CxA contract

Agnieszka Rylska

GO4IT SP Z OO SP K

LEEDuser Basic Member

26 thumbs up

Project location :

Poland

May 23, 2016

Can Commissioning Authority be contracted through the design firm (architects) as part of the LEED certification contract (CxA would be an employee of the LEED consultant company) and not by the owner directly? The LEEDonline form requires an upload of "the contract between owner and CxA ensuring CxA involvement post-construction". Would it be accepted if the contract is between the architects and the CxA?

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Scott Bowman

LEED Fellow

Integrated Design + Energy Advisors, LLC

LEEDuser Expert

377 thumbs up

Tue, 05/31/2016 - 14:37

Yes, the CxA can be part of the LEED Consultant scope AND the LEED Consultant can be contracted through the architect. Just make sure that the scope is well defined for the commissioning and indicates there is a direct reporting relationship between the CxA and the Owner that does not have to go through any other party.

David Edenburn

ESD Consultant

Retired

LEEDuser Basic Member

12 thumbs up

Wed, 07/27/2016 - 02:35

I am a LEED-AP and a CxA. For some projects I have filled both roles on the same project. However, to make it easier for LEED, I have requested separate contracts for each role. The CxA contract has to specify that all reporting is done directly to the owner (and copied to anyone else IF the Owner agrees).