TO: Green Building Consultants and Architectural & Engineering consultants,
SUBJECT: GREEN BUILDING SUBMISSIONS
DATE: 24 April 2014
Greetings from EHS!
As you are aware, the sustainability department undertakes the review of green building submissions for all new construction projects during NOC-BP and NOC-BCC phases. The green building submission form part of the overall submission package (made by the Architectural & Engineering consultant / Engineer of record) to EHS Permits, comprising the drawing review and other components. EHS document control section that receives the submissions at the front desk undertakes an elaborate scrutiny of the package as part of its procedure before accepting them and assigning a unique tracking number. This is with a view to facilitate the stakeholders in the follow up of their submissions.
We have in the recent past encountered situations where green building submissions are made in advance either by the green building consultant directly or the architectural consultant, ahead of the main submission. This practice does not fit with the current document receiving process ...