Institute of Commissioning & Assurance
ICxA is the global authority on Commissioning-Led Governance and Outcome Assurance. We certify transdisciplinary professionals and guide sponsor organisations to deliver infrastructure that performs, endures, and serves public value.
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What is ICxA?
ICxA is more than a credentialing body. We are a platform for education, a bridge across institutional silos, and a catalyst for professional transformation. Our mission is to equip a new generation of transdisciplinary leaders – project sponsors, asset managers, engineers, and delivery authorities – with the mindset and tools to govern complex systems with integrity, accountability, and strategic foresight.
To confront the global delivery crisis, ICxA is establishing a sustainable career development framework and a project lifecycle methodology that enables a dual PAS–ISO certification pathway. This framework elevates commissioning from a procedural step to a sovereign discipline – restoring confidence in how infrastructure is conceived, financed, built, and sustained.
Through ICxA:
- Policymakers gain a lever for system-wide reform and delivery coherence.
- Financial institutions gain a mechanism for risk assurance and investment clarity.
- Professionals gain a pathway to lead with evidence, purpose, and performance.
Choose Where You'd Like to Start
If You're Leading Projects From Inception
You’re accountable for the outcome – not just the phases. ICxA empowers Sponsor organisations and their trusted advisors to embed Outcome Assurance from day one, align teams to a shared finish line, and eliminate the delays, rework, and blame that derail delivery.
We provide the tools and frameworks to govern with clarity, evidence, and intent:
- Outcome-first governance that anchors every decision to the defined end goal
- Digital thread of information and knowledge for traceable, auditable value creation
- Silo-bridging orchestration that aligns partners around the realisation of public value
If You're Managing Commissioning
You’re Managing the Value Creation Journey – You’re accountable for transitioning the project from business case approvals, planning consents, and design – through construction, operational readiness, and long-term adaptation. ICxA equips you with structured, transdisciplinary methodologies to govern this journey with confidence and integrity:
- Align construction completions with commissioning, startup, and operational handover
- Apply proven verification and validation gateways to assure progress and prevent drift
- Ensure system integrity for decades of defect-free, reliable, and adaptive performance
