A Comprehensive Guide to Commissioning
Today's buildings comprise a range of complicated systems, components and technologies that have been developed and enhanced over many decades. The increasing complexities of modern-day electrical and mechanical systems – coupled with growing expectations of building occupants and owners as well as regulatory bodies – are responsible for the surging demand for commissioning. To be true, high-quality planning, design and construction are just the initial steps when it is about delivering a successful project. Commissioning of the design and systems is now an integral part of the process and today, commissioning is critical to the success of any project. Understanding Commissioning Commissioning is a quality-oriented, systematic and collaborative process that chiefly focuses on assessing that a building as well as all its components and systems are planned, designed, installed, tested, operated, verified, and managed as intended. Some of the main building systems involved in