Construction Time Lapse -- JAMF Software Office in Eau Claire, WI

When JAMF Software, creator of enterprise management software for the Apple platform, decided to establish a new office building in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, it turned to Ayres Associates for architecture that would invigorate employee collaboration and communicate the company’s dynamic and growing culture.

Ayres Associates facilitated an integrated project delivery process that brought out the best in the designers, contractors, manufacturers, and owners. Using building information modeling (BIM) and fast-track project delivery, Ayres designed a new 72,000-square-foot, four-story office building with basement and mechanical penthouse.

Construction began in August 2013 and was completed by fall of 2014. Designing the building with precast concrete columns, beams, and planks simplified construction that continued through a brutal Wisconsin winter.

Inside, the four-story glass lantern on the northwest, the observatory on the south, and the town hall on the fourth floor provide ample opportunities for break-away areas with natural daylighting and transparency. Three floor levels have free-flowing layouts of low-profiled workstations in a high-ceilinged, exposed precast concrete-structured space. Dry-erase coatings on the walls provide platforms for impromptu brainstorming sessions, designed to capture sketches, formulas, and team members' thoughts.