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Demonstration and Training

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SECTION 017900 - DEMONSTRATION AND TRAINING

PART 1 - GENERAL

1.1 RELATED DOCUMENTS

A. Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including General and Supplementary

Conditions and other Division 01 Specification Sections, apply to this Section.

1.2 SUMMARY

A. Section includes administrative and procedural requirements for instructing Owner's personnel, including the following:

1. Instruction in operation and maintenance of systems, subsystems, and equipment.

1.3 INFORMATIONAL SUBMITTALS

A. Instruction Program: Submit outline of instructional program for demonstration and training, including a list of training modules and a schedule of proposed dates, times, length of instruction time, and instructors' names for each training module.

1.4 QUALITY ASSURANCE

A. Instructor Qualifications: A factory-authorized service representative, complying with requirements in Section 014000 "Quality Requirements," experienced in operation and maintenance procedures and training.

1.5 COORDINATION

A. Coordinate instruction schedule with Owner's operations. Adjust schedule as required to minimize disrupting Owner's operations and to ensure availability of Owner's personnel.

B. Coordinate instructors, including providing notification of dates, times, length of instruction time, and course content.

1.6 INSTRUCTION

A. Engage qualified instructors to instruct Owner's personnel to adjust, operate, and maintain systems, subsystems, and equipment not part of a system.

B. Scheduling: Provide instruction at mutually agreed-on times. For equipment that requires seasonal operation, provide similar instruction at start of each season.

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1. Schedule training with Owner with at least seven days' advance notice.

C. Training Location and Reference Material: Conduct field demonstrations and training on-site in the completed and fully operational facility using the actual equipment in-place. Conduct training using final operation and maintenance data submittals.

PART 2 - PRODUCTS (NOT USED)

PART 3 - EXECUTION (NOT USED)

END OF SECTION 017900

Seismic Performance Requirements

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SECTION 018829 - SEISMIC PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

PART 1 - GENERAL

1.1 RELATED DOCUMENTS

A. Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including General and Supplementary

Conditions and other Division 01 Specification Sections, apply to this Section.

1.2 SUMMARY

A. Section Includes:

1. Architectural, fire suppression, plumbing, mechanical, and electrical building components and systems and non-building structures that are designed and constructed for seismic demands, unless specifically exempted in ASCE 7.

a. Architectural, mechanical and electrical components are exempt in Seismic Design

Category B.

B. Related Requirements:

1. Architectural Components: Refer to various Sections in Division 02 through Division 14.

2. Plumbing Components: Refer to various Sections in Division 22.

3. HVAC Components: Refer to various Sections in Division 23.

4. Electrical Components: Refer to various Sections in Division 26 through Division 28.

1.3 DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS

A. Anchorage: Connection to structure typically through the use of welding, bolts, screws, anchor bolts, post-installed anchors or other fasteners selected to meet the Building Code.

B. Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ): The governmental agency or subagency that regulates the construction process. This may be a local building department, state agency, federal entity or other body or bodies having statutory authority.

C. Code or Building Code: Building Code currently in effect where the Project is located.

D. Designated Seismic System: Those architectural, electrical and mechanical systems and their components that require seismic design or qualification in accordance with ASCE 7 and for which the component importance factor, Ip, is 1.5 according to ASCE 7.

E. International Accreditation Service, Inc. (IAS).

F. International Building Code (IBC).

G. International Code Council Evaluation Service (ICC-ES).

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H. Inspection Agency: Organization or individual accredited to ISO 17020 and regularly engaged in factory inspection services for seismic restraint or qualification of non-structural components and equipment.

I. Nonstructural Component: A part or element of an architectural, electrical or mechanical system permanently attached to a structure including its supports and attachments.

J. Restraint/Bracing: Bracing or anchorage used to limit movement under seismic forces. Cables or rigid elements, i.e., strut, pipe, and angles, used to resist forces by uniaxial tension or compression. Term "bracing" may also be used to describe design to resist lateral forces through the use of wall or frame elements.

K. Seismic Deformations: Drifts, deflections and relative displacements determined in accordance with the applicable seismic requirements of the Building Code.

L. Seismic Demand: Forces and deformations caused by a Code seismic event that must be resisted or accommodated by a structure, component, or system.

M. Seismic Forces: Forces acting in any direction due to the action of an earthquake as defined in the Building Code.

N. Special Inspector: An IAS accredited IBC Special Inspection Agency or qualified Professional

Engineer who demonstrates competence, to the satisfaction of the building official (or Authority

Having Jurisdiction AHJ), for inspection of the Designated Seismic System. The Owner or the

Engineer in responsible charge acting as the owner's agent shall employ one or more Special

Inspectors to provide periodic inspections during installation of Designated Seismic Systems.

O. Support: Elements used to support the weight (gravity load) of an item. Where the support is located at a seismic brace, the element may also resist tension/compression reactions from the restraint system.

P. Vibration Isolation and Seismic Control Manufacturers Association (VISCMA).

1.4 QUALITY ASSURANCE

A. Comply with the International Building Code (IBC) latest adopted Edition by the jurisdiction where the Project is located and applicable local and statewide adopted amendments.

PART 2 - PRODUCTS

2.1 PROJECT SEISMIC DESIGN CRITERIA

A. Seismic Design Category – B.

B. Seismic Design Force: Base calculation of seismic design force on requirements of ASCE 7 including Chapter 11 through Chapter 15 with the following seismic design parameters:

1. SS = 0.09: Mapped Short Period Spectral Response Acceleration Parameter.

2. S1 = 0.055: Mapped 1 s. Spectral Response Acceleration Parameter.

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3. SDS = 0.097: Design Short Period Spectral Response Acceleration Parameter.

4. SD1 = 0.088: Design 1 s. Spectral Response Acceleration Parameter.

5. Ie = 1.25: Building or Structure Importance Factor.

PART 3 - EXECUTION

3.1 COORDINATION

A. Do not fabricate or install seismic restraints or non-building structures until submittals have been approved by the Engineer.

B. Verify that multiple systems installed in the same vicinity can be installed without conflict.

C. Verify tolerances between installed items to confirm that unbraced components will not come into contact with restrained equipment or structural members during an earthquake. When contact is possible, provide seismic restraint or provide justification to Engineer’s satisfaction that contact will not cause unacceptable damage to the components in contact, their supports, finishes or other elements that are contacted.

3.2 DESIGN AND GENERAL CONSTRUCTION

A. Attach or anchor components and their supports, non-building structures, and Designated

Seismic Systems to the structure. Provide a continuous load path of sufficient strength and stiffness between the component and the supporting structure.

B. Design equipment support and bracing to resist seismic design force in any direction.

C. Provide supports, braces, connections, hardware, and anchoring devices to withstand code-required seismic forces and seismic deformations without shifting or overturning.

D. For components with Ip = 1.5, in addition to providing for code-required seismic forces and deformations, construct installations capable of providing post-earthquake functionality.

E. Bolt, weld, or otherwise positively fastened component attachments in accordance with ASCE 7

Chapter 13 without consideration of frictional resistance produced by the effects of gravity.

F. Where equipment is mounted on vibration isolators and restraints, use isolators and restraints designed for amplified code forces per ASCE 7 and with demonstrated ability to resist required forces including gravity, operational, and seismic forces.

G. As an alternate to project-specific design of seismic bracing, use of proprietary restraint systems with a Certificate of Compliance verified and listed by an accredited Inspection Agency is acceptable. Use of a certified product does not preclude the requirement for Shop Drawings.

H. Design piping, piping risers, ducts, and duct risers to accommodate interstory drift.

I. Provide flexible connections:

1. Between floor-mounted equipment and suspended piping.

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2. Between unbraced piping and restrained suspended items.

3. As required for thermal movement.

4. At building separations and seismic joints.

5. Wherever relative differential movements could damage piping in an earthquake.

J. Where piping is explicitly exempt from seismic bracing requirements, provide flexible connections between piping and connected equipment, including in-line devices such as VAV boxes and reheat coils.

K. Where piping is explicitly exempt from seismic bracing requirements, install piping such that swinging of the pipes will not cause damaging impact with adjacent components, finishes or structural framing. This will be considered satisfied if there is horizontal clear distance of at least 2/3 the hanger length between subject components. If swinging of exempted piping can cause damaging contact with adjacent components, finishes or structural framing, add swing restraints as required to eliminate contact.

L. Ductwork:

1. Provide independent support for in-line devices weighing more than 20 pounds.

2. Provide independent support and bracing for in-line devices weighing more than 75 pounds.

M. Provide unbraced piping attached to braced in-line equipment with adequate flexibility to accommodate differential displacements.

N. Tanks:

1. Design tank to resist seismic design forces.

2. Design tank anchorage to resist seismic design forces.

3. Design tank legs or supporting structure to resist seismic design forces.

4. Provide flexible connections between tank and interconnected piping.

O. Conduit, cable tray, bus duct, raceways, bundled cabling:

1. Provide gravity support for conduit/cable tray/bus duct/raceway/bundled cabling that is independent of suspended ceiling framing.

2. Provide seismic bracing of conduit/cable tray/bus duct/raceway/bundled cabling to resist gravity and seismic design forces.

3. Design conduit/cable tray/bus duct/raceway/bundled cabling to accommodate interstory drift.

4. Provide flexible connections wherever relative differential movement could damage conduit/cable tray/bus duct/raceway/bundled cabling in an earthquake.

END OF SECTION 018829

General Commissioning Requirements

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SECTION 019113 - GENERAL COMMISSIONING REQUIREMENTS

PART 1 - GENERAL

1.1 RELATED DOCUMENTS

A. Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including General and Supplementary

Conditions and other Division 01 Specification Sections, apply to this Section.

B. Owner's Project Requirements and Basis-of-Design Document are included by reference for information only.

1.2 SUMMARY

A. Section Includes:

1. General requirements for coordinating and scheduling commissioning activities.

2. Commissioning meetings.

3. Commissioning reports.

4. Use of commissioning process test equipment, instrumentation, and tools.

5. Construction checklists, including, but not limited to, installation checks, startup, performance tests, and performance test demonstration.

6. Commissioning tests and commissioning test demonstration.

7. Adjusting, verifying, and documenting identified systems and assemblies.

B. Related Requirements:

1. Section 011000 "Summary" for Commissioning Authority responsibilities.

2. Section 013300 "Submittal Procedures" for submittal procedure requirements for commissioning process.

3. Section 017700 "Closeout Procedures" for Certificate of Construction-Phase

Commissioning Process Completion submittal requirements.

4. Section 017823 "Operation and Maintenance Data" for preliminary operation and maintenance data submittal requirements.

1.3 DEFINITIONS

A. Acceptance Criteria: Threshold of acceptable work quality or performance specified for a commissioning activity, including, but not limited to, construction checklists, performance tests, performance test demonstrations, commissioning tests, and commissioning test demonstrations.

B. Basis-of-Design Document: A document prepared by Engineer that records concepts, calculations, decisions, and product selections used to comply with Owner's Project

Requirements and to suit applicable regulatory requirements, standards, and guidelines.

C. Commissioning Authority: An entity engaged by Owner, and identified in Section 011000

"Summary," to evaluate Commissioning-Process Work.

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D. Commissioning Plan: A document, prepared by Commissioning Authority, that outlines the organization, schedule, allocation of resources, and documentation of commissioning requirements.

E. Commissioning: A quality-focused process for verifying and documenting that the facility and all of its systems and assemblies are planned, designed, installed, and tested to comply with

Owner's Project Requirements. The requirements specified here are limited to the construction phase commissioning activities. The scope of the commissioning process is defined in

Section 011000 "Summary."

F. Construction-Phase Commissioning-Process Completion: The stage of completion and acceptance of commissioning process when resolution of deficient conditions and issues discovered during commissioning process and retesting until acceptable results are obtained has been accomplished. Owner will establish in writing the date construction-phase commissioning-process completion is achieved. See Section 017700 "Closeout Procedures" for Certificate of

Construction-Phase Commissioning Process Completion submittal requirements.

1. Commissioning process is complete when the Work specified of this Section and related

Sections has been completed and accepted, including, but not limited to, the following:

a. Completion of tests and acceptance of test results.

b. Resolution of issues, as verified by retests performed and documented with acceptance of retest results.

c. Comply with requirements in Section 017900 "Demonstration and Training."

d. Completion and acceptance of submittals and reports.

G. Owner's Project Requirements: A document that details the functional requirements of a project and the expectations of how it will be used and operated, including Project goals, measurable performance criteria, cost considerations, benchmarks, success criteria, and supporting information. This document is prepared either by the Owner or for the Owner by the Engineer or Commissioning Authority.

H. Owner's Witness: Commissioning Authority, Owner's Project Manager, or Engineer-designated witness authorized to authenticate test demonstration data and to sign completed test data forms.

I. "Systems," "Assemblies," "Subsystems," "Equipment," and "Components": Where these terms are used together or separately, they shall mean "as-built" systems, assemblies, subsystems, equipment, and components.

J. Test: Performance tests, performance test demonstrations, commissioning tests, and commissioning test demonstrations.

K. Sampling Procedures and Tables for Inspection by Attributes: As defined in ASQ Z1.4.

1.4 COMPENSATION

A. If Engineer, Commissioning Authority, other Owner's witness, or Owner's staff perform additional services or incur additional expenses due to actions of Contractor listed below, compensate Owner for such additional services and expenses.

1. Failure to provide timely notice of commissioning activities schedule changes.

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2. Failure to meet acceptance criteria for test demonstrations.

1.5 COMMISSIONING TEAM

A. Members Appointed by Contractor(s):

1. Commissioning Coordinator: A person or entity employed by Contractor to manage, schedule, and coordinate commissioning process.

2. Project superintendent and other employees that Contractor may deem appropriate for a particular portion of the commissioning process.

3. Subcontractors, installers, suppliers, and specialists that Contractor may deem appropriate for a particular portion of the commissioning process.

4. Appointed team members shall have the authority to act on behalf of the entity they represent.

B. Members Appointed by Owner:

1. Commissioning Authority, plus consultants that Commissioning Authority may deem appropriate for a particular portion of the commissioning process.

2. Owner representative(s), facility operations and maintenance personnel, plus other employees, separate contractors, and consultants that Owner may deem appropriate for a particular portion of the commissioning process.

3. Engineer, plus employees and consultants that Engineer may deem appropriate for a particular portion of the commissioning process.

1.6 INFORMATIONAL SUBMITTALS

A. Comply with requirements in Section 013300 "Submittal Procedures" for submittal procedure general requirements for commissioning process.

B. Commissioning Plan Information:

1. List of Contractor-appointed commissioning team members to include specific personnel and subcontractors performing the various commissioning requirements.

2. Schedule of commissioning activities, integrated with the Construction Schedule.

Comply with requirements in Section 013200 "Construction Progress Documentation" for the Construction Schedule general requirements for commissioning process.

3. Contractor personnel and subcontractors participating in each test.

4. List of instrumentation required for each test to include identification of parties that will provide instrumentation for each test.

C. Commissioning schedule.

D. Two-week look-ahead schedules.

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E. Commissioning Coordinator Letter of Authority:

1. Within 10 days after approval of Commissioning Coordinator qualifications, submit a letter of authority for Commissioning Coordinator, signed by a principal of Contractor's firm. Letter shall authorize Commissioning Coordinator to do the following:

a. Make inspections required for commissioning process.

b. Coordinate, schedule, and manage commissioning process of Contractor, subcontractors, and suppliers.

c. Obtain documentation required for commissioning process from Contractor, subcontractors, and suppliers.

d. Report issues, delayed resolution of issues, schedule conflicts, and lack of cooperation or expertise on the part of members of the commissioning team.

F. Commissioning Coordinator Qualification Data: For entity coordinating Contractor's commissioning activities to demonstrate their capabilities and experience.

1. Experienced: When used with an entity or individual, "experienced" means having successfully completed a minimum of five previous projects similar in nature, size, and extent to this Project; being familiar with special requirements indicated; and having complied with requirements of authorities having jurisdiction.

G. List test instrumentation, equipment, and monitoring devices. Include the following information:

1. Make, model, serial number, and application for each instrument, equipment, and monitoring device.

2. Brief description of intended use.

3. Calibration record showing the following:

a. Calibration agency, including name and contact information.

b. Last date of calibration.

c. Range of values for which calibration is valid.

d. Certification of accuracy.

e. Certification for calibration equipment traceable to NIST.

f. Due date of the next calibration.

H. Test Reports:

1. Pre-Startup Report: Prior to startup of equipment or a system, submit signed, completed construction checklists.

2. Test Data Reports: At the end of each day in which tests are conducted, submit test data for tests performed.

3. Commissioning Issue Reports: Daily, at the end of each day in which tests are conducted, submit commissioning issue reports for tests for which acceptable results were not achieved.

4. Weekly Progress Report: Weekly, at the end of each week in which tests are conducted, submit a progress report.

5. Data Trend Logs: Submit data trend logs at the end of the trend log period.

6. System Alarm Logs: Daily, at the start of days following a day in which tests were performed, submit printout of log of alarms that occurred since the last log was printed.

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I. Construction Checklists:

1. Material checks.

2. Installation checks.

3. Startup procedures, where required.

1.7 CLOSEOUT SUBMITTALS

A. Commissioning Report:

1. At Construction-Phase Commissioning Completion, include the following:

a. Pre-startup reports.

b. Approved test procedures.

c. Test data forms completed and signed.

d. Progress reports.

e. Commissioning issue report log.

f. Commissioning issue reports showing resolution of issues.

g. Correspondence or other documents related to resolution of issues.

h. Other reports required by commissioning process.

i. List unresolved issues and reasons they remain unresolved and should be exempted from the requirements for Construction-Phase Commissioning Completion.

j. Report shall include commissioning work of Contractor.

B. Request for Certificate of Construction-Phase Commissioning Process Completion.

C. Operation and Maintenance Data: For proprietary test equipment, instrumentation, and tools to include in operation and maintenance manuals.

1.8 QUALITY ASSURANCE

A. Commissioning Coordinator Qualifications:

1. Documented experience commissioning systems of similar complexity to those contained in these documents on at least three projects of similar scope and complexity.

2. Certification of commissioning-process expertise. The following certifications are acceptable. Owner reserves the right to accept or reject certifications as evidence of qualification.

a. Certified Commissioning Authority, by AABC Commissioning Group (ACG).

b. Commissioning-Process Management Professional, by American Society of

Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers.

c. Certified Commissioning Professional, by Building Commissioning Association.

d. Accredited Commissioning-Process Authority Professional, by University of

Wisconsin.

e. Accredited Commissioning-Process Manager, by University of Wisconsin.

f. Accredited Green Commissioning-Process Provider, by University of Wisconsin.

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B. Calibration Agency Qualifications: Certified by The American Association for Laboratory

Accreditation that the calibration agency complies with minimum requirements of

ISO/IEC 17025.

PART 2 - PRODUCTS

2.1 TEST EQUIPMENT, INSTRUMENTATION, AND TOOLS

A. Test equipment and instrumentation required to perform the commissioning process shall remain the property of Contractor unless otherwise indicated.

B. Test equipment and instrumentation required to perform commissioning process shall comply with the following criteria:

1. Be manufactured for the purpose of testing and measuring tests for which they are being used and have an accuracy to test and measure system performance within the tolerances required to determine acceptable performance.

2. Calibrated and certified.

a. Calibration performed and documented by a qualified calibration agency according to national standards applicable to the tools and instrumentation being calibrated.

Calibration shall be current according to national standards or within test equipment and instrumentation manufacturer's recommended intervals, whichever is more frequent, but not less than within six months of initial use on Project.

Calibration tags shall be permanently affixed.

b. Repair and recalibrate test equipment and instrumentation if dismantled, dropped, or damaged since last calibrated.

3. Maintain test equipment and instrumentation.

4. Use test equipment and instrumentation only for testing or monitoring Work for which they are designed.

2.2 PROPRIETARY TEST EQUIPMENT, INSTRUMENTATION, AND TOOLS

A. Proprietary test equipment, instrumentation, and tools are those manufactured or prescribed by tested equipment manufacturer and required for work on its equipment as a condition of equipment warranty, or as otherwise required to service, repair, adjust, calibrate, or perform work on its equipment.

1. Identify proprietary test equipment, instrumentation, and tools required in the test equipment identification list submittal.

2. Proprietary test equipment, instrumentation, and tools shall become the property of

Owner at Substantial Completion.

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2.3 REPORT FORMAT AND ORGANIZATION

A. General Format and Organization:

1. Bind report in three-ring binders.

2. Label the front cover and spine of each binder with the report title, volume number, project name, Contractor's name, and date of report.

3. Record report on compact disk.

4. Electronic Data: Portable document format (PDF); a single file with outline-organized bookmarks for major and minor tabs and tab contents itemized for specific reports.

B. Commissioning Report:

1. Include a table of contents and an index to each test.

2. Include major tabs for each Specification Section.

3. Include minor tabs for each test.

4. Within each minor tab, include the following:

a. Test specification.

b. Pre-startup reports.

c. Approved test procedures.

d. Test data forms completed and signed.

e. Commissioning issue reports, showing resolution of issues, and documentation related to resolution of issues pertaining to a single test. Group data forms, commissioning issue reports showing resolution of issues, and documentation related to resolution of issues for each test repetition together within the minor tab, in reverse chronological order (most recent on top).

PART 3 - EXECUTION

3.1 PREPARATION

A. Review preliminary construction checklists and preliminary test procedures and data forms.

3.2 CONSTRUCTION CHECKLISTS

A. Construction checklists cannot modify or conflict with the Contract Documents.

B. Create construction checklists based on actual systems and equipment to be included in Project.

C. Material Checks: Compare specified characteristics and approved submittals with materials as received. Include factory tests and other evaluations, adjustments, and tests performed prior to shipment if applicable.

1. Service connection requirements, including configuration, size, location, and other pertinent characteristics.

2. Included optional features.

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3. Delivery Receipt Check: Inspect and record physical condition of materials and equipment on delivery to Project site, including agreement with approved submittals, cleanliness, and lack of damage.

4. Installation Checks:

a. Location according to Drawings and approved Shop Drawings.

b. Configuration.

c. Compliance with manufacturers' written installation instructions.

d. Attachment to structure.

e. Access clearance to allow for maintenance, service, repair, removal, and replacement without the need to disassemble or remove other equipment or building elements. Access coordinated with other building elements and equipment, including, but not limited to, ceiling and wall access panels, in a manner consistent with OSHA fall-protection regulations and safe work practices.

f. Utility connections are of the correct characteristics, as applicable.

g. Correct labeling and identification.

h. Startup Checks: Verify readiness of equipment to be energized. Include manufacturer's standard startup procedures and forms.

D. Startup: Perform and document initial operation of equipment to prove that it is installed properly and operates as intended according to manufacturer's standard startup procedures, at minimum.

E. Performance Tests:

1. Static Tests: As specified elsewhere, including, but not limited to, duct and pipe leakage tests, insulation-resistance tests, and water-penetration tests.

2. Component Performance Tests: Tests evaluate the performance of an input or output of components under a full range of operating conditions.

3. Equipment and Assembly Performance Tests: Test and evaluate performance of equipment and assemblies under a full range of operating conditions and loads.

4. System Performance Tests: Test and evaluate performance of systems under a full range of operating conditions and loads.

5. Intersystem Performance Tests: Test and evaluate the interface of different systems under a full range of operating conditions and loads.

F. Deferred Construction Checklists: Obtain Owner approval of proposed deferral of construction checklists, including proposed schedule of completion of each deferred construction checklist, before submitting request for Certificate of Construction-Phase Commissioning Process

Completion. When approved, deferred construction checklists may be completed after date of

Construction-Phase Commissioning Completion. Include the following in a request for

Certificate of Construction-Phase Commissioning Process Completion:

1. Identify deferred construction checklists by number and title.

2. Provide a target schedule for completion of deferred construction checklists.

3. Written approval of proposed deferred construction checklists, including approved schedule of completion of each deferred construction checklist.

G. Delayed Construction Checklists: Obtain Owner approval of proposed delayed construction checklists, including proposed schedule of completion of each delayed construction checklist, before submitting request for Certificate of Construction-Phase Commissioning Process

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Completion. When approved, delayed construction checklists may be completed after date of

Construction-Phase Commissioning Completion. Include the following in a request for

Certificate of Construction-Phase Commissioning Process Completion:

1. Identify delayed construction checklist by construction checklist number and title.

2. Provide a target schedule for completion of delayed construction checklists.

3. Written approval of proposed delayed construction checklists, including approved schedule of completion of each delayed construction checklist.

3.3 GENERAL EXECUTION REQUIREMENTS

A. Schedule and coordinate commissioning process with the Construction Schedule.

B. Perform activities identified in construction checklists, including tests, and document results of actions as construction proceeds.

C. Perform test demonstrations for Owner's witness. Unless otherwise indicated, demonstrate tests for 100 percent of work to which the test applies. In some instances, demonstration of a random sample of other than 100 percent of the results of a test is specified.

1. Where sampling is specified, the sampling plan and procedure for the test demonstration shall be determined using ASQ Z1.4.

a. General Inspection: Level I.

b. Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) of 1.5.

2. The "lot size" in ASQ Z1.4 is the sum of the number of items to which the test demonstration applies, as described in the scope subparagraph of each test.

3. On determination of the sample size, the samples shall be selected randomly by Owner's witness at the time of the test demonstration.

4. Include in the Commissioning Plan a detailed list of the test demonstrations with lot and sample quantities for each test.

D. Report test data and commissioning issue resolutions.

E. Schedule personnel to participate in and perform Commissioning-Process Work.

F. Installing contractors' commissioning responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Operating the equipment and systems they install during tests.

2. In addition, installing contractors may be required to assist in tests of equipment and systems with which their work interfaces.

3.4 COMMISSIONING COORDINATOR RESPONSIBILITIES

A. Management and Coordination: Manage, schedule, and coordinate commissioning process, including, but not limited to, the following:

1. Coordinate with subcontractors on their commissioning responsibilities and activities.

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2. Obtain, assemble, and submit commissioning documentation.

3. Attend periodic on-site commissioning meetings. Comply with requirements in

Section 013100 "Project Management and Coordination."

4. Develop and maintain the commissioning schedule. Integrate commissioning schedule into the Construction Schedule. Update Construction Schedule at specified intervals.

5. Review and comment on preliminary test procedures and data forms.

6. Report inconsistencies and issues in system operations.

7. Verify that tests have been completed and results comply with acceptance criteria, and that equipment and systems are ready before scheduling test demonstrations.

8. Direct and coordinate test demonstrations.

9. Coordinate witnessing of test demonstrations by Owner's witness.

10. Coordinate and manage training. Be present during training sessions to direct video recording, present training, and direct the training presentations of others. Comply with requirements in Section 017900 "Demonstration and Training."

11. Prepare and submit specified commissioning reports.

12. Track commissioning issues until resolution and retesting is successfully completed.

13. Retain original records of Commissioning-Process Work, organized as required for the commissioning report. Provide Owner's representative access to these records on request.

14. Assemble and submit commissioning report.

3.5 COMMISSIONING TESTING

A. Quality Control: Construction checklists, including tests, are quality-control tools designed to improve the functional quality of Project. Test demonstrations evaluate the effectiveness of

Contractor's quality-control process.

B. Owner's witness will be present to witness commissioning work requiring the signature of an owner's witness, including, but not limited to, test demonstrations. Owner's project manager will coordinate attendance by Owner's witness with Contractor's published Commissioning

Schedule. Owner's witness will provide no labor or materials in the commissioning work. The only function of Owner's witness will be to observe and comment on the progress and results of commissioning process.

C. Construction Checklists:

1. Complete construction checklists as Work is completed.

2. Distribute construction checklists to installing contractors before they start work.

3. Installers:

a. Verify installation using approved construction checklists as Work proceeds.

b. Complete and sign construction checklists weekly for work performed during the preceding week.

4. Provide Commissioning Authority access to construction checklists.

D. Installation Compliance Issues: Record as an installation compliance issue Work found to be incomplete, inaccessible, at variance with the Contract Documents, nonfunctional, or that does not comply with construction checklists. Record installation compliance issues on the construction checklist at the time they are identified. Record corrective action and how future

Work should be modified before signing off the construction checklist.

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E. Pre-Startup Audit: Prior to executing startup procedures, review completed installation checks to determine readiness for startup and operation. Report conditions, which, if left uncorrected, adversely impact the ability of systems or equipment to operate satisfactorily or to comply with acceptance criteria. Prepare pre-startup report for each system.

F. Test Procedures and Test Data Forms:

1. Test procedures shall define the step-by-step procedures to be used to execute tests and test demonstrations.

2. Test procedures shall be specific to the make, model, and application of the equipment and systems being tested.

3. Completed test data forms are the official records of the test results.

4. Commissioning Authority will provide to Contractor preliminary test procedures and test data forms for performance tests and commissioning tests after approval of Product Data, Shop Drawings, and preliminary operation and maintenance manual.

5. Review preliminary test procedures and test data forms and provide comments within 14 days of receipt from Commissioning Authority. Review shall address the following:

a. Equipment protection and warranty issues, including, but not limited to, manufacturers' installation and startup recommendations, and operation and maintenance instructions.

b. Applicability of the procedure to the specific software, equipment, and systems approved for installation.

6. After Contractor has reviewed and commented on the preliminary test procedures and test data forms, Commissioning Authority will revise and reissue the approved revised test procedures and test data forms marked "Approved for Testing."

7. Use only approved test procedures and test data forms marked "Approved for Testing" to perform and document tests and test demonstrations.

G. Performance of Tests:

1. The sampling rate for tests is 100 percent. The sampling rate for test demonstrations is

100 percent unless otherwise indicated.

2. Perform and complete each step of the approved test procedures in the order listed.

3. Record data observed during performance of tests on approved data forms at the time of test performance and when the results are observed.

4. Record test results that are not within the range of acceptable results on commissioning issue report forms in addition to recording the results on approved test procedures and data forms according to the "Commissioning Compliance Issues" Paragraph in this

Article.

5. On completion of a test, sign the completed test procedure and data form. Tests for which test procedures and data forms are incomplete, not signed, or which indicate performance that does not comply with acceptance criteria will be rejected. Tests for which test procedures and data forms are rejected shall be repeated and results resubmitted.

H. Performance of Test Demonstration:

1. Perform test demonstrations on a sample of tests after test data submittals are approved.

The sampling rate for test demonstrations shall be 100 percent unless otherwise indicated in the individual test specification.

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2. Notify Owner's witness at least three days in advance of each test demonstration.

3. Perform and complete each step of the approved test procedures in the order listed.

4. Record data observed during performance of test demonstrations on approved data forms at the time of demonstration and when the results are observed.

5. Provide full access to Owner's witness to directly observe the performance of all aspects of system response during the test demonstration. On completion of a test demonstration, sign the completed data form and obtain signature of Owner's witness at the time of the test to authenticate the reported results.

6. Test demonstration data forms not signed by Contractor and Owner's witness at the time of the completion of the procedure will be rejected. Test demonstrations for which data forms are rejected shall be repeated and results shall be resubmitted.

a. Exception for Failure of Owner's Witness to Attend: Failure of Owner's witness to be present for agreed-on schedule of test demonstration shall not delay Contractor.

If Owner's witness fails to attend a scheduled test, Contractor shall proceed with the scheduled test. On completion, Contractor shall sign the data form for

Contractor and for Owner's witness and shall note the absence of Owner's witness at the scheduled time and place.

7. False load test requirements are specified in related sections.

a. Where false load testing is specified, provide temporary equipment, power, controls, wiring, piping, valves, and other necessary equipment and connections required to apply the specified load to the system. False load system shall be capable of steady-state operation and modulation at the level of load specified.

Equipment and systems permanently installed in this work shall not be used to create the false load without Engineer's written approval.

I. Deferred Tests:

1. Deferred Test List: Identify, in the request for Certificate of Construction-Phase

Commissioning Process Completion, proposed deferred tests or other tests approved for deferral until specified seasonal or other conditions are available. When approved, deferred tests may be completed after the date of Construction-Phase Commissioning

Completion. Identify proposed deferred tests in the request for Certificate of

Construction-Phase Commissioning Process Completion as follows:

a. Identify deferred tests by number and title.

b. Provide a target schedule for completion of deferred tests.

2. Schedule and coordinate deferred tests. Schedule deferred tests when specified conditions are available. Notify Engineer and Commissioning Authority at least three working days

(minimum) in advance of tests.

3. Where deferred tests are specified, coordinate participation of necessary personnel and of

Engineer, Commissioning Authority, and Owner's witness. Schedule deferred tests to minimize occupant and facility impact. Obtain Engineer's approval of the proposed schedule.

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J. Delayed Tests:

1. Delayed Test List: Identify, in the request for Certificate of Construction-Phase

Commissioning Process Completion, proposed delayed tests. Obtain Owner approval of proposed delayed tests, including proposed schedule of completion of each delayed test, before submitting request for Certificate of Construction-Phase Commissioning Process

Completion. Include the following in the request for Certificate of Construction-Phase

Commissioning Process Completion:

a. Identify delayed tests by test number and title.

b. Written approval of proposed delayed tests, including approved schedule of completion of delayed tests.

2. Schedule and coordinate delayed tests. Schedule delayed tests when conditions that caused the delay have been rectified. Notify Engineer and Commissioning Authority at least three working days (minimum) in advance of tests.

3. Where delayed tests are approved, coordinate participation of necessary personnel and of

Engineer, Commissioning Authority, and Owner's witness. Schedule delayed tests to minimize occupant and facility impact. Obtain Engineer's approval of the proposed schedule.

K. Commissioning Compliance Issues:

1. Test results that are not within the range of acceptable results are commissioning compliance issues.

2. Track and report commissioning compliance issues until resolution and retesting are successfully completed.

3. If a test demonstration fails, determine the cause of failure. Direct timely resolution of issue and then repeat the demonstration. If a test demonstration must be repeated due to failure caused by Contractor work or materials, reimburse Owner for billed costs for the participation in the repeated demonstration.

4. Test Results: If a test demonstration fails to meet the acceptance criteria, perform the following:

a. Complete a commissioning compliance issue report form promptly on discovery of test results that do not comply with acceptance criteria.

b. Submit commissioning compliance issue report form within 24 hours of the test.

c. Determine the cause of the failure.

d. Establish responsibility for corrective action if the failure is due to conditions found to be Contractor's responsibility.

5. Commissioning Compliance Issue Report: Provide a commissioning compliance issue report for each issue. Do not report multiple issues on the same commissioning compliance issue report.

a. Exception: If an entire class of devices is determined to exhibit the identical issue, they may be reported on a single commissioning compliance issue report. (For example, if all return-air damper actuators that are specified to fail to the open position are found to fail to the closed position, they may be reported on a single commissioning issue report. If a single commissioning issue report is used for

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b. Complete and submit Part 1 of the commissioning compliance issue report immediately when the condition is observed.

c. Record the commissioning compliance issue report number and describe the deficient condition on the data form.

d. Resolve commissioning compliance issues promptly. Complete and submit Part 2 of the commissioning compliance issue report when issues are resolved.

6. Diagnose and correct failed test demonstrations as follows:

a. Perform diagnostic tests and activities required to determine the fundamental cause of issues observed.

b. Record each step of the diagnostic procedure prior to performing the procedure.

Update written procedure as changes become necessary.

c. Record the results of each step of the diagnostic procedure.

d. Record the conclusion of the diagnostic procedure on the fundamental cause of the issue.

e. Determine and record corrective measures.

f. Include diagnosis of fundamental cause of issues in commissioning compliance issue report.

7. Retest:

a. Schedule and repeat the complete test procedure for each test demonstration for which acceptable results are not achieved. Obtain signature of Owner's witness on retest data forms. Repeat test demonstration until acceptable results are achieved.

Except for issues that are determined to result from design errors or omissions, or other conditions beyond Contractor's responsibility, compensate Owner for direct costs incurred as the result of repeated test demonstrations to achieve acceptable results.

b. For each repeated test demonstration, submit a new test data form, marked

"Retest."

8. Do not correct commissioning compliance issues during test demonstrations.

a. Exceptions will be allowed if the cause of the issue is obvious and resolution can be completed in less than five minutes. If corrections are made under this exception, note the deficient conditions on the test data form and issue a commissioning compliance issue report. A new test data form, marked "Retest," shall be initiated after the resolution has been completed.

3.6 COMMISSIONING MEETINGS

A. Schedule and conduct commissioning meetings. Comply with requirements in Section 013100

"Project Management and Coordination."

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3.7 SEQUENCING

A. Sequencing of Commissioning Verification Activities: For a particular material, item of equipment, assembly, or system, perform the following in the order listed unless otherwise indicated:

1. Construction Checklists:

a. Material checks.

b. Installation checks.

c. Startup, as appropriate. Some startups may depend on component performance.

Such startup may follow component performance tests on which the startup depends.

d. Performance Tests:

1) Static tests, as appropriate.

2) Component performance tests. Some component performance tests may depend on completion of startup. Such component performance tests may follow startup.

3) Equipment and assembly performance tests.

4) System performance tests.

5) Intersystem performance tests.

2. Commissioning tests.

B. Before performing commissioning tests, verify that materials, equipment, assemblies, and systems are delivered, installed, started, and adjusted to perform according to construction checklists.

C. Verify readiness of materials, equipment, assemblies, and systems by performing tests prior to performing test demonstrations. Notify Engineer if acceptable results cannot be achieved due to conditions beyond Contractor's control or responsibility.

D. Commence tests as soon as installation checks for materials, equipment, assemblies, or systems are satisfactorily completed. Tests of a particular system may proceed prior to completion of other systems, provided the incomplete work does not interfere with successful execution of test.

3.8 SCHEDULING

A. Commence…