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Lead gold. But that wasnt the objective. This needed to be the best example of Energy Conservation of any Office Building in the United States. We became involved in the San Francisco Public Utilities headquarter project during the time when the project was at a stand still for a number of reasons, largely due to budget issues. And at the time we were asked to consider an alternative design using concrete rather than the scheme that was potentially planned for previous to that, which was a steel frame structure that used hydraulic dampers to control seismic motion. So, i met with my team. We w...

Looking spirit is alive in San Francisco government as well. The new headquarters of the San Francisco Public Utilities commission at a5 25 golden gate avenue is more than just a 13story building and office ablation. Instead, city leaders, departments and project managers join forces with local architectural firms ked to build one of the greatest Office Buildings in america. Thats more than a building. Thats a living system. When San Francisco first bought this land in 1999, it was home to a state Office Building. This was an old eightstory Brown Building the state owned and the workers comp p...

San francisco is home to some of the most Innovative Companies of the 21st century. This pioneering and forward looking spirit is alive in San Francisco government as well. The new headquarters of the San Francisco Public Utilities commission at a5 25 golden gate avenue is more than just a 13story building and office ablation. Instead, city leaders, departments and project managers join forces with local architectural firms ked to build one of the greatest Office Buildings in america. Thats more than a building. Thats a living system. When San Francisco first bought this land in 1999, it was h...

Tension concrete structure, great idea. We did that. A lot of other things. And we came up with a price of 140 million. So, we achieved that goal. And, so, when we first started looking at the building, it was going to cost a lot of money. Because of the way it was being built, we could only get 12 floors. We wanted more space for our employees. We ended up going and saying, okay, if we do a concrete building instead, which was web cores idea, we can get 13 floors, not 12 floors. The concrete doesnt require much space between the floors as a Steel Building does. And it could be cheaper. Yes, m...

Renewable energy for City Services like public buses, hospitals, schools, and much more. And finally, we collect and treat all the citys wastewater and stormwater making it safe enough to discharge into the San Francisco bay and pacific ocean. In 2006 the puc was planning a Record Number of projects. The Public Utilities commission is a very infrastructurerich organization. Were out there rebuilding the water system. Weve budget working on Power Generation in the country. Weve been doing sewer for the city. Were looking at a brandnew rebuild of all watt systems in San Francisco and we havent h...