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The commissioning process is intended to follow a logical flow in a logical project delivery process.

Last month, I touched on the impact of changing key personnel on a commissioning team.

I will close out 2014 with this final column about how to avoid excessively long commissioning action lists (CALs).

Circumstances converged to construct a pair of plants on campus in a short timeframe. However, these projects weren’t identical twins by any means: different needs, locations, and other factors drove some major differences, from cooling towers to standby power.

This month’s column is a continuation of my September and October columns regarding excessively long commissioning action lists (CALs).

The majority of, if not all, office buildings will go through a series of office space retrofits over the course of time

Several years ago, I wrote book titled Managing People In The HVAC/R Industry, and in it, I dedicated a chapter to those who take on the challenge of being a first-time manager.

ASHRAE 90.1, Energy Standard for Buildings, has served as a benchmark for both new and retrofit commercial building design for the last 35 years and continues to lead today’s sustainably minded business culture.

Last month, this column introduced the concept of an “excessively long” commissioning action list (CAL).

Back in 1975, John T. Molloy wrote a book titled Dress for Success.