DESIGN
CONSTRUCTION
PLANNING
POST-CONSTRUCTION
Including hygrothermal, air temperature, humidity, condensation, in-
Indoor Environment
Life Safety
Fire protection and life safety systems
Light
Including natural and artificial (i.e. electric, solar, etc.) illumination
Maintenance
Varied level of knowledge of maintenance staff and the expected com-
Requirements
plexity of the proposed systems
Protection against intrusion (physical, thermal, sound, etc.) and van-
Security
Identify Commissioning Team
Standards
Integration of approved Federal, State & local as well as GSA and Cus-
tomer Agency standards & requirements
Define Owner's Project
Requirements with the
Structural Safety
Customer Agency
progressive collapse
Develop Preliminary
Commissioning Plan
Obtaining the information and criteria for the Owner's Project Requirements
necessitates input from all key facility users and operators. The Owner's Project
Establish Initial Budget for
Requirements shall be developed in keeping with the processes detailed in
Commissioning
GSA's Project Planning Guide including use of P-100 standards, facility specific
(i.e. courthouse, border station, etc.) design guidelines and project programming
methodologies. In some cases the owner is likely to have a canned set of project
Cx Integrated into
requirements. Note that the Project Planning Tools' input data includes typical
Feasibility and Program
Development Studies
GSA program goals, which when activated, triggers default/suggested commis-
The Owner's Project Requirements will evolve throughout each project stage. As
GSA PM Lead
decisions are made throughout the Planning, Design and Construction Stages,
CxTeam Support
the Project Requirements will be updated. It is the primary tool for benchmarking
CxA Lead
CxTeam Support
success and will ultimately become part of the Systems Manuals documentation.
Customer Agency
Lead
Develop Preliminary Commissioning Plan
Final Phase
Step
The Commissioning Plan establishes the framework for how commissioning
will be handled and managed on a given project. This includes a discussion of
the commissioning process, schedule, team and team member responsibilities,
building commissioning
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process