IIHS Media Center & Street Scape
The IIHS Media Center is a media studio within a research facility. The organization tests new, never-before driven cars for safety results. It was built to help create podcasts and videos about the tests that were conducted. At the facility, they crash and rate new cars that they buy themselves, instead of a company sending them their own cars. This allows the organization to be independent and uninfluenced by outside corporations. Their tests are done in a controlled environment that resembles a small town with “buildings” and a park. IIHS Media Center wanted to create the facility to broadcast their results and ratings.
PROJECT START: March 2016
PROJECT SIZE: 1,700 SF
PROJECT DURATION: 4 months
CONTRACT VALUE: $459,122
CONTRACT TYPE: AIA Lump Sum
PROJECT MANAGER: Annette Tamblyn
ESTIMATOR: Andrew Maffey
SUPERINTENDENT: Warren Green
OWNER: Insurance Institute of Highway Safety
CONTACT: Raul Arbelaez, VP of Operations, rarbelaez@iihs.org
ARCHITECT: Wolf Ackerman
CONTACT: Fred Wolf, fw@wolfackerman.com