Hello,
We are in the very early planning phase of a k-8 public school project to be designed and built in an economically challenged urban location with very limited site options. The project is not LEEDv4 registered yet. We are at feasibility and costing the soil remediation, needless to say that we would really hope there would be another site option, but unfortunately there is not.
The 2 limited building site options are as follows:
1. Historical stone building (previous mill/industrial use – 100+ yrs old)
Gut renovation/addition. ¼ of the site has hazardous soils (some are located under part of the historical section)
2. Existing urban site/New construction - previous industrial site acquired by the City
This site is currently a parking lot, with 3-4 ft already remediated. Hazardous soils throughout the site.
Current scope/pricing effort is considering a 15 ft deep soil remediation approach, without a cap, for both options (exception we are not sure the section under the historical bldg. site could be remediated.)
I would like to know if some of you have faced similar challenging conditions with LEEDv4 and may have some insight as to the feasibility or precedent of an acceptable alternative for exemption/compliance with the Site pre-req (i.e is 15ft deep enough?). The LEED Site pre-requisite compliance is key to the viability of the project, as the State mandates LEEDv4 for financial support.
[note: I have inquired to LEEDinfo with no response yet, but GBCI/LEEDinfo/support is a discussion for another post (…). Outside of the website meltdown in December, we are experiencing concerning disfunction and lack of technical expertise with GBCI]
Many Thanks,
Martine