We are currently working on a project where an independent third party was contracted to perform Enhanced Commissioning tasks, and a disinterested employee of the General Contractor performed Fundamental Commissioning tasks.
The independent third party enhanced CxA was involved in all fundamental commissioning tasks, however the disinterested employee of the General Contractor actually created the fundamental commissioning documentation and was listed as the fundamental CxA on LEED Online.
The LEED reference guide states that the same CxA "overseeing" the enhanced commissioning tasks must also "oversee" fundamental commissioning tasks. What exact level of participation is required by the Enhanced CxA in fundamental Cx tasks? Can they simply review the fundamental documentation and witness FPTs, or do they actually need to create the documentation? Does the same CxA listed on EAp1 also need to be listed on EAc3?
Michelle Rosenberger
PartnerArchEcology
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April 9, 2015 - 6:13 pm
Hi Annalise,
Yes, you need one guy to be the overall CxA for the docs. The enhanced guy can review and oversee fundamental stuff. But he should be signing off on all the docs.
Annalise Reichert
Project Managerstok
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April 9, 2015 - 6:52 pm
Thank you for the swift response Michelle!
Scott Bowman
LEED FellowIntegrated Design + Energy Advisors, LLC
LEEDuser Expert
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April 11, 2015 - 2:47 pm
Michelle is correct of course. The only other thing I would recommend in the future, and I have been in this role of the overall enhanced CxA, would be to have that person review the FPTs before they are done. Then there can be a discussion of how much the overall CxA has to be on site to observe the tests, preventing too much duplication of efforts.