https://drivebycx.com/Commissioning as documentation instead of verification. An argument about what happened to this industry.https://drivebycx.com/posts/twelve-questions-before-you-sign/https://drivebycx.com/posts/twelve-questions-before-you-sign/Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000A procurement checklist for owners, owner's reps and project managers. Twelve questions, what a good answer sounds like, and what the evasion sounds like.https://drivebycx.com/posts/the-real-cost-of-cheap-cx/https://drivebycx.com/posts/the-real-cost-of-cheap-cx/Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000The numbers on commissioning cost and payback are good — and they are the reason the industry is being hollowed out. Here's the arithmetic, honestly, including the parts that cut against my argument.https://drivebycx.com/posts/functional-testing-is-not-a-demo/https://drivebycx.com/posts/functional-testing-is-not-a-demo/Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000A functional performance test forces the system into failure and abnormal states and records what it does. Most of what gets called functional testing is a guided demonstration by the person being tested.https://drivebycx.com/posts/mandatory-cx-made-it-worse/https://drivebycx.com/posts/mandatory-cx-made-it-worse/Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000Energy codes and green rating systems turned commissioning from a service owners bought into a permit condition they must satisfy. That change in the buyer's motive is the root cause of drive-by Cx.https://drivebycx.com/posts/the-report-was-written-first/https://drivebycx.com/posts/the-report-was-written-first/Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000How to read a commissioning report forensically — timestamps, issue-log distributions, boilerplate residue, and the difference between a test record and a test.https://drivebycx.com/posts/drive-by-cx-defined/https://drivebycx.com/posts/drive-by-cx-defined/Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000The term isn't in any standard, so let's fix that. Drive-by commissioning is commissioning performed as documentation rather than verification — and it is sold under the same name as the real thing.