Gensler
W1
City National Plaza
Technical
Acronym
100

Gensler was founded in this year.

1965

100

This person has been with Gensler the longest of our studio.

Barbara Dunn

100

This name is what we call the low-rise building located between the two towers of City National Plaza.

The Jewel Box

100

This is the name of the folder (or abbreviation) where we keep our QAQC and Phase Completion forms in the server.

1SR - Status Reports, Task Lists, QA Checklists

100

This organization was one of the first entities responsible for regulating the sustainability of buildings and construction

LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)

200

As the largest architecture and design firm in the world, Gensler has this many offices.

57 offices in 17 countries

200

For Earth Day, Lindsey and Valerie help organize a clean up for this location.

Santa Monica Beach

200

Gensler moved its office from Santa Monica to City National Plaza in this year.

2011

200

In Revit, under the "Gensler Tools" tab in the toolbar, this command/tool is used to set up and manage sheet notes in the file. 

Sheet Note Manager

200

This organization is responsible for observing construction and ensuring safe practices are followed

OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)

300

This structure is Gensler's best tall building designed worldwide.

Shanghai Tower - completed in 2015, 128 Story, 632m tall

300

During our annual White Elephant Gift Exchange, this gift has been returned and re-wrapped each year, as per W1 tradition.

Two old-fashioned dolls

300

Prior to its renaming to "City National Plaza" in 2005, this was the plaza's previous name.

ARCO Plaza

300

In Revit, under the "Add-Ins" tab in the toolbar, this plugin allows us to search through a library of components to be used in the Revit file.

AVAIL Project Navigator

300

This program is the holistic process of creating and managing information for a built asset

BIM (Building information modeling)

400

Gensler Red uses this RGB color code.

R=203/G=59/B=29

400

W1 witnessed newborns from this many team members over the last 5 years.

6

400

This is the name of the sculptural fountain in the plaza between the two towers.

Double Ascension

400

In Bluebeam Revu, this letter is used as the shortcut for the Snapshot command.

G

400

This encompasses all the movable items within a building that are not part of the building's structure or permanent fixtures

FF&E (Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment)