Enhanced Commissioning and developing OPR & BOD

July 27, 2010

Cynthia Estrada

LEED AP BD&C
SDS Architects, Inc.

LEEDuser Basic Member

48 thumbs up

July 27, 2010

Thanks for the previous posts, great information. I have been investigating the responsibilities of this credit and to my understanding, LEED requires that the Owner develop the OPR and the MEP firm develops BOD. Are there instances wthere the CxA would take on these responsibilities?

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Chris Ladner

Partner
Viridian

LEEDuser Basic Member

261 thumbs up

July 27, 2010 - 3:05 pm

The CxA should be reviewing, not developing, the OPR/BOD for content and scope. It is not unreasonable for the CxA to provide a template for the owner and/or designer to use as a guide when completing the OPR/BOD. We use a template that includes suggested scope and associated questions to help the owner/designer contemplate the kinds of issues that should be defined in the OPR and BOD. This template can be very usefull during OPR development meetings. All that being said, the final document must be confirmed and approved by the owner(OPR) or designer(BOD).