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EMC Insurance Companies

Owner: EMC Insurance

Architectural and Engineering Design Services: BBS Architects | Engineers

Construction Completed: 2018

Client Need: EMC Insurance Companies purchased the 21-story Hub Tower in 2010.  The high rise building, built in 1985, is adjacent to their main campus in downtown Des Moines.  After the purchase, EMC began updating building finishes and infrastructure.  In 2017, BBS and elevator consultant Lerch Bates undertook a project to modernize the building’s six main high-rise elevators with re-built motors, new, ADA compliant car interiors, new controllers, and a new control system. 

BBS Approach: The destination dispatch control system allows a potential rider to select their destination floor as they summon an elevator.  The system then assigns them an elevator to ride, grouping riders by destination floor.  This concept is designed to cut time waiting on elevator cabs and also to make rides faster.  The system learns rider patterns based on time of day and uses predictive algorithms to stage cars closer to anticipated demand.

Project Results: Hub tower was the first Midwestern high-rise to employ destination dispatch elevator control.

Corporate Headquarters Renovation
Parking Garage
Hub Tower Conference Center
New Office
Catholic Pastoral Center Rehabilitation
ABC - Office Build-Out
219 Eighth Street
Hub Tower Office Tenant Improvement
Home Office Building with Expansion
Corporate Headquarters
Corporate Highrise
Common Ground - Coffee Shop
Arizona Farm Bureau Center
Des Moines Public Market
Utah Farm Bureau Center
Office Renovation
BBS at 219 8th Street
Science Center - New Facility
Reid “E” Research Facility
Minnesota Farm Bureau Center
Wyoming Farm Bureau Center
IADA Office Renovation
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