The Home Depot, the largest home improvement retailer in the United States, recognized the need for an innovative, efficient, and sustainable approach to their store rollouts nationwide after a decade of construction dormancy. The company sought a partnership with a firm that would not only elevate the customer experience in their stores but design and manage a rollout program tailored to save the brand money and time as it continued to grow.

Tackling Retail Expansion with Data-Driven Design

It faced the challenge of overhauling and transforming its development program to build new stores quickly and efficiently while also easing the burden on its administration staff.

Together in its new strategic partnership with MG2, which provides the brand expertise in cost management, entitlements, and full-scale program design and delivery services, the companies aimed to reduce The Home Depot’s new build construction schedule by 30%, as well as achieve a number of other goals including determining the right construction methods, implementing sustainable solutions, and appealing to communities and jurisdictions alike.

Using Data Analysis To Guide Construction Methodologies

To determine the most suitable construction method and location for The Home Depot’s new stores, MG2 conducted a series of data-driven site analyses comparing pre-engineered metal buildings (PEMBs) against concrete tilt-ups. These analyses, which took into account and outlined each option’s proven advantages and potential volatilities, revealed significant benefits in choosing Houston, TX, as its new location and supported the brand’s decision to invest in a PEMB for its warehouse.

Streamlining Designs for Efficiency and Innovation

With a data-driven road map established, designers at MG2 began by creating and validating an in-depth prototype. Through this process, the team confirmed the potential to transform and streamline The Home Depot’s development and build process. With MG2’s holistic approach, the home improvement leader has been able to remain virtually hands-off, overseeing the projects from a high-level perspective without handling the day-to-day tasks.

As the partnership continues to grow, MG2 continuously targets efficiencies to deliver a greater return on investment for The Home Depot. Beyond cost and speed-to-market optimizations, the resulting store designs offered customers a cleaner, friendlier, and lighter interior experience. Updated wayfinding and educational initiatives further empowered The Home Depot’s clientele in their home improvement endeavors.

Cost Savings and Elevated Experiences through Data-Driven Decisions

MG2’s data-driven site analyses played a crucial role in The Home Depot’s decision to invest in a pre-engineered metal building (PEMB) for their new Houston, Texas location and will continue to play an important part in determining the locations and construction methodologies of future stores. Despite initial higher material costs, the accelerated construction schedule of the PEMB warehouse led to overall savings of 0.7% to 3.2% for the year. In addition to its sustainability benefits—which appeal particularly to urban jurisdictions—the PEMB offers numerous advantages, including:

1. A faster construction schedule: 130 days, compared to 190 days for a concrete building.
2. Better insulation: An R-value of 21.6, compared to 17.3 for a concrete structure.
3. Energy cost savings: 5% to 9% over a 60-year lifecycle, depending on the region.
4. Greater quality control: Unlike concrete, PEMBs can be erected in nearly any weather.
5. Smaller environmental footprint: Less maintenance and fewer repairs over time, with a more durable metal roof.

Shaping the Future of Home Improvement Retail

Leveraging combined expertise, MG2 and The Home Depot have effectively developed innovative, efficient, and cost-conscious solutions that align with the brand’s rollout objectives. The PEMB warehouse in Houston, Texas, showcases the partnership’s achievements and underscores the importance of data-driven program design in the evolution of retail spaces.

As the collaboration continues, both companies aim to further transform the home improvement retail landscape, providing enhanced value and experiences to customers across the nation.

When industry leader 开市客 sought expansion overseas, there were numerous nuanced considerations—culture, capacity, jurisdictional requirements, materials, cost, timeframes, structure variants, building codes, and beyond—that Costco needed to consider in order to ensure their debut in Asia would be an outright success. They employed long-time partner MG2 to help them tackle these challenges and provide a localized, reliable, inherently “Costco Wholesale” experience for new consumer bases across multiple countries.

Taking up residence in urban areas experiencing explosive population growth, real estate and structure footprint are major considerations with each Costco Wholesale designed and built in Asia. The employment of multilevel retail warehouses—a more common practice overseas than here in the United States—provide spatial solutions, but still require careful programming and custom resolutions that designers consider and tailor to each unique location.

虽然在美国的批发零售商那里购物是独一无二的，但在日本，中国，台湾和韩国这样的国家（在Costco Wholesale里度过一天可以成为目的地的家庭），体验可能会不同且新颖。范围的事件。 Costco和MG2团队认真分析并记录了每个地点的购物习惯，并考虑了容量控制，文化规范和社区偏好等变化。部门的设计旨在在商店内部进行调整，以适应地区口味，例如日本强大的寿司部门。

凭借我们对Costco项目知识的广度和深度以及数十年来与国家/地区经理的合作，MG2不断为特殊挑战（例如在开业后增加新部门）提供即时解决方案。根据每个地点的独特设计要求，我们的团队已与Costco Wholesale运营部门紧密合作，就每种结构的需求进行了标准化，以充分利用空间。除了简化我们的流程外，MG2还能够控制因国家/地区而异的软成本，从而确保没有任何项目超出预算。

我们的共生关系一直持续到今天，我们最新的项目利用突破性技术（例如VR演练）让高管在新地点开业之前查看楼层。随着Costco Wholesale在中国和其他地区的扩张计划不断壮大，MG2的设计不断突破界限，并彻底改变了亚洲的批发购物体验。

30多年前，我们与开市客（Costco Wholesale）的合作始于一个仓储式建筑。彼时，这个今日仓储零售业的引领者正忙于在广阔的乡村和郊区扎下根基。不过，随着该品牌越来越受欢迎，其业务范围扩展到城市社区，这为项目开发带来了更大的挑战和更多的限制条件。同时，开市客开始大胆地拓展产品范围，提供包括光学和听力中心、药房、加油站和新鲜优质的肉类、熟食和海鲜等各种产品和服务。随着项目相关的规范变得愈加复杂、要求愈发严格，需要有富有创意的设计方案加以应对，也需要一个了解他们的目标、赞同他们的价值观并有意与他们共同成长的敬业的合作伙伴，而他们的选择是MG2。

三十多年的发展，开市客在全球拥有了超过780个门店，MG2则是其延续至今的合作伙伴。我们之间的合作关系不论是在人员方面还是在专业层面都得到了发展提升。我们共同努力，优化建筑设计和交付、成本管理、授权服务、建筑资产管理和项目管理方面的组织效率。 MG2对开市客的需求会做预测，与其共同发展，随着时间的推移不断提升项目完成的速度和一致性。

通过与MG2作为计划合作伙伴，Costco Wholesale通过创建和维护优化部署中的铂金标准来树立标杆： 从施工开始到向会员敞开大门仅需110天。 他们的“高质量，最优惠价格”的建筑设计方法（也反映在他们的产品和客户服务中）是Costco Wholesale品牌承诺的固有组成部分。 

MG2每个月都会对开市客仓储建筑的原型设计进行更新变动，寻求创新方法实现升级和概念改进，同时保留敏捷的开发速度和高质量标准。

我们的合作关系超越了MG2所提供的资源深度和服务广度；我们与开市客的团队之间有着默契共识，共同推动这一广为人知的零售业巨轮不断前行。我们共同创造现代、清洁、安全且符合开市客交付质量标准的现代工业时代的零售环境。我们共同应对无数新的挑战，在携手同行中一次次从看似不可能的机遇中找到问题的解决方案。 

在此过程中，我们对开市客的项目设计进行了优化，让其得以获取每年数以百万计的业务收益，同时继续帮助他们不断发展，拓展全球新的消费市场。