Holistic Bidding and Low-Carbon Procurement Collaborative
Holistic Bidding and Low-Carbon Procurement Collaborative
The objective of the collective is to share experience and understanding. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. In order to transition to a society and industry that no longer damages our ecosystem, causing bad air quality, extreme heat, and building with cancer causing products, we need community. This group brings together architects, engineers, contractors, suppliers and all members of the building supply chain that are critical to how the world around us comes to be built.
We focus on embodied carbon and recognize the intersection of material health, biodiversity loss, environmental justice, nature-based solutions, circular economy, and a slew of other buzzwords that fundamentally are about how we can better understand and improve the process for design, construction, and procurement.
Our mission is to eliminate embodied carbon of buildings, materials, and infrastructure to create a just and thriving future (CLF).
DISCLAIMER: We’re not always right! In order to learn, sometimes we have to try new things and open ourselves to failure. That can be intimidating to do by yourself. But you’re not alone. There are a lot of us trying to do better. And this group looks to remove opaque barriers by sharing heuristics--what has worked, or not, for us, and what might work for you.
There are many excellent resources already published. We’ll look to lean on these as precedent and best practice, but more importantly show how these can actually be implemented. It can be frustrating to wait on bureaucracy and universal consensus from our industry institutions. This group looks to embrace the messiness and openly discuss the gray area of industry progress in order to accelerate adoption and systemic change.
Sections under development:
Starting the conversation (in progress)
Bid Process (in progress)
Performance Based Concrete Specification Guidance (and starter template) (in progress)
Facades (in progress)
What Constitutes Real Reduction in Procurement? (future document)
Contributors
Laura Karnath
Jessie Buckmaster
Ally Chavira
Jessica Martinez
Sophie Pennetier
Luke Lombardi (luke.lombardi@burohappold.com, LinkedIn)