BACKGROUND

Green Strength/LEED Strength - Our organization has invested extraordinary resources in the understanding of sustainability and how it can be responsibly and economically implemented across a variety of projects.  Seventeen of our staff are currently LEED Accredited Professionals with several others awaiting testing of the LEED Accreditation exam.  Our goal is to have all our project managers and engineers accredited within the year.  In addition, our organization conducts green building updates during weekly staff meetings.

If the project team desires to pursue a LEED certification, Panzica Construction Company will assign a LEED™ AP to the project to help guide the critical accumulation of documentation during the pre-construction, construction and post-construction phases.  As we have learned from earlier attempts outlined below, this is a crucial aspect to successfully gaining the LEED certification.

HISTORY & EXPERIENCE

Shaker Lakes Nature Center – A few years ago, our project team, along with the owner and architect, attempted to guide this project through a potential LEED certification for new construction.  Whereas we learned a lot, the end result at the time did not allow us to proceed to that point.  However, the learning experience was amazing, and we will be participating soon in the process to retroactively have this building become LEED certified for existing buildings (LEED - EB).

Lakewood Public Library – Our organization was hired as construction manager for this iconic and significant historic renovation and new construction of the Lakewood Public Library.  All project team members expressed a desire to consider LEED certification for the project.  Our teams went through extensive review scorecards and, again, our organization learned a dramatic amount with regards to the process and steps to follow along with steps not to follow in order to move toward a successful certification.  Ultimately, the client chose not to pursue the certification process.  Nevertheless, the continued learning experience was invaluable for our organization.

Ruffing Montessori School – This project is LEED registered and is proceeding toward LEED certification.  Our organization helped guide, control and monitor the accumulation of the voluminous paperwork required in order to be submitted to be considered for that LEED certification.  That process is complete and we are awaiting word from the governing body.  Again, we built upon past lessons learned and applied it in a smoother and successful manner for this client.

Hiram College New Dormitory – Continuing to build on our experience, this is also a LEED registered project.  Our ability to mandate and control the preparation of information from our subcontractors, to gain the subcontractor’s cooperation in the accumulation of the required documentation, and our ability to monitor quality control as it relates to the green construction has improved dramatically because of our earlier efforts.

Cuyahoga County Juvenile Justice Center - $47 million facility pursuing LEED Certification with completion scheduled for June 2010.

Beta Business Mall - Existing building pursuing LEED EB (Existing Building): Operations and Maintenance.  Panzica is leading the certification process.

Airgas Great Lakes - $1.6 millioon manufacturing and distribution facility pursuing LEED Certification.  Scheduled for completion in June 2009.

Cleveland State Univeresity College of Education - $15.5 million facility pursuing LEED Certification and scheduled for completion in February 2010.

Oberlin College New Dormitory - $11.5 million student housing facility.

Cleveland State University Student Center - $16 million facility pursuing LEED Certification.  Scheduled for completion in June 2010.