Tri, here is the advice on temporary wood structures we give on our page for MRc7:
It is optional to add temporary wood structures such as sidewalk partitions, bracing, or concrete forms to the baseline wood budget. If added, however, the temporary wood structures can only count toward one project’s certification (that is, if reused on another LEED project, they cannot also count toward MRc7 there). Also, if temporary wood structures are calculated towards the credit compliance, all temporary wood structures need to be counted in the baseline (essentially, you can’t just calculate FSC certified wood structures and not non-FSC certified wood structures).
Unless the temporary structures are FSC-certified wood, it is not generally to your advantage to bring the baseline budget higher by adding them.
Tri Le Minh
March 10, 2010 - 1:21 am
Thanks Tristan. Because all temporary wood are non-FSC certificated wood structure( no company supply wood for bracing, formwork with FSC certificated in Viet Nam) so can i get the purposes of LEED. If possible, what things i need for this request? i must collect any invoices when i purchased? Please advice more.
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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March 10, 2010 - 7:26 am
Tri, I would suggest that you exclude temporary wood bracing from your LEED documentation for this project. Since you can't get an FSC-certified supply of this wood, you will only be penalizing your project relative to MRc7.
For more detail on how to pursue and document MRc7, please see our detailed guidance on that page.