By: Scott Lance, EBCP, LEED AP O+M, Senior Project Engineer

Overview:

• HEA was hired to provide commissioning services for a higher education dormitory.
• During the test and balance (TAB) period of the project, it was discovered by the TAB contractor and HEA that the dual temperature system was unable to be balanced. It was also noted that the extremities of the two wings of all three floors could not provide any heat to the occupied dorm rooms. This resulted in parents pulling students out of school due to the dorms not being able to be heated and 85% redo of the building piping systems - a $250,000 error!