Thesis Research

Research Survey

My name is Devin C. Learn; I am an Architectural Engineering, Construction Management Option Student at Pennsylvania State University. I am conducting research on the commissioning process for construction, specifically looking at Healthcare construction. Below is a short word document survey developed to access the pros and cons of commissioning in projects within a healthcare facility. This survey is being released to Mechanical Contractors, Owners, General Contractors and Independent Commissioning Agencies. Your response will be compiled into a decision matrix to determine what type of projects will benefit the most from commissioning applications. Responses will be confidential and used solely for the academic purposes of my senior thesis research. Form of response can be hand written or typed scanned and emailed to dcl146@psu.edu or mailed to Devin C. Learn, 338 Reynolds Ave. Bellefonte, PA 16823. Results will be compiled and analyzed in mid March. Your response is greatly appreciated.

Sincerely
Devin C. Learn
Pennsylvania State University
Architectural Engineering
Construction Management

• Your Name:
• Current Company:
• Role in Company:
• Have you ever been involved in the commissioning process?
• If so what type of projects were they used in?
• What was the total cost of these projects?
• How do you feel commissioning affected the outcome of the project?
• What do you feel could have been done differently in respect to the commissioning process?
• Have any of the projects that you have worked on or have knowledge utilized the commissioning process in an existing facility such as a hospital were previous projects did not utilize the commissioning process?
• If so how do you feel commissioning affected the outcome of these projects versus projects involving new construction of facilities?
• In your opinion what are some of the pros of utilizing commissioning?
• In your opinion what are some of the cons of utilizing commissioning?
• Do you feel that current and future project within existing facilities would benefit from the implementation of commissioning?
• What issues do you think effect the decision to utilize commissioning?
• Who do think should be involved in the decision process to decide to what extent commissioning should be implemented in a project?