Occupant-Resistant Systems Rebecca T. Ellis, P.E. January 1, 2016 Fallout from “value engineering” spurs an idea about security and performance.Read More
Prioritizing For Desperate Times Rebecca T. Ellis, P.E. December 1, 2015 With a move-in date looming, which systems can wait and which can’t?Read More
Keeping Hope Alive Rebecca T. Ellis, P.E. October 28, 2015 When it comes to end-of-project commissioning, perfection may not be a practical goal. Read More
Commissioning Escrow Accounts Rebecca T. Ellis, P.E. October 6, 2015 A familiar financial concept could serve as an effective new tool to encourage proper project completion.Read More
When Building Commissioning Is Not Commissioning Rebecca T. Ellis, P.E. September 1, 2015 Your definition might well depend on your continent.Read More
Decommissioning & Facilities Operations Rebecca T. Ellis, P.E. August 2, 2015 At project demolition, do you recycle, reuse, or replace existing equipment? And who decides?Read More
Leveraging O&M Staff Experience For Retrocommissioning Rebecca T. Ellis, P.E. June 30, 2015 Quality communication can boost chances for success both during a project and afterward.Read More
Controls Submittals And Tough Love The road to headache is paved with trying to save someone a little time. Rebecca T. Ellis, P.E. June 8, 2015 One of the most important construction phase commissioning activities is control submittal review and controls integration. Read More
Commissioning Know Your Systems Testing without the team members who can answer the “why?” of functional perfor-mance may be costly. Rebecca T. Ellis, P.E. May 7, 2015 Some people consider commissioning to be too much trouble and too much time to tack on to the end of a project.Read More
COMMISSIONING Post-Construction Design Team Change What does (and doesn’t) get scrapped in this uncommon changing of the guard? Rebecca T. Ellis, P.E. April 1, 2015 This month, I am continuing my recent exploration of situations where building systems do not pass their commissioning functional performance tests at the end of construction.Read More