The Reference Guide states "materials costs should account for all taxes and transportation costs incurred by the contractor but exclude any cost for labor and equipment once the material has been delivered to the site." The statement doesn't exactly state that you should include labor during the manufacture of the material. But we do include that cost in our materials costs correct? In addition our projects are all based in Sweden therefore we don't use CSI divisions. We use something called AMA that can be viewed as an equivalent. But on review of these divisons to make sure we are covering everything in our materials total cost. I see that CSI division 03-10 should be included in the materials cost. Why do we include CSI Division 10 00 00 Specialties? Some of the sections seem to be more of a furniture/furnishing use ? Thanks!

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Jon Clifford

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Mon, 04/28/2014 - 22:47

Include all costs incurred prior to delivery on-site. This is the top-tier cost billed for the finished product before installation on-site. The cost should include all labor and materials required to fabricate assemblies off-site. Such assemblies often comprise many components and sub-components that have been manufactured or extracted elsewhere. To determine the regional percentages of an assembly, use the method shown in MRc5 Table 2 of the Reference Guide. Do include CSI Division 10 Specialties in your Materials & Resources calculation. I agree. The distinction between Division 10 Specialties and Division 12 Furnishings can be hard to discern. In general, Division 10 includes prefabricated units that are permanently installed in fixed locations as part of the base building. Most Division 12 Furnishings are moveable or decorative items that are often added as part of fit-out after the base building has been completed. If you choose to do so, LEED lets you include Division 12 in all MR calculations, but Division 10 is mandatory. I hope that this helps.

Jon Clifford

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Wed, 04/30/2014 - 22:33

LEED Interpretation LI# 10294 explains the distinction between "Furniture" and "Permanently Installed Building Products". This interpretation comes very close to my explanation above. Another LEED Interpretation, LI# 10287, advises Project Teams using Specification formats other than CSI-MasterFormat-2004 to verify that the Spec divisions used for LEED correlate to those in MasterFormat-2004. Both these Interpretations are dated October 1, 2013. Compare your Spec format side-by-side to MasterFormat to ensure that you include the appropriate material in MR Credits 3-7. You should probably include that comparison in "Special Circumstances" narratives in the LEED-Online MR Credit forms.

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