DESIGN
CONSTRUCTION
PLANNING
POST-CONSTRUCTION
Establish Initial Budget for Commissioning
Based upon the Preliminary Commissioning Plan, the GSA Project Manager
includes budgetary costs for commissioning in the Feasibility Study and the
Program Development Study. It is critical that the overall established budget which
is submitted for funding approval contains necessary monies for commissioning.
Specifically, Feasibility Study and Program Development Study deliverables per
GSA's Project Planning Guide call for estimated construction costs (ECC) and
Identify Commissioning Team
estimated total project costs (ETPC). These estimates must include line items
for both commissioning services and testing.
Define Owner's Project
Requirements with the
Customer Agency
Commissioning Agent Costs
Develop Preliminary
Total building commissioning costs for Commissioning Agent services can range
Commissioning Plan
from 0.5% to 1.5% of total construction costs (according to U.S. Department of
Establish Initial Budget for
Energy's Rebuild America Program, written by the Portland Energy Conservation,
Commissioning
Inc. (PECI)). The National Association of State Facilities Administrators (NASFA)
recommends budgeting 1.25 to 2.25% of the total construction costs for total
building Commissioning Agent services.
Cx Integrated into
GSA's commissioning practice is expected to cost approximately 0.5% of the
Feasibility and Program
Development Studies
construction budget for federal buildings and border stations. More complex
projects such as courthouses could run 0.8 - 1% of the construction budget, and
even more complex facilities such as laboratories can exceed 1%. Factors influ-
GSA PM Lead
encing commissioning costs include facility type, phasing 24/7 operations, the
CxTeam Support
depth and breadth of commissioning services, the level of commissioning desired
CxA Lead
and the systems and assemblies chosen to be commissioned. The chart on the
CxTeam Support
following pages shows benchmark costs per square foot for Commissioning
Customer Agency
Lead
Agent services by facility type.
Final Phase
Step
Additional Project Costs
The above costs only cover Commissioning Agent fees. There are also costs to
building commissioning
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