The course enhances your understanding of this important tool, by describing how the commissioning process clearly establishes the owner's project goals and reduces conflicts, construction change orders, end-of-project conflicts, punch lists, and modifications during the first year of operations. When you implement the commissioning process you ensure as a building owner that you receive high-quality building systems, effective operations and maintenance manuals, and well-trained operating staff.

The whole building commissioning process must integrate with other construction delivery methods, project management by the owner, bid and build design projects, agency construction management, and design-build. It enhances the existing skills of design, construction, and operating professionals.

This course examines the relationship of commissioning to successful industrial processes and to sustainable and green building design, in addition to its primary focus on total building delivery.

To discuss what the green building and the total building commissioning process is why there is a need for it and how it differs from current procedures.

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.

Registration and Coffee

Welcome and Introduction

The green building and whole Building Commissioning Process

Green building concept

What is Green Building?

Why is it important?

The Goals of Green Building.

Sustainability and Green Building.

Characteristics of Green Building.

Definition of commissioning

Benefits of the whole building commissioning process

Comparison to existing process of delivering constructed projects

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 contractor’s representative
• Responsibility for specifications

Contractor as the commissioning agent

• Consultant as the commissioning agent

Strategic Area 1: Sustainable sites

Strategic Area 2: Water Conservation.

Strategic Area 3: Energy Efficiency.

Strategic Area 4: Material Resources.

Strategic Area 5: Indoor Environmental Quality.

Strategic Area 6: Innovation

• Needs assessment
• LEED Standards

Planning (Or Pre-Design) Phase Commissioning Tasks In New Construction  

Hiring a commissioning provider.

RFQ/RFP Exercise

• 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

Developing a commissioning plan

Refreshments and Networking

• Respond to bidders questions
• Evaluate bid documents

Participate in pre-construction meeting and or partnering session

New Construction – Construction Phase

• Scope meetings to finalize 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

• 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 final report
• Perform deferred tests (if needed)
• Develop re-commissioning plan/schedule

Investigation and implementation of Phase Retro-Commissioning         

• Perform site assessment
• Obtain or develop missing documentation

Develop and execute diagnostic monitoring and test plans

• Implement repairs and improvements

Retest and monitor for results Fine-tune improvements as needed

Revise estimated energy savings calculations

Case Study for Commissioning An Industrial Building Complex

CDGA attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration.