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On our project more than 50 000sq Owner hired a Project Manager whose responsibility is to supervise (e.g. review: design documentation, contract submittals; visit on site, verify if installation is performed according to the design etc.) whole construction process. Project Manager is independed from construction company and design team. Can Project Manager by CxA?
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Ward Miller
Chief Environmental OfficerAlpenglow Advisory
64 thumbs up
March 8, 2016 - 7:11 am
There is nothing that says a project manager independent of the D&B team and working directly for the owner can not act as the commissioner, provided that the project manager can document the required commissioning experience on two buildings of similar size and scope; however, it is strongly recommended to fulfill this prerequisite using the most experienced and knowledgeable commissioner you can find. In other words, if the project manager's strong suit is not BMS and HVAC, find a specialty commissioner, as it will pay for itself!
Catharina B
LEED AP BD+C7 thumbs up
March 8, 2016 - 8:54 am
to explain: in this situation Project Manager is a team of very experiences people (more than two building of similar size and scope), one from HVAC (and he would be CxA) and a second from electrical and BMS (he would be CxA assistant) and a Manager who is responsible for that team. They all are independed from construction and design team.Project Manager team is consultant contracted by Owner.
Ward Miller
Chief Environmental OfficerAlpenglow Advisory
64 thumbs up
March 8, 2016 - 8:43 am
There are many synergies between project management and commissioning, so as long as you meet the requirements of the prerequisite for experience and independence from D&B team, the project manager can be the commissioner as well. It should be noted that the scope of the project management contract may not be in line with the prerequisite (and credit if being pursued) requirements, so to avoid issues down the line this should be evaluated before assuming the project manager will do everything required of a LEED commissioner.
Scott Bowman
LEED FellowIntegrated Design + Energy Advisors, LLC
LEEDuser Expert
519 thumbs up
March 8, 2016 - 10:30 am
I agree with Ward, but would caution that the term Project Manager can have many scopes. In this case, based on your narrative, the PM is more of an Owners Representative, or Advocate. Something that I do now with my new consultancy. But sometimes a PM might be the one actually running the construction project, and that could be problematic.