The true value of commissioning is achieved in the design phase – when the impact is highest and the costs are lowest. As the project proceeds into the construction phase, avoiding costs becomes tougher. The best practices discussed will help ensure that members of the project team are well informed, costly equipment failures are prevented and the project is ready for successful acceptance and testing phases. Click to know more: https://www.global-cxm.com/commissioning/

1. Commissioning-Specific Best Practices during the
Construction Phase
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2. Index
• Introduction
• Conducting a Great Initial Meeting
• Completing Pre-Functional Checklists by
the Commissioning Authority
• Becoming Part of the Solution
• Customising Functional Performance
Testing
• Social Connections
• Contact Details

3. Introduction
 Staying abreast of project updates and developing a rapport with all the parties involved in the
project are important aspects of the commissioning process.
 Interestingly, there are handful of best practices that the best commissioning management
company in the UK can integrate into each stage of the commissioning process to make it
more effective.
 Keep reading to know about such practices that you can use during the important phase of
construction.

4. Conducting a Great Initial Meeting
 When conducted appropriately, the initial meeting should make the
project team feel quite confident that the commissioning
management firm is available at all times to ensure the project
completes successfully.
 In addition to offering support to the team, best practices for the
initial meeting include the following:
 Scheduling the meeting mindfully. It should not be scheduled too
early. Reason being, contractors may forget about the commissioning
process if too much time passes by. Whereas, if you conduct it after
equipment installation, you would miss crucial opportunities to assess
submittals and inform the process. The right time is when contractors
are available on site and the construction phase has just started, but
equipment is yet to be installed.

5.  It may appear obvious, but the initial meeting must include a complete review of the
commissioning authority process. Present a master list of equipment that requires
commissioning, testing duration and prerequisites, along with pre-functional
checklists, so that each member of the team properly understand what they should
expect along the way.
 Maintaining the momentum of the meeting is important. This can be done by visiting
the site soon after the meeting and interacting with contractors while showing
interest in their work to understand the project in a better way through keen
observation.

6. Completing Pre-Functional Checklists by the
Commissioning Authority
 Instead of depending on installation contractors, the
commissioning authority should take the responsibility
to complete the documentation of pre-functional
checklist.
 While acting as the most effective supporter of the
project owner, the commission authority can check
appropriate installation early on in order to prevent
systemic problems from occurring in the first place.

7. Becoming Part of the Solution
 Project teams admire commissioning management companies that work beyond generating lists of
problems.
 That is to say, the commission authority should put in efforts to be part of the solution.
 The commissioning deficiencies log is certainly a crucial communication tool to track deficiencies that
cannot be fixed immediately.
 Every deficiency is assigned to a suitable member of the project team.
 This log should define every deficiency with clarity while offering suggestions on how to resolve the issue.
 When completing the pre-functional checklist on site, the commissioning authority should try its best to
build rapport with the members of the project team, who have the responsibility to install equipment.
 When a deficiency is identified, this will help the commissioning authority know who they should contact
to in order to discuss the deficiency – either to resolve it right away or to offer recommendations for
faster resolution.

8. Customising Functional Performance Testing
 After the approval of submittals, Functional Performance Testing
(FPT) documentation must be completed.
 The documentation should describe any particular installation or
operational requirements from the manufacturer, along with test
procedures developed through years of commissioning experience.
 Specific control sequences should be used that are developed by the
design team to check the response of equipment to changes in the
status, like transition from heating to cooling or enabling the
economizer mode.
 Does the equipment set back when set points are attained? Does the
equipment for backup power work in the event of an emergency
power failure? Is the direct digital controls interface working
perfectly, without errors?
 Such questions can easily be addressed if the commissioning
authority possess a comprehensive FPT documentation, uses test
procedures in an organised manner and records the outcomes, so
that testing can be done again during re-commissioning in future.

9. Social Media Connections

10. Contact Details
https://www.global-cxm.com/commissioning/
Global Commissioning Management
Unit 2, Chestfield Business Park, Whitstable, Kent,
CT5 3JB
+441227649087, +447580017944

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