As the 1980 drew to a stop up Gene...

As the 1980 drew to a stop up General Motors Corp. was downsizing and closing out of date facilities. GM also was looking for ways to enhance employee productivity. The General Motors barter Product Center in Pontiac, Mich., is a by-product of these actions.

The structural skeleton of a 44 million - sq-ft traffic and bus plant was the springboard for the 11 million-sq.-ft. facility. The center now houses a certain quantity of 4,000 employees, including product and manufacturing engineers and support staffs. It is more than one-third of a mile drawn out and 200 yards wide.

The plant consisted