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PRINCIPAL CORPORATE EXPANSION <br />Des Moines, Iowa <br />Photograph by Rich Heki, Principal Financial Group <br />FACILITY TYPE <br />Office Building <br />CLIENT <br />Principal Financial Group <br />Des Moines, Iowa <br />ARCHITECT <br />Murphy Jahn <br />Chicago, Illinois <br />SIZE <br />528, 000 sf <br />FEATURES <br />Weitz was selected to be the general contractor upon completion of a competitive value engineering process <br />on this bid project. The building consists of a structural steel frame, composite concrete floor slabs with 100% <br />electrified metal floor deck and drilled caisson foundations. <br />Key interior elements include a Wellness Center and associated locker rooms, ornamental stairs incorporating <br />stainless steel, terrazzo and glass, a full service cafeteria with a commercial kitchen, and a computer room. <br />The exterior wall enclosure consists of four types of aluminum /glass /limestone curtainwall systems. Sitework <br />includes four different types of plaza pavers, a monumental stair /feature wall and a fog wall. The new building <br />was connected to the original campus via a glass enclosed skywalk and an underground service tunnel. <br />