DESIGN
CONSTRUCTION
PLANNING
POST-CONSTRUCTION
Define Owner's Project Requirements with the Customer Agency
The objective of commissioning is to provide documented confirmation that a
facility fulfills the functional and performance requirements of GSA, occupants
and operators. To attain this goal, it is necessary to establish and document
Owner project requirements and criteria for system function, performance and
maintainability. The Owner's Project Requirements will form the basis from which
all design, construction, acceptance and operational decisions are made. The
following suggested categories provide a framework for the types of requirements
Identify Commissioning Team
that shall be considered.
Define Owner's Project
Requirements with the
Accessibility
Access and use by children, aged and disabled persons
Customer Agency
Control of internal and external noise and intelligibility of sound
Develop Preliminary
Commissioning Plan
Identify and document those comfort problems that have caused com-
Comfort
plaints in the past and which will be avoided in this facility (i.e. glare,
uneven air distribution, etc.)
Establish Initial Budget for
Commissioning
Capacity to provide inter- and intra-telecommunications throughout
the facility
Transportation to site, erection of facility and health & safety during
Constructability
construction
Cx Integrated into
Design
Potential/Objectives for design recognition
Feasibility and Program
Excellence
Development Studies
Durability
Retention of performance over required service life
Goals for energy efficiency (to the extent they are not called out in the
Energy
Green Building Concepts)
GSA PM Lead
CxTeam Support
Fire Protection & Life
Fire protection and life safety systems
Safety
CxA Lead
CxTeam Support
Flexibility
For future facility changes and expansions
Customer Agency
Lead
Green Building
Sustainability concepts including LEED certification goals
Concepts
Final Phase
Step
Protection from contamination from waste water, garbage and other
Health & Hygiene
wastes, emissions & toxic materials
building commissioning
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