Wednesday, June 28, 2017: 9:45 AM-10:45 AM
Controls
Chair:
Kris Kinney, Highwoods Properties
Technical Committee: 1.4 Control Theory and Application
Understanding an owner’s needs, effectively controlling the mechanical systems, capturing the products, networking and sequences to produce contract documents is the control designers challenge. Learn the best practices of how to successfully design the control sequence, network architecture and a truly useful dashboard and communicate the requirements to the control contractor. The control contractor is challenged with making the system work while complying with the requirements of the contract documents. In this sometimes conflicting environment, the contractor often has to make some decisions. Learn how the contractor handles this dilemma and make the project a success.
1 Effective Design of Building Control Systems
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Frank Shadpour, P.E., SC Engineers, Inc. |
The professional engineer has to focus on multiple aspects of a project including, safety, identifying operational and mechanical processes, specifications, control system design and construction, control system installation and system maintenance. How these parts are merged to satisfy the owner’s requirements and are conveyed from schematic design to construction and ultimately operated by the end-user is an interactive process. Integrating the right steps and checks in the process sets the basis for an effective and working design.
2 What Owners and Engineers Should Know about Control Systems for Successful Implementation
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Larry Fisher, ECT Services (Retired) |
Early coordination with owner and engineer allows the controls integrator to understand the mechanical equipment design, owners’ capabilities and development of a “Controls Responsibility Matrix”. There are many ingredients for a successful controls system including coordinating other building trades, integrating with different protocols, installation quality and owner training expectations. The controls integrator will be a life partner with the owner, unlike the bricks and mortar type contractors, so specifying controls is a totally different concept. This presentation introduces the Controls Responsibility Matrix and the relationship for building a successful controls system.