GSA makes sustainable investments at A.V. Bryan U.S. Courthouse as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda

June 18, 2024

Project will use Inflation Reduction Act funds for clean construction materials.

PHILADELPHIA – Today, the U.S. General Services Administration is pleased to announce nearly $7.5 million in contract awards for repair and alteration projects at the Albert V. Bryan U.S. Courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia. GSA is making multiple investments in the courthouse, including repairs to the plaza and parking garage using low-embodied carbon materials, and building system upgrades that incorporate emerging and sustainable technologies.

Four awards were made in the month of April for ongoing work at the A.V. Bryan U.S. Courthouse including:

• $1.5 million awarded to SAW Contracting, Inc. for repairs to the plaza.

• $3.1 million for design and construction administration, to Summer Consultants, Inc.

• $1.5 million for design review, construction management and inspection, to AECOM.

• $1.4 million to SAW Contracting, Inc. for repairs at the Jamieson Entrance to the parking garage.

GSA is committed to collaborating and building more robust outreach to promote opportunities for small, disadvantaged, and socioeconomic entities. SAW Contracting is classified as an 8(a) Certified, Small and Minority owned, and Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business based out of the Virginia Beach and higher Hampton Roads area.

“The investment in the A.V. Bryan Courthouse is an example of how we’re making strategic investments in buildings across the country,” said GSA Administrator Robin Carnahan. “By using sustainable materials, investing in more efficient systems, and making improvements to the public’s experience with our facilities, we are delivering value to taxpayers and a win for the local community.” 

The A.V. Bryan Courthouse project is one of more than 150 low-embodied carbon material projects that GSA announced last November.

The announcement furthers the Biden-Harris Administration’s Federal Buy Clean Initiative, under which the federal government is, for the first time, prioritizing the purchase of low-embodied carbon asphalt, concrete, glass and steel that have lower levels of greenhouse gas emissions associated with their production, use and disposal. These investments aim to expand America’s industrial capacity for manufacturing goods and materials of the future, address the climate crisis, and create good-paying jobs for workers in the region.

The Inflation Reduction Act includes $3.4 billion for GSA to build, modernize, and maintain more sustainable and cost-efficient high-performance facilities. This funding includes $2.15 billion specifically for low-embodied carbon construction materials. GSA’s Inflation Reduction Act projects will implement new technologies and accelerate GSA’s efforts toward achieving a net-zero emissions federal building portfolio by 2045. Through these investments, GSA estimates a total greenhouse gas emissions reduction of 2.3 million metric tons, the same amount that 500,000 gasoline-powered passenger vehicles produce each year.

This project is part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, focused on growing the American economy from the bottom up and the middle-out – from rebuilding our nation’s infrastructure, to creating a manufacturing and innovation boom, to building a clean-energy economy that will combat climate change and make our communities more resilient.

To learn more about GSA’s Inflation Reduction Act projects, visit GSA’s IRA web page. 

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About GSA: GSA provides centralized procurement and shared services for the federal government, managing a nationwide real estate portfolio of nearly 370 million rentable square feet, overseeing about $100 billion in products and services via federal contracts, and delivering technology services that serve millions of people across dozens of federal agencies. GSA’s mission is to deliver the best customer experience and value in real estate, acquisition, and technology services to the government and the American people. For more information, visit GSA.gov and follow us at @US_GSAR3.