The Orange County Register, Santa Ana, CA, 1991 to Present.
The O.C. Register facility and property operations encompass
approximately 1,008,000 SF in the Orange County
area.  Facilities
include high rise office space, print facilities and distribution centers. 
Archetype International has been providing architectural and facility
support services to the Orange County Register since 1992. 

In 1998, Archetype Int’l was retained by OC Register to provide a
complete Facility Master Plan.  The first step in this process was to
provide a Program Report extensively detailing the operations of the
newspaper under a new method of operation known as the DPS system. 
This Dynamic Publishing System completely re-engineered every
work process from advertising to news.  Work group, which included
“Neighborhoods” were designed based on a new process flow. 
Working in close coordination with The Register's staff, Archetype
coordinated and managed the operational facility assessments,
feasibility studies and strategic planning to support the renovation
and remodeling of 200,000 SF of space and the relocation of 880
employees within its main facilities at Grand Avenue, satellite
bureaus and distribution centers.  This process extended over a
20-month period and was delivered four months early, execute
d
with its goals accomplished and while producing the newspaper
at the existing facility on a daily basis. Archetype International
continues to provide Facility Support Services to the Register
on a regular basis.

Whittier Law School, Costa Mesa, CA, 1994 to Present.
Whittier Law School is distinguished for being the first ABA
accredited law school in Orange County.   Archetype International
takes pride in its leadership role and participation in the development
of the property located in Costa Mesa.  Archetype provided a
Detailed Project Program report which was utilized as the basis
to assess 12 potential sites, provide several subsequent feasibility
studies, and ultimately arrive at the decision to redevelop an
existing property on Harbor Blvd. in
Costa Mesa.  The project
was successfully completed and includes a fully functional law
school facility serving 900 students on approximately 10 acres
of land. The process extended over a period of three years and
included extensive coordination with the law school staff,
real estate of professionals and the project's construction team.
The project's success is marked by its dramatic change of use
from a DOD site (circa 1960) to a modern state-of-the-art
learning institution.  (See “Before & After”)

Wonderware-Invensys, Lake Forest, CA, 1996 to Present.
Wonderware-Invensys is a technology based company developing
highly progressive software for the manufacturing environment.
This company has experienced dynamic growth over its twelve
years of existence.  Archetype has enjoyed a professional relationship
with Wonderware for close to 10 of those years providing strategic
planning for locations throughout the United States, Canada and Europe.
This relationship has matured to include the development of Wonderware-
Invensys' new corporate headquarters in Lake Forest
, California. 

The process of relocating Wonderware's operations included the
development of a highly detailed Needs Assessment/forecast study,
multiple site assessment/feasibility studies and the generation of an
extensive Programming Report for the project's development.
The feasibility studies for the corporate headquarters of Wonderware
Software resulted in the consolidation to a campus style setting and
the saving of $1.5 million in operating costs.

The project included approximately 125,000 square feet of space to
house 425 employees.  The project's planning phase extended over a
period of multiple years.  Architectural and interior design services
were expeditiously provided to support a design-construction phase
of 150 days.  The completed project represents a state-of-the-art
software development facility that acts as a regional hub for
Wonderware's operations.  The facility design reflects the company’s
progressive corporate culture and includes a full fitness center,
high tech training facilities, a large “State of the Business” meeting
room, and extensive lab environments to support engineering.

PacifiCare, Santa Ana, CA, Laguna Hills, CA, 1990 to Present.
Archetype International has provides interior planning, interior
architecture, and facilities support for the offices of PacifiCare
The Laguna Hills facility is located in a high rise and encompasses
47,000 S.F. The Santa Ana location has included renovation and
ADA compliance planning (for C.J. Segerstrom & Sons) in a
20,000 S.F. two story office building.

Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA, 1997 to Present.
Archetype International has worked closely with Occidental College
to provide on going facility support and architectural services.
A Detailed Program Report for the administration building was
generated in 1999 for use in determining the future direction of
housing these services.  The methodology used was typical for
Archetype International’s programming process.  The process
included project team coordination, personal interviews of
departmental personnel, employee survey forms, and observations
of existing facilities.  The report has been used as the basis for
generating the funds for renovation to the facility. 

Archetype International has also provided architecture and interior
design solutions for a high tech computer training facility located in
the library.  The library facility has also recently experience interior
renovations; the interior design services were provided by Archetype
International.

Scantron Corporation, Irvine, CA, 1999 to Present.
Scantron retained Archetype International in 1999 to
begin the process of providing an extensive Program report including
a Detailed Operations Report as well as a Space Needs Forecast.
This report became the basis of the decision to relocate the entire
print and corporate operations to a larger facility in Irvine, CA.
Archetype International provided the architecture and interior
design for the corporate headquarters facility, which encompasses
115,000 SF of corporate offices and print faciliti
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