Bob Moore Construction Completes LEED Job

Bob Moore Construction, based in Arlington, Texas, has announced it has completed the largest LEED Gold Core and Shell Industrial construction project in the state of Texas.

According to a company press release, the three-building, 1.16 million square foot business park along State Highway 360 in Arlington is also one of the first industrial projects in Texas to earn LEED Gold Core and Shell certification.

"This is an exciting achievement," says Kyle Whitesell, senior project manager for Bob Moore Construction. "We were able to deliver a 1.16 million square foot project that is not just LEED certified, but meets the extremely high standards of Gold level certification and is larger than any other Gold industrial project in the state. The fact that this is the one of the first LEED Gold Core and Shell industrial projects in Texas of any size shows how challenging it is to meet these standards, and I'm pleased that we were able to make it happen."

Some of the considerations for Pioneer 360 Business Center's LEED Gold certification include:

• The project began with the demolition and asbestos abatement of the Festival Marketplace mall; more than 95 percent (91,634 tons) of steel, concrete, asphalt, copper and aluminum coming from the mall were recycled rather than sent to landfill;
• The project replaced an abandoned mall and was built on already developed land instead of a previously undeveloped area;
• A white roof and light-colored concrete was used to reflect heat and reduce facility cooling costs;
• Use of T-5 warehouse lights for energy conservation;
• Sunlight harvesting - use of a watt stopper system, which automatically controls lights in the skylight areas of the warehouse;