Healthcare vs NC - Fundamental Commissioning

You need to purchase the HC Supplemental Guide for v2009, and it has specific information that is either changed or different for HC. Under EAc1, there really is no difference for Fundamental. There is some language encouraging expanding the scope to include the complex and critical systems that are typical for this kind of building, which we encourage as well. They do not mention the electrical and emergency power systems, and we have found that is super critical in a hospital…we recommend doing black out tests before opening as the only real way to know that everything is doing what it is supposed to. The big change for v2009 and HC is in EAc3, Enhanced. This is the first introduction to envelope commissioning that is now included in v4. In this case you must do the building systems portion, then you can get an additional point for envelope. In my opinion, and we do not offer the service so this is not self-serving, envelope commissioning is incredibly important and should be used on all projects!