The owner of a project is considering the possibility of the project to become LEED Certified. The current works on site include a excavation of a hill, and the works had been conducted following local codes that don't include many practices required by EPA CGP / NPDES or good practices according with LEED.
As the project is in the very first stage, I found reasonable the position of the project owner to become LEED, as much of the work is yet to be done. Once he make his decission, a regular ESC plan will be in place, and will do the best corrective measures if needed.
In this point, I need some comment. This ESC Plan and corrective measures will be enough to be accepted by USGBC to the prerequisite SSp1, even if in the first months of work there have been less comprehensive control measures and not so much documentation? Considering that most of the works on site will be covered by the ESC Plan, I need to be sure that we won't have any problem complying with the Pre-requisite, as it's mandatory to gain LEED Certification. Any comment on former experiences will be much appreciated.
Steve Loppnow
Sustainability Account ManagerStok
LEEDuser Expert
294 thumbs up
February 1, 2012 - 7:35 pm
Same as below. I would begin to implement a plan immediately and follow-up with GBCI directly for confirmation. I would expect that you would be o.k., but that is something for the GBCI to confirm.
Mauricio Ramirez
34 thumbs up
February 2, 2012 - 1:11 pm
Thank you Steve.. To find this confirmation of GBCI, should be via a CIR? Or just ask by mail once the project is registered? What's the better way? Thank you in advance.
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
11478 thumbs up
February 24, 2012 - 11:35 am
Mauricio, I would start with an email to GBCI as that won't cost you anything.