This is my first LEED project as a LEED AP/Building Owner and I am running into an emerging war between the architect who is not LEED accredited and a general contractor-GC who is . The project is in Illinois and the GC is asserting that he can generate my construction documents for a renovation of a 2900 SF building. My question:
Who is normally responsible for the generation of the construction documents (GC, Architect or CXA)?
Hernando Miranda
OwnerSoltierra LLC
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October 4, 2013 - 5:21 pm
The CxA is not responsible: it is not something they would typically do. The Architect is usually responsible for standard CA (Construction Administration) submittal reviews, but LEED documentation is not a standard CA submittal. LEED is something extra.
LEED should be treated as standard A&E submittals. This is how I have managed to help my clients achieve a higher LEED rating for theor buildings than they thought was possible (Platinum out of Silver).
For higher LEED rated projects (Gold and Platinum), the GC needs someone to peer review their work. The reason is that the GC represents their own interests. Nothing wrong with that, but people who review their own work tend to have a bias; somethimes small, sometimes large. This is not unique to the GC, it would apply to anyone in any type of business peer reviewing their own work.