Grand Canyon, Ariz. - On January 15, 2013, at 10:30 am, the National Park Service held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Science and Resource Management building on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park across the street from Park Headquarters.

From left to right: Jim Arnold, President, Lake Powell Construction and Development (Prime Contractor for the Warehouse) Mike Loven, President, Loven Contracting, Inc. (Prime Contractor S&RM Building) Susan Schroeder, Executive Director, Grand Canyon Association Roger Clark, Grand Canyon Program Director, Grand Canyon Trust Martha Hahn, Chief of Science and Resources Management, Grand Canyon National Park Greg MacGregor, Acting Chief of Office of Planning and Compliance, Grand Canyon National Park Christie Laguna, President, Civil Design & Engineering, LLC (Prime Contractor S&RM Building Design)

Park Superintendent Dave Uberuaga and other special guests dedicated the new state of the art facility which is on track to receive a Platinum LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.

LEED is a third party certification program and the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings and Platinum is the highest rating obtainable. This facility would be the 12th LEED certified building in the National Park Service and only the 6th LEED Platinum certified building in the National Park Service. NPS video by Colleen Hyde.