<p>The original goal for the 816,670 s.f. new bottling facility in Dallas, TX was to achieve a LEED Certified level.&nbsp;However, after they moved in to their facility and began production, Nestl&eacute; challenged both their own design, construction and production team and Gray&#39;s design and construction team to raise the bar and go for Silver certification.</p><p>After many discussion and &quot;what-if&quot; modeling assignments, Nestl&eacute; was able to accumulate 34 points (33 points are required for Silver) and achieve their goal of Silver.</p><p>Nestl&eacute; Waters&#39; design manager, Nghia Tran and Gray&#39;s design manager, Tom Ollinger led the effort; however, all of the Nestl&eacute; Waters&#39; team should be congratulated for their hard work and commitment. </p><p>To learn more about Gray&#39;s food and beverage plant construction, please contact Tyler Cundiff, Manager of Business Development at <a href="mailto:tcundiff@gray.com">tcundiff@gray.com</a>. For more information on Nestl&eacute; Waters&#39;, please visit <a href="http://www.nestle-waters.com/" target="_blank">http://www.nestle-waters.com/</a>.</p> 2009-12-23T00:00:00-05:00 126 2009-12-23T11:05:52-05:00