D.

2 Building Design Considerations

The Project Engineer shall include at the completion of the schematic design
phase a Basis of Design report. The report shall be a bound presentation
with documentation sufficiently complete to justify the complete design
concept of the A/E. Detailed building design criteria, computations,
schematic system diagrams, economic analysis, and life cycle costing
comparisons shall be included as a part of the Basis of Design report.

The Project Engineer shall include, as a minimum, evaluation of the

following topics prior to completion of the schematic design phase. Results
of the evaluation shall be defined in the Basis of Design report.

General Mechanical:

• Project utilities and capacities

• Outdoor design conditions
• Indoor design conditions
• Ventilation/indoor air quality requirements
• Mechanical equipment locations and access
• Distribution of mechanical services
• Zoning, modularity, and flexibility
• Energy conservation plan and opportunities
• Control methodology
• Moisture control methods
• Redundancy and reliability

Supply/Return Air Systems:

• Location of air intakes in relation to all exhaust discharges

• Supply/return air system components
• Supply/return air distribution
• Air velocities through equipment and ductwork distribution
• Location of supply/return air in room
• Air supply/return flow control and quantities
• Relative room pressurization and airflow direction
• Filtration requirements
• Humidification criteria
• Noise criteria
• Redundancy and reliability

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Mechanical D-5