Who is responsible for Construction Phase Approve SVC Updates?

• A. Contractor
• B. CxT
• C. CxA
• D. Owner

Answer: (C)

The person responsible is the Commissioning Authority (CxA). In the construction phase, the CxA maintains the System Verification Criteria (SVC) as a current, traceable record of how systems must be tested and verified. When field conditions, substitutions, or design adjustments require changes to the verification criteria or test procedures, the CxA reviews and formally approves those updates to ensure they still reflect the design intent and project performance goals. The contractor implements the work and may propose changes, and the CxT (the commissioning team) supports testing and documentation, but the formal approval of SVC updates sits with the CxA. The owner is responsible for overall project governance and funding decisions, not the day-to-day approval of verification criteria updates.