Creative Merchandising Systems expands and moves into new award winning and eco friendly building.
Award Description:
Design: Dixon Architecture/Northern Structural
Contract: Competitively Bid
Budget: $437,000
Supervision: Curt Thon and Greg Kerkstra
Don Smith, the owner of Creative Merchandising Systems, is a client who takes great pride in his business.
He wanted his new facility to not just represent what his company stands for, but also make a statement about
how they strive for continuous improvement in all facets of their business. Kerkstra conducted considerable preconstruction budgeting with Don. The long term benefits lower mechanical cost, higher durability, and better residual value made precast the obvious choice for CMS which was originally drawn as a pre-engineered steel building,” said Dean Rosendall, Vice President of Construction - First Companies.
“We made the decision to go with precast over pre-engineered steel at Creative Merchandising Systems for two reasons,
the first is the energy savings that can be realized through the use of precast and the second is the durability and useful life
of the building,” said Don Smith, owner – Creative Merchandising Systems.
Web Links:
Michigan Economic Development Corp (MEDC) - Press Release
Assoc. Builders and Contractors (ABC) - Award Description