Contractor's guide to green building construction: management, project delivery, documentation, and risk reduction

Prepared under the supervision of a specially assembled AGC task force in conjunction with the author, Tom Glavinich, this is the first guide to green building written specifically for contractors and builders. Taking a broad view ofthe various competing Green standards, Contractor's Guide to Green Building Construction provides an honest assessment, without bias or influence, of thesestandards, how they compare, and how each impacts the role of the contractor in a project. INDICE: CHAPTER 1. GREEN CONSTRUCTION s Project Criteria. 5.7.3 Owners Project Criteria as a Contract Document. 5.7.4 Importance of Measurable Green Criteria. 5.7.5 Establishing Measurable Green Criteria. 5.7.6 Beware of Hidden Green Requirements s Scope of Services. 5.8.3 Identifying s Path. 7.8.4 Mixed Green Requirements Path. 7.8.5 Specific Green Requirements Path. 7.8.6 Prepare sResponsibility for Building Performance. 9.6.1I mportance Of Understanding Responsibility for Building Performance. 9.6.2 Determining Responsibility for Building Performance. 9.6.3 Design-Bid-Build: Descriptive or Prescriptive Specification. 9.6.4 Design-Bid-build: Performance Specification. 9.6.5 Design build. 9.6.6 Draw Build or Design Assist. 9.7 Building Commissioning Extent s Role?9.10.2 Who Can Be the Commissioning Authority. 9.10.3 Contractor as Commissioning Authority. 9.10.4 Commissioning Authority Qualifications. 9.10.5 Commissioning Authority Responsibilities. 9.11 Commissioning Plan. 9.12 Commissioning Team. 9.13 Commissioning Activities. 9.14 Prefunctional Equipment Testing. 9.14.1 What Is Prefunctional Equipment Testing? 9.14.2 Who Develops The Prefunctional Testing Requirements? 9.14.3 How Is Prefunctional Testing Performed? 9.14.4 Prefunctional Equipment Testing Documentation. 9.15 Control system Checkout& Testing. 9.16 Testing, Adjusting, & Balancing. 9.17 Functional Testing. 9.17.1 What Is Functional Testing? 9.17.2 Methods Of Functional Testing. 9.18 Operational Training. 9.19 Commissioning & Closeout Submittals. 9.20 Project Functional Completion. 9.21 Working with an Outside Commissioning Authority. 9.21.1 Contractor Interaction with Outside Commissioning Authority. 9.21.2 Understand the Commissioning Requirements. 9.21.3 Subcontractor Commissioning Requirements. 9.21.4 Interaction with The Commissioning Authority. 9.21.5 Finalizing the Commissioning Plan. 9.21.6 Ongoing Commissioning Authority Interaction. 9.21.7 Equipment & System Documentation & Submittals. 9.21.8 Create a Commissioning File. 9.21.9 Preparation & Submission of O&M Manuals. 9.22 References. APPENDIX A. GLOSSARY OF TERMS & ABBREVIATIONS. APPENDIX B. REFFERENCE.

• ISBN: 978-0-470-05621-9
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 288
• Fecha Publicación: 21/04/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés