Guide to LEED 2009 Estimating and Preconstruction Strategies walks the reader step by step through the LEED 2009 for New Construction process, offering advanced techniques for estimating the actual costs, in time and money, for building green. It serves as an essential primer to price-assessment strategies for high-performance commercial and institutional projects, which include office buildings, high-rise residential buildings, government buildings, recreational facilities, manufacturing plants, and laboratories. Written by a 4th generation contractor with 20 years of construction experience who has worked on more than 100 sustainable projects—29 of which are LEED certified, with another 53 in various stages of the LEED certification process—Guide to LEED 2009 Estimating and Preconstruction Strategies:
- Provides an introduction to the basics of preparing project execution plans, estimates, and schedules for green projects
- Is fully up to date with the latest version of the LEED rating system, LEED 2009
- Provides real-world case studies used to demonstrate the techniques and concepts revealed in the book
- Covers project documentation, a much overlooked, but project-critical aspect of LEED certification
- Provides strategies to help the reader understand the real costs and scheduling implications associated with sustainable building
Guide to LEED 2009 Estimating and Preconstruction Strategies formulates a simple and effective plan for construction managers, and hands them the proper tools for constructing better estimates, better bids— and ultimately— better buildings. The author, Thomas A. Taylor, LEED AP BD+C, is General Manager at Vertegy, Alberici's sustainable consulting service, and sits on the board of the Green Building Initiative. He is also a member of the St. Louis Regional Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council, and chairman of the sustainable construction task force of the National Associated General Contractors of America (AGC). Before assuming his current roles, he represented both owner and construction manager on Alberici's dual-certified Four Green Globes and LEED Platinum headquarters, and served on and chaired various committees on both the local St. Louis and National AGC.