45,000 Square Feet. Decommissioned in 3 Days. On Budget. Zero Damage.
When Panasonic's lease terms changed without warning, the clock started immediately. ASI was brought in to manage the impossible, and delivered ahead of schedule.
The Challenge
In early 2018, the lease circumstances for one of Panasonic's California facilities changed without advance notice. The company had until the end of April to locate a new facility, execute a full operational move, and completely decommission the existing 45,000 square foot space.
Finding a new facility at that timeline proved difficult. Delays in securing the replacement location compressed the decommission window further. With a single elevator serving the building and significantly more material inside than original estimates had accounted for, the project scope expanded before it had even begun.
Panasonic's project management partner, Cumming Project Management, knew the decommission required a firm with the agility to absorb scope changes in real time, the vendor relationships to secure additional resources immediately, and the operational discipline to hold the timeline regardless of what the project threw at them.
They selected ASI.
The ASI Approach
ASI began with an on-site walk-through that immediately identified a critical issue: the facility contained approximately 50% more material than Panasonic's original estimates. Scope was expanded, additional hauling partners were secured through ASI's vendor network, and the revised plan was locked before the first piece of furniture moved.
Working around the single elevator constraint, ASI coordinated its crews with the move team's schedule, advancing work during off-site windows and pausing during elevator conflicts. Not a minute of capacity was wasted.
ASI delivered patch and paint services, removed IDF closet cabling racks, handled hazardous waste removal, and managed 27 truckloads of material out of the facility, none of which were in the original scope.
Simultaneously, ASI implemented a furniture resale and recycling strategy that generated direct financial value for Panasonic through furniture buybacks, an offering that no other firm evaluated for this project had proposed.
The Outcome
From initial walk-through to final cleanup, the complete decommission took seven days. The bulk of the work was completed in three.
Results
- 45,000 sq ft fully decommissioned
- 3 days for the bulk of all work
- $13,000 credit earned through furniture resale
- 70,000 lbs of metal recycled
- 55,000 lbs of non-recyclable material responsibly disposed
- 27 truckloads of furniture removed
- Zero damage to the facility
- Finished ahead of schedule, on budget, despite 50% scope expansion
$10,000+
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