NEW ORLEANS, LA — RNGD, a national construction services company, has opened an expansive new headquarters campus in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.
Home to RNGD’s regional corporate headquarters, training center, and construction and manufacturing operations, the redeveloped 8-acre urban campus combines a 30,000-square-foot office building, a 25,000-square-foot training center, an expanded 80,000-square-foot manufacturing facility, a 10,000-square-foot tool and logistics warehouse, and a 5,000-square-foot mechanic shop. A 6-acre adjacent property will function as a construction laydown yard for storing heavy equipment and supplies, as well as provide space for future expansion.
The entire 14-acre campus, which comprises 150,000 square feet of buildings, will serve as home base for RNGD’s 265 New Orleans-based employees and accommodate future growth of the expanding business.
Delivered in just 192 days, the new headquarters campus showcases the company’s in-house expertise. RNGD managed the entire exterior construction process, maximizing quality control and efficiency. To build out the exterior, the RNGD Prefab team installed 113 wall panels, covering 17,000 square feet, with a production rate of 20 panels per day. This saved four weeks on the critical path, accelerating completion and occupancy.
Renegade Academy — RNGD’s professional development program — will operate out of the onsite training center, which will also offer educational programming to serve individuals and organizations across the local construction workforce.
The company’s expanded onsite manufacturing facility will support RNGD’s growing team that specializes in steel fabrication and erection, as well as standard prefabricated elements for construction projects at every scale.
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“As we expand our commitment to the city, state, and region, we’re excited to bring together our entire New Orleans team on the same connected campus,” RNGD Founder and CEO Wesley J. Palmisano said. “Because the development enables cross-functional collaboration among RNGD teams, it will accelerate our mission to innovate and move the construction industry forward.”
RNGD managed the design and construction of the entire redevelopment, leveraging its in-house expertise in commercial, heavy civil, and infrastructure construction; steel fabrication and erection; and manufacturing of standard prefabricated elements. New Orleans-based EskewDumezRipple served as architect of all project elements.
