Good afternoon,
I have a question regarding a project that is in the end phase of the construction works (final delivery of the building in September 2024), and they would like to see if a LEED BD+C v4.0 certification is possible. I do not seem to find if this is still possible, does anyone else have experience with this kind of projects?
The only challenges I see is the construction site follow-up credits like Construction Activity Pollution Prevention and Indoor Air Quality Management as well as more difficulties in the material credits. Can someone elaborate more on this and give advice on how to tackle the construction site follow-up credits?
Thanks in advance.
Andrey Kuznetsov
ESG consultant, LEED AP BD+CSelf Employed
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May 8, 2024 - 4:28 am
You are right - at such stage it's too late and impossible to provide data for such construction prerequisites as "Construction Activity Pollution Prevention", "Environmental Site Assessment" and credits like "Construction Indoor Air Quality Management Plan" - which documentation must be obtained at the construction stage.
I also see problem with "Integrative Project Planning and Design" prerequisite.
So in my experience - if client even after explanation of such problems still wants to check if he can pursue certification, we make little contract on assessment of "certification possibility" and making a report (of course prepaid and payment do not depends on report result), that some of prerequisites are "lost" and certification is impossible.
Kath Williams
LEED Fellow 2011, PrincipalKath Williams + Associates
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May 8, 2024 - 10:41 am
One other issue--Fundamental Commissioning prerequisite. It is required for the CxA to review DD and contribute to BOD and OPR. If this is not completed early in the design process, the project would need permission from GBCI review team to even certify. Even if exemption is granted, points for Enhanced Cx would not be allowed. This is from very recent project experience.