HVAC

EXCELLENCE
IN
FEDERAL
BUILDINGS

ACTION PLAN

OCTOBER 2000

U.S. GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

PUBLIC BUILDINGS SERVICE

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ARCHITECT

 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

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.

“We need to make sure that, “Design Excellence was never intended
when we select and begin design; from the very beginning
in fact, when we think about sites, to be purely focused on
. . . we’re starting to think about the HVAC what something looks like.
and the comfort of the people It was always intended [to be]
inside of the building.” a holistic attitude toward design professions.”

Robert A. Peck Edward A. Feiner, FAIA

Commissioner Chief Architect
Public Buildings Service Public Buildings Service
September 28, 1998 September 28, 1998

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 SUBMITTED BY GSA HEATING, VENTILATION, AND AIR CONDITIONING ADVOCATES

David B. Eakin, PE Al Delucia, PE John Topi, PE Eleonora Bletnitsky

Office of the Chief Architect Project Management Division, GSA, Region 6 GSA, Region 9
GSA, Region 3

Vijay Gupta, PE Rick Spencer. PE John S. Nelson, PE Christopher (Kit) Meith, PE

Office of the Chief Architect GSA, Region 3 GSA, Region 6 GSA, Region 10

Jim Carelock, PE Greg Medert, PE Tom Hazelton, PE William Barrientos

Office of Portfolio Management GSA, Region 4 GSA, Region 7 National Capitol Region
Central Office

Brian Wong Hermes Brual, PE Jeff Jafarzadeh, PE Garner (Bill) W. Duvall, Jr., PE
GSA, Region 1 GSA, Region 5 GSA, Region 8 NCR, MD East Service Del. Team

Jack Agacan, PE Michelle Majka, PE Scott Conner, PE Gregory Segal, PMP

GSA, Region 2 GSA, Region 5 GSA, Region 8 National Capitol Region

Roshan Bagga, AIA Perry Boeschen, PE Tim Bunker

GSA, Region 3 Energy Center of Expertise National Capitol Region
GSA, Region 6

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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.
Boston Federal Courthouse, Boston, Massachusetts
SUMMARY REPORT OF THE NATIONAL
WORKSHOPS ON DESIGN EXCELLENCE
IN HVAC FOR FEDERAL BUILDINGS

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 CONTENTS

1 Executive Summary 1 3 Contributors 8

2 Action Plan 4 General Services Administration 8

HVAC Excellence Advocates 8
HVAC Advocacy Program 4 Panelists 8
Architect-Engineer Selection 4 Speakers and Facilitators 9
Peer Review Process 5 GSA Participants 9
Criteria 5 Other Agency Participants 10
Recognition 5
Team Accountability 6
Communication 6
Operations and Maintenance 6 4 Quality Assurance Practices 11
Building Turnover Process 7
Quality Assurance 7 5 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.
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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
is one element of GSA's strategic plan for the continual improvement of ACTION PLAN: The Office of Chief Architect (OCA) initiative culminated
Federal facilities. in the Action Plan for providing HVAC systems that meet or exceed client
expectations by effectively integrating systems design with architectural de-
Milestones leading to this Action Plan were: sign under the Design Excellence Program. HVAC advocates will develop
strategic and tactical approaches to encourage HVAC Excellence by guiding
§ 1979 to 1999 - Post-Occupancy Evaluations Program Lessons the implementation of this Action Plan. They also will continually monitor
Learned. and, when appropriate, revise the Action Plan. The following text describes
§ 1994 - Design Excellence Program. the following components of the Action Plan:
§ August 1998 - National Workshop on Design Excellence in HVAC
for Federal Buildings. § HVAC Advocacy Program.
§ September 1998 - National Workshop on Design Excellence in § Architecture-engineering selection.
HVAC for Federal Buildings. § Peer review process.
§ December 1998 - Summary Report of the National Workshops on § Criteria.
Design Excellence in HVAC for Federal Buildings. § Recognition.
§ March 1999 – designation of HVAC Advocates from each Region § Team accountability.
§ August 1999 - HVAC Advocate Workshop - Start of Action Plan § Communication.
development. § Operations and maintenance.
§ September 1999 - HVAC Advocate Workshop - Action Plan § Building turnover process.
development. § Quality assurance.
§ 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

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ACTION PLAN
HVAC ADVOCACY PROGRAM ARCHITECT-ENGINEER SELECTION

Mechanical Engineering Excellence Advo- The engineering profession shall be repre-

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.
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OVER THE 20-YEAR LIFE CYCLE OF A
PROTOTYPICAL 100,000 SF BUILDING,
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.
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ON DESIGN EXCELLENCE IN HVAC FOR FEDERAL
BUILDINGS
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
5% 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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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
LESSONS LEARNED FROM POST-OCCUPANCY
integration of HVAC and other engi-
EVALUATIONS INDICATE THAT HVAC neering disciplines with architectural
SYSTEMS ELICIT THE MOST COMPLAINTS design.
FROM TENANTS,
§ The A-E fee structure shall be modified
YET HVAC TECHNOLOGY, EQUIPMENT AND to support the cost of preparing design
DESIGNS EXIST TO PRODUCE A HIGH RATE OF excellence award submittals.
SATISFACTION. THE CHALLENGE IS TO
RECOGNIZE AND APPLY WHAT WE’VE
LEARNED WHEN WE DESIGN HVAC SYSTEMS
FOR OUR BUILDINGS.
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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.
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§ 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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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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
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in order to determine whether project ex-
THE HVAC SYSTEM CONSUMES 50-60% OF pectations were met. This would occur ap-
THE BUILDING ENERGY COST AND proximately 1 year after building comple-
tion.
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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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 Property Management Division,
GSA Region 2
Roshan Bagga, AIA
GSA Region 3
Al DeLucia, PE
Project Management Division
GSA Region 3
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CONTRIBUTORS
Bill Dierkes Jeff Jafarzadeh, PE American Institute of Architects
GSA Region 3 GSA Region 8 Steven Biegel, AIA, NCARB
Rick Spencer, PE Eleonora Bletnitsky, PE American Society of Heating
GSA Region 3 GSA Region 9 Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning
Engineering
Greg Medert, PE Christopher (Kit) Meith, PE William Coad, PE
GSA Region 4 GSA Region 10
Verle A. Williams, PE
Hermes Brual, PE Roger Wright
GSA Region 5 GSA, Region 10
Associated General Contractors of
America
Michelle Majka, PE William Barrientos Tim Aldeborgh, PE
GSA Region 5 GSA National Capital Region
Gerry Stosek
Perry Boeschen, PE Tim Bunker
Energy Center of Expertise GSA National Capital Region Building Owners and Managers
GSA Region 6 Association International
Garner (Bill) W. Duvall, Jr., PE
Patrick Hilleary
Mark Ewing GSA National Capital Region
GSA Region 6 Center for Building Performance &
Gregory Segal, PMP Diagnostics,
John S. Nelson, PE GSA National Capital Region Carnegie Mellon University
Property Management, Stephen Lee, AIA, CSI
Technical Support Branch Panelists
GSA Region 6 American Consulting Engineers General Services Administration
Council Larry Owens, PE
John Topi, PE Howard Messner, Executive VP Region 8
Technical Support Group Thomas Moore Independent Consultants
GSA Region 6 Ved Bansal, PE
Joseph Villante, PE Bansal & Associates
Tom Hazelton, PE
GSA Region 7 Jerald A. Williams, PE Boggarm Setty, PE
Setty & Associates, CE
Scott Conner, PE Dev Sidhu, PE
GSA Region 8
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 Speakers and Facilitators Ron Johnson Rick Thomas, PE Manny Neves
Alex Adkins, AIA GSA Region 5 GSA Region 10
Leers, Weinzapfel & Associates Mike Dewsnap
Bill Landman, PE Rose Tillerson
Alonzo B. Blalock, PE Consultant, La Crosse, WI HDR Architecture, Inc. Alio Fishman
HDR Architecture, Inc.
Ralph Lassiter, Ph.D. Michael Weise, PE Kevin McGill
Rob Bolin, PE HDR Architecture, Inc. The Trane Company
Syska & Hennessy, Inc. Saro Minassian
Norwyn Lees, PE Lynn Werman, PE
Earl Clark, PE Consolidated Engineering Services HDR Architecture, Inc. GSA Region 2
Dupont Charles E. Smith Company Kyle Brooks
Donald Wulfinghoff, PE, EIP
Kirk Conover, AIA John Meadows, AIA Wulfinghoff Energy Services, Inc. Marvin Kass
BOORA BOORA
GSA Participants GSA Region 3
Len Damiano Mary Moore National Capital Region Bill Dierkes
EBTRON Syska & Hennessy, Inc. William Barrientos
Gary Zimmerman
Lisa M. Daniels Thomas Moore, PE Carlyle Turner
GSA Region 7 RMH Group John Powers
Ed Kellerman
Alfred S. DeLucia Johnson Payne III Edward Gribbin
GSA Region 3 GSA Office of Stuart Steele
Business Performance Tanya Keyhani
Richard Galo Pat Dawson
Pittsburgh Corning Dennis Peltz, PE GSA Region 4
RTKL Associates, Inc. Chester Waters Carl Wiggins
William Hoffman, PE
HDR Architecture, Inc. Paul Prouty, PE, ARA Kapil Shah Jerry Wall
ARA Region 8
Lee Harton, PE Harish Kapur GSA Region 5
OSHA Bradlee Sheridan William Sonenberg
GSA Region 1
Godfrey Smith
John Hennessey GSA Region 7
Eugene Smithart, PE
Syska & Hennessy, Inc. David Hoy Winston McAden
The Trane Company
Ron Hughbanks, AIA John Sporidis, PE Mahendra Shah Gary Wike
HDR Architecture, Inc. Syska & Hennessy, Inc.
Cary Frantz GSA Region 8
Ron Jakatia, PE Janet Stout, Ph.D. Wayne Morrow
GSA Region 8 Infectious Disease Section GSA Region 1
VA Medical Center, Pittsburgh John Mauer Charlie Dockham

Roston Monoukian

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 Al Camp GSA Central Office Satish Sehgal
Robert Andrukonis
Tom Birlson Courthouse Management Group Sat Gupta

Gary Peterson Kathy Brand National Renewable Energy

Office of the Chief Architect Laboratory
John Pirkoczi John Shaffer
Debra Yap
Pam Stanford Office of Business Performance Chris Gaul

Clay Thompson Renee Tietjen Otto Van Geet

Office of Business Performance
Jim Oberg Department of Energy
Peter Johnson James Hawkins
Ron Lunay Office of Business Performance
John Yates
Bill Rashid Charlene Heeter
Office of Business Performance Kyle Sato
Howard Bruce
Energy Centers of Expertise George Glavis
Jack Cooper Doug Benton
Tony Rivera
Curtis Berg Other Agency Participants
Navy – NFESC Tin Nyo
Jack Pontinen Glen Sittel
Argonne National Laboratory
Greg Sebesta Navy – EFA CHES Jack Logue
James Bartlett
Scott McCollough Administrative Office
Navy – NAV FAC of the U.S. Courts
Les Moldenhaur David Warren Aril Jain

Charlie Carruth Tom Harris National Aeronautics and Space

Administration
Dave Carson Manu Dhokai Fran Borato

GSA Region 9 Navy – NAV FAC HQ

Steve Baker Carl Zeigler

GSA Region 10 Navy – EFA CHES

Howard Berglund Dan Wong

Department of Veterans Affairs

Kurt Knight

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QUALITY ASSURANCE PRACTICES
Project D evelopm ent/D esign C oncepts D esig n D ev elo p m en t/C o nstru ctio n

Feasibility Study Design Devel. Workshop

Space Delivery Alternatives A-E (HVAC) Input

Design Programming (PDS) A-E Design Development

Submission

Pre-Negotiation Validation Design Develop. Review

A-E Scope of Work (Code/Clients/Owner)

CBD Announcement Design Excellence Selection Design Development Stage Interior Fitout Coordination
Project/Team Requirements Qualifications Design Comp Value Engineering Client Selections

Negotiation/Contract Award Design Directives Report

Basis of Agreement Confirm Building Features

Expectations Workshop(s) Constr. Doc. Workshop(s)

A-E (HVAC) Input A-E (HVAC) Details/Specs

Design Concept Submission A-E Constr. Docs.

(3 Preliminary Schemes) Non-Final 75% Submission

General Reqmts. Review Architectural PEER Review Constr. Docs. Review

(Space Needs, Aesthetics) (Client Partnering) (Code/Stakeholders)

Program Review Workshop Design Detail Workshops

Functional (HVAC) Expect. Perform/Cert Requirements

Design Concept Selection Final Design Constr. Docs

Concept Directives A-E Submission

Design Concept Stage Local Official Code Review Constructability Review

Value Engineering CM Services

Commissioner Presentation Construction Documents

A-E (Functional) Issues Final Dgn. Review/Signoff

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 QUALITY ASSURANCE PRACTICES
Construction Phases

QA Selection Strategy for

Construction Contract(s)

Prepare Construct Contract

Material

Select/Award Constr.
Contractor Based on Eval.

Kick-off Partnering Session

Review Special Rqrmts./Object.

Periodic Partnering Sessions Shop Drawings

Stakeholders, Designers, CM Review for Design Compliance

Conduct/Observe Manuf. Tests

& Special Performance Testing

Daily Inspect Work in Progress

Daily Discuss w. Contractors
Partnering

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 Department of Veteran Affairs Regional Center,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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