Our client is considering pursuing new credits during the appeal of our final construction review. If the credits require additional construction work-does the work have to be finished by the time we submit for appeal? Is it enough to have a signed contract between the customer and the people doing the work?
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Hernando Miranda
OwnerSoltierra LLC
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November 16, 2012 - 10:58 am
Always use "substantial completion" as your target for certifying a project. Contracts are not enough.
I have a group of projects that are pending the final installation of renewable energy systems. The systems were not part of the the basic scope of work for the projects.
It is a good thing I applied "substantial completion" to the projects, otherwise the projects would have claimed rooftop renewable energy systems as installed. They were not. As construction started it was determined that the roofs were not as originally designed. What was actually installed was not what was approved. As a result, the renewable systems got "smaller."
"Substantial completion" for a renewable energy system means installation, and commissioning. Commissioning gets included because the renewable systems are a separate project. The completed commissioning reports for the projects do not include commissioning of the separate renewable systems.