Six of company's projects awarded LEED certification in recent months
MISSISSAUGA, ON, Nov. 6, 2012 /CNW/ - EllisDon celebrated six LEED certifications over the past few months, further solidifying the company's reputation as a leader in sustainable construction services. The projects contained a few firsts for EllisDon, including the first LEED Platinum project for the company in Eastern Canada. All projects were certified under CaGBC's LEED Canada for New Construction and Major Renovations and their certification brings the total number of LEED certified projects EllisDon is directly involved in to 106.
Last month, Woodstock General Hospital project earned LEED Silver. On this state-of-the-art healthcare facility, EllisDon self-performed the LEED facilitation role. EllisDon was obligated to deliver a LEED certified project within 24 months of substantial completion but through the efforts of the company's Sustainable Building Services group, along with the consultants and owner, the project was awarded LEED Silver 9 months early.
EllisDon was also notified last month that the Algonquin College Centre for Construction Excellence was awarded LEED Platinum certification. This is EllisDon's second LEED Platinum building, and the first in Eastern Canada. This facility is considered a leader in LEED building design due in part to features such as a green roof with native vegetation and a five storey bio-wall that helps clean indoor air and control humidity levels in the atrium of the building.
Other note worthy EllisDon projects that achieved LEED certification are:
"Sustainability has migrated from being a competitive advantage to becoming a market expectation," said Andres Bernal, Managing Director of Sustainable Building Services at EllisDon. "As the industry progresses in terms of green construction, expectations are higher, more complex and even becoming part of contractual obligations."
He further acknowledges, "Besides the net benefits, a successful certification also shows the implementation of creative and concerted efforts of all the project partners to address risk management. This collaboration is leading the industry in the right direction."
About EllisDon
EllisDon is an employee-owned construction services company, with revenues in excess of $2.7 billion annually, which delivers construction expertise to clients throughout the world. The company offers not only construction and project management services but now a growing range of construction services in risk management, sustainability and technology. For more information, please visit www.ellisdon.com.
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Rishma Mangat
EllisDon Corporation
Phone: (905) 896-8900
Fax: (905) 896-8911
89 Queensway Ave West
Suite 800
Mississauga, Ontario L5B 2V2
www.ellisdon.com
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