HOK estimates it takes 600 hours for architectural documentation and administration when it submits an office building design for LEED certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. For the D.C. Major League Ballpark treated as an office building because there is no LEED for sports facilities the estimate is 1,000 hours and that only accounts for HOK’s time.
The extra hours are attributed to “unique documentation requirements specific to the project type and complexity,” says Susan Klumpp, ballpark project manager for the local joint venture of HOK/Devrouax & Purnell Architects. Klumpp, also a LEED-certified design professional, led the LEED process, spending lots of time working on it in off hours, she says. “It was a challenge, but a good challenge,” she says.