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7970 S Energy Dr, Newberry, IN

32,000 Sq. Ft.

Keystone provided construction management & development services for the Battery Innovation Center (BIC), a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility located at WestGate Crane Technology Park in Greene County, Indiana. BIC is a collaborative initiative designed to incorporate leadership from universities, government agencies, and commercial enterprises to focus on the rapid development, testing and commercialization of safe, reliable, and lightweight energy storage systems for defense and commercial customers.

The building architecture is low maintenance, flexible, and energy efficient to support the ideas that are important to The Battery Innovation Center. Efficiency became an important balancing act in terms of the cost of square footage versus the cost of equipment required to run the facility at an appropriate level. The developer and the architect were able to reduce the initial square footage projected for the project once they had a full understanding of the equipment’s needs and the facility’s use.

The flexibility of the space was one of the client’s greatest goals, since daily changes in technology, research, and production can quickly outdate such a facility with confined setups and usage. Therefore, both the office and laboratory components are designed to be adaptable environments and incorporate adjustable modular walls and ceiling panels throughout for changes in equipment, power needs, and capacity with ease and efficiency.