After the preliminary construction review we have been awarded all prerequisites and a specific amount of points. The project team does not intend to aplly for a final construction review, because the rating level would not change. Can we simply select "skip review" at the construction final review timeline or do we need to remove the credits which have been marked as pending from the scorecard?
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Sara Heppe
ArchitectPF&A Design
19 thumbs up
June 20, 2014 - 12:07 pm
I have been in a similar situation several times. Historically I have been able to remove the pending credits and resubmit for final. Typically it is understood that you are accepting the rating that you have earned to date. However one time I did get a comment back from the reviewer inquiring why I didn't resubmit the outstanding credits. I explained to him basically what you said above and they were fine with that.
Kristina Bach
VP of InnovationSustainable Investment Group
151 thumbs up
June 20, 2014 - 2:17 pm
You can just select the "Skip Review" button if you wanted. I think in that case, however, anything marked as "pending" will show up on your final scorecard as "Denied." If that matters, it might behoove you to remove the pending credits. In that case, I'm not sure whether you would still have the "Skip Review" button available or whether you would then have to go "Submit Final" route that Sara mentions. If you no longer have the Skip button available after removing the credits, you could upload a narrative to PIf1 stating that you want to accept the Preliminary Review as your final (just to prevent the delay of a review team contacting you to make sure that it was an on-purpose and not accidental submittal).
Charalampos Giannikopoulos
Senior Sustainability ConsultantDCarbon
84 thumbs up
June 20, 2014 - 4:26 pm
Thank you. I removed the pending credits from the scorecard, selected "skip review" and the project got certified immediately without applying for the final construction review.
Mario S.
27 thumbs up
August 26, 2019 - 3:42 am
Hello.
We are facing an issue while attempting to Skip Final Construction Review. The problem is that in LEED v4 Innovation category, all credits are included in one credit on LEED Online. We have already been awarded 4 points and 1 pending, which we would like to withdraw. The problem is when we attempt to withdraw it, we are losing all 4 awarded points. We have tried changing the threshold from 5 to 4 points, and removing the credit from the form but it is still showing as pending.
Can someone advise?
Tiffany Beffel
Managing PartnerInnovative Workshop Consulting
LEEDuser Expert
22 thumbs up
October 21, 2019 - 5:57 am
Hi Mario. Were you able to get your issue resolved? Sounds like you have made the correct changes, changing the threshold from 5 to 4 points and updating the form. I believe that LEED Online does still show it as pending until it is withdrawn or until the review is complete. Since you have made changes impacting a credit total and not a stand along credit that you are simply withdrawing, I don't believe that you can effectively skip the final review the way LEED Online is currently setup. I would suggest reaching out to USGBC directly (leedinfo@usgbc.org or https://www.usgbc.org/contactus) to see if they have a specific approach to take so you don't lose the 4 points already awarded.