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O’Connell Center Entrance Addition

  • Client University of Florida
  • Location Gainesville, Florida
  • Type Building Enclosure Commissioning
  • Size
  • Cost
  • Firm’s Responsibilities Building Enclosure Commissioning

Provided the Building Enclosure Commissioning Agent for the entrance addition to the O’Connell Center in Gainesville, Florida.

Provide Building Enclosure

Provided the Building Enclosure Commissioning Agent for the entrance addition to the O’Connell Center in Gainesville, Florida. The building contains ticketing and waiting areas, offices, a gymnasium, and a natatorium. The building enclosure includes all exterior systems separating the interior environment from the exterior and will primarily consist of storefront and stucco exterior cladding systems, membrane roof systems, and below-grade waterproofing systems. The project will be designed to meet LEED Silver Certification standards. Responsible for commissioning the building’s enclosure throughout the design, construction & acceptance phases of the project.

  • Provide design review through-out most phases (Design Development and Construction Documents) of design
  • Develop and maintain the building enclosure commissioning plan.
  • Perform hygrothermic modeling anaylsis during design phases to quantify performance of building enclosure.
  • Develop and maintain the building enclosure commissioning plan & Develop and maintain the building enclosure commissioning plan
  • Provide the project’s building enclosure commissioning specifications during the design phase including laboratory and field testing procedures for building enclosure systems
  • Perform field monitoring and conduct performance verification testing of building enclosure systems during the construction phase of the project
  • Review Operations & Maintenance Manuals for building enclosure systems
  • Assist in verification that certain building enclosure systems, including glazing, roofing, meet LEED NC Silver Certification standards, e.g. roofs shall meet minimum Solar Reflectance Index requirements of LEED NC SS Credit 7.2: Heat Island Effect: Roof. In addition, provide Building Enclosure Commissioning as part of enhanced commissioning credit.
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