Commissioning is necessary to ensure facilities, equipment, and systems are installed and function
properly, and are successfully turned over. A documented Commissioning approach offers
traceable verification, and ensures a systematic approach that minimizes commissioning
oversights. Effective Commissioning minimizes punchlist items, and improves startup by
eliminating problems up-front. Further, certain Commissioning activities may be used to support
documentation requirements for regulated industries.
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Introduction
Have you ever had something not to work but only discovered long after start-up? Do you
have an uneasy feeling that something might not be installed correctly, but don’t know how to
verify? Then try commissioning. Actually, Commissioning is nothing new. What good engineer
would not confirm an installation works? But if commissioning is documented poorly, it is
inadequate. If it is done improperly, it is inadequate. Projects routinely have problems. One part
of the solution to minimizing project problems is to have a robust and documented Commissioning
process (assuming the design is robust in the first place). However, we can go to far and judge
success by the weight of the paper generated. How can Commissioning be implemented
meaningfully in the real world? This course will attempt to answer this question.
The Author has been a leader in the Pharmaceutical industry in the application of
documented Commissioning to minimize the regulated paperwork required for
Validation/Qualification. He shares his learned experience in this course in the practical
application of commissioning, whether in a regulated industry or not. This course is to a general
audience – see separate material for specific applications to the Pharmaceutical industry.