DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT SERVICES
DIVISION 17
COMMISSIONING
DIVISION 17
COMMISSIONING
Division 17 of the Carnegie Mellon University Design and Construction Standards
Manual addresses the following requirements for commissioning on University projects.
17050 INTRODUCTION
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT SERVICES
DIVISION 17
COMMISSIONING
17050 INTRODUCTION
New facilities are highly complex, requiring that new methods of start-up and operation
be employed to assure that each facility will function as intended. Commissioning is a
process that has been used for many years in industrial plants, production lines, and the
ship building industry to functionally test every component to verify that each operates
independently as specified and collectively as a system. Similar techniques are required
for complex institutional and commercial facilities.
The commissioning process will vary from project to project. Requirements will be
communicated in the Request for Proposal (RFP) or early in the design phase.
December 1998
P. 17-3