Commissioning

Building commissioning services aren’t a redundant inspection process. It complements the quality efforts of both the design and construction teams, enhancing oversight and assisting in final project turnover. All teams involved in the construction process have a common goal: to provide a completed project that functions as intended.

Dialectic recommends an enhanced commissioning process that begins before the typical construction document production. Our practice also weighs the Owner Project Requirements against the developed Basis of Design from the design team. The commissioning process continues through design and construction and into the early occupancy stages. Systems training for end users and a systems manual can be included as part of the process.

Prior to construction, the commissioning team will:

• Review the building owners’ project requirements
• Develop the commissioning plan
• Perform a commissioning design review
• Develop pre-functional checks and functional performance tests

During construction, the team will perform pre-functional checks.

Prior to handoff, they will:

• Perform functional performance testing
• Finalize the commissioning report
• Verify training of building user’s staff
• Follow-up with site visits as necessary to validate correction of deficiencies and/or perform additional testing

Construction commissioning was once considered a voluntary activity reserved for complicated projects. However, recent energy conservation codes have evolved to require commissioning in many jurisdictions. Dialectic has many years of building commissioning services and has been the commissioning partner for clients on hundreds of projects.

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Commissioning