Texas

As a result, 17 brave Texans signed a petition to create a chapter of the BCxA in the Great State of Texas with the help of their first Chapter President, Kyle Lambert (left), leading the charge to become a 501 (C)(3) non-profit organization. And so, on January 25th, 2011 the TCBCA received its Permanent Charter from the BCxA, and successfully seceded from the Southwest Region!

The TCBCA is made up of dedicated members across the state of Texas, and is composed of commissioning providers, building owners, and contractors who promote the whole building commissioning approach according to BCxA Essential Attributes.  The focus of the chapter is to connect our members that are passionate about providing high quality buiding commissioning and to help usher in commissioning as "business as usual" for the built environment.

Folks from all over Texas gathered at the McKinstry office in Dallas, Texas in August 2022 to hear our own Jerry Kettler present "The Cx Process & Stakeholder Management".  The hybird summit was a tremendous success for the ~40 people attending for a deeper dive into the Cx Stakeholders Guide authored by Mr. Kettler himself and published by ASHRAE.

Since Building Commissioning is now required by code in most jurisdictions, it is important that the process be understood by all of the team participants - the Stakeholders - where everyone has a role to accomplish project commissioning.

After chowing down on a Texas-sized BBQ lunch (courtesy of McKinstry), the summit resumed to continue the conversation of the importance of the roles of each of the stakeholders.  A panel of distinguished speakers were engaged by Mr. Kettler to probe further into ways to make the Cx Process work more collaboratively and as effeciently as possible to achieve project success. 

The panel consisted of:

• Doug Ritter, PE - Owner's Rep, DFW Airport
• Cole Qualheim - Holder Construction
• Brian Mende, PE - Bath Group, Inc.