Built on a tight budget by a team that had never before worked on a LEED building, Alberici Construction's headquarters outside St. Louis evolved during the design process from targeting basic certification to achieving LEED Platinum, with more points than any other project of its time.

The building has been highly successful by most measures, and its open office layout helped transform the company's culture.

It was fortunate that Alberici was its own client on this pioneering project, however, as the team's inexperience led to some decisions that would plague them through the first few years of occupancy.