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Real-world examples describe omitted low-ambient controls and economizers leading to compressor losses, incorrect glycol charging causing coil bursts and major repair and equipment destruction, and “value engineering” of exhaust-related accessories resulting in dangerous door blowouts and a costly settlement. 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The contractor servicing the store informs the facilities manager that he believes the inordinate number of compressor failures is due to the fact that the units are not equipped with low ambient controls or outside air economizers. The facilities manager consults the mechanical design plans for the location and determines that while low ambient controls and outside air economizers were accessories specified by the consulting engineer, somehow they were never provided by the installing contractor. The cost to retrofit eight rooftop units with the specified accessories is $18,000.00, and the cost to replace the three compressors is an additional $10,000.00 .  \nDuring this same winter, a four foot high, eight foot long, dry cooler water coil bursts in astore in Manhattan. The store is six years old, and the primary cause ofthe issue is adamper linkage that failed, but subsequent review of the mechanical design plans shows that the consulting engineer specified that the system be filled with a 50% solution of propylene glycol. The installing contractor hooked the system up to a domestic water line in lieu of charging the system with glycol. For want of $1000.00 in glycol, $25,000.00 in repair costs were incurred and $50,000.00 in merchandise and equipment were destroyed.  \nA big-box retail store is heated and cooled by eight, forty ton, packaged rooftop units. The store is currently four years old and the owner has spent $20,000.00 in mechanical consulting fees attempting to find a cure for the fact that the front vestibule of the store becomes a wind tunnel at certain times and four of the eight entry doors blow wide open. After deciding to live with the issue, the owners of the store are served with a summonsand complaint by a lady who patronized the store until the day she walked through the door and her skirt blew up over her head. The amount the suit was settled for was undisclosed, but it cost $165,000.00 to retrofit the HVAC units with power exhaust fan accessories, modulating exhaust dampers, and static pressure controllers. These items were specified on the original mechanical design, but the project manager and the HVAC contractor “Value engineered,” them out of the job. Part of the immense expense was due to the fact that when the units were manufactured, these items were available as factory installed accessories. After installation, these items had to be assembled from replacement parts.  \nEach of the scenarios described above actually occurred. While these were errors andomissions by contractors that had grave consequences for the retailers involved, little if any restitution was made by the installers. This was mostly due to the amount of time that had passed between the completion of the projects and the identification of the issues.  \nThere is a definite need for a party with mechanical expertise, armed with a set of mechanical plans to perform a thorough inspection of the completed HVAC systems in aretail store to make certain that they have been installed as specified by the manufacturer and the consulting engineer, and that they operate properly.  \nThe examples above are major in nature and thank goodness they are not the norm. However, almost every post construction inspection I have seen, turned up something that was omitted or performed incorrectly. Sometimes it is something as simple as a flexible duct that was never connected to a diffuser, or the fact that the engineer specified shielded control cable and unshielded cable was used. While these items are simple in nature they can cause issues for years before the cause is identified.  \nWhat makes this inspection different from others?  \nF","cbCaid9dNFhRKFmS","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaid9dNFhRKFmS","pdf",65416,"English","# Why do I need post construction inspections?\n## Real-world failure scenarios and costs\n## What makes this inspection different from others?","[{\"question\":\"Why are post-construction HVAC inspections necessary in retail projects?\",\"answer\":\"They verify that installed HVAC equipment matches the specified mechanical plans and manufacturer requirements, preventing issues that may not be caught by other parties after project completion.\"},{\"question\":\"What kinds of omissions or errors does the inspection find?\",\"answer\":\"Common findings include missing components such as low ambient controls, incorrect glycol charging, unconnected flexible ducts, and use of unshielded control cable when shielded cable was specified.\"},{\"question\":\"Why don’t general contractors or test-and-balance reports replace post-construction inspections?\",\"answer\":\"General contractors typically lack mechanical expertise and have incentives not to highlight neglected items. 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