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John S. Clark Company Employees Receive Green Advantage Commercial Certification
John S. Clark Company, LLC is pleased to announce that nine members of their team have been certified Green Advantage Environmental Commercial. An array of John S. Clark Company, LLC team members have passed the exam including Senior Project Managers, Project Managers, Assistant Project Managers, Designers and Field Superintendents - Greg Savage, Bill Bryan, Robbie Nunn, Douglas Patterson, Regina Davis, Scott Winesett, Danny Presley, Dean Seaford and Richard Travis passed the exam. Greg Savage, Clark’s Director of Sustainable Construction and LEED AP, also holds the Green Advantage Environmental Residential Certification, making John S. Clark Company the only General Contractor in the Piedmont Triad to have team members with both certifications.
Green Advantage is an environmental certification for building-related practitioners who have proven knowledge about green building principles, practices and strategies, materials, techniques and core concepts behind sustainability. The comprehensive training adheres to the integrated green design philosophy and to collaborative approach to sustainable building. Understanding the interdependencies of a building’s various systems is fundamental to creating a design and construction process that will produce a cost effective, environmentally responsible, durable and desirable building project.
Training covers topics such as:
· Financial considerations of building green
· Environmental impact of traditional construction practices
· Green building rating systems
· Integrated and collaborative design
· Site orientation
· Sustainable foundation
· Wall and roofing systems
· Managing and reducing construction waste
· Sustainable HVAC systems
· Commissioning projects
· Indoor air quality
· Daylighting and artificial lighting
· Green finishes…. Flooring, paint, non-toxic materials
· Localization…landscaping and sustainable paving options
· Heat island effect…and much more!
Green Advantage Certification Program is designed to be a non-competitive, complementary offering that supports the USGBC LEED certification and supports LEED Accreditation. A LEED Innovation Credit can be achieved if a significant percentage of a project’s building force is Green Advantage Certified. John S. Clark Company, LLC has three LEED Accredited Professionals on staff and over twenty employees are involved in a LEED AP study group.
About John S. Clark Company, LLC
John S. Clark Company is one of the oldest and largest general building contractors in
North Carolina’s Piedmont Triad and in the Southeast, and a leading provider of in-house design-build services.
Founded in 1958, the company has headquarters in Mount Airy and full-service offices in Winston-Salem, Greensboro and Wilmington, N.C. Its broad expertise covers
industrial, commercial, multi-family, retail, health sciences, technology and institutional construction. It also handles tenant upfits and building improvement projects.
The company attributes its longevity to the quality of its management and professional staff as well as its history of community support. John S. Clark is a member of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and is committed to sustainable design and construction. The company has several LEED Accredited Professionals on staff including key members of its design team and has been instrumental in starting the Piedmont Triad Chapter of the USGBC.
Now part of Obayashi USA LLC, John S. Clark has worked on some of the most recognizable projects in the Southeast. Its customer base includes large national and global companies such as Wal-Mart, CVS and IKEA. It has consistently been ranked in
Engineering News-Record’s “Top 200 General Construction Firms in the U.S.” and in
The Business Journal’s “Top Five General Construction Firms in North Carolina.”
For more information contact Chelsey Watts, Marketing Coordinator, chelseyw@jsclark.com.
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