Hi All, I have a question on how to handle a project where construction will continue after the projects building is complete and ready for occupancy.
Background: The project includes a building with a surrounding site roughly 8x the size of the building footprint. Construction of the building and the parking lot to support the building/occupants will be completed before the construction on the site will be completed (Roughly 1-2 years earlier). The additional site construction that remains is some infrastrucutre like roads and land thats associated with the operations of this maintenance facility. The roads, parking lot and some landscaped area associated with the office portion of the building will be complete when the building is done.
Questions:
1. Essentially, what is considered "substantial completion" in this case? Specifically, at what point can we submit the construction stage submittal in a split review? As construction on site will continue, so will the need to document MR Construction Waste and SS Construction Activity Pollution. Do we have to wait for everything to be done (Building + Site), or can we submit when the building is done and just show a history of the ESC and CWM tracking to prove these measures will continue until construction on site is completely finished?
2. Besides the MR and SS credit mentioned above, is there anything else that we might not be considering?
Any assistance helps, thank you!
Emily Purcell
Sustainable Design LeadCannonDesign
LEEDuser Expert
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January 28, 2022 - 10:49 am
Hi Adam, I would recommend drawing your project boundary around the parking/road/landscape directly associated with the LEED building, and then submit for review when that is complete. Your ESC plan might cover the larger area, which is fine - you can document via photos and reports that the work is complete within the boundary.
Breaking out the construction waste will be trickier, since it doesn't seem realistic to actually separate waste over the LEED boundary. But ending the reporting when the work within the boundary ends is reasonable, and you wouldn't need to demonstrate that waste is still being diverted for the larger site after that.
One other potentially tricky item will be the MR credits assessed by material cost. You would need to figure out the total material cost for work within the LEED boundary even if it is under teh same contract as the larger site. Hopefully that will only affect paving/site work, and your contractor can estimate the breakdown.