Oct 20, 2026 · 5 min · 6 segments
Handover brings together the systems, records, and instructions the owner needs to use the building. We look at commissioning, record drawings, warranties, declarations, and the closeout package…
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Let's start with commissioning, because it is easy to confuse with what you do.
When you walk a finished space, you know, you are mostly checking that things are installed correctly and that everything is there.
That is fine for finishes, but for systems that actually operate, the mechanical equipment, the heating and ventilation and air conditioning, Checking that the exhaust grilles exist tells you nothing.
Those systems have to be tested under a real run and some of them need tuning more than once before they work properly.
Well, that testing and verifying is commissioning and it usually pulls in the engineers responsible for each kind of equipment because it is their world, not yours.
Here is how that looks in practice, and it is a good model for your whole role.
On one project, whenever we checked the mechanical systems, the clients in-house, mechanical person would talk things through with our mechanical engineer back and forth, while the most knowledgeable trade person actually demonstrated the equipment.
We were there as the lead consultant, the client's project manager was there as the client.
So nothing happened without us, but we did not lead the discussion, we did not start the equipment, and we did not demonstrate the system.
We were present and in charge without pretending to be the experts on a machine we did not build.
Let's start with commissioning, because it is easy to confuse with what you do.
When you walk a finished space, you know, you are mostly checking that things are installed correctly and that everything is there.
That is fine for finishes, but for systems that actually operate, the mechanical equipment, the heating and ventilation and air conditioning, Checking that the exhaust grilles exist tells you nothing.
Those systems have to be tested under a real run and some of them need tuning more than once before they work properly.
Well, that testing and verifying is commissioning and it usually pulls in the engineers responsible for each kind of equipment because it is their world, not yours.
Here is how that looks in practice, and it is a good model for your whole role.
On one project, whenever we checked the mechanical systems, the clients in-house, mechanical person would talk things through with our mechanical engineer back and forth, while the most knowledgeable trade person actually demonstrated the equipment.
We were there as the lead consultant, the client's project manager was there as the client.
So nothing happened without us, but we did not lead the discussion, we did not start the equipment, and we did not demonstrate the system.
We were present and in charge without pretending to be the experts on a machine we did not build.
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