Green Building Best Practices 2008 Session 2: July 23, 2008 - Construction Tips, Techniques & Concerns

Construction Site Requirements

Construction goals are just as important as design goals to achieve maximum building performance and LEED certification. Regional material sources reduce fossil fuel use, transportation costs and pollution. Recycling and careful waste management of building materials diverts waste disposal from landing in the local landfill.

Triple win: Improved operating efficiency, less certification risk and a safer worksite

Careless or improper actions during construction can jeopardize LEED certification points. For example, contaminants entering the air conditioning system and later disbursed into the air reduces the indoor air quality. Air born debris can also prevent equipment from operating at full efficiency. A cleaner worksite improves employee health and makes for a safer worksite.

Jim Day and Josh Greenfield, both involved in numerous green building projects, will help you get started in setting up a framework for implementing construction best practices, including:

Goals and strategies
Pre-construction considerations
Cost / benefit trade-offs
Motivating the work force
Setting up a green procurement policy
Gaining subcontractor cooperation
Staying within the original overall project integrated design objectives
Project documentation
Green Advantage
Pre-commissioning, post-commissioning and project close-out
And much, much more!

In addition, a 10-15 minute period has been reserved at the end of the panelist presentation for an interactive question-and-answer session so you can gain additional knowledge about topics discussed.

This event features key insights from our knowledgeable panel of design and construction experts:

Jim Day, LEED-AP, has spent the past 17 years with Clark Construction, a privately-held commercial general contractor consistently ranked by ENR as the top 15 largest contractors (currently ranked #13). Day is Vice President LEED AP and is responsible for all aspects of its Las Vegas business unit

Day serves on the Construction Management Advisory Board for UNLV. He has served active roles in developing projects for UNLV Greenspun (designed for LEED® Gold Certification; completion August, 2008), MGM automated people movers at Bellagio and Monte Carlo resorts and the Veteran's Affairs Design-Building Nursing Home. His project experience includes office, courthouse, sports facilities, seismic retrofit, heavy/civil and hospitality, and delivery methods include lump sum, negotiated/GMP, design-build and unit price. Day, a LEED® Accredited Professional, holds a Bachelor of Architectural Engineering from Pennsylvania State University and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix.

Josh Greenfield, PE, LEED-AP, is a project manager with Primera Engineers, Ltd. of Chicago, IL, a firm that has been helping the Chicago school system fulfill its sustainability mandates. Greenfield has extensive consulting experience on both the design and construction side of LEED® projects. He received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis, and is a member of the U.S. Green Building Council and ASHRAE Chicago Chapters.

He is currently involved in multiple sustainable consulting projects in various markets from the private and public sectors following LEED® for New Construction, LEED® for Existing Buildings, LEED® Core & Shell, LEED® for Schools, LEED® for Commercial Interiors, LEED for Healthcare and LEED Neighborhood Development. His expertise and knowledge of the LEED® principles and rating system are in increasingly high demand with general contractors who require LEED® consulting services throughout the construction phase of projects. Most recently, Mr. Greenfield has taken his valuable skills international by providing LEED® consulting services for a commercial development in Mexico City, Mexico. The project shows promise of being a springboard for other sustainable practices and projects in the country.

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Green Building Best Practices 2008: Webinar Session 2