The Institute of Commissioning & Assurance (ICxA)

Redefining Project Success Through Commissioning-Led Governance  

At ICxA, we champion commissioning not as a final check, but as a sovereign discipline – to govern complexity, safeguard business case objectives, and deliver public value from concept through operational readiness to long-term adaptation. 

Setting the Global Benchmark for Outcome Assurance  

Our internationally recognised standards define the benchmark for commissioning-led governance—integrating best practice from project approvals and consents, through capital delivery, to continuous improvement.

Commissioning isn’t a late-stage inspection; it’s the discipline that aligns evidence-based decisions, asset systems, and stakeholders around the social, economic, and climate outcomes that matter most to communities, investors, and future generations.

Correcting a Systemic Failure in Project Delivery 

Too often, commissioning is dismissed as dispensable or reduced to a technical afterthought – rushed, underfunded, and misunderstood. This isn’t just inefficient; it’s a systemic failure that compromises delivery integrity and erodes public trust. ICxA exists to correct it – reinstating commissioning as a transdisciplinary leadership role, central to governance, assurance, and enduring public value. 

We equip professionals to lead with commissioning-led methodologies that deliver real-world results. Through structured development, certification, and community engagement, we integrate systems-based thinking across the full lifecycle of capital projects. 

Whether you’re a sponsor, regulator, asset manager, or delivery executive, ICxA provides the clarity, control, and confidence to govern complex projects with integrity and impact. 

We’re advancing the global conversation – mobilising a coalition of reform-minded leaders across academia, industry, and governments. Through thought leadership, strategic publications, and a dynamic membership network, ICxA is catalysing a new generation of commissioning-led governance. 

This is more than a framework. It’s a mindset. A movement. A mandate. 

To transform the architecture, engineering, construction, and operations (AECO) industry through commissioning-led governance and outcome assurance—delivering infrastructure that is measurable, adaptive, and productive in ways that matter to society. 

Every complex project in the built environment. Whether you’re an owner-operator, financier, executive sponsor, delivery agent, industry body, or practitioner shaping value creation – this is your community.

ICxA unites those who believe infrastructure should be governed by:

• Evidence, not assumptions
• Outcomes, not intentions
• Leadership, not luck 

The future of project delivery isn’t reactive – it’s integrated, systematised, and led by transdisciplinary professionals who create value through commissioning-led ways of working. 

Let’s catalyse a global shift in how projects are conceived, funded, and delivered – by assuring outcomes that build trust, protect public value, and shape a more resilient future.