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Sustainable Services
Holder's Approach to Sustainable Construction
| Our goal as a company is to incorporate sustainable design and construction practices into each project while maintaining an awareness for the needs, desires and available resources of our clients. We strive to work with the other members of the project team to strike that delicate balance of project cost versus environmental impact.
Holder's Sustainable Projects
LEED Certified Projects
- Georgia Tech College of Management (LEED NC 2.0 Silver)
- Emory Candler Library Renovation (LEED NC 2.1 Silver)
- U.S. Naval Federal Credit Union (LEED 2.1 Silver)
- Interface Showroom (LEED CI Platinum)
- USAA Phoenix Norterra Campus Project Phase 1 (LEED 2.1 Certified)
- Fannie Mae Data Center (LEED 2.1 Certified) - 1st LEED certified data center
- Highmark Data Center (LEED 2.2 Silver)
- NAU College of Engineering and Nature Sciences (LEED 2.1 Gold)
- New World of Coca-Cola (LEED 2.2 Gold)
- Holder Construction Offices (LEED CI Certified)
Holder has 22 active projects registered for a LEED Certification. |
Interface Showroom
Platinum-CI Certified |
Designing, building and occupying a high performance, sustainable building requires knowledge, experience, passion and a commitment from all members of the team. Regardless of whether a project is going for LEED certification or just using the LEED Rating System® as a guide, Holder brings the skills and experience necessary to achieve our client's goals for sustainable, high performing buildings.
Holder's Sustainable Services
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Holder's Sustainable Services Group provides education and leadership in sustainable, proactive, positive building practices. Our goal is a company wide committment to build responsibly. Regardless of whether our projects are seeking certification or not, with LEED or any other rating system, we evaluate every project for its "sustainable potential."
- Initiation of activities that "reuse, reduce and recycle"
- Management of construction waste streams
- Evaluation of every project for its sustainable potential
- Facilitation of the LEED process, evaluation and assessment
- Analysis of Life Cycle Costs
- Analysis of sustainable options
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Emory Candler Library Renovation
Silver Certified |
Recognition and Awards
LEED Accredited Professionals
LEED Accredited Professionals are experienced building industry practitioners who have demonstrated their knowledge of integrated design and their capacity to facilitate the LEED certification process. The accreditation program recognizes expertise in green building and LEED to help meet the growing demand from the public and private sectors for green buildings.
Holder is one of the leading contractors in the country with over 50 LEED Accredited Professionals. Currently, about 20% of our associates are LEED Accredited!
Awards
Union Pacific Project wins award for recycling efforts
Resources
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All Points are Not Created Equal - A Value Based Perspective of LEED (ARTICLE) "Should I pursue LEED certication on my project?" Regardless of your answer to this question, this article by Michael Burnett shares Holder's approach to incorporating sustainability into the value analysis of every project. The article compares the traditional "scope-based" perspective of tracking points versus our "value-based" perspective of tracking LEED points. (From AGC May 2004 Issue of "Constructor" magazine)
LEED: A Value-Based" Perspective - Being Smart About Sustainability: This presentation by John Mark Wood made during the October 20, 2004 MetalCon Convention in Las Vegas, gives an overview of Sustainability, addresses the LEED Rating System, and gives a detailed approach of the "Value-Based Perspective."
Holder Associates Present at Greenbuild - (Click on links below for COPIES OF PRESENTATIONS) Greenbuild 2007 included a track on Building Information Modeling presented by Bob Campbell of Holder Construction |
Navy Federal Credit Union
Gold Certified |
The Contractor's Role in Sustainability: A Panel Discussion "What is the contractor's role in sustainability or green construction?" This presentation from the March 10, 2004 Industry Liaison Committee meeting at the AGC National Convention gives some insight into this question. In addition, John Mark Wood of Holder and the other panelists focused on how the contractor's role is affected by USGBC LEED certification.
Its Not Easy Being Green, But it's Getting Easier (ARTICLE) This article from the Atlanta Construction News references the above article by Michael Burnett.
Building for a Greener Tomorrow - Dr. Annie Pearce, Director of the Sustainable Facilities and Infrastructure Program at Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI)
Click here for more information about the USGBC and their LEED Rating System
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