 When
a firm has turn-key responsibilities there exists the significant
challenge in maintaining good communication between sales, design,
estimating, fabrication, controls, TAB and construction. A well
designed process is key to assure a continuity of professional
practices starting with the sales effort, and continuing through
design development, budgeting, construction documents, project
turn-over, fabrication, start up, and substantial completion.
Today’s HVAC systems are intricate
and complicated. When critical items are missed, call-backs
and re-work is required and the result is missed profit opportunity
and erosion of confidence by the customer.
A viable solution to this problem is to institute
an in-house commissioning process. Although commissioning
is thought to consist solely of the functional testing of
systems to insure performance, that is a misconception.
True building commissioning is a comprehensive
and systematic process starting at design and continuing through
substantial completion to ensure that the building systems
meet the designer’s intent and operational requirements.
Building commissioning in a mechanical design-build
environment often results in a dramatic decrease in call backs,
warranty costs, and helps in strengthening customer relationships.
To learn more about our commissioning
training for the design/build environment, e-mail is us at:
contact@facility-experts.com
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