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UN Plaza Building design work to begin
By: John Upton
08/12/09 12:36 PM PDT
The San Francisco office of global firm HKS Architects was awarded a federal stimulus-funded contract to lead the design efforts for plans to overhaul the vacant United Nations Plaza Federal Building.
The U.S. General Services Administration is sinking $121 million in Recovery Act funds into a project to seismically upgrade, rewire, improve the environmental performance and generally overhaul the 73-year old building, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Design work worth $7.9 million will begin this month, with Architectural Resources Group and 18 additional local consultants expect to participate, according to a press release issued by the agency on Wednesday.
Photovoltaic panels, an ultra-efficient mechanical system, energy efficiency initiatives and environmentally friendly materials are planned to be installed in an effort to achieve LEED Gold certification for the finished building from the U.S. Green Building Council.
“By using these green technologies, this project will create jobs in both traditional construction sectors and emerging green industries," GSA Acting Regional Administrator Jeffrey Neely said in a statement.
Design work is expected to be finished by September 2010.
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