Fire Door Commissioning
LSS Life Safety Services®(LSS) performs fire door commissioning services during the design and construction phases. Committed to working with independent commissioning agents, bonding companies, consultants, and general contractors during this process.
What is Commissioning?
“The basic purpose of building commissioning is to provide a quality-based process with documented confirmation that building systems are planned, designed, installed, tested, operated, and maintained in compliance with the owner’s project requirements. Commissioning of existing systems may require the development of new functional criteria in order to address the owner’s current systems performance requirements”. – The Building Commissioning Association (BCA)
“The word “commissioning” means a process intended to ensure that building systems are installed and performed in accordance with design intent, that the design intent is consistent with the owner’s project requirements, and that operations and maintenance staff are adequately prepared to operate and maintain the completed facility”. – American Society of Healthcare Engineers (ASHE), “Health and Facility Guidelines”
Per NFPA 3, interconnected life safety systems (both active and passive) will undergo testing after the initial commissioning process. This is to ensure the fire safety system remains operational as intended in the event of a fire.
Why have your facility commissioned?
Protecting the occupants of the building is too crucial to skip the due diligence of commissioning. Retrocommissioning is equally as important as the initial commissioning process. Facilities go through significant changes over the years with construction projects and renovations. As it is not uncommon for the alterations to the original design of the life safety systems to occur. Commissioning the life safety system ensures it is safe for years to come.
Fire Door Commissioning Services
During the commissioning and retrocommissioning process of fire doors, LSS will perform our complete detailed fire door inspection. The fire door certification commissioning report will include:
- Detailed inventory of the location, rating of every fire and smoke door
- Door functional checklist
- Details regarding specifications. Includes relation to the frames, doors, hinges/pivots, door bolts, locks, door closers, panic hardware, astragals, and numerous other door/frame components.
- Digital pictures of deficiencies discovered during the commissioning process
For further information or a quote to commission or retrocommission the damper or doors in your facility, contact us today.