Preparation of commissioning plans. We created a comprehensive commissioning plan that includes a communication plan, testing plan, and roles and responsibilities matrix. This plan helps team members from the owners, designers and contractors understand the commissioning program.
Development of basis of design documents. We wrote the commissioning specifications, drafted a preliminary commissioning schedule, prepared the owner’s project requirements (OPR) document, reviewed the basis of design, identified systems to be commissioned, identified acceptance criteria, and wrote the preliminary commissioning prefunctional checklists and functional performance tests.
Review of construction documents. We conducted commissioning design reviews at the 50% and pre-final design stages, focusing on system and equipment ability to be serviced, maintained and balanced. These reviews addressed coordination and design errors before they could become issues.
Review of construction documents. We conducted commissioning design reviews at the 50% and pre-final design stages, focusing on system and equipment ability to be serviced, maintained and balanced. These reviews addressed coordination and design errors before they could become issues.
Bench testing for building automation system (BAS) controls. We provided reviews of the BAS controls programming and sequence of operations in the design specification. The reviews included comparison to the CalTech design guidelines.
Startup. For all DDCs, we prepared a point-to-point report that verifies each point is communicating, reporting, calibrated and controlling properly.
SkySpark integration. Our team created and supported the integration of new direct digital controls (DDC) points into the SkySpark environment, including review of point naming and tagging, configuration, rules and functions, and automated functional testing.
Maintaining issues log and commissioning field notebook. We used the Facility Grid commissioning software platform to distribute real-time information to the project team concerning the status of issues log items. The project team was also provided with access to the commissioning field notebook and commissioning checklists through the Facility Grid platform.
Directing and facilitating commissioning during construction. We facilitated the project’s construction phase commissioning process by leading commissioning meetings with the project team and stakeholders to coordinate necessary tasks. We also provided reviews of contractor-generated reports, site observations to witness the ongoing installation status of equipment, and regular updates to the project’s issues log.
Review of construction submittals. Our team reviewed construction submittals to verify compliance with the design intent in the areas of energy conservation, operations and maintainability.
Post-occupancy site visits. Our warranty review included a survey of O&M staff and key stakeholders, review of trend data, and testing of any issues not previously verified. The final commissioning report was updated with an appendix to include data gathered during the warranty review.