BMP Broschüre 04.2017

Architects
Fire
protection
expert
Client
BMP
Technical
building
equipment
controlling
Project controlling
Specialist
planner for
technical building
equipment
User
Structural
engineer
Working more smartly due to in-house
controlling of technical building equipment
Since 2015, we have been offering the
controlling of technical building equipment as
an in-house BMP service in order to support the
project management team.
The architecture and the usage quality of a
building significantly rely on the technical
building equipment - depending on the type
of building the technical building equipment
can easily make up 60 percent of the total
construction costs. Our technical building
equipment controlling team checks the services
of all partners involved in planning to ensure
that they are coordinated appropriately.
Another task is to check for compliance with
the applicable standards and regulations. It’s
our job to advise, to accompany and to control
– starting with the early stages of planning to
the installation of the technical components,
commissioning and up to continuous operation
following acceptance. We are contact partners
for planners, technicians and facility managers.
Planning quality control and construction
management are the main tasks of our
technical building equipment controlling
team. Each building project is being planned
in an interdisciplinary team, independently
whether we are dealing with a new building
or the restoration of an existing one. In most
cases, the work phases are governed by
HOAI (German fee structure for architects
and engineers), but often our customers have
their own specifications and demands. After
having completed a work phase, it needs to
be confirmed whether the services have been
carried out to the extent and in the quality
agreed. The compliance with the specific
project parameters regarding technical building
equipment (costs, energy efficiency and
certification) is regularly checked throughout
the planning process. Here we also monitor
whether the agreed project parameters
regarding technical building equipment will
be reached. An optimum planning quality
and the implementation of necessary rework
are the central tasks.
The evaluation of building substance is
another task. The economic validity of the
redevelopment is the decisive question when it
comes to existing buildings. We give advice to
planners and investors regarding the condition
and the sustainability of existing technical
facilities.
Construction firms increasingly award the
complete planning to a main planner ant the
building services to a general contractor,
for turnkey delivery. Therefore we, as
BMP, increasingly prepare the functional
specifications and monitor the general
contractor’s services. Ideally, there are
only three main players in the project: the
main planner, the general contractor and the
project manager. Thus, interfaces and inherent
problems and risks can be reduced significantly.
For large-scale projects the commissioningmanagement
becomes more and more
important. As the facilities become increasingly
complex and have manifold links to the higher
level building automation and alarm detection
systems, commissioning requires special
attention and care. We are familiar with the
difficult workflows in the technical building
services and we are aware of the complex and
time-consuming testing and adjustment work.
Therefore, we ensure optimum arrangement
and functionality by setting up realistic work
schedules, monitoring the commissioning,
and documenting the results. Commissioning
planning already starts at an early stage of
planning.
In-house controlling for the technical building
equipment means lean management structures
and best possible integration, availability and
reliability of the equipment. Our staff comprises
of a mix of senior and junior engineers,
which provides a good mix of experience and
advanced knowledge. We have decades of
experience in planning and realising small-scale
and large-scale projects.
By the way: SMART means to us not just
effective, but individual, intelligent, innovative
and focussed on the team and the result.
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