Stage 2 - Design

BSRIA recommend that designers and project managers address commissioning and the effective management of the process as soon as possible in the design stage.This is where experience and technical 'hands-on' knowledge bring real value to the project. It's when a commissioning focused design review is undertaken to ensure that the desired performance outcomes can be produced for the client.

Our Commissioning Manager gathers a detailed understanding of how the building services are expected to react and interact with each other. These observations are fed back to the Design Team in the form of a Commissionability Study. At this stage we also confirm that commissioning project activities have been clearly and logically integrated into the overall programme of work.

Project Team Core Objectives at this stage include;-

• Concept Design for building services systems and outline specifications
• Developed Design for building services systems and outline specifications
• Preliminary cost information
• Project Strategies
• Production of final project brief.

In the RIBA Plan of Work this is part of the Concept, Design Develpoment and Technical Design (Stages C, D & E)