GSA selects PCISS to install energy-efficient windows at Sanford Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Raleigh
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced the award of a contract to PCI Support Services, LLC, a tribally owned, small business based out of Atmore, AL, using Inflation Reduction Act funds for repairs at the Terry Sanford Federal Building and US Courthouse in Raleigh, NC, as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda. This $11.3 million award highlights GSA’s commitment to collaborating and building more robust outreach to promote opportunities for small and socially economically disadvantaged entities.
Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, this is another investment in America that creates good American jobs, saves money for taxpayers, and helps drive the market for sustainable building materials. Projects like these demonstrate how buying clean can have benefits that are not only good for our federal buildings, but also the communities where they’re located.
GSA Administrator Robin Carnahan
The project includes the replacement of the existing windows throughout the building with new energy-efficient windows and doors made with low-embodied-carbon glass. The project will replace all the windows with U.S.-manufactured glass by Guardian Glass. The glass meets GSA’s top performing low-embodied carbon criteria.
The investment in this courthouse is an example of how we’re making strategic investments in critical facilities across the region. he project will make repairs to building infrastructure, while using sustainable building materials and investing in small businesses.
Jason Shelton, Regional Administrator for GSA’s Southeast Sunbelt Region.
The funding for the improvements — made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act, the largest climate investment in history — will be used for low-embodied-carbon materials that have fewer greenhouse gas emissions associated with their production.
The Terry Sanford Federal Building and US Courthouse project is one of more than 150 low-embodied carbon material projects that GSA announced in November 2023. The project is expected to be completed by spring 2026.
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.