has nine modules, which provide the following functions:
- Commissioning Scope: The Cx Assistant provides
customized templates for commissioning scope based on user-input
of project information. These can be used as Request for Proposals
(RFPs) or to define the Statement of Work for Commissioning Providers.
- Commissioning Cost: The Cx Assistant provides
projected cost ranges for commissioning based on user-input of project
information.
- Design Intent Document:
The Cx Assistant provides customized templates for the project Design
Intent Document (DID) based on user-input of project information. The
DID defines Owner's Requirements for the building, and is used to
establish goals for building design and operations.
- Basis of Design Document:
The Cx Assistant generates customized templates for the Basis of Design
(BOD) Document. The BOD indicates the features of the building design
that are used to meet the Owner's Requirements set in the Design Intent
Document.
- Commissioning Specifications: The Cx Assistant
provides customized templates for commissioning specifications based
on user-input of project information.
- Sequence of Operations: The Cx Assistant generates sample sequences of operation for equipment similar to the equipment you select for your building.
- Commissioning Plan: The
Cx Assistant generates customized templates for the Commissioning Plan
based on specific project inputs. The Commissioning Plan is a document
that should be provided to all project team members to clarify
communication and management procedures and protocols regarding the
commissioning process.
- Training Plan: The
Cx Assistant generates customized templates for the Training Plan based
on specific project inputs. The training plan helps to structure the
training process, and to confirm that the appropriate training is
carried out in accordance with the contract documents.
- Systems Manual:
The Cx Assistant creates a customized Systems Manual templated based on
project inputs. The Systems Manual serves as a reference as to the
basis for operating and maintaining the facility's systems.
The Cx Assistant tracks project-specific input in order
to generate the customized output described above. Your name and e-mail
address are required in order to provide this tracking capability (Note:
User information will not be used for marketing purposes).
Upon
entering the tool, you will be asked to enter project specific
information related to building type and size. Once you have completed
the "General Information" form for your project, you will have the
opportunity to select any of the Commissioning Modules shown above. You
will then be asked to input any additional project information that is
required for the outputs of that module.[ Note: Any time you see a link
entitled "More Info", you may click on the link to find out what is
meant by each of the responses shown.]
The
scope can be used as a request for proposal or a statement of work
(depending on whether an independent commissioning provider is to be
hired, or the commissioning provider is selected from one of the
companies already working on the project team).
The
commissioning scope template will be supplied on a single web page,
where you will have the opportunity to download it as a Rich Text
formatted (*.rtf) document. Depending on user input, attachments to the
scope (in Rich Text Format) may or may not be included at the bottom of
the page. When you click on the links to these attachments, you will be
given the opportunity to download these attachments.
You
will be given a projected cost range for commissioning your project
based on the inputs you have provided. Backup data for this projected
cost range will be linked to from that page.
The
Design Intent Document Module will use your project input to generate a
template design intent document for your project. This design intent
document should communicate the owner's requirements for the project,
and should clearly define the project goals.
The
Basis of Design Document Module will use your project input to generate
a template basis of design document for your project. This basis of
design document defines the design rationale for the project, and
demonstrates how the design is intended to meet the owner's
requirements for the project, outlined in the Design Intent Document.
Cx
Assistant Specifications provide templates for project specifications
relative to commissioning, including requirements for functional
testing, prefunctional testing, etc. Each page of commissioning
specifications includes links to the other pages of commissioning
specifications, as well as links that enable you to download each
section of specifications in Rich Text Format (*.rtf).
The
Sequence of Operations module generates sample sequences of operation
for equipment similar to the equipment you select for your building.
Sequences of operation are provided for the following system types:
- Split system units
- Economy heat pump packaged units
- evaporative cooler units
- Package VVT units
- standard packaged units
- Constant air volume (CAV) units with a central plant
- Variable air volume (VAV) units with air-cooled chiller
- Variable air volume (VAV) units with water-cooled chiller
- Water source heat pump system
The
Commissioning Plan module generates a sample Commissioning Plan for the
purposes of clarifying communication and management procedures and
protocols regarding the commissioning process. The template
commissioning plan includes an approximate project schedule, a summary
of the commissioning scope, documentation of the commissioned systems,
a listing of the project team members, and a description of each
element of the commissioning process.
The
Training Plan module provides a template Training Plan document for the
project. This document is used to formalize the training process, and
to ensure that the appropriate operator training is provided in
accordance with contract documents. The training plan includes a
training schedule, an agenda for each major system type that will be
covered, a list of attendees that should participate in each training
session, an Instructor's plan for each training session, and training
aids and supplemental training documentation that will be provided
during the training and for future reference.
The
Systems Manual module provides a template Systems Manual document for
the project for the purpose of informing facilities staff, current or
potential service contractors, as well as facility occupants and users
as to the basis for operating and maintaining the facility's systems.
It is intended to be useful in the day-to-day operations of this
facility. It also forms the basis of transferring important 'corporate
memory' information from one party to the next.
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Disclaimer:
The files produced by Cx Assistant are not suitable for bidding without
prior review by the project's architect or engineer of record. The
information is provided to the user as a template that may be
modified to suit specific project requirements prior to inclusion
in contract documents.