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Applebee’s Restaurant Support Center
LEED® Silver Pending
 Architect
BNIM Architects
106 West 14th Street, #200, Kansas City, MO 64105
www.bnim.com
General Description
Location: Lenexa, Kansas
Date Bid: June 2006
Construction Period: Aug 2006 to Nov 2007
Total Square Feet: 186,465 Site: 30.72 acres.
Number of Buildings: One.
Building Size: First floor, 93,087; second floor, 93,378, total,
186,465 square feet.
Building Height: First floor, 11’ ˝” (to bottom of floor deck);
second, 11’8” (to roof, varies); floor to floor, 12’8”; total, 36’8” (to
top of atriums).
Basic Construction Type: New/Steel frame/II B.
Foundation: Cast-in-place, pier & grade beam, reinforced
concrete, slab-on-grade. Exterior Walls: Rain screen system (wood
cladding & zinc corrugated metal siding). Roof: Membrane.
Floors: Concrete, concrete filled metal deck, raised access
flooring.
Interior Walls: Metal stud drywall.
Construction Team
Structural Engineer: Structural Engineering Associates, Inc. -
1000 Walnut, #1570, Kansas City, MO 64106
General Contractor & Cost Estimator: J. E. Dunn Construction -
929 Holmes, Kansas City, MO 64106
Mechanical & Electrical Engineer: Lankford + Associates, Inc. -
1730 Walnut, Kansas City, MO 64108
Civil Engineer: Shafer, Kline & Warren, Inc. - 11250 Corporate
Avenue, Lenexa, KS 66219
The Applebee's Restaurant Support Center houses more than 500 associates
that provide assistance to 1,965 Applebee's Restaurants worldwide. The
Center's design responds directly to the needs of Applebee's Services,
Inc., a brand of DineEquity, Inc. (NYSE: DIN), with a focus on associate
satisfaction, productivity, food innovation and development of the land
and building in ways that minimize negative environmental impact.
The restorative site design incorporates native landscape with
water-efficient and low maintenance prairie grasses, wild flowers, and
best management practices for storm water management. All on-site water,
as well as a percentage of off-site water, is either absorbed or routed
and cleaned through vegetated swales and wetlands prior to reaching the
existing neighboring lakes.
The two-story building is nestled into the sloped terrain and organized
along a curved circulation system - with entries above on a prairie
level and ground setting at lake level. Four, open office wings extend
out from the building services and circulation, separated by exterior
landscaped courtyards and 2-1/2 story atriums allowing day light entry
and views outward from the wings.
The Culinary process is on center stage directly off of the main entry
and part of the first grand atrium. Showcased are menu development,
quality assurance, and beverage operation teams that all support the
creation of innovative food and drink development. The other two atriums
house special functions, including associate dining and recognition,
coffee bar, event space and breakout areas from training rooms.
The building enclosure is energy efficient with increased thermal
insulation, Energy Star(R) reflective roofing, and rain screen systems
that protect the exterior walls with cladding materials of Cumaru wood
planks from managed forests and zinc corrugated metal siding for long
life and low maintenance. Designed to provide increased day light, south
facing windows are optimized by external shading devices for higher heat
gain periods and atriums have motorized shades that operate as a result
of sunlight position. Thermal comfort is enhanced by a central chilling
loop, on-floor mechanical units and under floor displacement air supply
with individual controls.
The open workplace design encourages interaction and the furniture
selections give emphasis on job function and work style needs, using
products that allow easy change and adaptation as job functions change.
Spaces for meetings - both open and enclosed - are located throughout to
promote team collaboration and small enclaves give all associates a
place to have private conversations or conduct concentrative work.
The Center is expected to achieve a LEED®
Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
Manufacturers
DIV. 7: Insulation: Thermafiber CW90 Mineral-Wool; Membrane
Roofing: GAF EverGuard TPO White FB 60.
DIV. 8: Entrances & Storefronts, Windows, Curtainwall: United
States Aluminum; Glazing: Viracon.
DIV. 9: Sheathing: Georgia-Pacific DensGlass Gold; Resilient
Base: Roppe; Tile Carpet: InterfaceFLOR; Access Flooring: Tate.
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