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Edwards Vacuum
Submitting Company: Robert Evans Company
Location: Hillsboro
Start Date: May 2018
Completion Date: June 2019
Owner/Developer: Edwards Vacuum/Robert Evans Company
Architect: LRS Architects
Engineer: AAI Engineering
General Contractor: Robert Evans Company
Subcontractors: Artisan Moss, Baker Rock, BMS, Browns Architectural, Cherry City Electric, CIC, Concrete Cutting and Placing, Corbin Consulting Engineers, Elmer’s Flag and Banner, Envise, Funax Cleaning, Imperial Steel Craft, Interior Technology, Kopp Construction, Ligman Lighting, MASCO, McDonald & Wetle, Metro Overhead Doors, Milne Masonry, Northwest Survey, NW Fire Suppression, Pace Equipment, Pacific Decorative Concrete, Pacific Mobile, Panelized Structures, Pihl, Pioneer Millworks, Point Monitor, Rayborn’s, River City Glass, Rubenstein’s, Sawtooth Caulking, SDB Contracting Services, Security Signs, Siegner + Company, Solid Form Fabrications, Spaniol’s Striping & Signs, Summit Wood Creations, Sunrise Landscape Services, TCM, ThyssenKrupp, Whitaker Ellis, Wyatt Fire Protection, Xtreme Communications

When Edwards Vacuum decided to consolidate its North American headquarters in Hillsboro, what began as a simple tilt panel warehouse building grew into a multifunctional hub for creation, collaboration and connectivity.

The project ultimately consolidated three existing leased facilities in Hillsboro and workgroups from an east coast facility through a highly interactive design-build delivery method. The building is 75,000 square feet, with a 50,000-square-foot ground floor footprint and a 25,000-square-foot second floor.

The ground floor includes manufacturing and assembly space, research and development labs, and a high bay warehouse. The building entry opens to a two-story volume that connects to the second floor. This area serves as a gathering space and is surrounded by classrooms, training rooms, and an innovation and demonstration center.

The second floor is filled with open office space, conference rooms and employee break areas, all designed according to the flexible activity-based workplace model. The ground and second floors are linked by an open stairway ascending from the gathering area. Divided into neighborhoods, the open office layout supports a range of work styles arranged around a central circulation spine. Collaboration areas, ranging from intimate meeting nooks to open work tables, knit the various neighborhoods together.