Building Services Engineering

Building Services Engineering focuses on how the design-construction interface and how the design intent is handled through the construction stage to handover and in the short term thereafter.Part One sets the scene by describing the stakeholders involved in the construction stage and the project management context.Part Two focuses specifically on the potential roles and responsibilities of building services engineers during construction and post-construction.

Auteur
Dr Jackie Portman DBEnv., MSc., BEng(Hons), ACGI, CEng, FCIBSE, FIET, MCIOB, is a highly accomplished building services engineering project manager with an enviable track record of delivering complex multi-million pound infrastructure and construction projects within budget and operational standards. She graduated in electrical engineering from Imperial College, University of London and too her first steps into the construction industry. She was attracted by the exciting, challenging, ever-changing and all-encompassing nature of the construction industry: where there are always new challenges and areas of interest and has never looked back. She has worked in consultancy, main-contracting, building services sub-contracting, project management and client organisations in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. She has led the project management process of a range of projects in terms of complexity, size and uses: university complexes (libraries, archive buildings, state of the art education and research facilities), healthcare projects (wards, laboratories, clinical areas), single and mixed-use commercial office complexes, residential developments and schools. She has always been keen to enthuse and motivate students and trainees and has used her 'hands-on' perspective to support full-time academics and teachers. She has been a visiting lecturer at the University of the West of England and the City of Bristol College: also, contributing to the development of the syllabuses, in particular, ensuring the relevance to current industry trends and requirements. She obtained her doctorate from the University of the West of England, researching into ways and means of improving the contribution of building services engineers to the building design process: looking at how they are perceived by the rest of the construction industry and what tools and processes would help improve their performances.

Texte du rabat
Building services engineers aim to provide a safe environment which is comfortable for building occupants and suitable for any processes happening within buildings. But often the finished building does not perform as building services engineers had intended; for example, the end-users are not comfortable in their environment, the building operator is not happy with the maintainability, flexibility or energy consumption, or it fails to satisfactorily support the processes happening within. So, even when the design is seemingly complete, it does not necessarily mean the construction phase will proceed smoothly and clients will be handed their ideal building. Building Services Engineering: after design, during construction focuses on the design-construction interface and how the design intent is handled through the construction stage to handover and on into the defects liability period, perhaps when fit-outs or the first re-configuration are happening. The author gives practical and relevant information for those involved with the design of building services engineering systems. In particular she recognises the idiosyncrasies and distinct features of building services engineering which are not specifically covered in general texts on construction management. Part One sets the scene by describing the stakeholders involved in the construction phase who are involved with translating the building services engineering design into the finished installation. Part Two focuses specifically on the potential processes and duties building services engineers may be involved with during construction and the initial post-construction period. Examples are used throughout to reinforce the text and at the end of chapter there are feedback questions to help with the learning process; responses for these are discussed on the book?s website. The guidance here is tried-and-tested on the author?s training with BSRIA, CIBSE and within her own workplace and the book is an essential resource for students as well as for practicing building services engineers frustrated that all their efforts to deliver the best design are subsequently scuppered.

Contenu

Preface xi

About the Author xv

Introduction 1

Design finalisation 5

Cost finalisation 6

Programme finalisation 7

Post-construction involvement 7

Advisory roles 8

Summary 8

Feedback question 8

Reference 8

Part One Stakeholders and procedures during construction 9

Feedback questions 12

1 The client team 13

1.1 Client team functions 13

1.2 Client's liabilities and obligations 15

Health and safety 16

Awarding the contract for construction 17

Handover to contractor of the site 17

Providing information to the construction team 18

Discharging residual design decisions 20

Handback from contractor to client 21

Client's fit-out 22

Summary 23

Feedback questions 23

2 The design team 25

2.1 Design team members and arrangement 25

Assignment and novation 26

Duty of care 29

Copyright 32

Site presence 34

2.2 Design team liabilities and obligations during construction 35

Design liability 35

Liability to provide accurate cost advice 37

Liability to provide accurate programming advice 38

Liability for defective workmanship 39

Liability for maintaining competency 39

Responsibility for record keeping 39

Summary 39

Feedback question 40

Reference 40

3 The construction team 41

3.1 Construction team parties 45

Main contractor 45

Trade subcontractors 45

Off-site supply chain 47

Logistics 49

Support services 51

3.2 Construction team arrangements 51

Separated arrangement 52

Integrated arrangements 52

Management-orientated arrangements 53

Product-based arrangement 53

Partnering 55

3.3 Construction team liabilities and obligations 55

Health and safety 55

Liability for design errors 56

Liability for defects in construction 57

Liability for subcontractors 57

Liability to the general public 59

Liability during warranty period 59

Summary 60

Feedback questions 61

Reference 61

4 Enforcing authorities 63

4.1 Defining 64

4.2 Publishing 65

4.3 Monitoring 66

4.4 Enforcing 68

Regulators 68

Summary 69

Feedback questions 69

5 Public utility services providers 71

Wayleaves and easements 72

5.1 Utility services provider's liabilities and obligations 73

Provision of information 73

Providing quotations 75

Carry out the work and arrange payment 76

Standards and quality of utility services in operation 76

Summary 78

Feedback question 78

Reference 78

6 Non-contractual stakeholders 79

6.1 Neighbours to a construction project 79

6.2 The general public 81

6.3 Awards bodies 81

6.4 Trade unions 81

6.5 Trade associations 82

6.6 Special interest groups 82

6.7 Industry regulators 83

Summary 83

Feedback question 83

Part Two Processes 85

Health and safety 85

Professional ethics 85

7 Contract management 87

7.1 Contract procurement 87

Announcement of tenders 87

Tender documents issued 89

Tender evaluation 92

Negotiation 96

Establishing the construction contract 97

7.2 Contract administration 97

Managing client changes 98 Reporting to clients 98</p&g...