Miami Dade County LEED Silver GSA Ground Breaking with Mayor Alvarez

The first LEED certified building for Miami Dade County had its ground breaking today, Friday February 20, 2009 @ 10 am.
Mayor Alvarez attended the proceedings that were put on by the contractor MCM on at the site of the new building.

The GSA Trades Shop Facilities will be a 100,000 sq/ft building with warehouses and offices. To meet the county required LEED silver certification, the design team, lead by John Junkin of PJB Architects, incorporated a substantial number of energy and water saving measures. The building will reduce waste by design and current construction waster diversion is at 85% with only the demolition phase completed.
The project will of course include sustainable materials, best practices for air quality and a number of measurement and verification tools. Recycling will be taken to a level beyond the LEED requirements as the site will serve as a destination to recycle light bulbs and other construction related materials.

Sebastian Eilert, AIA, LEED AP, the Miami Green Man, is the LEED consultant to the team and ensures that the owner required goal will be met. The Design submittal for the project is drawing near and the team will have a pretty good estimate as to the actual level the project will achieve.

We are all proud to be part of the team that delivers the first LEED building for Miami Dade County.

Watch out for more updates on this exciting county project.


Miami Green Man