2008 Q5 COMMISSIONING ACTIVITIES AND RISKS

[PJW]

c ) Describe the documentation which should be produced prior to the commissioning in order to ensure the safety of the commissioning staff and explain how the documentation you have described ensures this. [10 marks]

The [JB} answer is very brief; it was ok as far as it went but this was not far enough. Certianly given the scakle of the installtion / consturction works envisaged in part a) then there is clearly far more going on than a bit of testing and so the Testing & Commissioning Plan will only have a small part of the story.

Construction Phase Plan, Work Package Plan, Method Statement, Task Briefing Sheet as is added on at the end of [JF] answer is certainly relevant. Again I think I'd go for a tabular apporach with three columns, the first giving the name, the second giving a hint that I had an idea of the sort of contents within and the third explaining how this document helps to ensure staff safety.

The description of the contents of the Testing & Commissioning Plan in [JF] answer was good at demonstrating that familar with this sort of document and certainly describes it as requested, but didn't really address the very last part of the question explicitly,a lthough it wouldn't have taken much to have made it do so.

Be aware that Testing and Commissioning Plans (certainly for this scale of job) nowadays tend to have less in them than previously re safety arrangements etc; this role is now largely taken over by the other documenst that have been mentioned as staff safety risks are broadly similar for all staff but tend to be greatest for those undertaking the heavier physical work and therefore the Construction function tend to lead on this, thus testing plans far more focussed on the actual testing specifics.

Certainly he answer was also looking for the documentation produced well prior to the commissioning as well, so mention of the CDM, Designers Risk Assessment , Hazard log etc should all be included within the answer. [IP] attempt was best in this area even though it lacked any reference to the "details for on the day" documents which I think was a deficiency.