COMMISSIONING is a quality assurance process for buildings from predesign through design, construction, and operations.
It involves achieving, verifying, and documenting the performance
of each system to meet the building?s operational needs within the
capabilities of the documented design and equipment capacities, according
to the owner?s functional criteria. Commissioning includes
preparing project operational and maintenance documentation and
training operation and maintenance personnel. The result should be
fully functional systems that can be properly operated and maintained
throughout the life of the building.