Total Building Commissioning Process
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Total Building Commissioning Process Course
Introduction:
The practice of total building commissioning, initially developed for HVAC systems, is now being expanded to encompass all building systems, giving rise to the concept of comprehensive building commissioning. This approach is gaining popularity, with an increasing number of major companies and government agencies mandating the commissioning process for new construction and renovation projects.
Owners of institutional, commercial, industrial buildings, and large multi-unit residential buildings recognize the importance of implementing reliable quality management tools and process systems that align with their specific requirements, fit within their budgets and schedules, and minimize operational issues in new and refurbished structures or facilities. By embracing total building commissioning, owners can ensure that all building systems are thoroughly tested, verified, and optimized for efficient and reliable operation.
The demand for total building commissioning underscores the need for effective quality management in construction and renovation projects. It enables owners to achieve their desired outcomes while minimizing risks, enhancing performance, and reducing operational challenges in buildings and plants.
Course Objectives:
To discuss what total building commissioning process is, why there is a need for it, and how it differs from current procedures. To present how total building commissioning has been applied.
Who Should Attend?
Commissioning engineers, engineering and architectural consultants, designers, project managers, owners, and their representatives, developers and builders, directors of physical plants, operating and maintenance personnel, and other individuals interested in smooth operations of institutional, industrial, commercial and large residential buildings.
Course Outlines:
The Total Building Commissioning Process – New Construction - Defined
- Definition of commissioning
- Benefits of the total building commissioning process
- Comparison to the existing process of delivering constructed projects
- Vision versus passing the baton
- Putting the total building commissioning process puzzle together
- The commissioning process team
- Commissioning process versus commissioning, verifying, and validating.
- Commissioning process versus contractor’s commissioning
Discussion Groups - Defining Process Needs
the Total Building Commissioning Process – Contracting Options
- Commissioning authority as owner’s representative
- Commissioning authority as the contractor’s representative
- Responsibility for specifications
- The contractor as the commissioning agent
- Consultant as the commissioning agent
Developing the Owner’s Project Requirements in New Construction
- Needs assessment
- LEED Standards
Owner’s Workshop
Planning (Or Pre-Design) Phase Commissioning Tasks In New Construction
- Hiring a commissioning provider using Request for Qualification (RFQ) and or Request for Proposal (RFP) process
- RFQ/RFP Exercise
- Objectives
- How to set up and evaluate
New Construction - Design Phase
- Review of design intent
- Writing commissioning specifications
- Scope
- Roles and responsibilities
- Scheduling
- Listing of tests, methods, and processes
- Holdbacks
- Developing a commissioning plan
- Refreshments and Networking
Tender/Construction/Installation Phase - New Construction
- Respond to bidders questions
- Evaluate bid documents
- Participate in pre-construction meeting and or partnering session
New Construction – Construction Phase
- Scope meetings to finalize the plan
- Relation to schedule
- Clarifying contractors’ responsibilities, including testing agencies and manufacturers
- Clarifying definitions and steps: start-up vs. testing vs. verification
- Schedule off-site commissioning tests as necessary
- To inspect or not to inspect
- Perform pre-test checklists and start-up equipment as available to ensure readiness for functional testing during acceptance
- Sample form review
- Owner’s familiarization and training
Review of New Construction Steps
- Conception or pre-design phase
- Design phase
- Construction/installation phase
- Verification phase
- Refreshments And Networking
Verification Phase New Construction
- Execute functional tests and diagnostics
- Modes of operation
- Testing whole systems
- Sample forms
- Fix deficiencies
- Retest and monitor as needed
- Operator training
- Review O&M manuals
- Building acceptance by owner
Post - Acceptance Phase New Construction
- Prepare and submit the final report
- Perform deferred tests (if needed)
- Develop a re-commissioning plan/schedule
Case Study of Commissioning an Institutional Building
Investigation Phase Retro-Commissioning
- Perform site assessment
- Obtain or develop missing documentation