Building Envelope Commissioning (BECx) is part of a comprehensive quality assurance program. This verifies that project specifications and requirements are incorporated into the building envelope’s design, interpreted accurately, and constructed properly. Key benefits of BECx include:
- Reduced Risk: Identify and resolve design and construction issues before occupancy, verify code compliance, reduce envelope failure risk, and manage moisture.
- Financial Benefits: Reduce energy consumption, extend the service life of building components, and thus lower maintenance and repair costs.
- Increased Comfort, & Health: Improve indoor air quality, temp. control, and acoustic performance and similarly reduce drafts and minimize risk of mold.
- Construction Process Benefits: Set clear performance expectations, reduce warranty claims/callbacks, and streamline problem solving.
- Documentation & Liability: Reduce liability exposure and verify building performance. Provide better warranty documentation.
BUILDING ENVELOPE CONSULTING
The Licensed Professional Engineers and engineering field technicians in the Criterium network are highly educated, extensively trained, and deeply experienced. Therefore, Criterium Engineers’ expert staff is uniquely qualified to consult on a wide variety of building envelope projects.
BECx Testing Performed by Criterium Engineers
We offer specialized quality assurance testing services as an extensive approach to BECx, addressing air, moisture, and thermal management for optimal building performance:
- Water Intrusion/Penetration Testing
- Infrared Thermographic Scanning
- Blower Door Testing
- Air Leakage Testing
- Forensic Evaluations
- Commissioning Verification
Because we have experience with all project types, Criterium Engineers consults on all aspects of the building envelope and enclosure, including:
- Below and at-grade waterproofing
- Roofs, decks and balconies
- Curtain wall
- Glazed assemblies
- Brick and stone veneer
- Metal panels
- Rainscreens
- Sealants
- Transitions and penetrations
- Podium decks and green roofing components
Our field Quality Assurance consulting verify that the execution of the construction plans is consistent with the project’s design specifications and with the manufacturer’s installation guidelines and performance requirements.
Additionally, we use a unique written and photography-based reporting system that documents both conforming and non-conforming field construction activities. We take sequential photos which track nonconforming issues and any corrective measures applied to them. As a result, report and accompanying photographs create a historical record, documenting quality construction practices and providing evidence that construction problems identified in the field have been corrected prior to being concealed.
Criterium Engineers introduces an experienced, licensed, Professional Engineer on the ground to every project. Our team of engineers is supported by specialty trained and certified field technicians and field inspectors. Therefore, we can provide reliable, consistent, realistic construction engineering solutions in real time.
Let us build a team capable of enhancing your project’s quality, minimizing your risk, and delivering unparalleled client satisfaction. Contact us today to see how we can be a valuable partner for your next project.
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