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High-Profile Cover Story: John W. McCormack Federal Building Continued from previous page ing. Some of the main energy-efficiency components of the design include variable speed drives for fans and pumps, lighting with high efficiency controls, including motion sensors and daylight dimming, and new insulated double-pane, low-e windows. The project also includes enhanced commissioning to ensure optimal set-up, performance, and maintenance of all building systems. Plumbing fixtures will reduce estimated water consumption by 642,000 gallons/year, a 32% improvement over code requirements. The indoor air quality of the building will be improved through use of low-emitting construction materials such as paint, carpeting, and composite wood. Perhaps the most dramatic and noteworthy part of the project from a sustainable standpoint is the green roof on the fourth and fifth floors. On a confined urban site, the green roof space encompassed more than 25% of the site footprint, providing an important occupied open space for the building users. The green roof will be planted with native species and after establishment should require no irrigation. Seth Berkowitz, architect of Goody Clancy, noted, “The interesting things about the green roof is that they’re not just aesthetic, there is a lot of functionality... drainage from all the different roofs is filtered through the green roof into cisterns ...so that whenever drought conditions occur that water can then be pumped up and used for irrigation.”
Project Team for McCormack Building
Architect - Goody Clancy & Associates Construction Manager - Tishman Construction General Contractor - Suffolk Construction Company, Inc. Consultant - Cashins and Associates, Inc. HVAC - Energy Management of New England Tile, Carpet, Resilient - Merrimac Tile Co., Inc. Window Treatments - Ver-Tex Construction Specialties, Inc. Landscaping Contractor - ValleyCrest Landscape Development Earthwork - The Welch Corp. ContractorsCarpentry Misc. Carpentry, Gypsum, Metal Framing - Cape Cod Plastering, Inc. Document, Print & Information Management - Service Point USA Acoustical - Cheviot Corporation
Selected Subcontractors for McCormack Building Building Automation Systems
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tion manager, commented, “Good coordination, good planning and patience are a must for a project of this type.” “Without the dedication of the 300 men and women who took pride in their work this would never have happened,” said Michael Santos, contracting officer of the GSA. In addition to the McCormack Building renovation, the GSA New England Region last year installed a 143,000sf photovoltaic solar roof at the Frederick C. Murphy Federal Center in Waltham. During Fiscal Year 2007, the array generated 430,000 kWh – 90,000 kWh of that total was delivered back to the grid while 340,000 kWh were used on-site.
John W. McCormack Federal Building skylight
Selected Subcontractors for McCormack Building Acoustical
curtainwall • glass and glazing • aluminum window • historical restoration • metal panel • acoustical ceiling • acoustical wall panel • access floor aspects
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Miscellaneous Carpentry, Gypsum, Metal Framing
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ENERGY MANAGEMENT OF NEW ENGLAND INC.
Upon completion in the fall of 2009, the McCormack Building will serve as a national model for the integration of historic preservation and modern day sustainability. It will serve as the Regional Headquarters for its premier tenant, the EPA, as well as the US Bankruptcy Court, the US Trustees, and the Department of Education. “Historically known as the Grand Old Lady, the McCormack has been renovated and transformed into a Modern Woman,” says Glenn C. Rotondo, acting regional administrator for the GSA’s New England Region. Alleyn Alie, vice president of Tishman Construction Corporation, Construc-
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