By Marie Bowers
Cranbury, NJ-October 23, 2014 V.J. SCOZZARI & SONS, INC took part in the Topping Out Ceremony with TRUMPF Photonics, Inc.
Employees of both firms took part in the topping out ceremony held at TRUMPF’s Cranbury, New Jersey location. The event was marked by everyone in attendance signing the final steel to be used in the facility expansion project and a brief tour of the expansion. In addition everyone present was treated to a lunch of Leberkäs, a specialty food found in the south of Germany similar to bologna, and soft Bavarian pretzels for lunch.
The multi phased expansion of the Cranbury, NJ facility will provide TRUMPF with a new 6,180 square foot 35’ high mechanical room design to accommodate a significant expansion of process related systems and equipment, to support the Research & Development purposes of the facility and to provide redundancy in support systems. This includes the addition of three cooling towers and multiple chillers providing over 450 tons of supplemental process cooling.
A second phase includes a 6,420 square foot addition to provide employee amenities including a café, a kitchen, employee meeting rooms, locker rooms, and ancillary amenities. The employee amenity addition is design to support a future second floor addition.
V. J. Scozzari & Sons, Inc. and the specialty contractors engaged for this project are utilizing industry leading 3D/BIM modeling and Virtual Design & Construction (VDC) technology through the entire process to model the systems, coordinate, estimate, plan, and virtually build the new facility and systems. The models allow the Project Team Members to virtually navigate through the expansion and identify clashes in the process and mechanical intense project. The technology is further leverage to maximize efficiency through off-site pre-fabrication of significant portions of the systems thus reducing costly onsite coordination, fabrication, and testing, which further expedites job-site, time sensitive operations, resulting in a condensed overall project schedule.
TRUMPF Photonics is part of TRUMPF Inc., the North American subsidiary of the TRUMPF Group, a world leader in sheet metal fabrication machinery and industrial lasers based near Stuttgart, Germany. The TRUMPF Group was founded in 1923 and is a family-run business. The TRUMPF Group has 56 subsidiaries and branch offices and more than 9,500 employees and generates sales in excess of $3.12 billion. With approximately 626 employees, TRUMPF Inc. is the largest subsidiary within the TRUMPF Group and is one of the largest manufacturers of fabricating machinery in the United States. TRUMPF, INC. is dedicated to serving the US, Canadian, and Mexican market needs in areas of fabricating machinery, OEM lasers, laser marking, and electronics.
V.J. Scozzari & Sons, Inc. is a 3rd generation full service construction company that offers Project Management, Construction Management, General Construction and Design/Build construction services. The firm specializes in Pre-Construction Planning and Development Services through Construction Phase Services and Close-out and Commissioning Services with an emphasis on sustainable building practices. Based in central New Jersey, the firm’s geographical focus is on New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania. Our mission is to provide unparalleled service to our clients in each market we serve, and to deliver projects that exceed industry standards and client expectations. To learn more about V. J. Scozzari & Sons, Inc. visit our website at www.vjscozzariandsons.com.
