How do I know which projects are a similar managerial and technical complexity than the one I am working on? Let me explain me better, I work for the Costa Rica Government, where we have been doing Commissioning for long time but on a different kind of projects, mostly power house for hydroelectric, wind and solar plants.
Now we are working on a Data Center and office building bigger than 50.000 sf, and we want to designate a CxA from our own department but the documented experience we have is on buildings with smaller area than 50.000 sf, but with more complex electromechanical systems than this project.
Then the last question: will USGBC accept this kind of experience as a similar managerial and technical complexity?
Regards
Scott Bowman
LEED FellowIntegrated Design + Energy Advisors, LLC
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December 11, 2014 - 11:51 am
I wish that I could say that GBCI looks at the qualifications in as much detail as you are suggesting, but I do not think so. So it is really the honor system working here.
Based on your description, it is not so much that you do not know how to complete commissioning, but in the systems that are being commissioned. If you have someone that has experience with building systems, which would be different that what you have been doing, then pair them with someone that had done the commissioning part. They can work together.
You could also add a appropriate consultant for the peer review (as part of enhanced Cx which you can do as the owner), which would help you with some of the system questions.
Allan Vásquez
December 11, 2014 - 2:25 pm
Thank you for answer, it helps me a lot.