Our Solution: Performance-Driven Action

Our approach is grounded in data, tailored to unique constraints and guided by long-term thinking. These three steps can help your school shift away from quick fixes and toward long-term performance.

Step 1: Centralize Your Utility Data

Bring all your utility accounts and building automation systems into one place. When data is unified, facility teams gain real-time visibility into building performance, making it easier to track usage, benchmark efficiency and spot opportunities to reduce waste. This transparency also helps your campus community—students, faculty and parents—to see progress toward sustainability goals.

Step 2: Start Small

Most buildings lose 30–50% of energy through ventilation, heat rejection or inefficient systems. Begin by analyzing your centralized data to uncover quick wins like optimizing airflow, reusing heat or lowering hot water temperatures. These small changes can significantly cut energy demand and operating costs while setting the stage for long-term improvements.

Step 3: Build a Plan That Works for Your School

Use the insights from your data to create a roadmap tailored to your budget and timeline. A clear plan helps prioritize actions that reduce energy costs and free up funds to reinvest where it matters most: enhancing learning environments and supporting your students and faculty.

Arch Energy acts as your partner throughout this process, providing the tools to centralize your data, uncover actionable insights and guide you in building a practical, cost-effective energy roadmap that’s right for your campus.

Where We’re Doing It

Energy Optimization at Phillips Academy — Andover

When Phillips Academy set out to optimize energy use across its campus, the goal was clear: reduce costs and carbon footprint while empowering students to take part in the journey. By integrating 240 electric, steam and HVAC data points across 75 buildings, the school gained real-time insights that transformed decision-making. The results speak for themselves: upwards of 10% in energy savings and a campus-wide culture shift. During the student-led Green Cup Challenge, dorms competed to lower their energy use, achieving 6.3% reductions and sparking conversations about sustainability that extended beyond the classroom.

Contact

Kailash Viswanathan, CEM, LEED AP
kviswanathan@consigli.com | LinkedIn
As Director of Energy for Arch Energy, Kailash leverages over three decades of engineering and operations experience to help clients navigate through different stages of the decarbonization journey by planning and implementing low-carbon infrastructure strategies.

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In New York, Consigli received the Best Project Award in the K-12 Education category, as well as Awards of Merit in both the K-12 Education and the Restoration/Renovation categories. In New England, Consigli received the Best Project Award in the Higher Education/Research category and an Award of Merit in the Energy/Industrial category.

Read more about each of the five award-winning projects below:

ENR New York Awards
Best K-12 Education Project: Alice Dodge Wallace ’38 Center for Performing Arts
Consigli transformed Emma Willard School’s historic, century-old Alumnae Chapel into a state-of-the-art performing arts center and community hub, preserving 80% of the original structure to avoid 6,000 metric tons of embodied carbon. The renovation restored the limestone façade, slate roof, and baroque organ while adding a 20,000-square-foot subterranean arts wing beneath a green roof to expand theater, music, and dance resources—all designed for enhanced acoustics, sustainability and modern functionality.

K-12 Education Award of Merit: Allen Center for the Creative Arts and Technology
Hackley School’s Allen Center for the Creative Arts and Technology is a new 50,000 sq. ft. hub for creative learning, complete with a 550-seat auditorium, black box theater, art gallery and advanced digital media labs. Built with 700 tons of steel to achieve its striking curvature and cantilevers, the LEED Gold-certified facility integrates layered acoustic systems and a rainwater harvesting green roof for sustainability. Consigli overcame significant site challenges, including excavating more than 15,000 cubic yards of granite and installing over 300 rock nails for stabilization, while minimizing disruption to campus operations.

Restoration/Renovation Award of Merit: NYBCe Consolidated Campus
To create New York Blood Center (NYBC) Enterprises’ first-ever consolidated campus, Consigli transformed the former Avon headquarters into a 185,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility that houses NYBC’s lifesaving research, blood collection, and cell therapy manufacturing operations. The adaptive reuse project integrated 600+ pieces of lab equipment within the existing footprint, leveraging five low-clearance mechanical mezzanines and advanced laser scanning for precision. Featuring high-efficiency heat pumps with heat recovery and a specialized vivarium, the facility sets a new standard for sustainable laboratory design in urban environments.

ENR New England Awards
Best Higher Education/Research Project: Ragon Institute of Mass General Brigham, MIT and Harvard
Ragon 2.0 in Kendall Square creates a 323,000-square-foot hub for cutting-edge medical research, featuring advanced wet and dry labs, tissue culture rooms, and a vivarium. Its centerpiece—a dramatic single-helix staircase—connects collaborative spaces within a complex façade of 15 systems, 120,000 square feet of curtain wall, and a mass timber skylight. Built on a tight urban site with extensive prefabrication and design-assist coordination, the LEED Gold-certified, all-electric-ready building exceeds efficiency goals by 60%, incorporating triple-pane glazing, heat recovery systems, and a vegetated roof for sustainability and urban ecology.

Energy/Industrial Award of Merit: UNH Thermal Energy Storage (TES) Tank
Consigli and its energy division, Arch Energy, delivered a 1.4-million-gallon Thermal Energy Storage (TES) tank for the University of New Hampshire—an innovative solution equivalent to a 15,000-kWh battery. Designed to store 10,400 ton-hours of chilled water for release during peak demand, the $10.3 million project significantly reduces energy costs and environmental impact. Delivered using a design-build approach, the team overcame confined-space and high-angle challenges with enhanced safety protocols and community training. As a cornerstone of UNH’s WildCAP climate action plan, the TES tank sets a model for higher education decarbonization and long-term sustainability.

Project teams recognized by ENR’s panel of judges were evaluated on their ability to overcome challenges, contribute to industry innovation and benefit the community, as well as overall excellence in design, construction and safety execution.

Award-winning projects and teams will be honored at regional event celebrations this winter, as well as featured in ENR’s November issue.

Learn more about the ENR Regional Best Projects Awards here.

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Delivered by Consigli Construction Co., Inc. and its energy division, Arch Energy, the 1.4-million-gallon TES tank is an innovative campus solution that is roughly equivalent to a 15,000-kWh battery, delivers long-term energy efficiency for UNH. Reflecting a $10.3 million investment by the University, the new TES tank was designed to produce chilled water during off-peak hours to significantly lower campus energy costs and reduce environmental impact. The tank, and its interconnection to the existing plant, allows for a minimum of 10,400 ton-hours of stored chilled water to be released as thermal energy during peak hours.

Using a design-build approach with DN Tanks, Consigli and its design partners ensured successful preconstruction and construction phases by maximizing client and project team collaboration and bolstering efficiency throughout the life of the project. The project team overcame significant challenges, including confined space and high-angle work hazards inside the 47-foot-tall, 80-foot-diameter tank. Enhanced fall protection protocols were implemented, and the team partnered with the local fire department for a high-angle rescue training exercise. When traditional gear proved unsuitable, the team donated construction-grade fall protection and rigging equipment, strengthening community safety and partnerships.

The TES Tank serves as a model for higher education institutions pursuing ambitious decarbonization planning and is a key feature of UNH’s own climate action plan, WildCAP, which aims to cut the university’s greenhouse gas emissions by 80% in 2050 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2100.

In addition to this award, Consigli also received the top project award for New England in the Higher Education/Research category for The Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Brigham, MIT and Harvard, as well as several other New York regional awards.

Project teams recognized by ENR’s panel of judges were evaluated on their ability to overcome challenges, contribute to industry innovation and benefit the community, as well as overall excellence in design, construction and safety execution.

Read more about the project in ENR here.

Learn more about the ENR New England Regional Best Projects Awards here.

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With Arch Energy, Consigli’s energy division, we specialize in helping organizations plan and implement smart, cost-effective and energy-efficient retrofitting strategies that don’t just reduce energy use but improve how buildings function.

The Challenge: Aging Infrastructure & The Impact of Inaction

Facility managers and public leaders face the same problem: managing 30-, 50-, even 100-year-old buildings that were built before energy efficiency was a priority and when fossil fuels were cheap. The consequences are clear:

• Increasing energy costs
• Frequent maintenance calls and repairs
• Uncomfortable or unhealthy indoor environments
• Strained capital budgets

The Shift: From Short-Term Fixes to Long-Term Value

Upgrading a building’s energy systems isn’t a cost—it’s an investment. Like managing our health, we don’t wait to act on signs of a cognitive issue or ignore high blood pressure until there’s an emergency. Investing in prevention is always effective.

Energy efficiency is the preventive care of building health. It reduces risk, improves comfort and avoids expensive surprises down the line. The key is in shifting away from quick fixes and toward long-term performance.

Our Solution: Practical, Performance-Driven Action

Our approach is grounded in data, tailored to unique constraints and guided by long-term thinking:

• Grounded in data: We provide targeted energy and heat loss audits and benchmarking services to understand what’s working and what isn’t, and inform next steps.
• Tailored to unique constraints: Every building has distinctive operating schedules, occupant needs and budget limitations. We develop energy efficiency measures—from design to installation—that satisfy unique constraints.
• Guided by long-term thinking: We help clients plan and prioritize improvements that yield lasting value.

How we do it: Reduce. Reuse. Electrify.

Reduce: Reduce energy through smarter systems. Lighting controls, tighter building envelopes, digital controls and optimized HVAC scheduling are low-hanging fruit that deliver immediate savings.

Reuse: Capitalize on what’s already available. Many aging buildings have functioning infrastructure that can be upgraded and integrated into high-efficiency operations. We focus on reusing—or recovering—wasted energy from that infrastructure to cut energy use without major overhauls:

• Heat recovery from ventilation systems can pre-warm or pre-cool incoming air.
• Water-side heat recovery can capture thermal energy from drains, condensers and other equipment to reuse for space heating or domestic hot water.

Electrify: Where it makes sense, replace fossil-fuel-based systems with high-efficiency heat pumps. Electrification increases building resilience, simplifies maintenance and supports compliance with changing energy codes and carbon regulations.

The Benefits: Energy Efficiency as a Strategic Asset

1. Lower Operating Costs: Targeted retrofits reduce annual energy costs by 20–40% or more. That money can be reinvested into services, staffing or capital reserves.
2. Reduced Maintenance: Fewer breakdowns means fewer emergency repairs. Arch Energy ensures the designs we implement minimize complexity and are easy to operate and maintain.
3. Improved Comfort and Health: Thermal comfort, air quality and lighting quality directly impact occupant performance, productivity and satisfaction.
4. Resilience and Adaptability: Efficient systems make your building more flexible and able to adapt to future technologies, climate events and tenant needs. This means that your heating and cooling equipment is available during extreme events.
5. Environmental Impact: Every upgrade shrinks a carbon footprint, which means cleaner air, regulatory compliance and a facility that contributes to sustainability targets.

Why Now? Energy Efficiency as the Foundation of Compliance

Across the U.S., local laws and building performance standards are raising the bar on energy use, emissions and operational transparency. Like New York City’s Local Law 97 and Boston’s BERDO, jurisdictions are mandating change, and aging buildings are at the center of it.

Energy efficiency is the first, most cost-effective step toward compliance. Benchmarking helps understand a building’s carbon footprint, and efficiency upgrades reduce penalties and extend compliance timelines. Waiting increases the risk of fines, unplanned capital expenses and tenant dissatisfaction. Early action, guided by a clear roadmap, puts you in control of your building’s future.

The Power of Partnership: Why Collaboration Matters

Energy efficiency isn’t a one-time checklist. It requires collaboration, practical know-how and follow-through. That’s where Arch Energy comes in—not just as a contractor, but as a partner to:

• Help reduce costs by identifying the right mix of strategies, incentives and phasing.
• Take ownership of outcomes, guiding the design, construction and commissioning processes.
• Supplement your internal resources, bringing the focus, time and energy that overburdened teams often don’t have.

For our team, energy efficiency is not an afterthought—it’s a priority. Building managers are weighed down by years of deferred decisions, and Arch Energy can help. With countless technologies and pathways, a partner who knows how to turn a vision into action is key.

Where We’re Doing It

Massachusetts State Transportation Building Energy Project

While the 1,000,000 sq. ft. building remained occupied, Consigli and its Arch Energy division replaced legacy lighting with LEDs, added wireless occupancy and daylight controls, upgraded 1,300 Variable Air Volume (VAV) boxes and converted the entire building from pneumatic air to Digital (DDC) controls and cooling and heating plant optimization. $1.89 million in utility funding was secured to support the project.

The Impact:

• 5 million kWh saved annually (equivalent to powering 450 homes)
• 10,000 MMBtu in thermal energy saved
• 2,300 MTCO₂e avoided (like taking 500 cars off the road or planting 38,000 trees)

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Commercial buildings account for over 30% of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. With increasing local, regional and federal laws and disclosure requirements requiring reduced operational carbon emissions, businesses are compelled to prioritize decarbonization, or face penalization. Take New York City and Boston—two major cities issuing fines to commercial buildings for failing to comply with reducing carbon emissions:

New York City – Local Law 97: Local Law 97 mandates large buildings to significantly reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, aiming for a 40% reduction by 2030 and net-zero emissions by 2050. It is considered one of the most ambitious plans in the nation.

Boston – Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure (BERDO): BERDO requires large buildings to report their annual energy and water use to the city by February 2025 and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 2023 in line with set targets, with the ultimate goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050.

By 2030, more than a dozen cities will follow suit, establishing their own regulations resembling New York City and Boston’s goals.

Planning for Successful Decarbonization

With 2030 approaching, the time for planning is now. Arch Energy, Consigli’s energy division, can help guide the planning of your decarbonization project starting with these key actions:

Benchmark Your Emissions: Compare your building’s energy performance to similar buildings. Collect energy data on your building and calculate the emissions using the factors written in the law.

Engage Collaborative Partners: Ensure the success of your decarbonization projects by involving experienced partners from the beginning. The key to effectively decarbonizing older buildings lies in the early and active collaboration of all essential participants—architects, engineers, builders and clients.

Analyze Emissions Data: Identify areas where your building may be falling short of compliance and pinpoint emission hotspots. Collaborate with your design and construction team to evaluate the data and determine the most effective low-carbon projects or infrastructure upgrades for your property.

Reduce, Recover, Electrify: Identify waste heat not only to reduce your energy demand, but to see where heat can be reused to save 30% to 40% of carbon emissions. Once you reduce and recover available waste heat, begin to implement electrification measures.

Leverage Available Incentives: Understand the guardrails to qualified scope for incentives on planning and construction projects. Secure dollars by leveraging eligible tax credits and local utility and state incentives that enable zero carbon infrastructure.

Accelerating energy efficiency improvements can achieve more than a third of the total carbon dioxide (CO2) emission reductions needed between now and 2030, aligning with the goal of reaching net zero emissions by 2050.

The Advantage of Decarbonization

Adopting sustainable practices in building management offers advantages, both financially and reputationally. To transform your legacy building into a model for decarbonization, start today.

Economic: By adhering to sustainability standards, building owners can avoid potential fines and adapt more easily to new market conditions. Additionally, sustainable buildings typically have lower operating costs, longer lifespans and reduced environmental impact, which can translate into better financial performance over time.

Market Value: Decarbonization is a necessary step in reaching Net Zero goals and meeting stakeholder expectations, including those of tenants, investors and the community. Companies that prioritize sustainability not only enhance their reputation and brand value but also increase customer loyalty, attract new clients and provide a competitive edge in the market. By positioning a decarbonized legacy building as a premium, resilient asset, businesses improve their market standing.

Where We’re Doing It 

345 Hudson, owned and currently being repositioned by Hudson Square Properties (HSP), is a model for sustainable practices, incorporating Nordic design principles of holistic energy recycling and electrification and serving as a scalable solution for Local Law 97 compliance. Because of its natural gas operations, mid-tier energy rating and carbon emissions, the 990,000 sq. ft. 345 Hudson was destined to face recurring Local Law 97 carbon emissions fines starting in 2035. Over a seven-year period, 345 Hudson is undergoing infrastructure changes that will make its decarbonization a reality.

Learn more about the project here.

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Consigli and its energy division, Arch Energy, have worked collaboratively with project partners to rapidly electrify 345 Hudson by replacing steam and natural gas systems. Using proven, innovative technologies from Electric.nyc, Phase 1 will enable renewable energy within the existing building infrastructure and replace outdated systems powered by steam and natural gas with smart electric-powered systems. Leveraging these new systems, 345 Hudson and adjacent buildings will be connected through micro-grids to create shared, efficient and circular heating and cooling.

Once complete, 345 Hudson’s retrofit is expected to reduce emissions by at least 70 percent and support compliance with New York City’s Local Law 97, which mandates large buildings significantly reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.

Developed by Hudson Square Properties (HSP), a collaboration between Hines, Trinity Church Wall Street, and Norges Bank, the award-winning project received NYSERDA’s first Empire Building Challenge grant to support decarbonization efforts.

Members of the Consigli and Arch Energy teams, alongside project partners, received the award at a Nov. 12 celebration hosted by ENR.

Read more about the project in ENR’s November issue here.

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With many academic institutions re-evaluating campus needs as we evolve during this pandemic, Consigli brings a strong interdisciplinary approach to assessing existing campus facilities and providing practical scope recommendations with associated costs, focused on five strategic solutions.

Reduced Budgets

Our Solutions:

• CM Buying Power. Leveraging multiple project relationships with key partners resulting in greater control over project costs & lead time risks.
• Reduced Cost. Full-time on-site management with the resources to cover multiple projects on concurrent work schedules maximizing cost efficiency

Energy Efficiency

Our Solutions:

• Energy Optimization. Provide solutions to reduce energy use by 15% to 25%, like peak demand shaving, networked lighting controls, etc.
• Deep Energy Retrofit. Provide a more comprehensive look at all your energy consuming systems including building envelope & try to achieve 50% to 60% reduction in energy usage.
• Building Intelligence. Design & implement building management systems, with data driven analytics on your HVAC system operations.
• Healthy Buildings. Ensure that your buildings are meeting or exceeding enhanced ventilation needs.

Consigli’s Arch Energy group provides and implements integrated solutions to create sustainable, healthy and intelligent buildings powered by low-carbon infrastructure, reducing costs and increasing building efficiency across all markets.

Deferred Maintenance

Our Solutions:

• Building Assessments. Exploratory work to identify existing conditions & minimize cost & schedule impacts.
• Informed Estimates. Scope menus & prioritization of the most critical deferred maintenance items.
• M/E/P Services. Provide data driven strategies that maximize long-term value with lower maintenance & operating costs.
• Right Sizing. Develop strategic equipment solutions that balance project & operating costs.

Streamlining Procurement

Our Solutions:

• Trade Bundling. More competitive pricing through resource loading & personnel leveling between multiple projects.
• Design-Build Services. Lead an assembled team of design specialists to assist in master planning, campus assessment & project scope development.

Staffing Resources

Our Solutions:

• A Dedicated Staff. Provide multi-project management solutions with transparent documentation & reporting for less strain on in-house resources.
• Expanded Resources. Connect with Project Service Group resources (VDC, Scheduling & M/E/P) to develop task focused project management planning & solutions.

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To support lower carbon emissions by 2032, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Section 48 Energy Credit offers new construction and energy projects up to 6-50% of costs as a tax credit to private and tax-exempt entities. Backed by Arch Energy—Consigli’s energy division—we help clients secure dollars by leveraging eligible tax credits to advance clean energy solutions and get one step closer to decarbonization.

How Consigli Can Help

Step 1: Identify the Project’s Energy Scope

With our Arch Energy experts, Consigli provides the guardrails to qualified eligible scope for developed projects.

Step 2: Quantify the Project’s Energy Output

Based on the eligible scope, Consigli quantifies your energy project output, including the total rated capacity of heating and cooling.

Step 3: Relate the Design to Domestic Content

Our team identifies any iron, steel and manufactured products within the project scope that can be sourced domestically to maximize benefits from the “Made in USA” Domestic Materials Bonus.

Step 4: Manage Labor Requirements

In preconstruction, Consigli develops a plan for prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements based on total heating and cooling output (if applicable). The project may require that 100% certified payroll and 15% total labor hours be performed by a certified apprenticeship.

Step 5: Identify Other Bonuses or Tax Credits

As Consigli helps secure IRA incentives, we will also evaluate other cost-saving incentives for use on your project, including bonus credits and local tax rebates.

Where We’re Doing It

University of New Hampshire, Thermal Energy Storage Tank

In lieu of installing a new chiller plant to meet a campus need for increased cooling, the University of New Hampshire (UNH) called for the construction of a TES tank that will store and deliver a minimum of 10,400 ton-hours of thermal energy as chilled water at 42°F. The implementation of this project will be a significant step in helping UNH achieve their sustainability goals highlighted in their Climate Action Plan, WildCAP. Consigli supported the University to maximize IRA credits, including:

• Review of tank components and steel for domestic content requirements.
• Subcontract development to clearly define apprenticeship requirements from each subcontractor.
• Tracking system creation and management to ensure weekly that all certified payrolls and apprenticeship hours were properly logged and submitted to the University.

Learn more about the project here.

Arch Energy or Consigli does not provide accounting, tax or legal advice to its clients, and all clients are strongly urged to consult with their own tax or legal advisors regarding any potential strategy. We have provided this information for educational purposes only.

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“Ed’s expansive experience in the clean energy sector provides our energy division with an opportunity to bolster the group’s leadership and further grow our operations,” said Todd McCabe, Vice President of Project Services. “As we continue to prioritize energy efficient systems and work toward a more sustainable future in the construction industry, Ed’s knowledge and expertise will be an asset to both our team and our clients as they strive to meet their decarbonization goals.”

White brings nearly three decades of diverse energy and utility industry experience, with a demonstrated track record of success implementing innovative clean energy programs focused on energy efficiency, renewables, smart grid and electric vehicles for large organizations and communities throughout the Northeast. He most recently served as the National Grid Foundation’s Executive Director and Vice President of Social Impact.

“As Director of Operations, I look forward to working alongside Director of Energy, Kailash Viswanathan, to help provide decarbonization solutions that will build on Consigli and the Arch Energy division’s commitment to creating a more sustainable and resilient future,” said Ed White.

An active member of the community, Ed serves as the Chair of the Board of Directors for the United Way of Central Massachusetts. He is also a member of the American Red Cross of Massachusetts Board of Directors and serves as the Chair of its Philanthropy Committee. Previously, White was a board member of the Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnership (NEEP), New York Smart Grid Consortium (NYSGC) and the Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE).

Arch Energy, a division of Consigli, empowers organizations to meet their decarbonization and electrification goals and future-proof their operations with energy efficient, waste-reducing solutions. As cities throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic begin applying and enforcing carbon emission requirements for new and existing buildings, the Arch Energy team is uniquely qualified with highly specialized knowledge and strategic vision to support clients navigate their decarbonization journeys.

To learn more about Consigli’s energy division, Arch Energy, click here.

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How does Consigli—which has planned and built more than 25 projects incorporating timber solutions—coordinate and collaborate with our project partners to plan and deliver high-quality timber structures? With extensive experience analyzing, procuring and installing mass timber, Consigli’s interdisciplinary approach supports our clients—like Bowdoin—in making cost-effective, schedule-driven decisions when planning a mass timber project.

Initial Design

Rigorous preconstruction planning is a must when it comes to mitigating potential cost, schedule and quality impacts associated with a mass timber structure.

• Early Detections of Issues: The smallest details matter when it comes to achieving the desired look and function for such a specialized finish product. Incorporating design intent into early models helps guide crucial design considerations to be incorporated into fabrication documents and allow for timely timber release.
• Structural Reviews: Structural drawing reviews help analyze column spacing, spans of timber elements, choices of direction of primary girders and varying strategies for mechanical ductwork and plumbing routing. The review process can potentially result in cost saving through elements including reducing beam sizes and floor plate thickness.
• Cost Competitiveness: In today’s ever changing and challenging materials market, mass timber has remained relatively steady in pricing. This certainty allows mass timber to be priced early with greater assurance of costs as the project progress. Depending on the application, mass timber pricing can be very cost competitive when compared to steel and concrete and has additional cost benefits in terms of fit-out costs. Mass timber can also remain exposed, reducing the costs of expensive interior finishes on a project.

Selection & Sourcing

Timber species selection can affect the mass timber manufacturer. The right decision-making can support early internal estimates and analyze specific species for the best fit.

• Wood Species & Material Finish: Material selection has a significant impact on the choice of timber manufacturers. From aesthetic to strength of structural design to lengths of members, Consigli can help evaluate timber species and offer options that satisfy aesthetic and structural need.
• Deep Knowledge of Supplier/Manufacturer Market: A strong list of suppliers, both domestic and foreign, ensures competitive pricing for initial bidding during earlier phases of design. As the mass timber is fully designed and released for fabrication, a well-established market knowledge is crucial in bidding installation.

Coordination & Release

Coordination model completion ahead of Construction Documents is critical to final fabrication shop drawings for mass timber. With timber lead times ranging from 16 to 24 weeks from final drawing approvals, time is of the essence.

M/E/P coordination for a mass timber structure.

• M/E/P/FP Coordination: Mass timber penetrations for M/E/P/FP systems must be carefully planned and integrated into fabrication documents. Coordination models for these penetrations allow all pathways to be designed and manufactured in shop in lieu of in field; this is crucial as field cutting is prohibited for this level of finished product.
• Design-Assist Engagement: Engaging design-assist partners for M/E/P/FP systems and mass timber allows the project team to coordinate within the working design model. Creation of CD-level documents through design-assist, even as the rest of the design is in early stages, supports completion of building systems and architectural features for a release of timber well ahead of CDs, mitigating the challenge of timber long lead times.

Delivery & Installation

Careful attention must be paid to the handling, installation and protection of mass timber to maintain the material’s integrity. Hands-on installer experience is imperative when planning a successful mass timber project.

Mass timber logistics & installation considerations.

• Logistical Planning Handling & Installation: Development of the right logistics plans for efficient installation—accounting for any potential double handling and required special care—is paramount to creating schedule certainty through installation. The right project partners develop proper delivery, loading and sequencing unique to each site.
• Protecting your Investment through Insurance & Temporary Protections: Consigli’s in-house Job Site Insights platform allows our clients to protect their investment through floor-by-floor detection of potentially damaging elements to the timber structure, including water, fire or any other elements that may stain or mar the finished product. Additionally, temporary protection is often required and includes the use of hard walls held off the timber columns for UV and moisture protection, floor plate protection from UV, moisture and foot traffic, maintenance of humidity and temperature post close-in. The most effective timber structure protection is speedy building enclosure to reduce environmental impact on the timber itself. Once enclosed and final systems are brought online, maintaining proper humidity levels is critical to keeping the timber looking and functioning at its best.
• Self-perform Capabilities: Consigli self-performs mass timber installation and protection, giving us added control over schedule, quality and continuity of installation because we are that much closer to the product. Our 700 in-house craftspeople share our standards for quality and are a strong additional resource to call upon to get work done on time.

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