WASHINGTON – U.S. Ambassador Timothy Broas broke ground on the new U.S. Embassy in The Hague this week.
The new Embassy, designed by Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners of Santa Monica, California, will be situated on a 10-acre site in the municipality of Wassenaar and will include a chancery, a U.S. Marine Corps residence, a maintenance building, a utility building, and two access pavilions. When completed, the new complex will provide Embassy employees with a secure, modern, and environmentally sustainable workplace.
The $206 million project will incorporate numerous sustainable features, including a rain capture system for irrigation reuse; the use of ground source heat pumps for both heating and cooling; and light-emitting diode (LED) site lighting. The facility’s design targets Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Silver certification by the U.S. Green Building Council.
The new Embassy is scheduled to be completed in 2017 and will be constructed by Caddell Construction Company of Montgomery, Alabama.
I wonder what was wrong with the old one and what they are going to do with it.
Interesting.