Commissioning New & Existing Building Systems
The commissioning quality assurance process has become a requirement for demanding building owners since its inception in the late 1980's. Commissioning is based on a structured program of goal setting that starts with the Owner's performance requirements and follows through confirmation of system operation. Today's facilities require more complex integration of the MEP systems and a higher level of communication, reliability and redundancy than in past years. Overall, the systems must help save energy, be maintainable, and meet the basic design intent for the completed capital project, infrastructure upgrade or renovated space.
AKF's Commissioning Group is committed to performing all tasks throughout the full range of commissioning services as tailored to your project requirements. We have developed an unparalleled track record in commissioning for new buildings, re-commissioning or retro-commissioning or existing buildings, and Acceptance verification for various sized projects. Our expertise includes mission-critical systems, central plants, corporate centers, financial operations, education, healthcare, and science/technology facilities. Our ability to work as a team to diagnose a situation and bring corrective measures forward has fostered our reputation as "the engineers' engineers."
AKF's Commissioning services include:
- LEED and Green Initiative Commissioning
- Integrated Life Safety System Commissioning
- Pre-Construction Commissioning Services
- Healthcare Facility Commissioning (HFCx)
- Critical System Facility Commissioning
- Commissioning Process Management
- Customized Method of Procedures and Test Scripts
- Hands-on Performance Testing
- Building Operating Procedures, Renovation Guidelines, Maintenance Guidelines
- Energy Baseline of Equipment and Systems
- Acceptance Performance Testing for Turnover
- Equipment and Systems Training for Turnover
- Peer Review and Construction Document Review
- Digital Modeling, including:
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
- Energy Modeling
- Lighting and Day-lighting Modeling
- Warranty & Post-Occupancy evaluation
- Specialty analysis including:
- Forensic analysis
- Short Circuit and Circuit Breaker Coordination analysis
- Arc Flash Studies and Load Flow Evaluation
- Harmonic analysis and Magnetic field evaluation and mitigation