CLIENT: T. BAKER SMITH | LOCATION: PRAIRIEVILLE, LA
Continued growth at T. Baker Smith's Baton Rouge-area office had pushed the limits of its existing leased space. As the civil engineering consulting firm expanded, the company needed a workplace designed specifically around its employees, operations, and long-term plans rather than continuing to adapt a space that could no longer support the way the office worked.
Greenleaf worked with T. Baker Smith to develop a new facility in Prairieville that could improve day-to-day workplace efficiency while giving the company a foundation for future growth. Planning considered the needs of a multidisciplinary firm providing surveying, engineering, planning, and environmental services, with an emphasis on creating a flexible workplace that could continue adapting as teams and staffing changed over time.
Because future growth could not be predicted precisely, Greenleaf approached the property as a long-term campus rather than designing only for the company's immediate space needs. The site was master planned to accommodate two 8,500-square-foot office buildings along with a 4,000-square-foot survey building, giving T. Baker Smith a framework for expanding its operations over time without having to rethink the organization of the property with each future project.
Flexibility was carried into the building itself through the use of DIRTT Interior Modular Construction. The modular system allows interior spaces to be reconfigured as departments and staffing needs evolve, while also supporting integrated technology and more efficient construction. Together, the campus master plan and adaptable interior systems allow the facility to respond to both T. Baker Smith's current operations and growth that had not yet been defined when the project was designed.
