Why commissioning? Commissioning is something I fell into right out of high school. I wasn’t seeking it out but it found me. I quickly took to it and found it very rewarding. I have a passion for understanding how things work and how they can be improved. In my late 20s, I went into carpentry and woodworking for a number of years. It was something I did in high school and I found it rewarding, especially working [...]
When it comes time to hand over the keys to a building, how can you be sure that the systems will operate as intended? Sean McGowan opens a door onto the vital work of commissioning. Commissioning is vital in ensuring a building’s HVAC services operate as designed and intended at the completion of an installation. We asked three experts about the challenges of this process: Mark Jacobson M.AIRAH, commissioning an [...]
ECS are proud to have been part of the commissioning team who recently handed over Perth’s latest data centre NEXTDC P2. Multiple ‘firsts’ made this project a unique experience for our very experienced mission critical team. The stringent testing regimes that are required for successful delivery of Mission Critical Infrastructure are always a challenge, however the team on the NEXTDC P2 project have been among the [...]
Current low occupancy rates in commercial and retail buildings due to COVID-19 restrictions offer building owners and managers an unparalleled opportunity to upgrade building services faster and cheaper than ever before. Services upgrades, such as chiller replacements, are typically required to be undertaken outside of business hours to minimise disruption to building users, often resulting in increased labour c [...]
As large numbers of us have embraced working from home during the Covid-19 crisis, many building operators are faced with managing facilities which are now empty or only partially occupied. How do we now manage buildings to minimize operating costs while being prepared to turn it all back on when business-as-usual resumes? Many building operators assume that building services can be switched off, unfortunately it’ [...]
