Paul Farnan, principal deputy assistant secretary of the Army for installations, energy, and environment, speaks the during groundbreaking ceremony celebrating the construction-start milestone of the Sustainable Building Material Pilot Program, Aug. 7, 2024, Joint Base Lewis-McChord. In addition to supporting quality of live improvements for 168 soldiers assigned to the 1st Multi Domain Task Force, the pilot program will evaluate the effects that common low-embodied carbon building materials have on sustainability, resilience, cost and schedule.