Global Commissioning

  While the commissioning process means an up-front cost to construction project owners, it can be well-compensated by savings in the long run through reduced repairs, enhanced energy efficiency, higher occupant satisfaction and increased safety. Here, we will dig deeper into the construction commissioning process for new buildings. Continue reading to understand how building commissioning firms should navigate the commissioning process, right from its involvement during the initial planning to its key role throughout the lifespan of the building. Start with the Completion in Mind In the commissioning process, the very first step is to be taken by the commissioning team. It entails collaborating with the project team, to figure out the budget and scope of commissioning, which will important to have a funding estimate. The building commissioning firms work with the project team to form the commissioning team. While the team formation will be based on the size, complexity a...

  Commissioning or startup of an industrial facility is more than just detailed testing of every piece of equipment. The commissioning program needs a project management-based approach to plan and implement all phases of commissioning in a proper manner. Commissioning is surely an important stage in the lifecycle of any project.   However, when you evaluate the regular project literature, you don’t cover commissioning in detail.   This can be one reason why commissioning is usually considered as an afterthought on most of the projects, i.e., the building commissioning firm is involved towards the end of the project in order to ensure that the equipment function properly. But such an approach may fail to deliver the project on time and/or within budget. Commissioning needs to be included in every phase of the project, following a project management-based approach, to make sure that every step of detailed equipment testing is successful.   Schedule Management ...

  According to the book, “Asset-Based Commissioning: Better Outcomes, Better Value,” asset-based commissioning is an approach that enables communities and people, along with organisations, to become equal co-producers and co-commissioners while making best complimentary use of every asset, via self-help, to enhance individual lives as well as community outcomes. The 2010 report, “A Glass Half Full” by the Local Government Association (LGA), suggested that commissioning should come up with approaches to facilitate community building and community development, and world-class commissioning should:       ·        Be in line with the initiatives that focus on wellbeing and place-shaping     ·        Promote involvement at the population-level, not just in the commissioning process, but also to decide the activities to be commissioned       ·        Facilit...