Building Services Design Management (PDF)

Building services refers to the equipment and systems that
contribute to controlling the internal environment to make it safe
and comfortable to occupy. They also support the requirements of
processes and business functions within buildings, for example
manufacturing and assembly operations, medical procedures,
warehousing and storage of materials, chemical processing, housing
livestock, plant cultivation, etc.



For both people and processes the ability of the building
services engineering systems to continually perform properly,
reliably, effectively and efficiently is of vital importance to the
operational requirements of a building. Typically the building
services installation is worth 30-60% of the total value of a
contract, however existing publications on design management
bundles building services engineering up with other disciplines and
does not recognise its unique features and idiosyncrasies.


Building Services Design Management provides authoritative
guidance for building services engineers responsible for the design
of services, overseeing the installation, and witnessing the
testing and commissioning of these systems. The design stage
requires technical skills to ensure that the systems are safe,
compliant with legislative requirements and good practices, are
cost-effective and are coordinated with the needs of the other
design and construction team professionals. Covering
everything from occupant subjectivity and end-user behaviour to
design life maintainability, sequencing and design responsibility
the book will meet the needs of building services engineering
undergraduates and postgraduates as well as being an ideal handbook
for building services engineers moving into design
management.