\nA rendering of HITT\u2019s forthcoming headquarters.<\/p>\n
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\u201cNothing changes course for us. We\u2019ve always understood the importance of environmental stewardship, so no change in our focus,\u201d Roy said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nHITT and Roy aren\u2019t alone. Other builders with an eye toward resilient construction say they plan to stay the course on their sustainability practices. While some of those efforts are wound into the structure of their businesses, as is the case with HITT, contractors also say that the demand for sustainability doesn\u2019t only come from within, but also from their customers and the regulations they need to adhere to.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\u201cA lot of private clients that have long had standing sustainability commitments in their own portfolios, and to their own stakeholders and investors, are not changing their track,\u201d said Myrrh Caplan, vice president of sustainability for Skanska USA, whose corporate headquarters is in Sweden. \u201cThey are on path to do what they said they were going to do, and so we are as well.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n