Commissioning may be defined as: A Quality Assurance process designed to ensure buildings are designed to meet the needs of the user, and built and operated as intended by the design team and users. Recommissioning is the process to restore an existing building to its original operating parameter.

In the building construction profession, commissioning is gaining widespread acceptance because new buildings are often delivered to the owner with many operational problems remaining. These problems cause severe disruptions during initial occupancy and often result in numerous contractor callbacks to resolve. Commissioning is a process designed to prevent such problems and, if initiated early in the building design process, commissioning can significantly reduce the construction cost of a building as well as lower its energy operating costs.

ACR employs several engineers with years of practical commissioning experience gained in the field on our own projects, and as commissioning agents for other design teams. Few other firms of any size in the United States can field a team of commissioning agents with as much practical, hands-on knowledge of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems.