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Stage 5 > Construction
Key actions
• Pass the Site Waste Management Plan to the contractor.
• Design stage sustainability assessment to be certified.
• Develop construction sustainability procedures with the
contractor.
• Review the commissioning and handover programme.
• Review and observe the contractor’s interim testing and
monitoring of construction, particularly airtightness and
continuity of insulation.
• Review the implications of changes to the specification or
design against agreed sustainability criteria.
• Complete the non-technical user guide and aftercare service
set-up.
• Assist with collating as-built information for post-construction
sustainability certification.
• Collaborate with the contractor to maximise construction
phase potential to meet sustainability criteria as economically
as possible.
• Submit final information for statutory approval and
certification, including Building Regulations Part L submission
and energy performance certificates (EPC).
• Visit the site to check that quality, installation, etc. is in line with
sustainability targets.
• Review the content of the operating and maintenance manual
with the facilities manager, who should sign it off when it is
complete and acceptable.
• Stress the importance of design elements that are essential to
meeting sustainability targets and how to monitor whether
they are operating correctly.
• Work with the client’s facilities managers to ensure a smooth
handover, with all records finalised and coordinated and with
adequately trained operating and maintenance staff in place in
advance of completion.
• Check that adequate maintenance contracts are in place and
that they will commence immediately after handover.
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