Accent Construction Services is the special projects division of EMJ Corporation. Since 1968, EMJ has built more than 280 million square feet of construction projects within a variety of industries in 47 states. Accent is a dedicated team for clients seeking C2C programmatic work or requesting a unique build, such as adaptive reuse. The Accent team provides clients with a personalized approach and a specialty skillset tailored to their project needs.
OUR ADAPTIVE REUSE EXPERIENCE
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50 Years of Experience Accent Construction Service’s extensive network of partners paired with years of building experience delivers our clients unique value on every project. Servant Leadership Our team is built on a culture of servant leadership—the desire to lead by example and to inspire and serve others. Through our core values of honesty, selflessness, passion, smart, responsibility and grit, Accent employees act as stewards of the client’s project goals and vision. The Client Experience Accent’s vision is to change the industry, one project experience at a time. We want our work to be different—so much better than the way things are traditionally done, that we transform the expectations people have of the construction industry. National Scope, Regional Focus Accent has regionally designated teams across the country and an extensive network of experienced subcontractors nationwide.
Accent Construction Services is the special projects division of EMJ Corporation. Since 1968, EMJ has built more than 280 million square feet of construction projects within a variety of industries in 47 states. Accent is a dedicated team for clients seeking C2C programmatic work or requesting a unique build, such as adaptive reuse. The Accent team provides clients with a personalized approach and a specialty skillset tailored to their project needs. APPROACH Concept-to-Completion (C2C®) is our team approach to delivering unique client value through four strategic steps: Ask, Listen, Think and Do. C2C empowers our team to creatively work with clients, partners and colleagues. C2C expands the way Accent approaches construction, making the team think beyond simply the “building” and “immediate cost” to client value, client desired results and true project potential. Through C2C and our desire to serve, the Accent team seeks to find not only the best approach to construction projects, but also what is important to clients. 2,615 280Million Since 1968 Total Projects Square Feet of Construction Clients
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CodeScience Chattanooga, Tenn.
Accent Construction Services converted an existing space in an older downtown building to be the modern headquarters for CodeScience. The project required demolition and construction to provide open-concept office areas, two conference rooms, a breakroom and upgraded restrooms. Unique finishes included stained and polished concrete floors, hexagonal carpet tiles and new lighting.
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Lamp Post Development Chattanooga, Tenn.
Lamp Post Group, a growing venture incubator, enlisted the Accent team to construct its unique office space within the Historic Loveman’s building, a century-old department store. The interior buildout contrasts a brightly colored office space with the antique brick exterior walls and original hardwood floors. The contemporary design includes glass-walled offices, distinct collaboration areas and a conference room shored by state-of-the-art audio visual systems. High-level acoustical treatments were also incorporated to limit noise intrusion into individual workspaces within the office’s 4,800 square feet of call center space.
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Two Ten Jack
Warehouse Row Chattanooga, Tenn.
Accent played a key role in the repurposing of a Civil War fort turned textile warehouse into what is today an upscale mixed-use development and premier shopping, dining and entertainment venue in downtown Chattanooga. Among Accent’s work on the development was renovation of the building’s basement into Two Ten Jack, a unique, modern restaurant space. Accent built out the space, remodeled the existing restrooms, and performed a complete landlord mechanical, engineering and plumbing (MEP) retrofit. Accent also renovated the fourth floor to meet the office space needs of two companies, Bellhops and SIGNiX. Accent performed selective demolition, renovation and construction of both spaces, including interior aluminum storefronts, HVAC upgrades, and significant electrical rework.
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Bellhops
Cool Springs Galleria Franklin, Tenn.
Accent converted a former Sears department store into five contemporary retail spaces, including Belk, H&M and American Girl. Exterior and interior renovations required significant structural modifications as well as a new façade and mall entrance and upgraded lighting, flooring and restrooms. The completed space acts as a seamless extension of the two-level mall corridor.
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CBI Chattanooga, Tenn.
Once home to the original Krystal diner, Accent converted this empty downtown space into a modern workspace while maintaining the character of the original structure by exposing the existing brick walls and polishing portions of the original slab. The project scope also included mechanical, electrical and plumbing upgrades, two new restrooms and a new exterior storefront.
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McConnell Building Chattanooga, Tenn. Built in the 1800s, Accent converted the second floor of this historic building into elegant office space with new restrooms and conference rooms. The project scope also included the addition of two new stairways. entrances.
Ambition Chattanooga, Tenn.
Accent Construction Services performed the renovations of this space within the historic Loveman’s Building. Our team refinished the original heart pine flooring and installed high-end interior finishes, custom light fixtures and new mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems.
Chattanooga Whiskey Co. Distillery Chattanooga, Tenn. Accent is repurposing a former car dealership into a full-scale distillery and barrel storage facility. Upon completion, the 46,000 square foot facility will have the capacity to house over 4,000 aging barrels of bourbon whiskey and include over 10,000 square feet of production space, over 2,000 square feet of office space, and over 4,000 square feet of future event space.
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Signal Mill Chattanooga, Tenn.
Originally constructed in 1916 as a textile manufacturing facility, Accent is converting the two-and-a-half-story structure known as the Knitting Mill into an urban, mixed-use retail, restaurant and office development.
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BOSTON 800 South Street, Suite 370 Waltham, MA 02453 781.891.0101
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DALLAS 5525 N MacArthur Blvd., Suite 400 Irving, TX 75038 972.580.1210
TULSA 2738 East 51st Street, Suite 140 Tulsa, OK 74105 918.747.7410
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