Strategic Perspective
Large facilities projects are inherently strategic. They require significant capital investment and have high organizational impact. Success is essential. Organizations embarking on this type of venture seek to assure success and mitigate risk by retaining trusted advisors and facilities professionals. An independent Commissioner is a critical part of that team.

Commissioning
Commissioning is a Quality Assurance and Risk Mitigation process. We act as the third-leg of the internal quality control triangle universally used by organizations to protect assets and assure performance. Like financial auditors, the Commissioner starts with a general audit and then looks more closely at problem areas. We poke, prod, and squeeze to find problems before they happen and to verify full compliance with contract documents.

Internal Quality Control Triangle

Receiving
Quality Assurance is an integral part of the receiving process. Facilities must be received incrementally. As your quality representative, E-Cube works within the construction team to assure that quality is always on the table. We audit compliance throughout the project and often perform a final Integrated Systems Test under simulated working conditions.

On Time, On Budget
From an Owner's perspective, quality is about getting what you paid for. E Cube takes a proactive role to provide expert feedback on design, progress, and quality throughout the project. Owners and the construction team are then able to use this data to make informed decisions to assure project objectives are achieved.

Optimization
A long time ago the navy learned that new ships need a shakedown cruise to work the bugs out. Today's complex facilities are no different. After construction is complete, E Cube engineers and specialists continue to work with maintenance staff to verify that systems are working as intended and achieving optimal performance.

E-Cube's Quality Assurance Services combine Concept Design, Design Assistance, and Commissioning Services to provide a focus on quality as a vehicle for achieving the Owner's project goals.

The Concept Design services provided by the E-Cube team of Professional Engineers, Energy Engineers, and Commissioning Specialists provide to the Owner a comprehensive definition of the requirements for project design and construction.

The concept design phase may include energy and/or life-cycle cost studies to compare alternative system approaches as well as preliminary LEED™ (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design ­ USGBC) analysis. LEED™ ratings can be refined and tracked during the design and construction phases of the project. The concept design can be utilized in a number of ways. It can be provided to a design-build contractor as a detailed minimum "scope of design" document or used to define the bid requirements to competing design-build contractors. The concept design can be incorporated into the construction documents by a traditional Architect-consultant or Mechanical-Electrical Engineering design team, or used to define the scope requirements for competing design teams.

Design Assistance and Commissioning Services provide verification that requirements are fulfilled during the Construction Documents and Construction phases of a project. Design Assistance services help the Owner and design professionals maintain focus on the project and Owner's goals during the construction documents phase. Commissioning Services provide verification of both design and construction in accordance with the concept and/or final design.

Benefits to Owners, Design Professionals, and Contractors:
	Ensure that significant energy savings opportunities are identified,
	properly evaluated, and thoroughly documented.
	Begin the construction documentation phase with a detailed understanding
	of selected system concepts and energy savings opportunities.
	Peer review of the design as construction documents progress to improve
	overall design quality.
	LEED™ and Energy Star ratings and consultation services during the
	construction documents phase improve the energy-efficiency and environmental-responsiveness of the design.
	Integration of commissioning into the building systems through design,
	construction, and verification phases to improve the building systems quality and functionality, and enhance project success for all involved.
Specific related services:
	Conceptual Design services for mechanical and electrical systems provide
	the Owner or Program Developer with alternatives, impacts (including cost opinions), and systems understanding
	Design Assistance services during construction document development
	provide the design team with technical expertise in commissioning, energy, and environmental issues related to building systems
	Energy saving opportunities analyses, life cycle cost analyses, and computer
	modeling and simulation of buildings and energy consuming systems.
	Energy audits, life cycle studies, and sustainable design consultation.
	Peer review of construction documents as design progresses.
	Commissioning of building and mechanical and electrical systems.
	Project closeout assistance including coordination of training and
	preparation of operation and maintenance manuals.