Course Summary:

The Commissioning Process for Building Assemblies and Systems

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Topics

Discover how the commissioning process is applied to specific systems within a building. Gain a greater understanding of the relationship between commissioning, testing, adjusting, and balancing (TAB), and design-build. Course topics include:

Commissioning the Building Exterior Enclosure
Thermal Envelope Systems CxP Requirements
Cx Needs for Life Safety and Electrical Systems
HVAC&R Systems
Commissioning Roofing Systems
Commissioning DDC Systems
Implementation of CxP Principles in Design-Build
Quality Testing, Adjusting and Balancing
Discussion of Issues and Unique Systems

Audience

Project managers and planners
Commissioning authorities
Architects
Building owners
Developers
Engineers
Construction managers
Building operating staff

Benefits

This course will help you understand

Key building design and operational needs to achieve successful CxP
The key aspects of building envelopes, life safety, and roofing systems
How the commissioning process avoids failure, design and legal costs
The methods used in TAB and how they relate to successful CxP
Typical existing problems in various building systems

This course is one of three specialized offerings that complement the three-day course, “The Commissioning Process for Delivering Quality Constructed Projects.” Prior attendance in that course is highly recommended, but not required. Completion of 5 days worth of training is necessary to satisfy the education requirement of the University of Wisconsin Commissioning Provider certifications.

Earn PDH, LU, CEU

By participating in this course, you will earn 16 Professional Development Hours (PDH), 16 AIA Learning Units (LU) and 1.6 Continuing Education Units (CEU). Learn more about PDH, LU, CEU and state licensing boards.

Instructors

Joseph J. Deringer, AIA, Executive Director, Institute for Sustainable Performance of Bldgs., Berkeley, California

Darrel J. Hermans, President, T&B Services, Ltd., Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Scott R. Saunders, Vice President, Marshall Erdman & Associates, Madison, Wisconsin

Donald Scheuerman, Chief, Project Management Section, Department of General Services, DPWT-DCD, Rockville, Maryland

Paul Tseng, Advanced Building Performance, Inc., Potomac, Maryland

Charles E. Dorgan, Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin