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Building Engineering Services Association Guide to good practice:MothballingandRe-coMMissioningof buildings SFG/30 www.theBESA.com

Building Engineering Services AssociationGuide to good practice: AcknowledgmentsMothballing and the besa wishes to record its sincere thanks toRe-coMMissioning the following members of the service and facilities groupof buildings drafting committee, without whose direct input of knowledge, time and experience this publication would not SFG/30 have been produced. Malcolm linsley (chairman) Richard bostel Paul carter graeme craig the besa also wishes to acknowledge the input from hertel (uK) ltd, tri-star fire Protection ltd, the swimming Pool and allied trades association, the fire Protection association, the besa technical committee and other groups for their time, input and vetting. isbn 0-903783-55-X first edition 2006 ©2006 besa BESA Publications old Mansion house eamont bridge Penrith ca10 2bX 01768 860405 [email protected]. www.theBESA.com

Building Engineering Services Association Guide to good practice: ForewordMothballing and until now, there has existed no published expert guidance onRe-coMMissioning the de-commissioning, mothballing and re-commissioningof buildings ofbuildings – a circumstance which has prompted the service and facilities group of the besa to take this SFG/30 opportunity to come up witha definition of best practice for “shutdown” procedures for building services plant, covering the safety and security of the property, interim maintenance and eventual re-commissioning to full function. drawing on expertise from within the service and facilities group, the guide to good Practice on the Mothballing and Re-commissioning of buildings provides a comprehenisive explication of the minimum requirements for mothballing building services within properties. as is usual with publications of this kind, specialist experts have been consulted and industry consultation has been sought. acknowledgement must therefore be made of all those who gave their time and knowledge to the compilation and production of this guidance. i should also like to express my personal thanks for the long hours and hard work put in by both members and staff of the association, and for their efforts to improve standards for our industry. Malcolm Linsley former chairman, besa service and facilities group www.theBESA.com

Mothballing and Re-commissioning of Buildings Guide to Good PracticeCONTENTS Page 1Acknowledgements Page 3Foreword Page 61. Mothballing Page 7 Building Management System (BMS)/controls Compressed Air Systems Page 7 Ventilation Page 8 Cooling Page 9 Electrical Page 10 Fire Alarms Page 11 Emergency Lighting Page 12 Water Hygiene Services Page 13 Plumbing Page 14 Heating Page 16 Chilled Water Systems Page 17 Oil Supply Page 18 Gas Supply Page 21 Swimming Pools Page 22 Catering Services Page 23 Refrigerant Gases Page 24 Page 262. Re-commissioning Page 27 Compressed air systems Emergency Lighting Page 27 Cooling Page 28 Electrical Page 29 BMS/Controls Page 30 Fire alarms Page 31 Water Hygiene Services Page 32 Plumbing Page 33 Heating Page 36 Chilled Water Systems Page 37 Catering Services Page 38 Refrigerant Gases Page 40 Swimming Pools Page 41 Page 423. Bibliography Page 43 5