Overview
The NYS Buy Clean Concrete guidelines implements S542A, signed into law as State Finance Law 135-d December 2021, effective June 2022. The law calls for the Office of General Services (OGS) to establish guidelines requiring the procurement of low embodied carbon concrete on projects deemed appropriate by the office. The Law is intended to increase the: use and innovation of low carbon concrete in state procurement projects. The guidelines below were developed with input from a diverse group of stakeholders in concrete and government procurement in the state of New York during Q1 – Q3 2023.