industries, Inc.• International Builders & Consultants, Inc.• J.A. Lillig Excavating, Inc.• JaBral, Inc.• FDC Contract, a John A. Marshall Company• K&G Striping, Inc.• K Building Specialties, Inc.• Kansas City Structural Steel, Inc.• K.C. Coring & Cutting Construction• LMG Construction• Mark One Electric Company, Inc.• MMC Contractors National, Inc.• Musselman & Hall Contractors, L.L.C.• MVP Painting• PCI (Performance Contracting Inc.)• Pro Balance Inc.• RCS Millwork, L.C.• Rew Materials, Inc.• S&W Waterproofing, Inc.• SGH, Inc.• Skyline Construction Company, Inc.• Stadium Sheet Metal, Inc.• Talon Concrete & Aggregate LLC• Terracon Consultants, Inc.• Total Interiors, Inc.• Western Fireproofing Co. of Kansas, Inc.• Wilkerson Crane Rental, Inc.

West elevation of Cerner Continuous Campus, which JE Dunn completed in 2014.

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“In recent years we have made a significantinvestment in technology to enablegroundbreaking innovation, increase efficiency,and collaborate more frequently with all tradepartners,” commented Andrew. “Buildings havebecome more complex and schedules tighter.This has created a need for tools that reduceworker hours, rework, and waste. Our advancedand widespread use of technologies such asBuilding Information Modeling (BIM) havetransformed the process of design andconstruction throughout all phases of the projectlifecycle, from conceptualization through projectcompletion, resulting in substantial savings inconstruction costs.

“On the Cerner Innovations project, weleveraged BIM 360 Glue, Autodesk’s cloudsoftware,” he continued. “Models from severalplayers were brought together and clashed forconflicts or design issues. After the conflictswere identified and submittals reviewed, tradepartners could confidently send their models tofabrication, allowing installation to be donecorrectly the first time.

“The real value is the efficiency gainedduring construction. A total of 175 trade models,25 JE Dunn models, and 10 design models werecompiled to create federated models using BIM360 Glue. Leveraging the cloud greatlyenhanced team collaboration by allowing allteam members access to the project models atany time, on any device.

“During installation, trade partners’ fieldstaff used iPads for unfettered access to cloudmodels that were updated in real-time. This is amore Lean-oriented approach to the typicalsiloed approach using Navisworks, which is astatic model. With the tight schedule andconstantly changing scope of work, the cloud-based software allowed field staff to keep upwith the changes.

“Near project completion, coordinated trademodels were linked with operation andmaintenance data to help facilities managementeasily find maintenance cut sheets for specific

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decoiling (in which the coils of stainless areunwound, made flat, and cut into sheets), andstamping with a linen texture.

The individual sheets were shipped toWalldürn, Germany, for the Light InterferenceCoating (LIC) process. Initially, a small numberof coated sheets were returned to the UnitedStates to be incorporated into the rain screenmock-up that was made onsite. The LIC processinvolves controlled oxidation of the stainless,which thickens its naturally-occurring chromiumoxide layer so that it reflects only certainwavelengths of light and has the desiredcoloration. The chromium oxide layer is UVresistant and has a finish warranty of 50 years,noted Curtis Golba.

The following stainless finishes were usedon the towers: Bead Blasted Charcoal, LinenCharcoal, Linen Natural, and 5WL Natural. Thefollowing types of stainless finishes were usedon the Link: Bead Blasted Magenta; BeadBlasted Gold/Green; and Chocolate Bronze andTitanium for approximately 30,000 square feet

of aluminum composite material. The stainlessfinishes used at Cerner Innovations helpdistinguish it from the Continuous Campus,where Linen Natural and Sharkskin Wheatwere used.

The stainless sheets were crated andtransported from Walldürn to Hamburg, wherethey were loaded into containers and shippedback to the United States. Upon arriving inKansas City by rail they were delivered to FlynnMidwest, LP’s shop. Flynn Midwest fabricatedthe sheets into the final panels and installedthem using swing stage (Hydra deck)scaffolding. Prior to this, added Curtis, FlynnMidwest was responsible for installing the newair barrier system, insulation, structural girts andextrusions to support the stainless panels, andglazing (photo below).

Training spaces for new employees arelocated in the Phase 2 (north) tower, on level 3.Floor-to-ceiling glass fronts were used to createa more open and collaborative environment.

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A MUTUAL STAKE IN SAFETYAn Owner-Controlled Insurance Program

(OCIP) was used to cover virtually all liabilityand loss arising from the project. “Managingsafety through an OCIP was new to the team,but with Cerner placing a major emphasis onsafety and our team seeking ongoingenhancement of its safety culture and protocols,this project presented the perfect opportunity forus to collaborate,” said Joey Smith, SafetyCoordinator, JE Dunn.

“Setting clear expectations and beingtransparent with tradespeople and trade partnerswas an important step in furthering our mutualgoal of a safe work environment. Everyoneonsite had a voice in identifying and correctingpotential safety risks and every voice was heard,giving workers a sense of ownership in theirpersonal safety.

“A ratio of one safety manager to 30tradespersons was maintained for eachcontractor, and a full-time nurse was alsodedicated to the site. This helped support thegoal of zero incidents. We want all tradespeopleto go home safely to their families at the end ofeach workday,” added Joey.

BUILDING OVERVIEWThe two towers have reinforced concrete

framing. The framing for the Connector buildingis concrete up to level three and steel abovelevel three. The Link building is all structuralsteel due to its complex nonrectilinear shape.

The HVAC uses a direct air system. Thefirst two floors of Phase 1 are fed from outsideair units which pull the air in, allowing thosefloors to be zoned individually. When there is anevening event, the HVAC can be running for thelevel 1 and 2 lobbies without being turned on inthe rest of the building.

Similarly, the mechanical room in Phase 2contains the HVAC systems for levels 1 and 2,including the health clinic, fitness center, lobbyspaces, and the User Experience Lab – each ofwhich can be zoned off.

In both towers, levels 3 and above are fedfrom their respective mechanical penthouses.The penthouses have a series of HVAC units andrelief units (all of which are direct outside airunits) that feed the desired zones as needed.

The Central Plant provides the chilled waterand hot water for the boilers. This water feedsout to all the individual units. The outsidecooling tower allows for water to be chilled asneeded for particular floors.

The floor plans in both towers primarilyinclude open workspaces which have been leftopen to the concrete structure above for anindustrial look. In certain areas, ceiling panels(“clouds”) were hung within the concrete pansfor acoustical purposes. Ceiling panels were alsoused throughout the corridors, where theyconceal most of the mechanical and plumbing. A6"-high access floor in the workspaces providesspace for electrical wiring. All air conditioningducts are overhead.

RAIN SCREENThe towers and the Link have an exterior

stainless steel rain screen. The stainless steelwas purchased in the United States, where itwent through several processes including

CERNER INNOVATIONS PHASE 2 (NORTH) TOWER: NORTH ELEVATION

The efficient sequencing of the exterior skin and enclosure of the towers was facilitated by use of aHydra deck mobile scaffold system on the perimeter of both towers simultaneously. The exterior framing,installation of the windows, and installation of the substructure for the rain screen were performed fromthe respective Hydra deck work platforms, which helped drive the schedule. The Hydra decks are drivenby gas-powered motors and were loaded every morning with all the materials needed for the day. Thedecks travel up (and down) the silver mast sections (or posts), which are made of steel and arestructurally anchored (bolted) to the concrete floor slabs.The white portion on the exterior is the air barrier, which has been sprayed over the green portion, whichis an exterior-grade gypsum board product. Once the air barrier has been sprayed, the window framescan be set. The silver diagonal galvanized portions hold the insulation in place and are part of thesubstructure for the rain screen panels, which lock into the aluminum back member sections (the darkvertical lines). The tower crane is independent of the Hydra deck, and is being used to load the roof withmaterials. Spandrel glass is used at the floor levels to conceal the concrete slab.

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“ ” In the last few years Grand and JE Dunn have completed almost $500 million of workin place for Cerner Corporation. None of it has been simple. We have had to deal withchallenges on all fronts, including budgetary and scheduling issues, but we have beenblessed with strong leaders within the JE Dunn team who are good at keeping their eyes onthe end goal and not becoming distracted. Thanks to the team we have every reason tobelieve that the end users will be extremely happy with the completed projects.

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helpful in determining what these nodes shouldbe,” added Tony.

CONNECTORVisitors to the Phase 1 & 2 towers park on

the west side of the Connector and enter thegrand entrance lobby on level 1. This lobbyfeatures a metal panel barrel vault ceiling thatextends from the second to the third level. Awide stairway connects the first and secondlevels. The second level opening around thestairs has glass rails to enhance the open feel.

On the south side of the lobby, a wall ofblackened steel panels extends from the firstlevel to the second level. On the south side ofthis wall is a patent tree with existing patentsand room for future patents. Polished concreteflooring is used throughout levels one and two.

On the east side of the Connector is anoutdoor courtyard with a fireplace and board-formed concrete walls that lean outward to thesecond level.

The Connector’s fifth-floor outdoor rooftopterrace has furniture and planters and will serveas a gathering place. Its 12"-high rooftop paversystem conceals a series of roof tile anchors.Window cleaners can remove the pavers andhook their rigging to the anchors in order toclean the glass facade. On the east and west sideof the roof are 3/4"-thick laminated glass windbreaks attached by structural caulking to “knifeblades,” which hold the glass in place. The knifeblades were custom-designed to meet the windloads and are bolted to the concrete decks.

LINKThe first floor of the Link contains dining

facilities that will serve Phases 1 & 2 andeventually Phases 3 & 4. There are three diningpods in the Link with a variety of food options.The back-of-house kitchen is located on the eastside of the first floor of Phase 1, near theloading dock. On the second floor of the Link isa 1,000-person conference space that is divisibleinto six spaces.

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time. That’s why we made some of the floorsquieter and not completely bright, and otherareas full of natural light. The design was verypurposeful.”

NODESEach tower has neighborhood nodes which

will help employees move from one floor toanother. Each node will also have its ownpurpose, from a library to a game room to amaker’s space.

“The nodes are significant because ofCerner’s decision to create these special placesthat combine floors where you can go to relax,or to use the other side of your brain, or getaway from your computer and do somethingactive. They allow for a little bit of rejuvenation,a little bit of a break. The nodes give the floorscharacter, variety, and uniqueness that Cernerasked for in terms of helping enhance theirculture. Their technology engineers were very

THE ASSEMBLY

The Assembly is located on levels 3 and 4 of the Connector building and provides space for up to 300people to gather and exchange ideas. The stadium seating slopes from the north down to the south. Therisers have electrical outlets so employees can plug in their laptops. Meeting or “breakout” rooms arelocated on the east and west sides of the seating area on both levels. Under the stadium seating is thegrand entrance lobby’s barrel vault ceiling.

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Phase 1 level 3 has a large meeting roomwith walltalkers (which have a high gloss paintsurface) and back-painted glass (which providesa high-tech feel) for dry erase presentations.

THE DESIGN PROCESS“Cerner’s expectation is that design

decisions reinforce their corporate attributes andgoals. They really enjoy and insist on therebeing great meaning behind the design,” saidTony Rohr. “Cerner Innovations is differentculturally from the Continuous Campus in thatbecause of the nature of what they do, people atCerner Innovations move across and up anddown the buildings more frequently,collaborating and going to meetings. To reflectthis interaction between levels, we wanted therain screen and the window patterning at CernerInnovations to span more than one floor. AtContinuous Campus, the rain screen sits on theslab edge, but at Cerner Innovations the rainscreen system runs past the slab, and strips ofglass span two floors.

“At Continuous Campus we also workedwith the rain screen providers to achievemultiple depths from the outside of the skin tothe glass, which helped create a patterning ofdepth and shadow on the building,” continuedTony. “We did some of this at Innovations, butnot as much. Cerner Innovations reallyrepresents another evolution in the way DNA isused artistically in the patterning of the skin.Most of the exterior glazing is concentratedtoward the center, where there are the most areasof collaboration inside. The rain screen becomesmore concentrated toward the edges because thatis where most of the ‘heads down’ space is.

“One of the things we learned from Cerner’sIP [intellectual property] engineers is that theyspend a certain amount of time during the daywith their teams talking about what they haveaccomplished and what they are working on, andwhiteboard this information at collective teammeetings,” explained Tony. “Many of theirengineers said that when they go back to theirwork they don’t want to be distracted, they don’twant too much light, they need heads down

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Phases 1 & 2 and will also eventually servePhases 3 & 4. The guardrails for the fitnessstairs outside the health clinic, as well as themain lobby stairs in the Connector, reflectCerner’s culture and vision.

“We embedded several quotes about healthand health care from Neal Patterson [Chairmanand CEO of Cerner] and Cliff Illig [ViceChairman and Co-Founder of Cerner] into therailing systems,” said Tony Rohr. “We wentthrough a list of quotes from their leadership overtime, and Cerner’s client team helped us pick outthe ones they thought were the most relevant.”

Curtis Golba recalled that as JE Dunn waspreparing to pour the second level, the originaldesign was altered to provide for the fitnessstairs. The change reflected Cerner’s belief thatthe health clinic and fitness facility areintrinsically married, commented Todd Ault.JE Dunn installed a block-out to create anopening in the flat slab for the fitness stairsand the pour was made on schedule, eliminatingthe cost of saw-cutting out the slab andperforming structural modifications. “This wasa great example of the team pulling together,”said Curtis. p

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The main part of the Link faces west. Aseries of sawtooth fins were used on the westside of the building to reduce the solar load,which also reduces the amount of natural lightinto the main level and second floor. Thesawtooth fins extend from the main level up tothe canopy. To bring more light into these areas,three rooftop monitors were added on the westside of the Link; the monitors face north.

Cerner wanted to be able to make theconference space black for presentations, saidTodd Ault. Therefore the large glass walls on thenorth side, which can pick up natural light fromthe roof monitors, can also be blacked out.

On the south side of the Link is a first floorpatio with a cedar clad ceiling which willeventually tie into an outdoor patio space. Thepatio space is next to a section of land (betweenthe Link and the planned Phase 3) that will serveas a floodway for the site. A second floor patioterrace, outside the event conference room, has adeep overhang (also cedar) to provide shade.

The Link has shear walls with exposed x-bracing. There are four exits: a stairtower at thenorth end of the Link, an exterior stairtower atthe southwest corner, an exit on the norththrough the tower, and a monumental stairlocated in the dining space (image on page 5).

PULLING TOGETHERThe second floor of the Phase 2 (north)

tower has a health clinic and pharmacy whereemployees can pick up prescriptions. Fitnessstairs connect the health clinic to the fitnessfacility on level 1. The fitness facility serves