Through a project called Heritage 2000, Ford Motor Company has become an industrial leader with a new commitment to the environment at the Rouge River Complex. During a 200 billion dollar plant renovation, William McDonough & Partners Architects and Cahill Associates (CA) were brought on as part of the environmental leadership on site.
The first of many improvements at the Rouge River Plant was a new vehicle storage and staging lot. CA designed a system using porous pavement, subsurface storage, and vegetated water quality swales to capture and treat stormwater runoff from the parking lot. Additional similar systems will be applied through the Rouge Plant renovation sand will include vegetated roof covers on the new million square foot assembly plant, additional stormwater storage features, and an open surface constructed wetland for water quality. Together the team has integrated stormwater management with landscaping and building layout and design for an environmental vision of the future.
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