I am working on a project where the Owner Project Requirements and Basis of Design were created at the appropriate times. An engineering firm that didn’t do the MEP drawings aided the design team and the owner with creating the OPR and BOD documents outlining the owners intent for the MEP systems. The commissioning agent is being hired to do the post construction testing and to create the fundamental commissioning report 1.5 years after the project construction was completed. (NOTE: the commissioning agent is an employee of the engineering firm that did the OPR and BOD documents). Question: is there a specific timeline for completing the commissioning requirement in the prerequisite language? Will the reviewers accept commissioning and the reports that are done 1.5 years after the construction is complete? NOTE all of the other credits / prerequisites needed for a LEED certification are complete for this project. This is the only pending item and the owner really wants the LEED certification. Any guidance on this issue would be greatly appreciated.
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Scott Bowman
LEED FellowIntegrated Design + Energy Advisors, LLC
LEEDuser Expert
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December 15, 2017 - 12:26 pm
There is no clear guidance on the time span...but if there was, 1.5 years would be a pretty extreme example. The best advice I can give is to schedule a conference call with GBCI reviewers. Under v2009, you do not have as many problems with what you have done to date. Really it is the time from completion to commissioning that needs to be discussed. As I have said before, do not go into the call asking what you should do...develop a plan for this work that you feel complies with both the letter of the standard and the intent. How is this process going to ensure that the building is operating as intended? One question that needs to be answered is that after 1.5 years, who is going to do the corrective work that is found? You are out of the warranty period that is typical for projects, so how are you going to get the original contractors to correct deficiencies found? That is going to be a key question you will need to have a great answer for. Best of luck! Return and tell us how your call went.