Construction Magazine February 2018 | Page 13

the teacher verifying that they have marked their work correctly or honestly ,” he remarks .
“ Take the electromechanical systems in any building , which can be roughly 40 % of the cost of the actual project . It can be $ 400-500mn in terms of equipment . If you don ’ t commission and test that correctly , it ’ s almost a wasted investment because things aren ’ t working as they ’ re supposed to . “ We see a lot of projects now that have faced issues where things are inadequately commissioned ; they ’ ve got equipment working but not optimally , or not working at all . Most developers , however , are now employing the services of third party commissioning specialists to manage and oversee the commissioning process right from the start of design until handover .
“ We ’ ve definitely seen an improvement in the approaches
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