The project in question is a warehouse/retail outlet for a chain of construction supply stores. The owner has a contract in place with an authority independent of the design team to perform the following tasks: 1. Review of the design prior to the construction document phase. 2. Review of documents near completion of the construction document development and prior to the issue of contracts documents for construction. 3. Review contractor submittals relative to systems being commissioned. 4. Provision of single manual to owner for the future re-commissioning of building systems. 5. Review building operations with Maintenance Department, complete with outline for resolution of outstanding items within one year of construction completion. Independent authority contact information has been listed in design specification. Independent authority engineer has been retained by owner to stamp control drawings for local building permit. (Owner retained engineer since building system drawings had been reviewed by independent authority and design team did not have certified automation engineer on staff). Does this meet the intent of the Additional Commissioning LEEDTM credit?
To achieve the first three credit requirements of the additional commissioning credit, the reviewing entity can not be involved with the design. In this case, if in fact the reviewer is also the individual who ultimately sealed the drawings as the professional engineer in responsible charge of that portion of the project (as stated in your narrative), then the project is not eligible for this point. The intent of the credit is to provide an unbiased, independent review of the design, one that is unencumbered by the responsibility of professional ownership of the design. Regarding the recommissioning manual, the team will need to produce a new recommissioning manual for every new store. Every store will be sufficiently different to warrant an updated re-commissioning manual. Applicable internationally.