U.S. Postal Service Plans to Improve Environmental Performance

A four-month-old initiative within the U.S. Postal Service aims to revise design guidelines and material specifications to improve environmental performance. The Washington, D.C. office of HOK, Inc. was recently retained to help develop the proposed changes, which will be presented to senior Postal Service staff for review in late October. To date this effort has not been coordinated with a large project that has been underway since 1985 to improve and expand the standard designs used for Postal Service buildings.