On Nov. 6, 2013, Engineering News-Record (ENR) New York recognized RIT Golisano Institute of Sustainability (RIT GIS) as the region’s best project in the Green Project category, which honors the country’s best construction projects and the companies that designed and built them.
At the Build New York award ceremony in Saratoga Springs, December 10, 2013, the New York State Association of General Contractors (AGC) recognized the project with the Jeffery J. Zogg Build New York Award, which highlights the construction industry’s positive impact on building and heavy construction in New York. Josh Reinhard of LeChase Construction and Mark Maddalina of SWBR also presented a case study of the RIT GIS project at the AGC Annual Conference.
SWBR served as architect of record on the project, with LeChase as design-build team leader and FXFOWLE as design architect. The nearly $36 million RIT GIS project consisted of a unique 84,000-square-foot, four-story addition to the university. It houses sustainability research, technology transfer, education and outreach, and is a state-of-the-art showcase for green construction and design, as well as GIS master’s and Ph.D. programs in sustainability and architecture. The project was completed in March 2013.