After the first review we received a comment that furniture calculations should be included in all MR credits 3-7.
Furniture is applicable for reused material and thus counted toward MRc3. It is added to the total material cost and calculated into the following credits (MRc3/4/5).
Why did the review advise us to be consistent with either adding furniture to all or exclude it in all MR credits. All supporting forms and documents are consistent (especially due to using the same Excel spreadsheet and total material cost).
Is it something as trivial as typing in "0.0%" in the appropriate spaces although furniture is not applicable nor does it add or change the outcome of the other MR credits. (Again, the total material cost is consistent throughout all submittals, and I am having difficultly placing where the inconsistency lies.)
Susan Walter
HDRLEEDuser Expert
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January 22, 2013 - 4:48 pm
Personally, If the comment said 'all MR credits' and not something like 'applied to MRc3 - MRc7' then I would ask the reviewer for a clarification. That flies counter to the Reference Guide. But if you count furniture in MRc5 and you applied for MRc3 and MRc7, then yes, you do have to count it there as well.
OR are you in the wrong forum? Look over the resources for MRc3. You'll need to appy a value to the reuse for furniture and make sure it qualifies as reuse.
RETIRED
LEEDuser Expert
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January 29, 2013 - 12:44 pm
Reviewers are human so mistakes could be made in the review comments. Or s/he might have just provided a generic comment for these credits since furniture was included. I would just remind them that you were consistent and that the cost of the furniture is included in the total cost for MRc3-7 per the BDC Calculator.
However, I think you are in the wrong forum for this question because the reviewer did not direct you to include it in MRc2.