From the course: Construction Management Foundations

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The process: Hand off to the owner

The process: Hand off to the owner

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The process: Hand off to the owner

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- Whether it's as simple as a single family home or as complex as a modern skyscraper, the facility or structure has to be commissioned to ensure it functions as intended. Now, this can involve enabling all types of systems, doing things like testing, load balancing, and monitoring to ensure that everything works and that it works together. So gone are the days where we simply finished construction, got the final inspection, and handed over the keys. These days, building automation systems probably have to be tested, heating, plumbing, and other mechanical systems have to be checked to ensure they function as intended. Electrical and data systems have to deliver as promised. And when all of this is tested and approved, we have to hand over what amounts to a set of instructions to the facility's owner. So for example, when a builder hands over a house to a new home owner, they're expected to give that homeowner a set of instructions that tells the homeowner how everything in the house…

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