San Francisco's First LEED-NC Multi-Tenant Highrise Complete

Turner Construction Company Completes Construction on San Francisco's 555 Mission Street Office Tower

BUILDING SEEKING LEED SILVER CERTIFICATION FROM USGBC

 

Last update: 3:05 p.m. EDT Sept. 18, 2008

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 18, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Turner Construction Company announced today that it has completed construction on the 555 Mission Street building. The 33-story, 670,000 square-foot glass curtain office tower, constructed on behalf of Tishman Speyer, is at the center of San Francisco's rapidly expanding Mission Street corridor. The building was completed on time and received its Temporary Certificate of Occupancy from the City of San Francisco five weeks earlier than planned.

Building features include: 3,400 square feet of retail space on the ground floor; two levels of below grade valet parking; 25-foot high, by 140-feet-long cable net supported wall enclosing the lobby; and 11,000 square foot plaza at street level with a Jonathan Borofsky sculpture.

555 Mission is the first Class A office building to be built in the city in the past four years. It is seeking LEED Silver (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification, a designation issued by the Green Building Council to recognize the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings. The building's original plans were not predicated on seeking LEED certification. However, seven months after the October 2006 groundbreaking, a number of green techniques and standards were incorporated into the plans.

Green building elements of the new 555 Mission Street office tower include:

 -- Elimination of refrigerants in all building heating and cooling systems

  that emit compounds which contribute to ozone depletion and global

  warming

 -- At least 10 percent of the materials used in the building's

  construction are from recycled sources.

 -- Diverted 80 percent of waste generated during construction process to

  recycling or take-back centers.

 -- All adhesives and sealants, paints and coatings, and carpet systems

  meet or exceed VOC (volatile organic compounds) requirements, providing

  better indoor air quality to people with respiratory sensitivities.

 -- The building's total water usage is reduced by at least 30 percent

  through water efficient fittings and fixtures.

 -- The roof is a highly reflective, lightly colored cool roof system that

  keeps the building cool and reduces air conditioning costs.

 -- Designated parking spaces for low emission and fuel-efficient vehicles.