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feDerAL//stAte of the sector detection and construction sequencing. Clash detection alone saved $2 million by resolving more than 5,000 issues. But the real savings came from finding the inevitable mistakes in the virtual world before they became problems in the field. Finally, a COBIE-compliant data set comprising several spreadsheets and more than 97,000 individual components was generated from the BIM models and imported into the owner’s facilities management software. A sustAINABLe MANDAte While the project was already under a federal mandate to receive LEED ® Silver certification, the New York District of the USACE and other team members stressed the importance of the complex attaining LEED Gold certification. “To achieve LEED Gold, every phase of the project was considered for a sustainable solution—from conceptual design and documentation through the construction and into tenant building occupation,” Vandersall says. “Cutting-edge strategies in environmentally sustainable design solutions and construction methodology were employed to ensure water savings, energy and lighting efficiency, indoor environmental quality and a sustainable site design.” The project was the first USACE facility of its size to apply for LEED Gold certification. Key factors in the effort include the following: • The project purchased 54 million kilowatt hours of renewable energy, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 60.5 million pounds over the next four years. • The facility will use about 30 percent less energy and 45 percent less water than a traditional building. • The team recycled more than 90 percent of construction wastes, preventing 6 million pounds of waste from entering landfills. • The facility has a state-of-the-art security system and modern force-protection measures to provide a safe, secure workplace for federal employees. The design includes blast protection, progressive-collapse engineering and remote inspection and distribution facilities. Inside BRAC-133’s office towers, which will soon house more than 6,400 federal workers. MAkINg the DesIgN-BuILD grADe BRAC-133 was completed on Aug. 9, 2011, 47 days ahead of schedule. With the contract signed on Nov. 25, 2008, the team had compressed 48 months of construction into just 32 months. What’s more, the team saved $50 million in construction costs. By purchasing furniture, fixtures and equipment through the federal government’s General Services Administration (GSA) schedule, it saved an additional $39 million. Logging more than 4 million man-hours, the project’s safety record was twice as good as the national average. The project has been recognized with several awards: the New York District’s Project Delivery Team (PDT) of the Year for 2008, the USACE Sustainability Award for 2011 and the Award of Merit for 2011 from Engineering News-Record. The project also received nominations for the North Atlantic Division’s Project of the Year in 2010 and 10 summer//2012 the quarterly publication of the design-build institute of america photo courtesy of Blake Marvin/hKS, Inc.

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