Barrett, Woodyard & Associates, Inc.

Plumbing

Plumbing Engineering

Building Systems Commissioning

Our Building Performance Studio is solely dedicated to providing quality commissioning & building assessment services.

Some of our team members may have even walked in your career path. We are backed by 25+ years of commissioning experience with additional years held in past positions including construction management, building automation controls, facilities management, & the U.S. Military.  We are associated with multiple commissioning organizations and hold certifications for each, which allows our team to effectively lead the commissioning effort on multiple projects simultaneously.

Retro-Commissioning Services

Optimizing Existing Facilities’ System Performance

Retro‐commissioning is the systematic process of investigating, analyzing, & optimizing an existing facility’s system performance through operational & maintenance improvement to ensure optimal performance as designed over time.

This process tailors the building to meet the design intent & your current facility requirements. We achieve this by comparing your building system’s as‐built documents against the actual operational performance of your building systems. We identify & document non-compliance operating conditions in your building & provide a report with recommendations & a path towards improvement. 

Typical Existing Building Problem Areas:

  • Building automation controls point mapping and reporting issues.
  • HVAC equipment installation issues.
  • Missing specified HVAC equipment and components.
  • Non-operating AHU economizers, incorrectly programmed VFDs, and incorrect control point applications and operational sequence algorithms.