Health care facilities, by the very nature of their design, pose both unique and common hazards to successful building commissioning. Life safety systems form a key ingredient in hospital commissioning, and the incorrect timing of their certification can delay, increase cost, and add stress to the process. A case study describing two contrasting life safety system verification approaches as experienced in two large northern California health systems will be presented. This session will enable attendees to:

Understand the importance of early involvement of life safety commissioning inspectors.
Learn how to minimize last minute commissioning issues.
Develop improved team concepts with life safety commissioning vendors.
Discover the evolution of commissioning field and final reports.