The Commissioning Authority (CxA) will serve as Friendswood ISD’s (Owner’s) agent to commission all identified components and systems in the Project. The primary role of the CxA shall be to plan, manage, perform and report on the commissioning activities, utilizing the reporting formats and standardized forms provided by the CxA whenever required. The CxA will submit deliverable reports to the Owner according to a project schedule set by the CxA and agreed upon by the Owner. The CxA shall develop and coordinate the execution of a Commissioning Plan; observe and document the installation, check out, and startup of equipment and systems, functional testing to verify and document that equipment and systems function in accord with the requirements of the Contract Documents; and to assist in developing accurate and complete documentation of the construction effort. The commissioning report containing operation and maintenance manuals, results of testing and equipment warranties. It is extremely important that all commissioning tasks be conducted in a transparent manner and also involve the Owner’s building engineer and operations staff to the greatest degree possible. The project management structure is traditional design/bid/build with full design documents and specifications developed by an architectural/engineering firm. The construction documents will be let out to bid and a general contractor will be hired to complete the construction. The owner’s primary construction representative on-site will be provided by the separately contracted services of a construction manager. The CxA will be hired by and report directly to the Owner.
