3.30.12 | Hughesville, PA | Construction Specialties, a leading manufacturer of high-performing architectural products, is celebrating the opening of their new LEED-certified office space at a special ceremony in Hughesville. Local leaders, including Representative Thomas Marino and Bob Price of the Central Pennsylvania Chapter of the USGBC are expected to speak, and Representative Garth Everett plans to attend the event, which recognizes the new 8,620 sq. foot office space as the first LEED” certified building in Lycoming County.

Tours of the new facility as well as select interviews with honored guests will be available after the ceremony.

Construction Specialties (C/S) manufactures and sells specialty architectural products internationally, with over 30 offices and manufacturing facilities worldwide. In Pennsylvania alone, C/S employs over 460 people.

C/S sought to achieve LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification for this building because it reflects the company’s environmental policy. LEED is an internationally recognized green building certification system that promotes sustainable building and development practices through a suite of rating systems.

This latest achievement is just one example of a long and consistent record of environmental leadership for C/S. This celebration will recognize C/S as a leader in the green building movement and as a company dedicated to providing quality jobs in Pennsylvania and beyond.

Who: Howard Williams, LEED AP ID+C, vice president & general manager at C/S
For over 15 years, Howard Williams has been the driving force behind Construction Specialties” (C/S) leading environmental strategy and an industry advocate for green building. His vision and leadership as an unofficial “Sustainability Officer” at C/S has set the example in the building products industry and he continues to be a leader in the green building movement.

Representative Thomas Marino
Rep. Marino sits on three House committees — Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security and the Judiciary — and eight subcommittees. Rep. Marino grew up in the Williamsport area and attended Williamsport Area Community College, Lycoming College and Dickinson School of Law. Rep. Marino served as District Attorney of Lycoming County and later served as U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, before being elected to Congress in January 2011.

Robert (Bob) J. Price
Bob Price is the Executive Director of the Central Pennsylvania Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council, whose vision is to achieve a sustainable Central PA built environment, in which green practices have become mainstream.

Additional honorable guests confirmed to attend include Representative Garth Everett and Walter Reed, Mayor of Hughesville.

When: Thursday, April 5, 2012 from 10:00am-12:00pm ET

Press check-in begins at 9:00am: Please contact Stephanie Kays to schedule interviews with C/S executives and honored guests after the ceremony.

Where: C/S Hughesville Facility, 347 S. Broad St. Hughesville, PA

Contact: Stephanie Kays, Blue Practice
650.504.4598, [email protected]