FDI adds value by collaborating with the client’s design team and with our vendors to find the most eco-friendly methods and materials available to build healthier, more sustainable structures.

Sustainable building practices are rapidly rewriting the rules of the design and construction industry. Building systems consume 40% of the world’s energy, we all have a moral imperative to dedicate ourselves to moving the construction industry toward a greener future--one that reduces our impact on the environment and reverses climate change.

As members of the United States Green Building Council (USGBC), FDI actively supports our clients who seek to achieve LEED ratings on their projects. We have several LEED AP professionals on staff and the ranks are steadily growing.

In 2008, FDI will begin work on a LEED for Retail pilot program. We are teaming up with our partners at Williams Sonoma, Inc. to build a West Elm in Emeryville, CA. Our project team hopes to achieve a LEED gold rating.

The future only looks bright if it’s green, and FDI plans to be at the forefront of this positive and necessary change.

Come build with us.

Ken Pickart
Chief Executive Officer