Global Commissioning

  High-quality commissioning goes a long way when it comes to ensuring that every system is operating in accordance with construction documents and specifications. Right from reducing costs to making sure that the building meets all quality requirements and standards, commissioning offers significant advantages that make it vital for the success of every construction project. Thanks to the rising level of sophistication in buildings, tighter construction schedules, growing focus on energy efficiency and other factors, commissioning has assumed an even more prominent role in today’s fast-evolving construction industry. Despite all the obvious benefits, commissioning, unfortunately, is often an afterthought in many construction projects. Let’s take a look at the five most common misconceptions that, at times, make builders ignore commissioning. 1)      1)   Commissioning is unnecessary : Far from it! On the contrary, commissioning is a significant step in makin...

  The importance of electronic permit systems is that they identify hazardous working environments and enable a responsible individual also known as a permit manager to carry out safety checks at each stage. This e-permit to work system effectively places procedures that may be of high risk, first. Communication throughout the workplace requires a formal management system, the permit itself helps to distinguish roles and responsibilities with who is in charge and offers a step by step guide in working towards safety and security. PTW is an essential part of control of work. Within this includes permit to work, hazard identification, risk assessment and isolation management. Reduction of unsafe activities within the workplace is one of the most important aspects of risk assessment. RAMS Risk Management follows five steps in assessing risk within the workplace, including – identifying the risk factors, which individuals can be harmed and how, evaluating the risk, recording the find...

  Selecting the Right Commissioning Firm for your Project As a building owner, how do you select your commissioning provider? Lowest price, biggest firm, highest profile firm? I suspect you have used some of these selection criteria in the past, but was it the correct criteria? Why does it matter who you pick as long as you get a commissioning firm on board? Well, we believe that the goal of the commissioning process is to verify that the building and its systems are fully functional and deliver the design performance to the owner.  Commissioning activities which provide the highest value to an owner •          Commissioning Management / Agent o From Concept to Handover •          MEP Validation Services •          Design Reviews •          Commission ability Study •          Test...

  •         A construction checklist is basically a list of standardized steps, created especially for repetitive tasks and is a key elements of construction safety. •         These checklists let project managers to connect critical elements of a construction project, describing activity-specific information as well as different project phases. •         A construction inspection checklist aids in classifying and assessing specific materials, items, tasks, equipment and much more carefully. •         The majority of construction industry workforce make use of manual checklists to enhance construction safety. •         Manual inspection processes are cumbersome and time-consuming. •         They are also susceptible to many human errors, which explains the high rate...

  Global Commissioning Companies •         It is the responsibility of the commissioning authority to make sure that all building systems perform optimally while meeting the functional and operational requirements of the owner. •         Typically, global commissioning companies begin by setting expectations and explaining their role. The initial commissioning meetings should be held during the design and construction phases, involving a representative from every party. •         Keep reading to know what the commissioning authority needs from the team during the construction phase and what the standards for communication should look like . Effective Use of Emails •         You may think that emails make it easier for a team to maintain communication. But, is it so?! Note that commissioning is not always on the top of minds of projec...

  2010 report, “A Glass Half Full” by the Local Government Association (LGA) • 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 • Facilitate co-production of health care with 3rd-sector users and organisations • Consider ways to invest in long-term outcomes and measure outcomes. Consensus on the Common Hurdles According to the U.K. Ministry of Housing, Local Communities and Government, there is a consensus on the common hurdles to asset-based commissioning that involve: • A short-term focus • A top-down approach • Siloed working • Transactional decision making, and • Inability to leverage additional funding. Annotated Commissioning Cycle Here’s is the annotated commissioning cycle which explains the processes that are required to be incorporated into a commissioning cycle. •  Insight:  Commissioning management ...

  Commissioning engineers, project managers, civil engineers and/or managers almost always need to report on multiple teams at a time while meeting strict deadlines. Commissioning management systems software tools make it possible to plan the entire commissioning process right at the outset of the project, instead of waiting until the project closeout. Find here why the convention deficiency tracking methods don’t work anymore, how you can improve the entire process of project commissioning and what the key features of an advanced Commissioning Management Software (CMS) are. Conventional Deficiency Tracking Traditionally, project deliverables and deficiencies have been monitored on spreadsheets and paper-based documents. In general, walk-down inspection of the equipment are performed with the associated consultants, contractors and clients. During these walkthroughs, all stakeholders have their chance to figure out deficiencies that are added to a spreadsheet, which may give rise t...