Engineering Responsibilities
The normal procedure in a design-bid project includes the following steps and requirements:
1. Initiation of a construction project by owner or developer
2. Selection of design team
3. Setting of the design criteria and indoor environmental parameters
4. Selection of conceptual alternatives for systems and subsystems; preparation of schematic layouts
of HVAC&R
5. Preparation of contract documents, working drawings, specifications, materials and construction
methods, commissioning guidelines
6. Competitive bidding by contractors
7. Evaluation of bids; negotiations and modification of contract documents
8. Advice on awarding of contract
9. Review of shop drawings and commissioning schedule, operating and maintenance manuals
10. Monitoring, supervision, and inspection of construction
11. Supervision of commissioning: testing and balancing; functional performance tests
12. Modification of drawings to the as-built condition and the finalization of the operation and
maintenance manual