Sandy Togswick
The colourful lightingdesigner
Sandy was commissioned to In an ideal world, clients state clear project requirements. The design team unites around a concept. The design documents clearly express the design intent. The contractor installs and starts the system without errors. And users benefit from quality lighting and control.
In reality, any number of things can go wrong. The client may have unclear expectations. There may be conflicts within the design team. The design documents may not clearly express intent. The contractor may make mistakes. And users may complain.
Commissioning was invented so that even as things go wrong during the complex construction process, the end result satisfies the design intent and owner requirements.
Commissioning is a quality assurance process that ensures installed building systems perform interactively and continuously according to owner needs and the design intent. It begins with identifying owner project requirements and ends with ensuring the design intent, finished design and installed systems satisfy these requirements.
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