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Rebecca T. Ellis, P.E.

Rebecca is president of Questions & Solutions Engineering, Inc. She can be reached at rteesmag@qseng.com

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Commissioning

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.

Commissioning

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.

Commissioning

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.

Commissioning

COMMISSIONING

Sometimes Non-Compliant Is Okay

Different isn’t necessarily wrong if all parties agree (and with appropriate follow-up).

Rebecca T. Ellis, P.E.

March 2, 2015

Last month’s column (February 2015) addressed the potential situation where the design engineers specify a change to a system which has already passed its commissioning functional performance test.

Commissioning

COMMISSIONING

Post-Commissioning Design Changes

Don’t let project modifications alter your commissioning goals.

Rebecca T. Ellis, P.E.

February 2, 2015

The commissioning process is intended to follow a logical flow in a logical project delivery process.

Commissioning

COMMISSIONING

Commissioning Team Members

Know the cast of characters and how each needs to step up.

Rebecca T. Ellis, P.E.

January 1, 2015

Last month, I touched on the impact of changing key personnel on a commissioning team.

Commissioning

COMMISSIONING

Commissioning Action Lists: Keeping Them Under Control, Part 3

Don’t let this trio of developments throw you off your game.

Howard McKew, P.E., C.P.E. Rebecca T. Ellis, P.E.

December 1, 2014

I will close out 2014 with this final column about how to avoid excessively long commissioning action lists (CALs).

Commissioning

COMMISSIONING

Commissioning Action Lists: Keeping Them Under Control, Part 2

Some coordinated drudgery up front will prevent unwanted drama on the back end.

Rebecca T. Ellis, P.E.

November 1, 2014

This month’s column is a continuation of my September and October columns regarding excessively long commissioning action lists (CALs).

Commissioning

COMMISSIONING

Commissioning Action Lists: Keeping Them Under Control, Part 1

Schedules can get out of control for several reasons. What’s to be done to prevent or minimize the fallout?

Rebecca T. Ellis, P.E.

October 1, 2014

Last month, this column introduced the concept of an “excessively long” commissioning action list (CAL).

Commissioning

COMMISSIONING

Commissioning Action Lists: What Is Too Long?

A lengthy to-do list after FPT can cause more problems than it solves.

Rebecca T. Ellis, P.E.

September 1, 2014

I am a strong proponent of planning ahead for successful functional performance testing.

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