HVAC Design/Construction Process

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In the standard commissioning process, there are two primary technical activities that occur on site at the end of construction and prior to systems acceptance by the owner.

In the previous installment on using your tablet to engineer buildings, we focused on design, touching upon apps used to sketch concepts, review drawings, and perform calculations.

Here are my suggestions for preparing to complete a construction administration site visit as the design engineer for the project.

The word green conjures images of a lush, vibrant ecosystem that is full of healthy living things and fresh air.

After a brief hiatus, we are resuming exploration of the tablet as engineering tool. In the first article, we examined the energy study and how the tablet can facilitate tasks such as annotating existing documents, taking notes, and storing and accessing documents.

This month and in the next three months, I will be sharing my experience pertaining to a design engineer who is responsible for the construction administration of the project he just completed the design for, with construction underway.

When I was a kid, programming on my Texas Instruments TI-16 and later on a Commodore 64, I was making simple games to play.

I have a pet peeve with HVAC design engineers who do not put enough thought into a project’s contract document specification for training the client’s operation and maintenance personnel.

This is the conclusion of my series addressing training for buildings where O&M will be outsourced.

Last month, I addressed the challenge faced by new construction project teams to build faster and cheaper. In the normal project delivery process, this responsibility falls on the construction manager and/or general contractor (CMGC).