{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The Levers of Low-Carbon: How Turner Builds the Supply Chain It Needs, with Imani Hamilton, Turner Construction","description":"Turner Construction is the largest general contractor in North America, the number-one green builder 17 years running, and carries a net zero Scope 1, 2, and 3 commitment for 2040. Imani Hamilton is the person working the supply chain side of that promise. In this episode we sit down with Turner's Sustainable Supply Chain Manager for a conversation that runs from product design to procurement power \u2014 because before this seat, Imani spent a decade as a sustainable design consultant helping manufacturers build low-carbon, low-toxin, low-waste products. She has been on both sides of the table, and it shows. We cover: How a GC that doesn't design products influences product design anyway: the rural ready-mix supplier coached through its first EPD, and the regional SCM supply chain built because one client asked Turner's standing market signals \u2014 EPD requests on concrete, steel, asphalt, glass, and wood on all projects since 2025, plus the low-carbon bid form that asks every concrete bidder for a lower-carbon alternate at cost parity Performance specs vs. closed specs, early engagement, and why design-build keeps coming up as the delivery method that makes decarbonization workable The bottleneck nobody talks about: the structural engineer's signature \u2014 and how SE 2050, pilots, and mock-ups move the risk conversation Imani's contrarian take on SBTi waterfall commitments, and why EPD actuals beat spend-based estimates in an industry that never builds the same thing twice The manufacturer's playbook: define "sustainable" specifically (carbon? toxins? waste? water?), prioritize, then capture the value \u2014 LCA to EPD, test results like GreenGuard, certifications like Declare Where the investment money is: responsible investors, European Article 8\/9 funds, and the strategic acquirer already sitting in your supply chain EACs (environmental attribute credits) \u2014 the book-and-claim mechanism arriving from sustainable aviation fuel, and why it's a bridge, not a supply chain Circularity on site: smaller dumpsters, source separation, and drywall's three demand-side destinations Her message to the big, established brands that have relied on name and track record: table stakes are EPDs now. Where product category rules don't exist yet (MEP is a massive data gap), pre-competitive collective action \u2014 like NRMCA's industry EPD calculator \u2014 is how categories catch up. Whether you're on the manufacturer side trying to stay on the bid list, the GC side building your carbon literacy, or the capital side looking for supply chains worth funding \u2014 this is the episode. Episode Sponsor Brought to you by Hanson Wade's Advancing Construction event series and Project Fluent. Imani spoke on the Day 1 panel "Bridging Owner Ambitions with Construction Reality" at Advancing Construction Decarbonization in Denver. Discount code: BUILDPERSPECTIVES10 for the upcoming Advancing Construction Quality event in Phoenix, AZ Register here.   Connect Imani Hamilton on LinkedIn. Carolina Baffigo on LinkedIn Tim Seims on LinkedIn ","author_name":"Build Perspectives Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/buildperspectives.libsyn.com\/website","html":"