| Location | Philadelphia, PA |
Building Envelope Commissioning (BECx) Manager
Position Summary
LF Driscoll Construction Management is seeking a highly motivated and technically skilled Building Envelope Commissioning (BECx) Manage to lead the commissioning, quality assurance, and performance verication of building enclosure systems on complex healthcare, life sciences, mission critical, higher education, commercial, and institutional projects.
The Building Envelope Commissioning Manager will serve as LF Driscoll''s subject matter expert for the building enclosure and will be responsible for ensuring that the building envelope is designed, constructed, tested, and documented to meet the Owner''s Project Requirements (OPR), Basis of Design (BOD), applicable codes, industry standards, and long-term performance expectations.
This position will collaborate closely with project teams, design professionals, specialty consultants, subcontractors, owners, and facility representatives to help deliver durable, energy-ecient, air-tight, and water-tight buildings with zero in-place defects.
Position Objective
The primary objective of the Building Envelope Commissioning Agent is to ensure that every LF Driscoll project delivers a durable, energy-ecient, weather-tight, and maintainable building enclosure by applying proactive quality assurance, commissioning, and performance verication processes throughout design, construction, turnover, and warranty phases.
This role helps reduce risk, prevent water intrusion, improve building performance, and enhance long-term owner satisfaction while supporting LF Driscoll''s commitment to quality excellence and operational integrity.
Key Responsibilities
Pre-Construction Phase
Participate in design reviews focused on constructability, durability, maintainability, and enclosure performance.
Review building enclosure systems including:
Exterior wall assemblies
Curtainwall systems
Window systems
Roong systems
Waterproong systems
Air and vapor barriers
Thermal insulation assemblies
Expansion joints and sealants
Evaluate continuity of air, water, thermal, and moisture control layers.
Verify details addressing transitions between envelope systems.
Participate in risk assessments and identify building envelope performance concerns.
Manage project-specic Building Envelope Commissioning Plans and coordinate with Owners BECx.
Support preconstruction meetings and trade coordination discussions.
Assist in development of mock-up, testing, and inspection requirements.
Review submittals and shop drawings for conformance with project requirements.
Construction Phase
Conduct site inspections and eld observations of envelope installations.
Verify installation compliance with contract documents, manufacturers'' requirements, and approved shop drawings.
Lead pre-installation meetings for building enclosure trades.
Monitor construction sequencing impacting enclosure integrity.
Coordinate quality assurance inspections and testing activities.
Maintain detailed observation reports.
Identify deciencies and collaborate with project teams to develop corrective actions.
Facilitate quality walks with owners, architects, engineers, and facility representatives.
Track and verify completion of building envelope punch list items.
Support implementation of LF Driscoll''s quality management initiatives and "Zero In Place Defects" philosophy.
Testing & Performance Verication
Develop and oversee building enclosure testing programs.
Coordinate and witness:
Water inltration testing
Air leakage testing
Whole-building air barrier testing
Infrared thermography
Adhesion testing
Chamber testing
Roof ood testing
Electronic leak detection
Moisture surveys
Review test results and recommend corrective actions
Verify successful remediation and retesting when required
Maintain testing records and commissioning logs
Review test results and recommend corrective actions.
Verify successful remediation and retesting when required.
Maintain testing records and commissioning logs.
Qualifications
Education
Experience
5-10+ years of experience in one or more of the following:
Building enclosure consulting
Construction management
Envelope commissioning
Roong consulting
Waterproong consulting
Curtainwall and facade systems
Experience on healthcare, laboratory, pharmaceutical, higher education, or mission-critical projects preferred.
Founded over nine decades ago, LF Driscoll manages the construction of projects located in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York; delivering projects of all sizes and types ranging from $50,000 to over $1.5 billion dollars. We provide services under a variety of contract methods, including CM at Risk, CM Agency, Integrated Project Delivery (IPD), and Design/Build for new core/shell, renovations/additions, interior fit-outs, and infrastructure construction projects. Our growth has stemmed from our reputation for understanding and satisfying our clients' needs with transparency, technical expertise, and commitment to excellence.
In 2017, Philadelphia-based LF Driscoll (LFD) founded LF Driscoll Healthcare (LFDH) to specifically service healthcare clients located in New York and New Jersey. LFD and LFDH work closely together to service our clients across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.
The STO Building Group family of companies-Structure Tone, Structure Tone Southwest, Pavarini Construction Co., Pavarini McGovern, LF Driscoll, Govan Brown, Ajax Building Company, BCCI Construction, Layton Construction, Abbott Construction, and RC Andersen-includes over 4,000 employees located in offices throughout the US, Canada, UK, and Ireland. We provide a complete range of construction services, from site selection analysis, design constructability review and aesthetic enhancements to interior fit-outs, new building construction, and building infrastructure upgrades and modernization. Learn more about how we partner with our clients to imagine, execute, and realize their vision at stobuildinggroup.com.
EEO statement: LF Driscoll is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, and other legally protected characteristics.