The U.S. General Services Administration has issued an RFI as part of a fact-finding mission to help establish federal agency procurement
preferences for construction materials and goods that contain less embodied
carbon.
Regional agency and firm officials offered updates on major transportation capital projects, addressing pressing issues on procurement, project delivery and politics
Startups and more established suppliers of products that reduce the carbon footprint of concrete are developing systems to make the product more sustainable.
Suppliers are beginning to offer concrete and cement products with reduced carbon content, but roadblocks remain in the way of widespread market penetration.
Innovator and 2016 ENR Award of Excellence Winner who propelled a global building movement through the Living Building Challenge integrates the 10-person McClennan Design into the 2,400-employee design giant.
Ed Feiner, who was instrumental in elevating the architecture of federal buildings as GSA's chief architect from 1996 to 2005, succumbed to a brain tumor at age 75.