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HVAC
EXCELLENCE
IN
FEDERAL
BUILDINGS
ACTION PLAN
OCTOBER 2000
U.S. GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC BUILDINGS SERVICE
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ARCHITECT
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
MISSION STATEMENT
We provide policy leadership and expertly managed space, supplies, services, and solutions,
at the best value, to enable Federal employees to accomplish their missions.
In support of this mission, the Design Excellence Program was created.
DESIGN EXCELLENCE
The Office of the Chief Architect provides national leadership for the agency
regarding design and construction quality and innovation.
The office promotes excellence in the development delivery of public facilities,
offering work environments that provide the greatest value
to the American people and our client agencies who serve them.
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HEATING, VENTILATION, AND AIR CONDITIONING EXCELLENCE
MISSION STATEMENT
“Design Excellence was never intended
from the very beginning
to be purely focused on
what something looks like.
It was always intended [to be]
a holistic attitude toward design professions.”
Edward A. Feiner, FAIA
Chief Architect
Public Buildings Service
September 28, 1998
“We need to make sure that,
when we select and begin design;
in fact, when we think about sites,
. . . we’re starting to think about the HVAC
and the comfort of the people
inside of the building.”
Robert A. Peck
Commissioner
Public Buildings Service
September 28, 1998
To achieve national program goals
through heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC),
thereby resulting in
thermal comfort and indoor air quality,
energy efficiency, reduced maintenance,
and overall tenant satisfaction.
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SUBMITTED BY GSA HEATING, VENTILATION, AND AIR CONDITIONING ADVOCATES
David B. Eakin, PE
Office of the Chief Architect
Al Delucia, PE
Project Management Division,
GSA, Region 3
John Topi, PE
GSA, Region 6
Eleonora Bletnitsky
GSA, Region 9
Vijay Gupta, PE
Office of the Chief Architect
Rick Spencer. PE
GSA, Region 3
John S. Nelson, PE
GSA, Region 6
Christopher (Kit) Meith, PE
GSA, Region 10
Jim Carelock, PE
Office of Portfolio Management
Central Office
Greg Medert, PE
GSA, Region 4
Tom Hazelton, PE
GSA, Region 7
William Barrientos
National Capitol Region
Brian Wong
GSA, Region 1
Hermes Brual, PE
GSA, Region 5
Jeff Jafarzadeh, PE
GSA, Region 8
Garner (Bill) W. Duvall, Jr., PE
NCR, MD East Service Del. Team
Jack Agacan, PE
GSA, Region 2
Michelle Majka, PE
GSA, Region 5
Scott Conner, PE
GSA, Region 8
Gregory Segal, PMP
National Capitol Region
Roshan Bagga, AIA
GSA, Region 3
Perry Boeschen, PE
Energy Center of Expertise
GSA, Region 6
Tim Bunker
National Capitol Region
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TO INCREASE TENANT
SATISFACTION, ENHANCE
WORKPLACE PRODUCTIVITY,
AND REDUCE OPERATING
AND ENERGY COSTS,
DESIGN SOLUTIONS MUST
INTEGRATE HVAC
FROM THE VERY EARLY
STAGE OF A PROJECT.
SUMMARY REPORT OF THE NATIONAL
WORKSHOPS ON DESIGN EXCELLENCE
IN HVAC FOR FEDERAL BUILDINGS
Boston Federal Courthouse, Boston, Massachusetts
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CONTENTS
Executive Summary 1
Action Plan 4
HVAC Advocacy Program 4
Architect-Engineer Selection 4
Peer Review Process 5
Criteria 5
Recognition 5
Team Accountability 6
Communication 6
Operations and Maintenance 6
Building Turnover Process 7
Quality Assurance 7
Contributors 8
General Services Administration 8
HVAC Excellence Advocates 8
Panelists 8
Speakers and Facilitators 9
GSA Participants 9
Other Agency Participants 10
Quality Assurance Practices 11
Bibliography 13
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SUCCESSFUL PROJECT
DELIVERY IS MADE POSSIBLE
BY DELIBERATELY AND
STRATEGICALLY MERGING
MECHANICAL AND
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
EXPERTISE WITH
ARCHITECTURAL EFFORTS IN
THE PRE-SCHEMATIC PHASE.
SUMMARY REPORT OF THE NATIONAL
WORKSHOPS ON DESIGN EXCELLENCE
IN HVAC FOR FEDERAL BUILDINGS
Boston Federal Courthouse, Boston, Massachusetts
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
HVAC EXCELLENCE INITIATIVE
PURPOSE: HVAC Excellence focuses on supporting GSA in its efforts to
provide quality work environments and facilities for all Federal employees.
This initiative promotes GSA efforts to distinguish itself as a provider of
functional, efficient, dignified public buildings. Specific purposes include:
�� Support and contribute to achievement of GSA goals and objec-
tives.
�� Support and enhance the Design Excellence Program.
�� Build GSA consensus for HVAC Excellence.
�� Serve as an HVAC focal point and resource within each Region.
�� Provide a forum for GSA, other federal agencies, professional so-
cieties and private industry to communicate and share information
regarding:
�� Integrated design approach.
�� State-of-the-art systems, designs and techniques.
�� Executive Orders and other regulatory issues.
�� Lessons learned, both positive and negative.
�� Industry issues.
�� Offer peer advice and reference points.
�� Improve communications regarding HVAC among all Regions.
�� Continuously improve HVAC design and systems.
HISTORY: One of GSA’s primary measures of success is the satisfaction
of its clients. Surveys from GSA's own Post-Occupancy Evaluations as well
as reports by the GSA Annual Client Satisfaction Survey Results have con-
sistently shown tremendous opportunities for improving HVAC system de-
sign and implementation. The HVAC Excellence Initiative began in earnest
in 1998 with the first National Workshop held in Denver, CO, followed by a
National Workshop in Washington, D.C.
A significant result of these workshops was a list of recommendations repre-
senting the collective thoughts and experience of numerous Federal agencies,
national organizations, and selected experts from private practice. To keep
these recommendations alive, each GSA Region, including Central Office,
designated HVAC Advocates. A series of workshops were then held to de-
velop a plan to implement the recommendations. The workshops provided a
forum for communication among HVAC Advocates, the technical community,
the medical community, and other industry experts as appropriate. To foster
communication, selected representatives of these groups were invited to pre-
sent the latest information on their specific topics and to participate in open
discussions and concept development with the HVAC Advocates. Examples
of topics addressed to date are:
�� Indoor air quality, including issues such as bacteria, fungi and mildew,
and Legionnaires’ disease.
�� GSA Annual Client Satisfaction Survey results and client satisfaction.
�� Energy conservation and sustainability.
�� Operations and maintenance (O&M).
�� Global warming/refrigerants.
�� Uniformat cost estimating.
�� Thermal insulation and condensation.
�� Instrumentation for IAQ.
�� Earned value.
�� HVAC system replacement in renovation projects.
Numerous site visits to new and remodeled GSA facilities also took place.
This infusion of related issues and concerns has heightened the awareness and
elevated the understanding of the overall impact and importance of HVAC
Excellence. The HVAC Advocates applied this information and understand-
ing in developing an Action Plan that, when implemented, will enhance build-
ing performance while improving client satisfaction. This HVAC Action Plan
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is one element of GSA's strategic plan for the continual improvement of
Federal facilities.
Milestones leading to this Action Plan were:
�� 1979 to 1999 - Post-Occupancy Evaluations Program Lessons
Learned.
�� 1994 - Design Excellence Program.
�� August 1998 - National Workshop on Design Excellence in HVAC
for Federal Buildings.
�� September 1998 - National Workshop on Design Excellence in
HVAC for Federal Buildings.
�� December 1998 - Summary Report of the National Workshops on
Design Excellence in HVAC for Federal Buildings.
�� March 1999 – designation of HVAC Advocates from each Region
�� August 1999 - HVAC Advocate Workshop - Start of Action Plan
development.
�� September 1999 - HVAC Advocate Workshop - Action Plan
development.
�� December 1999 - HVAC Advocate Workshop - Action Plan
development.
�� March 2000 - HVAC Advocate Workshop - Review of final draft
of Action Plan.
�� March 2000 – Presentation of Action Plan at Project Management
Workshop.
�� April 2000 – Circulation of Action Plan throughout PBS Central
Office and regional offices for review and comment.
�� September 2000 - HVAC Advocate Workshop.
�� Presentation of final Action Plan.
�� October 2000 - HVAC Excellence - Action Plan
ACTION PLAN: The Office of Chief Architect (OCA) initiative culminated
in the Action Plan for providing HVAC systems that meet or exceed client
expectations by effectively integrating systems design with architectural de-
sign under the Design Excellence Program. HVAC advocates will develop
strategic and tactical approaches to encourage HVAC Excellence by guiding
the implementation of this Action Plan. They also will continually monitor
and, when appropriate, revise the Action Plan. The following text describes
the following components of the Action Plan:
�� HVAC Advocacy Program.
�� Architecture-engineering selection.
�� Peer review process.
�� Criteria.
�� Recognition.
�� Team accountability.
�� Communication.
�� Operations and maintenance.
�� Building turnover process.
�� Quality assurance.
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ACTION PLAN
HVAC ADVOCACY PROGRAM
Mechanical Engineering Excellence Advo-
cacy shall be integrated with the National
Design Excellence Program at the OCA
and regional levels. The purpose shall be
to provide an accountable network of pro-
fessionals to propose policy, share infor-
mation, and develop integrated design so-
lutions.
��A full-time HVAC Advocate position
will be established in Central Office
and each regional office. As members
of the project team, these HVAC Ad-
vocates will communicate and promote
HVAC Excellence at the project level,
beginning with planning and develop-
ment.
��Policy will address the ways in which
advocates will become involved in the
project development and approval
process.
ARCHITECT-ENGINEER SELECTION
The engineering profession shall be repre-
sented during the initial phase of an A-E
selection, and A-E design integration will
become a selection criterion.
��For renovation projects involving pre-
dominantly the mechanical and electrical
disciplines, mechanical-electrical-
plumbing consultants will function as
critical members of a fully integrated de-
sign team for the duration of each pro-
ject.
��OCA will draft a letter for the Commis-
sioner to issue to each Assistant Re-
gional Administrator (ARA), to reem-
phasize the HVAC engineer participation
requirement on each A-E selection
panel.
��HVAC engineers will participate in de-
veloping evaluation and selection crite-
ria, including the Commerce Business
Daily announcement.
��Lead designers, whether architects or
engineers, must demonstrate the intent to
integrate design with all systems.
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OVER THE 20-YEAR LIFE CYCLE OF A
PROTOTYPICAL 100,000 SF BUILDING, 5%
OF THE COST IS SPENT ON DESIGN AND
CONSTRUCTION, 10% ON O&M, AND 85%
ON SALARIES OF PERSONNEL WORKING IN
THE BUILDING.
EVEN A 1% INCREASE IN PRODUCTIVITY
WOULD INCREASE THE BOTTOM LINE
EXPONENTIALLY.
SUMMARY REPORT OF THE NATIONAL WORKSHOPS
ON DESIGN EXCELLENCE IN HVAC FOR FEDERAL
BUILDINGS
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PEER REVIEW PROCESS
OCA shall establish and document a peer
review process to adequately address all de-
sign disciplines. The expectation is that pro-
jects with significant components of HVAC
design will be represented by an HVAC en-
gineer on the peer review panel.
��OCA has established a national pool of
peer reviewers from which member(s)
are selected to participate in A-E selec-
tion and to critique design concepts. The
peer reviewers will include engineering
experts to review new projects as well as
renovation projects where HVAC is sig-
nificant.
CRITERIA
Enforceable criteria shall be strengthened to
avoid major design flaws. Benchmarks for
thermal comfort shall be provided to en-
hance system evaluation during the design,
construction and building turnover process.
��Mandatory performance-based and direc-
tive-specific criteria shall be incorpo-
rated into the Facilities Standards for the
Public Buildings Service.
��The current GSA Guide Specifications
Division 15 shall be modified to comply
with the updated criteria.
��The OCA will establish a website with
a central
��archive, to provide regional HVAC
Advocates with reference materials and
to promote general awareness of PBS
design guidelines and technical issues.
HVAC Advocates will list design
documents to incorporate on the GSA
website.
RECOGNITION
Functional and integrated designs shall be
part of GSA’s Design Excellence awards.
��A category shall be created within the
GSA design excellence awards to rec-
ognize demonstrated performance-
based quality assurance and effective
integration of HVAC and other engi-
neering disciplines with architectural
design.
��The A-E fee structure shall be modified
to support the cost of preparing design
excellence award submittals.
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LESSONS LEARNED FROM POST-OCCUPANCY
EVALUATIONS INDICATE THAT HVAC
SYSTEMS ELICIT THE MOST COMPLAINTS
FROM TENANTS,
YET HVAC TECHNOLOGY, EQUIPMENT AND
DESIGNS EXIST TO PRODUCE A HIGH RATE OF
SATISFACTION. THE CHALLENGE IS TO
RECOGNIZE AND APPLY WHAT WE’VE
LEARNED WHEN WE DESIGN HVAC SYSTEMS
FOR OUR BUILDINGS.
SUMMARY REPORT OF THE NATIONAL WORKSHOPS
ON DESIGN EXCELLENCE
IN HVAC FOR FEDERAL BUILDINGS
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TEAM ACCOUNTABILITY
The design and construction team, including the design A-E, con-
struction manager, contractor and GSA project manager, will be
held accountable for integration and quality control of building sys-
tems.
��Costs shall be managed effectively by accurately profiling pro-
ject costs.
��HVAC Advocates shall assist the project team in setting and
monitoring HVAC Excellence goals, including budget, design
direction, energy consumption and system constructability.
COMMUNICATION
A formal information exchange process should be developed by
means of periodic workshops and Internet bulletin board postings to
share HVAC design and construction experience and enhance com-
munication on HVAC issues within GSA.
��HVAC Advocates will be responsible for communicating and
promoting HVAC excellence at the project level as a member of
the project team.
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
The GSA should investigate the possibility of awarding a 3- to 5-
year O&M contract to the HVAC systems installer. This longer-
term contract would provide continuity from construction through
the warranty period.
��The O&M component should be procured together with the con-
struction contract to make the general contractor more responsi-
ble. Each contract should consist of three 3-year terms.
��Contractors should be required to provide video/web-based
O&M training and to include it as part of the procedures manual,
similar to the Roybal Building O&M manuals model. This re-
quirement should apply for new construction and for major reno-
vation projects
��The content of the O&M procedures manual should be standard-
ized to include:
�� Description of HVAC system operation written by the A-E
for the mechanics.
�� Air and water balance reports.
�� Commissioning report.
�� Vibration report.
�� Record documents.
�� Manufacturers’ O&M instruction, and approved product
submittals.
�� O&M procedures manuals should be submitted in both elec-
tronic and hard-copy formats.
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BUILDING TURNOVER PROCESS
To ensure a smooth building turnover process
and determine full functionality of building
systems, project design and construction pro-
fessionals will maintain involvement beyond the
turnover phase. This will provide Property
Management professionals with the benefit of
input from the professionals who developed the
design to help resolve HVAC issues. The proc-
ess of assessing and correcting deficiencies can
be a 2- to 3-year process and may require capi-
tal improvement funds.
��The HVAC turnover procedure shall be the
responsibility of the design A-E under con-
struction phase services, which may im-
prove design quality.
��A uniform turnover process shall be estab-
lished. It shall include commissioning, bal-
ancing of air and water systems, and train-
ing as well as a record of the vibration of
rotating equipment, completion of record
documents, and submittal of the O&M
procedures manual.
��Testing of equipment, balancing, and re-
cording of vibration will be performed by
specialists under the A-E contract. Video-
tape training, conducted by the construction
contractor with the assistance of qualified
instructors such as factory representa-tives,
will include a review of the O&M manual.
The training schedule will be coordinated
with the Facilities Manager.
QUALITY ASSURANCE
A formal Quality Assurance (QA) standard
shall be developed to address both design and
construction requirements. The building turn-
over process will include essential QA compo-
nents.
��A comprehensive QA process shall be de-
fined. It shall include checklists for GSA
Project Managers to use for design,
construction and building turnover. (See
the Quality Assurance Practices flowchart
in Section 4, pages 14 and 15.)
��QA shall be recognized as having the great-
est potential when begun during the pro-
gramming phase. The HVAC Advocate
shall be involved in all phases of project de-
livery to ensure QA.
��A separate line item shall be added to pro-
ject budgets to measure client satisfaction,
energy consumption, and maintenance cost
in order to determine whether project ex-
pectations were met. This would occur ap-
proximately 1 year after building comple-
tion.
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THE HVAC SYSTEM CONSUMES 50-60% OF
THE BUILDING ENERGY COST AND
GENERATES 80-85% OF TENANT
COMPLAINTS. THUS,
AN HVAC ADVOCACY INITIATIVE WAS
CREATED TO ADDRESS ISSUES AFFECTING
CLIENT SATISFACTION AND COST.
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CONTRIBUTORS
General Services Administration
Robert A. Peck
Commissioner, PBS
Edward Feiner, FAIA
Chief Architect, PBS
Jan Ziegler
ARA, GSA Region 3
Paul Prouty, PE, ARA
ARA Region
HVAC Excellence Advocates
David B. Eakin, PE
Office of the Chief Architect
GSA Central Office
Vijay Gupta, PE
Office of the Chief Architect
GSA Central Office
Jim Carelock, PE
Office of Portfolio Management,
GSA Central Office
Brian Wong
GSA Region 1
Jack Agacan, PE
GSA Region 2
Roshan Bagga, AIA
GSA Region 3
Al DeLucia, PE
Project Management Division
GSA Region 3
Bill Dierkes
GSA Region 3
Rick Spencer, PE
GSA Region 3
Greg Medert, PE
GSA Region 4
Hermes Brual, PE
GSA Region 5
Michelle Majka, PE
GSA Region 5
Perry Boeschen, PE
Energy Center of Expertise
GSA Region 6
Mark Ewing
GSA Region 6
John S. Nelson, PE
Property Management,
Technical Support Branch
GSA Region 6
John Topi, PE
Property Management Division,
Technical Support Group
GSA Region 6
Tom Hazelton, PE
GSA Region 7
Scott Conner, PE
GSA Region 8
Jeff Jafarzadeh, PE
GSA Region 8
Eleonora Bletnitsky, PE
GSA Region 9
Christopher (Kit) Meith, PE
GSA Region 10
Roger Wright
GSA, Region 10
William Barrientos
GSA National Capital Region
Tim Bunker
GSA National Capital Region
Garner (Bill) W. Duvall, Jr., PE
GSA National Capital Region
Gregory Segal, PMP
GSA National Capital Region
Panelists
American Consulting Engineers
Council
Howard Messner, Executive VP
Thomas Moore
Joseph Villante, PE
Jerald A. Williams, PE
Dev Sidhu, PE
American Institute of Architects
Steven Biegel, AIA, NCARB
American Society of Heating
Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning
Engineering
William Coad, PE
Verle A. Williams, PE
Associated General Contractors of
America
Tim Aldeborgh, PE
Gerry Stosek
Building Owners and Managers
Association International
Patrick Hilleary
Center for Building Performance &
Diagnostics,
Carnegie Mellon University
Stephen Lee, AIA, CSI
General Services Administration
Larry Owens, PE
Region 8
Independent Consultants
Ved Bansal, PE
Bansal & Associates
Boggarm Setty, PE
Setty & Associates, CE
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Speakers and Facilitators
Alex Adkins, AIA
Leers, Weinzapfel & Associates
Alonzo B. Blalock, PE
HDR Architecture, Inc.
Rob Bolin, PE
Syska & Hennessy, Inc.
Earl Clark, PE
Dupont
Kirk Conover, AIA
BOORA
Len Damiano
EBTRON
Lisa M. Daniels
GSA Region 7
Alfred S. DeLucia
GSA Region 3
Richard Galo
Pittsburgh Corning
William Hoffman, PE
HDR Architecture, Inc.
Lee Harton, PE
OSHA
John Hennessey
Syska & Hennessy, Inc.
Ron Hughbanks, AIA
HDR Architecture, Inc.
Ron Jakatia, PE
GSA Region 8
Ron Johnson
GSA Region 5
Bill Landman, PE
Consultant, La Crosse, WI
Ralph Lassiter, Ph.D.
HDR Architecture, Inc.
Norwyn Lees, PE
Consolidated Engineering Services
Charles E. Smith Company
John Meadows, AIA
BOORA
Mary Moore
Syska & Hennessy, Inc.
Thomas Moore, PE
RMH Group
Johnson Payne III
GSA Office of
Business Performance
Dennis Peltz, PE
RTKL Associates, Inc.
Paul Prouty, PE, ARA
ARA Region 8
Bradlee Sheridan
GSA Region 1
Eugene Smithart, PE
The Trane Company
John Sporidis, PE
Syska & Hennessy, Inc.
Janet Stout, Ph.D.
Infectious Disease Section
VA Medical Center, Pittsburgh
Rick Thomas, PE
GSA Region 10
Rose Tillerson
HDR Architecture, Inc.
Michael Weise, PE
The Trane Company
Lynn Werman, PE
HDR Architecture, Inc.
Donald Wulfinghoff, PE, EIP
Wulfinghoff Energy Services, Inc.
GSA Participants
National Capital Region
William Barrientos
Carlyle Turner
Ed Kellerman
Stuart Steele
Pat Dawson
Chester Waters
Kapil Shah
Harish Kapur
Godfrey Smith
David Hoy
Mahendra Shah
Cary Frantz
GSA Region 1
John Mauer
Manny Neves
Mike Dewsnap
Alio Fishman
Kevin McGill
Saro Minassian
GSA Region 2
Kyle Brooks
Marvin Kass
GSA Region 3
Bill Dierkes
Gary Zimmerman
John Powers
Edward Gribbin
Tanya Keyhani
GSA Region 4
Carl Wiggins
Jerry Wall
GSA Region 5
William Sonenberg
GSA Region 7
Winston McAden
Gary Wike
GSA Region 8
Wayne Morrow
Charlie Dockham
Roston Monoukian
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Al Camp
Tom Birlson
Gary Peterson
John Pirkoczi
Pam Stanford
Clay Thompson
Jim Oberg
Ron Lunay
Bill Rashid
Howard Bruce
Jack Cooper
Curtis Berg
Jack Pontinen
Greg Sebesta
Scott McCollough
Les Moldenhaur
Charlie Carruth
Dave Carson
GSA Region 9
Steve Baker
GSA Region 10
Howard Berglund
GSA Central Office
Robert Andrukonis
Courthouse Management Group
Kathy Brand
Office of the Chief Architect
Debra Yap
Office of Business Performance
Renee Tietjen
Office of Business Performance
Peter Johnson
Office of Business Performance
Charlene Heeter
Office of Business Performance
Energy Centers of Expertise
Doug Benton
Other Agency Participants
Navy – NFESC
Glen Sittel
Navy – EFA CHES
James Bartlett
Navy – NAV FAC
David Warren
Tom Harris
Manu Dhokai
Navy – NAV FAC HQ
Carl Zeigler
Navy – EFA CHES
Dan Wong
Department of Veterans Affairs
Kurt Knight
Satish Sehgal
Sat Gupta
National Renewable Energy
Laboratory
John Shaffer
Chris Gaul
Otto Van Geet
Department of Energy
James Hawkins
John Yates
Kyle Sato
George Glavis
Tony Rivera
Tin Nyo
Argonne National Laboratory
Jack Logue
Administrative Office
of the U.S. Courts
Aril Jain
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
Fran Borato
Federal Building Courthouse, Rhode Island
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QUALITY ASSURANCE PRACTICES
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Feasibility Study
Space Delivery Alternatives
Design Programming (PDS)
Pre-Negotiation Validation
A-E Scope of Work
CBD Announcement
Project/Team Requirements
Design Excellence Selection
Qualifications Design Comp
Negotiation/Contract Award
Basis of Agreement
Expectations Workshop(s)
A-E (HVAC) Input
Design Concept Submission
(3 Preliminary Schemes)
General Reqmts. Review
(Space Needs, Aesthetics)
Architectural PEER Review
(Client Partnering)
Program Review Workshop
Functional (HVAC) Expect.
Design Concept Selection
Concept Directives
Design Concept Stage
Value Engineering
Commissioner Presentation
A-E (Functional) Issues
Design Devel. Workshop
A-E (HVAC) Input
A-E Design Development
Submission
Design Develop. Review
(Code/Clients/Owner)
Design Development Stage
Value Engineering
Interior Fitout Coordination
Client Selections
Design Directives Report
Confirm Building Features
Constr. Doc. Workshop(s)
A-E (HVAC) Details/Specs
A-E Constr. Docs.
Non-Final 75% Submission
Local Official Code Review Constructability Review
CM Services
Constr. Docs. Review
(Code/Stakeholders)
Design Detail Workshops
Perform/Cert Requirements
Final Design Constr. Docs
A-E Submission
Construction Documents
Final Dgn. Review/Signoff
Project Development/Design Concepts
HVAC Advocate Involvement
D esign D evelopm ent/C onstruction
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Par
tner
ing
QA Selection Strategy for
Construction Contract(s)
Select/Award Constr.
Contractor Based on Eval.
Kick-off Partnering Session
Review Special Rqrmts./Object.
Periodic Partnering Sessions
Stakeholders, Designers, CM
Prepare Construct Contract
Material
Conduct/Observe Manuf. Tests
& Special Performance Testing
Daily Inspect Work in Progress
Daily Discuss w. Contractors
Review CECPs & Contract
Mods. in Context of Objectives
Final Inspections & Tests
Prepare Perform. Certifications
Building Turnover
Reports, Manuals, Training
Celebration: Prepare & Submit
GSA Construction Award Entry
Post-Occupancy Evaluation
Verify Performance Objectives
Shop Drawings
Review for Design Compliance
QUALITY ASSURANCE PRACTICES
Construction Phases
Department of Veteran Affairs Regional Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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18. Summary Report of the National Workshop on Design Excellence in HVAC for Federal Building. 1999.
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