Contractors and bidders need to know what they are up against throughout the entire building process. By putting the requirements of commissioning and information about LEED Documentation in the bid packages, owners or project managers will get a much better understanding of what is entailed. It will also separate those who have experience with LEED from those who don’t – in general if a party has had good experience with LEED and is ready for its implementation then their bid should reflect that experience.

Make sure the requirements are in the drawings - this should prevent any mis-communications and avoid having to re-do or correct mistakes. In addition these mistakes will add costs and scheduling issues to the project. Unfortunately this is becoming more and more important as our litigious society continues to sue people for everything. Integrated Project Delivery is a new field that is emerging and becoming a strong idea. The concept that everyone is responsible for seeing the project until the end and must work as a team through its completion holds all accountable and provides a greater framework for success.

The Autodesk space in San Francisco used DPR construction and was one of the first LEED Platinum CI projects here. That team used IPD and they realized huge successes as a result.

–The EBS Team–