Category Archives: Automotive

North American auto companies focus on their people

Employee passion is contagious and the results speak for themselves.

American car companies and A/E firms have one thing in common.  People.  Sure, there are probably a few other things they have in common.  They both build and design objects that shape our lives, but I would argue that it’s the value they place on their employees that brings them together. I recently visited the [more...]

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How to Defuse a Volatile Situation

Advice for all designers

Sometimes in a project meeting an architect finds himself on the receiving end of criticism, whether he/she legitimately deserves it or not. It’s just part of the job. Now, how he/she chooses to respond to it reveals the character and integrity of the architect – which ultimately may determine how long he’s in business. So [more...]

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Getting a Cut Above the Competition

How Luckett & Farley Automotive Facility Design Made the Difference

Have you ever considered making drastic improvements to your facility? I’m talking about the kind of improvements that update facility infrastructure, improve efficiency, and provide greater flexibility in order to grow and adapt to the ever-changing economy of your market. Recently Ford Motor Company’s Louisville Assembly Plant started full production on the new Ford Escape. [more...]

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Green Incentives provide catalyst for Ford’s drainage and pavement upgrade

What do you mean there are no catch basins in the entire parking lot?!

Hitch in the Giddy Up What do you mean there are no catch basins in the entire parking lot?! This predicament at the Ford Louisville Assembly Plant (LAP) was more than troubling to a Luckett & Farley engineer.  It was puzzling. So then how does —?  You mean all the rain just —?  And so [more...]

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KIA Training Center

Luckett & Farley provided design services for a new 70,000sf training center that includes classrooms and lab space for instruction programs in industrial systems technology, Programming Logic Computer systems technology (PLC), robotics technology, and machine tool technology. Also included in the facility is a multi-purpose conference center to accommodate 500 persons, and a media/resource center.  [more...]

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