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Group Health Cooperative’s new medical office building in Puyallup, became the first in the nation to earn a rating under LEED-HC, earning LEED Gold. The project leveraged the unique credits related to medical facilities to promote both building performance and features to improve occupant health and well-being.
The agreements among the team members, including The Benaroya Company (developer), Collins Woerman (architect), GLY (contractor), University Mechanical, Pacland (civil, landscape), Pivotal Lighting, and Engineering Economics Inc. (commissioning authority), were based on performance targets for the whole project, which made for an engaged and focused team.