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Daxco Office Space Fitup
Birmingham, AL

The Daxko Office Fitout is an office fitout project constructed for Daxko, a Birmingham technology company, located in the five (5) story, approximately 125,000 sf University Park Plaza building in Homewood, AL. The project for this office tenant consists of 30,795 square feet of modern office fitout over two (2) floors with many unique construction characteristics that complement the innovative business model of the tenant. Murray Building Company was engaged by Daniel Corporation, the building’s manager and owner, to build the project for the tenant, which involved conventional commercial construction with steel framing and drywall. The project consisted of many open collaborative work areas, themed conference rooms constructed of full height glass walls, exposed ductwork and ceiling structure, and a kitchen/dining area. The focal point of the project was a new monumental steel staircase retrofitted into the building to span two floors and serve as the connector between the private workspace on the 4th floor and the 5th floor public entrance to the Daxko office.

On this project, many opportunities to participate based on merit were offered to the construction community. In order to ensure the project was delivered to the owner within budget, the project was divided into thoroughly scoped trade packages and bid to three or more subcontractors/vendors for each category. Given the nature of some of the trade packages, Murray Building Company was able to offer some smaller and/or newer subcontractors unique opportunities to prove themselves and show that the merit shop system is the most successful way to build. Murray Building Company’s quality control program was implemented with these subcontractors; helping train them to understand the quality expected and position them for more opportunities on other projects.

The project has a total contract value of $980,759 and was completed in four (4) months. Countless factors played roles in the success of the Daxko Office Fitout, but above all, the teamwork approach was bought into by everyone involved in the project, setting up the project and the team for success.