The Baldwin Park Home Depot project is a Home Depot standard plan configuration that thas been used on the majority of its stores around the country. These tilt up concrete, high bay, panelized roof buildings are created for efficiency and economy. Exposed structural and system elements abound as a teaching tool and for economy's sake. Undisguised and unfinished building elements are accepted in the name of lower overhead, and thus lower prices.

Enclosed in a narrow site, bounded by Puente Avenue on the west and a hotel on the east, parking for the Home Depot is inserted south of the building between several existing retail mall buildings. Pole lamps along the perimeter of the site illuminate three sides of the building, while single and dual head pole lamps light up the general parking area.

Common to projects like this, the owner furnished all the light fixtures, poles, switchgear, panels and the emergency generator assembly.This is a method whereby owners agree to take on the risk and responsibility of all major material purchases to avoid contractor mark-ups. Because Home Depot’s focus is on retail sales of building materials, they have a significant advantage over most owners in that they were able to furnish the materials at a wholesale cost through their own distribution channels. As such, they were not only able to negate the contractor material mark-ups but were also able to save the cost differential between full wholesale and retail.

As part of its services to Energy Services Contractors, Inc., we prepared a lump sum bid for all CSI Division 16 components of the primary warehouse and ancillary buildings. Performing by the high standards of DACM Project Management estimating department, a thorough review of the bid documents was conducted which identified specifics of the scope of work. We then secured quotes from numerous wholesale suppliers and were responsible for all material quantity take-off preparation and pricing. We also provided data for and secured quotes from various low voltage system subcontractors, including life safety / fire alarm, security, display lighting controls, communications and remote lighting systems.