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[TRUCK ENGINE REVVING]

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We are in the northern part of
Bolivia, next to the border to

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Brazil, in the rainforest
of Pandu.

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[CHAINSAW BUZZING]

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[MUSIC PLAYING]

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As far as HazCom, there was some
dirty dirt on this job,

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which has been remediated, taken
up to Albany and burned.

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It was basically, he
has a diesel runoff

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from the T next door.

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It's now a clean site.

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Smoking in the building--

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absolutely not.

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This is from the owner.

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The people who bought these $2
million units have signed an

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agreement to not smoke in their

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units once it's finished.

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So that's how seriously
it's taken.

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I'm just telling you, that's
how this job is being done.

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That's the clientele or
whatever, however you want to

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look at it.

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I know when I started here, that
the foreman here said,

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you don't understand.

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This is a green building.

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I said, you're absolutely
right.

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I don't.

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[LAUGHTER]

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What is the purpose?

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I'm just curious.

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I mean, to have a project that
you claim has all of these

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advantages, I'm surprised that
there isn't a leaflet

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when you come in.

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It's an environmentally friendly
way to design, build,

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and sustain a building.

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This is a LEED certification--

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L-E-E-D. And basically, we're
going for the gold standard

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under the LEED, about the
only LEED project--

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But what is it for?

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What are the accreditation
and the got?

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What does it give you?

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I can't answer that exactly,
to be quite honest.

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I know the owner--

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Oh, I was just wondering
what it was for.

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Why--

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Yeah, what's the point
about the point?

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For example, there's no
fiberglass insulation.

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There's bamboo floors.

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You get a point for being this
close to the T stop.

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What do you do with
all these points?

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They add up, and that's where
you get your accreditation.

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The vendors, we get points
for them being local.

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There's double flush
toilets being

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installed in all the units.

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What are they?

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Double flush?

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I used that a lot,
that system.

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One never seems to do the job.

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[LAUGHTER]

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[INAUDIBLE], buddy.

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Wind her up, Dom.

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Everything starts with
the concrete.

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From the bottom up,
it's concrete.

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They dig the hole, you fill
it with concrete.

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You do the walls,
it's concrete.

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Everything's concrete
in the foundation.

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That has never varied.

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I did not know this building was
a green building, but it's

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very exciting to be part of
that, and have everything come

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from this area, because the
majority of our products come

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from this area.

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Our sand comes from Charlestown,
Mass and

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Kingston, Mass.

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Our stone comes for
our old quarries.

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Those are the stones we use.

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Tha Macallen Building
is going for gold.

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It is going to be a challenge.

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It's a very aggressive
level to get.

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I'm the person in charge of
compiling all the points.

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One of the first things you'll
see in the Macallen Building

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as it's being constructed,
the concrete

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is brought in locally.

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And local materials aren't using
a lot of gas to get it

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here, so LEED starts right from
the get-go, right from

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the foundation.

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We have to get the
concrete in there

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before that crane leaves.

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Chris, is there other stuff we
want to go through in the

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garage, or do you want
to jump down to--

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The green building was something
that developed three

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to four months into
the design.

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Actually, this building, to my
knowledge, will be the first

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residential green building
in Boston.

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So it's a new concept
of the city.

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It's just starting to get
popular out here.

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And actually, it's a first for
many on the project, so it's

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really a learning experience
going through all of the steps

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and the processes.

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But we're getting to the point
now where we're pretty

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comfortable with where we're
headed, and we're pretty

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confident that we're going to
get to where we need to be and

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where we want to be.

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It will be--

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it's hard to really judge, but
it'll be about that high.

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South Boston has typically
been a working class

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neighborhood for Boston.

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I think you're going to get
a real mixed reaction.

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I think you've got a lot of
people that still live in

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South Boston that like things
the way they were, and don't

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like the idea of changing
the environment

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of where they live.

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The South Boston of my childhood
was a family

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neighborhood.

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I think probably that's
the first term

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that comes to my mind.

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It was predominantly
Irish Catholic, and

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clearly blue collar.

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[BAGPIPE MUSIC PLAYING]

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Here on Telegraph Street in
South Boston, Massachusetts,

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on St. Patrick's Day,
March 18, and a

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really good time here.

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Come over here!

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Here's a veteran from
Iraq, backbone,

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Purple Heart right here.

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Go ahead, Josh.

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Welcome to Southie.

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Thank you for coming
to our town.

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Clean up our streets, and get
the fuck out of here.

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Oh!

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[MUSIC PLAYING]

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What is exciting about the site
of the Macallen Building

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itself is that it was a formerly
industrial area.

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So one is working on the edge
of the traditional South

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Boston, but actually
transforming an area of South

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Boston that had actually
been very run down.

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Imagine a building on a site
that was deemed somehow

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unusable, becoming a central
focal point for development.

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This pour today is roughly 700
yards, which is pretty

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substantial.

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It's about 70 concrete trucks.

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This is actually the first time
that I've heard about it,

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the whole green building
aspect of it.

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We haven't done anything
like this in the past.

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But it doesn't really affect us
as far as this part of the

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construction.

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Tell your partner it's
coffee time!

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You got a regular, right?

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Come here.

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I was told this was going
to be a green building.

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And everybody said, green
building, what do you mean?

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Are they going to paint
this green?

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No, this is going to be one of
those type of buildings that

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are designed from recycled
steel, recycled everything.

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So this is like one of those
buildings that they're going

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to recycle everything and make
a building out of it.

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I'm not a nature person,
but I've never

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been on a green building.

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I've never heard about
a green building.

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And when they told me they're
going to recycle all this

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steel is going to be recycled,
everything's going to be on

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this building recycled.

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So I thought that was--

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put it this way?

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How many times have you driven
by parking lots, you just see

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a junk car sitting there.

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Why don't they just pull that
car out of that junk yard, and

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recycle, make a beam
out of it?

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[METAL CLANGING]

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We're here in Augusta, Maine,
at Cives Steel.

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We're out on the Dalton Road,
out off Riverside Drive, and

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we're about 164 miles or
so from Boston, about a

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three-hour drive.

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We're the receiving yard.

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We receive everything in.

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And it has to go the saw and
be sawed, or beveled, or

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whatever it may be, or going
out of the drill line.

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They put holes in it,
drill holes in it.

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Then it goes into the shop
to be fabricated.

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We'll be fabricating about 3.2
million pounds, about 2,200

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pieces for Macallen.

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It will require approximately
66,000 volts to

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complete the project.

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The steel for the Macallen
Building will be made from 95%

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recycled steel made
from scrap.

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I scrapped a 1988
Saab last year.

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Who knows.

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That might end up in the
Macallen Building.

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Five, six years ago, I hadn't
even heard of a green building

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in this business, and
now we're seeing

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more and more of them.

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It makes sense for our business,
because we can, in

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one form or another, reuse every
bit of steel we bring

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into the yard, whether it be
drill shavings left over or

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six-inch scrap of beam that can
be recycled back into more

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structural steel.

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It's a loop.

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There are two ways for the
Macallen Building to get LEED

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points on the structural
steel.

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One is by using the structural
steel which is 95% recycled.

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And the other is our proximity
here in Augusta to the job

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site in Boston.

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A lot of people throughout the
city are starting to talk

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about green construction.

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And it kind makes you think a
little bit more about your own

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life, and just recycling.

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We've started recycling in our
site office all the paper,

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cardboard, cans and bottles.

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And it's one of those things
where in the beginning, it's

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kind of a challenge because
you're not used to it.

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It's not habit.

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But we've all gotten into the
habit now, so it's kind of

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just a part of our
daily routine.

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And I think a lot of that comes
from youth and knowing

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that this job means a
lot to everybody.

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I mean, I hope that everyone
who works on this project

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embraces green, not because
they should wear synthetic

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shoes and not wearing a leather
clothes and eat simple

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cheeses and plain meats or
something weird like that.

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I think it's just, if you
believe in it and you really

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take hold of it, that's what's
going to help it grow.

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The building industry generates
a tremendous amount

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of waste, tremendous amount
of carbon dioxide.

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And these are all things
that we have the

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technology today to change.

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When I first interviewed a lot
of the consultants who are

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working on this project, I think
that we cycled through

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all of the consultants who were
of my parents generation

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and ended up hiring all of the
consultants who presented a

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team that were roughly
the same age as I am.

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This is a big job for everybody
that's on it.

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And I think we all realize and
this is a job that could make

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or break us.

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By January of '07, this room
will be finished and someone

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will hand you the keys and
walk into the new unit.

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We've got three fiberglass
irrigation tanks.

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And what these do, it collects
all the rainwater from the

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roof and the terrace, drains
down the fifteen-inch line

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down here into the basement,
and it's captured and

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collected right here.

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Instead of using the city
water to irrigate your

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landscaping, this is part
of the LEES program.

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They're collecting all the
water they can to reuse.

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Well, actually, this is for
the top, for tomorrow.

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What they call a topping off
is that the iron workers,

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they're going to put
the final beam on.

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And once the final beam
goes on, we're going

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to keep a big party.

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No beers, just a lot of food
to eat, a lot of fruits.

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And hopefully you guys will
be around to get a

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couple shots of that.

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I actually don't know the
significance of the tree.

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Fred, can you elaborate?

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I think it gives the
building good luck.

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Thank you all for coming
out today.

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This is really your day.

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And it makes me proud to
be a part of this, so

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thank you very much.

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[APPLAUSE]

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We could do some funny shit with
this camera right now.

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Hopefully some of my shots
will be on TV.

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I don't know how to shut
this thing off?

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You guys know?

00:21:06.487 --> 00:21:24.610
[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]

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Seeing this thing top
off is bittersweet.

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I wish it would keep going.

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I wish we were doing 80
stories instead of 11.

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Well, when I first heard that we
were going to be selling a

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green building, I think
at first we

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were a little concerned.

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We didn't know how people
would react.

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I mean, we knew it was going
to be a different building,

00:22:07.850 --> 00:22:11.610
and I think maybe a little
bit nervous.

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We didn't know if people
were ready for it.

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I mean, it was something
very different.

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This is a first in Boston.

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This will be our first LEED
gold certified building.

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Boston has a reputation as an
older city with an older way

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of doing business.

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And we're certainly a city that
prides ourselves on our

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history and our past.

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South Boston is one of those
neighborhoods that has a

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strong sense of history and
culture in South Boston, and I

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think a perception of resistance
to change.

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I must say, the construction
going on boggles my mind.

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I'm so used to the working
class atmosphere of South

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Boston that I recall growing up
is obviously changing very,

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very rapidly.

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We had a pretty comprehensive
pitch of the Macallen Building

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from Tim Pappas,
the developer.

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And it was pretty amazing.

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It was a 3D presentation.

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It showed this fierce modern
building with really strong

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architecture.

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And then as time went on, the
goal was for it to be an

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environmentally green building,
though I didn't

00:23:30.530 --> 00:23:33.170
really understand all the
concepts behind that or what

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it meant, or that there were
actually factors leading to

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what made you have different
levels of the achievement.

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And when that was outlined to
us, it was pretty impressive.

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When I first got involved in
the LEED program, I'll be

00:23:54.560 --> 00:23:57.300
honest with you, I thought
it was bullshit.

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I mean, we're a country
of waste.

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We've always basically been
a throwaway society.

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I used to think as green
being dorky.

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And it isn't, because I'm trying
to teach my kids as

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well that you can't just
throw away things.

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There's certain stuff that
other people can use.

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[MAN YELLS]

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That's why I like action,
a lot of action.

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Back in 1994, 100% of the
construction and demolition

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material was landfilled.

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Today, 90% of the material
that we haul off a

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construction site is recycled.

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Just to show you my commitment
to the roll-off industry and

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green building, I went
and got a tattoo of a

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roll-off truck on my bum.

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That's cool, whoever came up
with the idea to come up with

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that idea, because the
environment is a big issue

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right now, especially they keep
putting more buildings up

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and there's going to be more.

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But I never really
get out to the

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environmental stuff so much.

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I never really get into it to
reach to the point to get my

00:25:45.310 --> 00:25:49.110
kids conscious of
environmental.

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Probably in the future,
it might help.

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It never really came across my
mind to give the environment a

00:25:54.675 --> 00:25:57.510
really good deep study.

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My daughter probably does
a lot of research about

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it, more than I do.

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She probably could put
me sit down and teach

00:26:03.350 --> 00:26:04.600
me a lot about it.

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We definitely still have
some resistance

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from some of the guys.

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The hardest thing is just
getting people to recycle.

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It seems like such a simple
thing, but it's still hard,

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and there's still a lot
of people that just--

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it's bringing the
issue to light.

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I know that it's changed
my views a lot too.

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And I mean, you look at global
warming, and I never really

00:26:38.640 --> 00:26:40.500
put too much thought into it.

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:44.230
And now I'm putting a lot more
thought into it, and it really

00:26:44.230 --> 00:26:46.610
makes you think that we need to
do something and change the

00:26:46.610 --> 00:26:48.550
way we build, change
the way we live.

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Otherwise, we're going to be
in trouble in the future.

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When people think about the
major causes of climate

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change, they're thinking
primarily about transportation

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and power plants.

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But what are those power
plants being used for?

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We've calculated that about
43% or 44% of the US's

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greenhouse gas emissions come
from buildings, heating and

00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:43.410
cooling buildings, lighting
buildings.

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So if the building sector
doesn't really start to do

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things differently, then we're
not going to be able to solve

00:27:51.100 --> 00:27:52.350
the problem of climate change.

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The units are recycling units.

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They combine all the air.

00:28:12.940 --> 00:28:17.030
Rather than just dumping all
the energy outside, they

00:28:17.030 --> 00:28:20.780
recover some of the heated air
in the system and filter and

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send it back to the building.

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It saves more energy throughout
the system.

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[SINGING]

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Maybe we could go away and
spend some time together.

00:29:32.534 --> 00:29:36.114
Maybe we can go and sit around
and play with mama.

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Well, when I was rebuilding this
kitchen, I think about a

00:29:43.340 --> 00:29:49.270
lot of trying to get a lot of
flavor of the building and

00:29:49.270 --> 00:29:51.470
what it represents.

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You notice on the wall, right?

00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:55.100
Come over here, this
part in here.

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You notice on the wall, I've got
some of the tiles that's

00:29:58.260 --> 00:30:00.030
in the building on the wall.

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Because a lot of stuff
gets thrown away.

00:30:01.790 --> 00:30:02.950
So why is that building--

00:30:02.950 --> 00:30:04.130
they were throwing
away some parts.

00:30:04.130 --> 00:30:06.500
I said no, I'm not going to--

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:07.490
so I figured I'd get them.

00:30:07.490 --> 00:30:10.870
They said all right, I'm going
to lay some of that Macallen

00:30:10.870 --> 00:30:13.495
Building around here.

00:30:13.495 --> 00:30:14.990
Yeah, you want to
make the salad?

00:30:14.990 --> 00:30:16.365
I can make a salad.

00:30:16.365 --> 00:30:17.650
All right.

00:30:17.650 --> 00:30:19.420
Do you want to put tomatoes
in the salad too?

00:30:19.420 --> 00:30:23.746
Put some grapes and stuff
in the salad too.

00:30:23.746 --> 00:30:25.222
What does that mean,
green building?

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I guess the reason why it's
a green building, because

00:30:30.790 --> 00:30:34.650
everything in the building
is specially selected.

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They've got toilet
bowls in there.

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These toilet bowls supposed to
basically save water, I guess.

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What is that supposed to mean?

00:30:48.750 --> 00:30:52.710
Well, they've got two
buttons on it.

00:30:52.710 --> 00:30:56.707
One button is to for if you
really use the toilet, you

00:30:56.707 --> 00:31:04.280
could press that button and it
will flush a certain amount of

00:31:04.280 --> 00:31:07.120
water to clear that.

00:31:07.120 --> 00:31:10.190
And then the next button is,
if you not so much use the

00:31:10.190 --> 00:31:12.950
bathroom, you could hit that
button and it gives you just a

00:31:12.950 --> 00:31:13.830
little amount of water.

00:31:13.830 --> 00:31:15.130
That's why you come
back again.

00:31:15.130 --> 00:31:17.070
That's why they call it the
environmental building,

00:31:17.070 --> 00:31:18.698
because of that reason.

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OK, now I get it.

00:31:21.120 --> 00:31:22.410
Now you get the big picture.

00:31:22.410 --> 00:31:22.950
Now I get it.

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You want to buy a condo
up in there?

00:31:24.780 --> 00:31:25.544
Sure.

00:31:25.544 --> 00:31:27.360
If I get enough money,
all right.

00:31:27.360 --> 00:31:29.042
There is money.

00:31:29.042 --> 00:31:30.075
You're going to school.

00:31:30.075 --> 00:31:32.670
I always tell you a good
education always gets you

00:31:32.670 --> 00:31:35.030
anything you want in life.

00:31:35.030 --> 00:31:37.907
And I think you have the quality
that possess to get

00:31:37.907 --> 00:31:39.157
you anything you want in life.

00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:46.069
Yum, yum, yum.

00:32:10.470 --> 00:32:12.550
It's pretty interesting to say
six or seven years down the

00:32:12.550 --> 00:32:17.080
road, oh yeah, we
did that job.

00:32:17.080 --> 00:32:19.340
And then you don't hate
everybody as much then as you

00:32:19.340 --> 00:32:21.382
did while you're doing
the job, naturally.

00:32:21.382 --> 00:32:24.120
Put your fucking hard hat on!

00:32:24.120 --> 00:32:25.370
You ready, sweet pea?

00:32:28.910 --> 00:32:30.160
Watch the splash
coming at you.

00:32:32.820 --> 00:32:35.130
They're getting a nice
shot of your bum.

00:32:35.130 --> 00:32:37.990
There you go.

00:32:37.990 --> 00:32:39.640
This stuff?

00:32:39.640 --> 00:32:41.720
It's a good question, but I
don't know that I have the

00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:43.386
answer for you for it.

00:32:43.386 --> 00:32:46.820
I believe this shit
is organic.

00:32:46.820 --> 00:32:48.020
I believe it is, yeah.

00:32:48.020 --> 00:32:49.450
It's organic.

00:32:49.450 --> 00:32:50.700
I believe it's organic.

00:32:55.300 --> 00:32:56.026
This?

00:32:56.026 --> 00:32:56.920
It's the fleece.

00:32:56.920 --> 00:33:02.020
It's actually the main
part of this system.

00:33:02.020 --> 00:33:07.710
It holds this membrane, the
liquid membrane, from dry

00:33:07.710 --> 00:33:09.880
rotting, from cracking, from
all the moisture sitting

00:33:09.880 --> 00:33:11.130
directly on it.

00:33:13.994 --> 00:33:16.454
That and all the fucking soil
that's going to be up here.

00:33:21.390 --> 00:33:23.340
I thought they were out
of their minds.

00:33:23.340 --> 00:33:25.080
I'm thinking to myself, they're
putting a liquid

00:33:25.080 --> 00:33:27.506
membrane on a fine
pitched roof.

00:33:27.506 --> 00:33:30.055
Gravity is going to want to
take its toll, and just--

00:33:30.055 --> 00:33:33.600
everything's going to
want to run down.

00:33:33.600 --> 00:33:35.790
To see what these people went
through for this construction

00:33:35.790 --> 00:33:39.660
site and the amount of money
he paid extra to go through

00:33:39.660 --> 00:33:43.130
this, it's pretty fascinating,
somebody to be that dedicated.

00:33:43.130 --> 00:33:44.460
You're going to have
gardens up there.

00:33:44.460 --> 00:33:46.650
I mean, you want to go plant
tomatoes on your roof?

00:33:46.650 --> 00:33:52.030
It probably won't be the worst
thing to ever happen.

00:33:52.030 --> 00:33:53.960
If you go on a tall building and
you look around the city,

00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:57.660
you see lots of black roofs,
lots of mechanical equipment.

00:33:57.660 --> 00:33:58.470
It's an eyesore.

00:33:58.470 --> 00:33:59.090
It's ugly.

00:33:59.090 --> 00:33:59.785
It's noisy.

00:33:59.785 --> 00:34:01.122
It's just nasty.

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:08.195
The fact that cities have lots
of pavement and lots of black

00:34:08.195 --> 00:34:11.389
roofs means that it creates
this kind of heat island

00:34:11.389 --> 00:34:14.880
effect where the temperatures in
cities raise sometimes two,

00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:18.010
sometimes three degrees, which
means that every building now

00:34:18.010 --> 00:34:20.820
has to cool itself more
than it did before.

00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:30.000
It'll be nice to see it when
it's all said and done.

00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:31.219
It's got to be good
for the air.

00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:32.699
I mean, you look around and
see some of the shit that

00:34:32.699 --> 00:34:36.290
comes out of these buildings,
that's got to be taking in

00:34:36.290 --> 00:34:38.110
some of the carbon and whatnot
that's up there.

00:34:38.110 --> 00:34:41.660
It's got to be better.

00:34:41.660 --> 00:34:46.110
If they had 50% of the buildings
in this city, it's

00:34:46.110 --> 00:34:47.260
going to be a better
place to breathe.

00:34:47.260 --> 00:34:50.139
It's just going to be
better all around.

00:34:50.139 --> 00:34:51.389
How could it not be?

00:35:08.508 --> 00:35:11.720
If you close your eyes and you
imagine all of these surfaces

00:35:11.720 --> 00:35:17.680
transformed to being green
roofs, it's not only

00:35:17.680 --> 00:35:20.804
beautiful, it's a roof that's
creating oxygen.

00:35:24.520 --> 00:35:26.880
I'm not necessarily an
environmentalist, but it

00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:29.370
definitely gives you a different
outlook and such.

00:35:29.370 --> 00:35:32.920
But honestly, it's going to suck
if this thing ever leaks

00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:34.170
and we've got to come
back and fix it.

00:35:39.516 --> 00:35:42.432
Get tight.

00:35:42.432 --> 00:35:43.682
Working on it.

00:35:50.710 --> 00:35:52.380
You guys going to bring any
girls with your crew

00:35:52.380 --> 00:35:52.975
next time or what?

00:35:52.975 --> 00:35:54.724
[LAUGHTER]

00:35:54.724 --> 00:35:56.218
What the hell, kid?

00:35:56.218 --> 00:36:01.198
What we're doing is drywalling
the ceilings.

00:36:01.198 --> 00:36:04.470
We have other guys in front of
us or behind us drywalling

00:36:04.470 --> 00:36:09.310
walls, and we're drywalling the
ceilings, and closets, and

00:36:09.310 --> 00:36:11.520
kitchens, and so on
and so forth.

00:36:11.520 --> 00:36:14.290
We're right behind the
insulation guys, who are using

00:36:14.290 --> 00:36:17.075
the recycled cotton fabric.

00:36:17.075 --> 00:36:20.560
It seems to affect you a lot
less, your respiratory, and

00:36:20.560 --> 00:36:21.810
irritation to the skin.

00:36:29.930 --> 00:36:31.270
I like working with
this insulation

00:36:31.270 --> 00:36:33.958
because it doesn't itch.

00:36:33.958 --> 00:36:37.150
It's just a lot better for your
health, actually, without

00:36:37.150 --> 00:36:39.700
the fiberglass.

00:36:39.700 --> 00:36:43.930
The fiberglass itches, and it
gets all on your clothes.

00:36:43.930 --> 00:36:45.690
Like, I've got two
little kids.

00:36:45.690 --> 00:36:49.710
So before I get in the house,
I've got take my clothes off

00:36:49.710 --> 00:36:52.640
before they hug me, before I get
in the house, because it

00:36:52.640 --> 00:36:55.890
starts to circulate
in the house.

00:36:55.890 --> 00:36:58.160
So this is a lot better.

00:37:19.010 --> 00:37:20.230
That's all it is.

00:37:20.230 --> 00:37:21.510
That's what it is, basically.

00:37:26.290 --> 00:37:27.940
Don't shoot me for this, but
you've got to do these ones

00:37:27.940 --> 00:37:33.410
twice, every one
of them twice.

00:37:33.410 --> 00:37:34.660
Try to do--

00:37:38.350 --> 00:37:40.530
and a couple thousand more.

00:37:40.530 --> 00:37:41.910
They want this done by when?

00:38:46.540 --> 00:38:50.020
Bamboo is actually a grass.

00:38:50.020 --> 00:38:54.060
The species that is used is
actually, its nickname is

00:38:54.060 --> 00:38:56.750
either moso or mao bamboo.

00:38:56.750 --> 00:38:59.785
And it generally comes
from mainland China.

00:39:08.680 --> 00:39:14.390
The grass comb actually grows
60 to 90 feet in height, and

00:39:14.390 --> 00:39:16.953
it's about 8 to 14 inches
in diameter when it's

00:39:16.953 --> 00:39:19.920
at its adult age.

00:39:19.920 --> 00:39:24.320
And it will almost grow to a
full height in its first year.

00:39:24.320 --> 00:39:29.160
So we can grow literally several
feet a day in its

00:39:29.160 --> 00:39:30.410
first year.

00:40:04.170 --> 00:40:06.535
Damn, 1.6 is the flushing
it does.

00:40:06.535 --> 00:40:08.760
You know, 1.6 gallons.

00:40:08.760 --> 00:40:14.920
So I'm sure on your number two
flush, you get the 1.6.

00:40:14.920 --> 00:40:17.640
The number one, you probably
split that in two,

00:40:17.640 --> 00:40:20.460
so maybe about 0.8.

00:40:20.460 --> 00:40:22.630
And it actually says that
right there on the box.

00:40:22.630 --> 00:40:25.180
I didn't make that up--

00:40:25.180 --> 00:40:27.930
1.6, the volume.

00:40:27.930 --> 00:40:31.140
1.6 is what you'll get
on the bigger flush.

00:40:31.140 --> 00:40:33.880
And 0.8 is what you'll get
on the smaller flash.

00:40:33.880 --> 00:40:37.360
So I mean, it's actually cutting
that number in half.

00:40:37.360 --> 00:40:41.720
If you can see the full moon
and the half moon.

00:40:41.720 --> 00:40:43.110
That's your smaller flush.

00:40:43.110 --> 00:40:44.710
That's your 0.8 flush.

00:40:44.710 --> 00:40:46.210
That's your 1.6 flush.

00:40:46.210 --> 00:40:49.330
That's the full flush,
half flush.

00:40:49.330 --> 00:40:51.170
Millions of gallons a year,
you wouldn't even know.

00:40:51.170 --> 00:40:56.294
A building like this, everybody
could easily get up

00:40:56.294 --> 00:40:59.332
into the millions of dollars a
year, millions of gallons of

00:40:59.332 --> 00:41:00.582
water a year.

00:41:02.650 --> 00:41:03.940
That's latch ring.

00:41:03.940 --> 00:41:06.190
That actually keeps that
water from coming

00:41:06.190 --> 00:41:07.776
out into the bathroom.

00:41:07.776 --> 00:41:09.026
Put this over.

00:41:11.840 --> 00:41:14.455
Do not use.

00:41:34.024 --> 00:41:38.490
As the different points begin
to accumulate, there's some

00:41:38.490 --> 00:41:42.090
basic things about the building
that do not follow

00:41:42.090 --> 00:41:44.678
the standard spec of a developer
apartment building.

00:41:54.331 --> 00:41:57.760
Each point has a template that
needs to be filled out.

00:41:57.760 --> 00:42:00.900
And behind that template
is literature to

00:42:00.900 --> 00:42:02.150
back up your point.

00:42:25.360 --> 00:42:26.592
Wheat board.

00:42:26.592 --> 00:42:27.440
What?

00:42:27.440 --> 00:42:29.456
Wheat board.

00:42:29.456 --> 00:42:30.500
It's what I was told.

00:42:30.500 --> 00:42:31.200
Wheat board.

00:42:31.200 --> 00:42:32.600
What is that?

00:42:32.600 --> 00:42:34.085
It's a--

00:42:34.085 --> 00:42:36.560
It's healthy.

00:42:36.560 --> 00:42:38.045
It's healthy, yeah.

00:42:38.045 --> 00:42:40.475
It's a green job, so it's
a natural product.

00:43:18.300 --> 00:43:21.052
Nothing's too expensive
for this city.

00:43:25.354 --> 00:43:27.300
It's environment stuff.

00:43:27.300 --> 00:43:33.120
It's got everybody all geared
up to save the earth.

00:43:33.120 --> 00:43:34.674
What do you think?

00:43:34.674 --> 00:43:35.924
I don't know.

00:43:38.470 --> 00:43:42.260
I see enough wasted money in
these buildings, where

00:43:42.260 --> 00:43:47.510
everybody thinks that they're
going to save the world.

00:43:47.510 --> 00:43:50.490
Eventually, after it gets off
of the ground, there's going

00:43:50.490 --> 00:43:52.230
to be a cheaper way to build.

00:43:52.230 --> 00:43:55.060
I mean, the initial fact that
we're going through it right

00:43:55.060 --> 00:43:56.960
now is going to be more
expensive, because they don't

00:43:56.960 --> 00:43:59.640
have the transportation to
get this stuff around.

00:43:59.640 --> 00:44:02.176
They don't have the market
that's big enough.

00:44:02.176 --> 00:44:05.850
But eventually, it's going to
be a lot cheaper to go with

00:44:05.850 --> 00:44:08.120
those products, bamboo flooring

00:44:08.120 --> 00:44:09.280
as opposed to hardwood.

00:44:09.280 --> 00:44:13.340
That's like my backyard is
a field now, because it's

00:44:13.340 --> 00:44:15.780
sitting on somebody's floor.

00:44:15.780 --> 00:44:19.800
I never said I was right
100%, not even 50%.

00:44:19.800 --> 00:44:22.457
If I was right 50% of the time,
I'd be a very happy man.

00:44:27.430 --> 00:44:28.090
That's fine.

00:44:28.090 --> 00:44:29.650
OK.

00:44:29.650 --> 00:44:30.680
That works out good.

00:44:30.680 --> 00:44:34.120
OK, the rest will probably
be 3/4 over the wall.

00:44:34.120 --> 00:44:37.670
I'm originally from Canada,
from a farm in Canada, so

00:44:37.670 --> 00:44:41.625
every time you see the forest
go away and stuff like that.

00:44:41.625 --> 00:44:45.610
I like to spend my weekends in
Vermont, in the woods and

00:44:45.610 --> 00:44:47.700
stuff like that.

00:44:47.700 --> 00:44:51.590
And I kind of like seeing the
wild animals and the trees and

00:44:51.590 --> 00:44:52.290
everything like that.

00:44:52.290 --> 00:44:56.060
So when you come to the big city
and all that's gone, it's

00:44:56.060 --> 00:44:57.730
kind of nice that somebody
that's putting up a building

00:44:57.730 --> 00:45:00.830
in the big city cares about
what's going on way out there

00:45:00.830 --> 00:45:02.790
where they still grow
trees for lumber

00:45:02.790 --> 00:45:03.765
and stuff like that.

00:45:03.765 --> 00:45:07.260
And I'll be able to tell my
grandkids, grandpa worked on

00:45:07.260 --> 00:45:10.220
the first green building
And maybe by the time

00:45:10.220 --> 00:45:11.550
my grandkids are--

00:45:11.550 --> 00:45:14.356
if they work in this trade,
every building might be a

00:45:14.356 --> 00:45:16.050
green building.

00:45:16.050 --> 00:45:18.240
We've ruined the environment,
so why can't we help fix it?

00:45:21.600 --> 00:45:23.100
We're going to back it in.

00:45:23.100 --> 00:45:26.590
The wall is going to pull it out
of the back to the truck.

00:45:26.590 --> 00:45:29.740
We have a crane down there which
is going to hoist it to

00:45:29.740 --> 00:45:30.670
the fifth floor.

00:45:30.670 --> 00:45:33.340
You can see right there that
step in the building.

00:45:33.340 --> 00:45:35.940
And then once we have it
unloaded, our truck will go

00:45:35.940 --> 00:45:38.200
back to the shop.

00:45:38.200 --> 00:45:38.740
It's [INAUDIBLE].

00:45:38.740 --> 00:45:39.800
It's decking material--

00:45:39.800 --> 00:45:42.380
inch stock, 12 foot long.

00:45:42.380 --> 00:45:43.550
It came--

00:45:43.550 --> 00:45:44.800
I want to say South America?

00:45:48.730 --> 00:45:51.330
A forest--

00:45:51.330 --> 00:45:53.790
geez, I don't know what the
exact words would be.

00:45:53.790 --> 00:45:57.200
But it's a controlled forest
where they only take a certain

00:45:57.200 --> 00:45:59.440
amount of wood, and the
rest of the wood

00:45:59.440 --> 00:46:00.790
is allowed to grow.

00:46:00.790 --> 00:46:02.310
It's not a clear cut wood.

00:46:02.310 --> 00:46:04.450
You don't go into the forest
and clear cut and take

00:46:04.450 --> 00:46:06.610
all the trees out.

00:46:06.610 --> 00:46:09.476
They take selective cutting.

00:46:09.476 --> 00:46:11.936
And that's pretty much
the story there.

00:46:21.790 --> 00:46:38.600
[SPEAKING SPANISH]

00:46:38.600 --> 00:46:41.590
We saw all through the way
coming through the forest

00:46:41.590 --> 00:46:43.970
those cattle fields.

00:46:43.970 --> 00:46:47.430
Well, right now we are getting
into the jungle.

00:46:52.320 --> 00:46:53.920
[SPEAKING SPANISH]

00:48:49.389 --> 00:48:51.884
Go on down.

00:48:51.884 --> 00:48:55.440
Right a little bit, please.

00:48:55.440 --> 00:48:57.025
Hold the cable.

00:48:57.025 --> 00:48:58.275
Hold the cable.

00:49:11.380 --> 00:49:11.880
Good.

00:49:11.880 --> 00:49:13.130
Cable up.

00:49:27.590 --> 00:49:31.565
They are starting the green roof
planting for the sloping

00:49:31.565 --> 00:49:34.590
roof portion of the project.

00:49:34.590 --> 00:49:39.822
And this is a very different
thing for them

00:49:39.822 --> 00:49:43.630
to have going on.

00:49:43.630 --> 00:49:44.880
I don't know what the
hell they are.

00:49:49.000 --> 00:49:50.120
Can't even pronounce it.

00:49:50.120 --> 00:49:51.770
There's about 40
letters on it.

00:49:55.180 --> 00:49:57.850
Actually, I went to school
for dentistry.

00:49:57.850 --> 00:49:59.100
See where I ended up.

00:50:03.890 --> 00:50:05.520
The plants are called sedums.

00:50:05.520 --> 00:50:07.170
They're a succulent.

00:50:07.170 --> 00:50:10.970
They survive in very dry,
harsh conditions.

00:50:10.970 --> 00:50:15.220
They tend to retain water,
similar to cactus.

00:50:15.220 --> 00:50:17.848
And they'll need no maintenance
whatsoever once

00:50:17.848 --> 00:50:19.098
they're going.

00:50:23.660 --> 00:50:27.690
I guess they're supposed to
spread all out and look like

00:50:27.690 --> 00:50:29.410
grass or something when
they're done.

00:50:33.402 --> 00:50:35.400
You sound a little skeptical.

00:50:35.400 --> 00:50:36.650
I am.

00:50:48.260 --> 00:50:50.710
On top here is where everyone
is going to be tanning.

00:50:50.710 --> 00:50:52.880
It's going to be a lawn
on top of here.

00:50:52.880 --> 00:50:55.700
It's going to be green
grass, green grass

00:50:55.700 --> 00:50:57.570
growing on top of here.

00:50:57.570 --> 00:50:58.730
It's great.

00:50:58.730 --> 00:51:00.880
I wish I had an apartment
here.

00:51:00.880 --> 00:51:02.760
Geez.

00:51:02.760 --> 00:51:05.480
But we could never
afford this.

00:51:08.030 --> 00:51:10.530
I mean, I would love to live in
the environmental building

00:51:10.530 --> 00:51:11.680
that we built.

00:51:11.680 --> 00:51:12.830
Oh, definitely.

00:51:12.830 --> 00:51:15.356
Why not?

00:51:15.356 --> 00:51:18.044
But that's the way it is.

00:51:18.044 --> 00:51:22.820
I mean, I might save my
money to get here.

00:51:22.820 --> 00:51:24.704
Probably might never make it.

00:51:24.704 --> 00:51:26.600
[LAUGHS]

00:51:26.600 --> 00:51:28.980
Probably have to win the
lottery or something.

00:51:41.616 --> 00:51:44.200
Well, this here is all going
to grass from what I

00:51:44.200 --> 00:51:46.970
understand-- grass, trees,
park benches.

00:51:46.970 --> 00:51:49.190
And this is the swimming
pool over here.

00:51:49.190 --> 00:51:52.210
And that over there is the vent
part of the building, so

00:51:52.210 --> 00:51:53.980
that's all going to be covered
up with panels.

00:51:53.980 --> 00:51:56.380
I guess the owner has a swimming
pool upstairs, and

00:51:56.380 --> 00:51:57.770
that's a retractable roof.

00:51:57.770 --> 00:52:00.960
And that's something else too.

00:52:00.960 --> 00:52:02.962
I guess the people who's going
to benefit is the people that

00:52:02.962 --> 00:52:05.170
are going to live here, because
they can park right

00:52:05.170 --> 00:52:06.770
under the building.

00:52:06.770 --> 00:52:08.680
And they can take the elevator
to their rooms.

00:52:08.680 --> 00:52:10.190
They can come out here
and enjoy the pool.

00:52:10.190 --> 00:52:11.705
And I feel what about
doing it.

00:52:11.705 --> 00:52:12.760
I mean, I'll never see it.

00:52:12.760 --> 00:52:15.000
But I really--

00:52:15.000 --> 00:52:17.590
like I said, the city ain't
my way of living.

00:52:17.590 --> 00:52:20.850
It's nice to build something
so people can enjoy.

00:52:20.850 --> 00:52:23.970
In a few years down the road
when I drive by this place on

00:52:23.970 --> 00:52:26.800
93 over there, I'll look at it
and say, hey, I was part of

00:52:26.800 --> 00:52:28.840
that building over there with a
bunch of other iron workers.

00:52:39.490 --> 00:52:43.770
The Macallen Building is--

00:52:43.770 --> 00:52:45.190
it's an expensive building.

00:52:45.190 --> 00:52:45.800
It's true.

00:52:45.800 --> 00:52:50.880
But it's a full-service
luxury building.

00:52:50.880 --> 00:52:55.520
If you compare the price per
foot and the value of the

00:52:55.520 --> 00:52:59.120
building to other buildings,
it's not--

00:52:59.120 --> 00:53:01.250
I mean, it's comparable.

00:53:01.250 --> 00:53:03.650
Basically, green wants
to catch on.

00:53:03.650 --> 00:53:08.030
Then the face of green is
not going to be hippie.

00:53:08.030 --> 00:53:12.410
At this time, you can't sell
people just on environment.

00:53:12.410 --> 00:53:16.940
Because these condos
are between half a

00:53:16.940 --> 00:53:18.190
million to $2 million.

00:53:20.570 --> 00:53:24.270
We definitely have had buyers
that came here because they

00:53:24.270 --> 00:53:26.070
thought it was really
exciting project and

00:53:26.070 --> 00:53:27.060
it was really neat.

00:53:27.060 --> 00:53:29.450
But they definitely look
at everything.

00:53:29.450 --> 00:53:34.120
They look at the design, the
amenities, and the building

00:53:34.120 --> 00:53:35.720
being green is just
another plus.

00:53:39.400 --> 00:53:43.530
I think living in a green
building will complement the

00:53:43.530 --> 00:53:45.900
way I already live my life.

00:53:45.900 --> 00:53:49.710
We spend a lot of money on food,
everything we do with

00:53:49.710 --> 00:53:53.390
our body, for the gym, you go
out and get fresh produce.

00:53:53.390 --> 00:53:57.320
I buy organic greens and
pay more for them.

00:53:57.320 --> 00:54:01.520
And then the idea of just
a whole lifestyle thing.

00:54:01.520 --> 00:54:03.680
It can be a little upscale.

00:54:03.680 --> 00:54:04.930
That never hurts.

00:54:08.420 --> 00:54:12.585
South Boston was an Irish
Catholic neighborhood.

00:54:12.585 --> 00:54:15.090
And it always kept that way.

00:54:15.090 --> 00:54:16.340
Outsiders weren't let in.

00:54:19.880 --> 00:54:23.565
We're being forced out
as a community.

00:54:23.565 --> 00:54:25.970
And the more the money comes
in, the more we're being

00:54:25.970 --> 00:54:27.190
forced out.

00:54:27.190 --> 00:54:30.915
Like I said, I'm a renter, so
I wouldn't have a shot of

00:54:30.915 --> 00:54:36.700
buying a house in here, at the
prices they're coming in at.

00:54:36.700 --> 00:54:39.590
Should the community suffer?

00:54:39.590 --> 00:54:43.160
That's the hard part about
this whole new community

00:54:43.160 --> 00:54:45.360
thing, is that it's
being built for

00:54:45.360 --> 00:54:47.050
Single professionals.

00:54:47.050 --> 00:54:48.980
It's not being built
for families with

00:54:48.980 --> 00:54:50.436
four or five kids.

00:54:50.436 --> 00:54:55.120
There are no houses being
built like that.

00:54:57.890 --> 00:55:00.640
So this is the whole
fam damily.

00:55:00.640 --> 00:55:02.810
We don't do anything small.

00:55:02.810 --> 00:55:04.340
Boston Irish Catholic--

00:55:04.340 --> 00:55:06.200
we need every sperm.

00:55:06.200 --> 00:55:08.530
I have seven brothers
and sisters, and

00:55:08.530 --> 00:55:10.970
13 nieces and nephews.

00:55:10.970 --> 00:55:13.730
And that's a picture of us with
my mother, the matriarch

00:55:13.730 --> 00:55:15.360
of the family, Louise.

00:55:15.360 --> 00:55:19.700
And a family like that is what
grew up all over up and down

00:55:19.700 --> 00:55:21.230
Dorchester Avenue when
I was growing up.

00:55:21.230 --> 00:55:22.480
We weren't uncommon.

00:55:31.890 --> 00:55:33.500
This neighborhood
now amazes me.

00:55:33.500 --> 00:55:37.480
I mean, I didn't realize at what
level of the family was

00:55:37.480 --> 00:55:40.810
gone out of South Boston,
and it really is.

00:55:40.810 --> 00:55:42.430
This is a young town now.

00:55:50.210 --> 00:55:53.080
That's good and bad.

00:55:53.080 --> 00:55:55.650
Good in the sense they're fixing
it up, but bad in the

00:55:55.650 --> 00:56:00.122
sense that a lot of people are
being priced out that did live

00:56:00.122 --> 00:56:01.760
here and work here.

00:56:01.760 --> 00:56:03.103
So it's a double-edged sword.

00:56:06.950 --> 00:56:08.000
Is it the wave of the future?

00:56:08.000 --> 00:56:09.250
I don't know.

00:56:20.170 --> 00:56:25.730
One of the issues that has
arisen as we've got into the

00:56:25.730 --> 00:56:28.610
finished construction is the
wheat board cabinet.

00:56:28.610 --> 00:56:31.340
And we've noticed that
these wheat board

00:56:31.340 --> 00:56:35.084
cabinets are expanding.

00:56:35.084 --> 00:56:37.520
I hope this is the last
one we've got to fix.

00:56:37.520 --> 00:56:39.725
That's all I could say.

00:56:39.725 --> 00:56:40.975
I hate fixing.

00:56:45.280 --> 00:56:47.820
It's heavy.

00:56:47.820 --> 00:56:51.370
I don't understand the
wheat part of it.

00:56:51.370 --> 00:56:53.270
If you get water in this,
it's just going to go--

00:56:53.270 --> 00:56:54.062
[BLOWS RASPBERRY]

00:56:54.062 --> 00:56:55.910
It's going to explode.

00:56:55.910 --> 00:56:59.340
The whole thing, I don't know
how long it's going to last.

00:57:02.630 --> 00:57:04.500
It's a product that we've
never used before.

00:57:04.500 --> 00:57:08.330
And the guys installing
it have never

00:57:08.330 --> 00:57:09.620
used it before either.

00:57:09.620 --> 00:57:12.280
So it's a little bit of
a learning curve.

00:57:12.280 --> 00:57:17.280
And there's no formaldehyde as a
binder for that wheat board.

00:57:17.280 --> 00:57:20.860
So I think that it moves with
temperature and humidity more

00:57:20.860 --> 00:57:23.890
than you would a typical
particle board core.

00:57:23.890 --> 00:57:25.960
So we are finding that
the cabinets are

00:57:25.960 --> 00:57:27.284
growing a little bit.

00:57:50.146 --> 00:57:55.180
The adhesive that we're using
to adhere the pad, the sound

00:57:55.180 --> 00:57:58.610
insulation pad to the concrete
is lifting up.

00:57:58.610 --> 00:58:01.630
So it's actually cupping.

00:58:01.630 --> 00:58:04.105
That's not much pressure that
I'm putting on there, and that

00:58:04.105 --> 00:58:10.240
has just completely separated
from the concrete.

00:58:10.240 --> 00:58:14.570
The normal glue has an extremely
high VOT content.

00:58:14.570 --> 00:58:17.520
So this is a green guard
product It's much more

00:58:17.520 --> 00:58:19.800
environmentally friendly.

00:58:19.800 --> 00:58:21.355
But it has its pros and cons.

00:58:24.740 --> 00:58:26.410
This, unfortunately, is a con.

00:58:33.750 --> 00:58:37.174
You want to peel this back and
see exactly what it is?

00:58:37.174 --> 00:58:38.424
Holy shit.

00:58:44.479 --> 00:58:48.375
You know, this product is a
relatively new product.

00:58:48.375 --> 00:58:51.134
And this glue is an eco-friendly
glue, so it

00:58:51.134 --> 00:58:52.758
doesn't have the
same strength.

00:58:52.758 --> 00:58:55.710
I think it's a combination
of both of those.

00:58:55.710 --> 00:58:59.020
We don't know what we're into.

00:58:59.020 --> 00:59:00.270
Let's stop everything.

01:00:05.500 --> 01:00:09.210
You wouldn't lose a point for
ripping up the bamboo itself,

01:00:09.210 --> 01:00:12.440
but points could fall
by the wayside.

01:00:12.440 --> 01:00:16.630
For example, the indoor air
quality test, the particulates

01:00:16.630 --> 01:00:20.490
that are in the air,
such as sawdust

01:00:20.490 --> 01:00:21.800
now have been increased.

01:00:21.800 --> 01:00:25.800
And that's one of the five
categories that they test for.

01:00:25.800 --> 01:00:29.750
So there is the potential
that my might

01:00:29.750 --> 01:00:32.570
hurt us on that point.

01:00:32.570 --> 01:00:33.490
But we'll see.

01:00:33.490 --> 01:00:35.730
We're testing as we speak.

01:00:35.730 --> 01:00:39.580
We're right on the cusp between
gold and silver, and

01:00:39.580 --> 01:00:40.750
it could go either way.

01:00:40.750 --> 01:00:43.020
So my fingers are crossed
that it's a gold.

01:00:46.710 --> 01:00:50.770
This area in particular, you
can tell that most of these

01:00:50.770 --> 01:00:53.990
plants are going to have
to be replaced.

01:00:53.990 --> 01:00:58.620
We're not seeing any
real growth here.

01:00:58.620 --> 01:00:59.420
It sucks.

01:00:59.420 --> 01:01:00.050
It sucks.

01:01:00.050 --> 01:01:02.430
It's really frustrating.

01:01:02.430 --> 01:01:04.000
Every time we think
we're there,

01:01:04.000 --> 01:01:05.455
something else comes up.

01:01:05.455 --> 01:01:08.480
And we had a real problem with
getting the bamboo out here,

01:01:08.480 --> 01:01:11.100
that we had to reorder
from China.

01:01:11.100 --> 01:01:13.630
And so we went with some
different manufacturers, and

01:01:13.630 --> 01:01:17.180
it looks like we may not be able
to install any of it, and

01:01:17.180 --> 01:01:20.930
so we've got to send it back to
the supplier and wait for

01:01:20.930 --> 01:01:23.231
the real stuff to come.

01:01:23.231 --> 01:01:28.370
You know, I think about
transportation and what we

01:01:28.370 --> 01:01:30.990
expend in fuel cost, those ships
carrying the bamboo.

01:01:35.130 --> 01:01:39.020
When a building's being built,
the transportation of getting

01:01:39.020 --> 01:01:44.100
the materials to the building
consumes more energy than that

01:01:44.100 --> 01:01:45.770
building consumes over
its lifetime.

01:01:49.520 --> 01:01:51.980
On the sides of your food,
you have these nutrition

01:01:51.980 --> 01:01:53.150
information.

01:01:53.150 --> 01:01:54.970
Materials don't have that.

01:01:54.970 --> 01:01:57.840
They don't tell you, ooh, how
much energy did it take to

01:01:57.840 --> 01:02:01.360
transport this product
to my building.

01:02:01.360 --> 01:02:02.610
Where does the material
come from?

01:02:40.860 --> 01:02:44.090
One of the things that I think
is most important is that

01:02:44.090 --> 01:02:45.960
green buildings become
climate-friendly buildings.

01:02:48.600 --> 01:02:51.030
And I don't think any building
should be called a green

01:02:51.030 --> 01:02:54.100
building unless they really paid
attention to the climate

01:02:54.100 --> 01:02:55.350
change issue.

01:03:26.630 --> 01:03:29.710
When you start off a green
project, you're going through

01:03:29.710 --> 01:03:32.760
and you're saying, I need
to hit 41 points.

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I need to hit 43 points.

01:03:34.860 --> 01:03:37.710
It's pretty amazing how much
time has elapsed, the

01:03:37.710 --> 01:03:39.240
decisions that have been made.

01:03:39.240 --> 01:03:40.370
Some of them were good.

01:03:40.370 --> 01:03:41.990
Some of them weren't so good.

01:03:41.990 --> 01:03:45.920
I mean, how much oil did we burn
to bring this so-called

01:03:45.920 --> 01:03:49.680
renewable wood to Boston?

01:03:49.680 --> 01:03:53.050
If we don't get gold, I'll be
disappointed because we did

01:03:53.050 --> 01:03:55.020
work really hard to get gold.

01:03:55.020 --> 01:04:00.506
It was the goal that I set out
four years ago to get, and I'm

01:04:00.506 --> 01:04:01.985
hoping that we get there.

01:05:02.727 --> 01:05:05.490
Couple months, they'll tear
this down and make another

01:05:05.490 --> 01:05:08.000
green building.

01:05:08.000 --> 01:05:10.830
Kind of sad to see the old
building go, but that's

01:05:10.830 --> 01:05:13.480
progress in the city,
you know?

01:05:13.480 --> 01:05:15.960
I mean, if the buildings are
what they're supposed to be,

01:05:15.960 --> 01:05:17.630
and they do what they're
supposed to do, and save

01:05:17.630 --> 01:05:22.210
energy, and conserve fuel
and water and all

01:05:22.210 --> 01:05:24.980
that stuff, then beautiful.

01:05:24.980 --> 01:05:26.160
We'll have to see.

01:05:26.160 --> 01:05:28.494
In with the new and out with
the old, and that's the way

01:05:28.494 --> 01:05:29.744
that it's going to be.

01:05:48.638 --> 01:05:49.888
Daddy?

01:05:58.520 --> 01:06:01.083
He was working at the end
of the hall, but I

01:06:01.083 --> 01:06:02.756
haven't seen him since.

01:06:02.756 --> 01:06:03.234
Daddy.

01:06:03.234 --> 01:06:04.484
There you go, Ashakie.

01:06:08.450 --> 01:06:10.766
Welcome to the green building.

01:06:10.766 --> 01:06:15.195
In this building, everything
that comes in this building is

01:06:15.195 --> 01:06:16.626
specially selected.

01:06:48.956 --> 01:06:50.990
Where would you like to go to?

01:06:50.990 --> 01:06:53.120
We're going to go all the way
up and then we'll come down.

01:06:58.075 --> 01:07:00.140
The whole stepped roof,
these are all--

01:07:00.140 --> 01:07:00.840
Terraced?

01:07:00.840 --> 01:07:01.760
These are all terraced.

01:07:01.760 --> 01:07:04.905
These are all planted, and
this will all grow.

01:07:04.905 --> 01:07:07.245
See, this is the dishwasher.

01:07:14.040 --> 01:07:17.016
This is how everything
is unique in here.

01:07:17.016 --> 01:07:20.253
As opposed to being
pressure-treated wood, this is

01:07:20.253 --> 01:07:22.000
all wheat board.

01:07:22.000 --> 01:07:24.780
I know this is some type of--

01:07:24.780 --> 01:07:25.580
it's like mahogany.

01:07:25.580 --> 01:07:26.900
It's some type of hardwood.

01:07:26.900 --> 01:07:28.418
Is this special wood too?

01:07:28.418 --> 01:07:28.824
Yeah.

01:07:28.824 --> 01:07:31.150
This is a special wood that
comes from Bolivia.

01:07:31.150 --> 01:07:32.400
This is the wood I was
telling you about.

01:07:35.742 --> 01:07:38.658
The guys love installing it.

01:07:38.658 --> 01:07:39.630
This is really cool.

01:07:39.630 --> 01:07:42.546
I really want one of these
in my bathroom.

01:07:42.546 --> 01:07:46.400
This is it, the Cadillac of
toilets, with a yellow button

01:07:46.400 --> 01:07:47.650
and a brown button.

01:07:50.180 --> 01:07:53.490
We're planning the building
next door, a new building

01:07:53.490 --> 01:07:56.980
which will be taking these two
things to the next level.

01:07:56.980 --> 01:08:00.240
It's going to have integrated
wind and solar.

01:08:00.240 --> 01:08:04.072
This is my new t-shirt I got at
Flanagan's Basement that I

01:08:04.072 --> 01:08:06.805
thought was perfect for me
and my new apartment.

01:08:12.390 --> 01:08:14.385
What you're about to see, you
ain't going to see nowhere

01:08:14.385 --> 01:08:15.635
unless you come up here.

01:08:27.555 --> 01:08:28.950
Oh, this is going to be plants?

01:08:28.950 --> 01:08:29.439
Yeah.

01:08:29.439 --> 01:08:32.040
All that's plants that they
already planted here.

01:08:32.040 --> 01:08:32.700
It's really windy.

01:08:32.700 --> 01:08:33.689
Yeah?

01:08:33.689 --> 01:08:36.435
You want a nice jacket?

01:08:36.435 --> 01:08:36.902
I'm fine.

01:08:36.902 --> 01:08:37.369
You sure?

01:08:37.369 --> 01:08:38.303
Yeah.

01:08:38.303 --> 01:08:39.560
All right.

01:08:39.560 --> 01:08:41.430
Yeah, I wouldn't give up
this view for nothing.

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