Project Type: Infrastructure improvements

Owner Team: Company CEO, project manager/property management firm, corporate leasing manager, and corporate facility manager

Project Delivery Team: Owner’s team, Integrated project delivery (IPD) building automation system (BAS) consultant, information technology (IT) manufacturer representative, and local cable and technology subcontractor

On-Site Project Team: Employee volunteers, in-house BAS operators, the building facility manager, and the medical adviser company subcontractor

References: 2019 HVAC Applications ASHRAE Handbook: Chapter 41, Computer Applications; Chapter 43, Supervisory Control Strategy and Optimization; Chapter 48, Design and Application of Controls; Chapter 63, Smart Building Systems; and Chapter 65, Occupant-Centric Sensing and Controls.

Other References: https://etech.iec.ch/issue/2021-04/new-standards-for-wearable-technologies, https://etech.iec.ch/issue/2021-04/new-standards-for-wearable-technologies, and https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3757584

DESIGN INTENT DOCUMENT (DID)

• An international commercial building institution makes a corporate decision to create a BETA test site of its corporate office complex to integrate smart watch technology into its BAS computer system for the benefit and well-being of its employees working at its six-building campus. In addition, employees will be given the opportunity to receive confidential medical alerts via the BAS. 
• This commercial institution — through its employee wellness team — will monitor, measure, and benchmark the data received from the smartwatch technology and employee feedback to determine whether to make a corporate commitment for other facilities in its asset database.

• Program Goals and Timeline:

  • Functional Goals: Build the BAS application software to receive health and fitness data collection, medical alert capabilities, and “hacker protection” software for safety and security of documentation to initiate BETA BAS documentation application
  • Timeline: Create the needed software application by the IPD BAS consultant and IT manufacturer representative: four weeks
  • Purchase 100 smartwatches for uses by employee volunteers: two weeks
  • Data collection phase via the BAS computer: 26 weeks
  • Data analysis phase by the wellness team: two weeks
  • Solution BAS program planning by the BAS consultant and IT manufacturer representative: four weeks
  • Solution implementation phase by the BAS consultant and IT manufacturer representative and cable and technology subcontractor: two weeks
  • Monitor, measure, and benchmark phases by the wellness team, in-house BAS operators, and medical adviser company subcontractor: 26-weeks

• Transition from the beta test site to corporate wellness program for employees choosing to join the wellness program goal:

  • Receive wellness team authorization to proceed throughout the office complex
  • Introduce employees to the wellness care program and educate them on how to participate
  • Offer a medical alert feature when requested
  • Continue with employee feedback
  • Provide dashboard awareness results/data for the day, month, and year versus benchmark goals
  • Allow the leasing manager to market this office complex as an approved wellness building and member of Global Wellness Institute 
• Wellness application software will be an integral program within the BAS computer database and shall be capable of adding remote commercial campus sites to the database

DESIGN CRITERIA DOCUMENT

• The IPD team will include the owner’s team, project delivery team, and individual on-site project team members
• The IPD approach will include an upgrade of existing BAS HVAC, security, and communication network interface
• The IPD team will create, design, construct, operate, and maintain the employee wellness program within each office building
• The IPD team health and fitness tracking standards shall include individual employee authorization agreements
• The IPD team will establish employee security and confidentiality software to be shared with the medical adviser subconsultant, employees, and the BAS dashboard at the specific/associated office building
• Each building’s property manager will issue smartwatches to employees signing confidentiality agreements

Project Delivery Method:

• Design-Build (D-B)
• Integrated Project Delivery (IPD)
• Construction Management
• Design-Bid-Build (D-B-B)
• Performance Contract (PC)

Owner Team:

• Company CEO
• Building Committee
• Corporate Leasing Manager
• Corporate Facility Manager

Project Delivery Team:

• Construction Manager
• Building Automation System (BAS) Consultant
• IT Manufacturer Representative
• O&M Staff
• Cable and Technology Subcontractor

On-Site Project Team:

• Construction Manager
• Employee Volunteers
• In-House BAS Operators
• Medical Adviser Company Subcontractor

References:

• Fundamentals, 2017 Handbook
• Refrigeration, 2018 Handbook
• HVAC Applications, 2019 ASHRAE Handbook
• HVAC System and Equipment, 2020 ASHRAE Handbook

Other References:

• Chapter 43, Supervisory Control Strategy and Optimization
• Chapter 63, Smart Building Systems
• Chapter 65, Occupant-Centric Sensing and Controls
• U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Guidelines for Smartwatch Software
• International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Building Information Modeling Standards

DESIGN INTENT DOCUMENT (DID)

• An International Commercial Building Institution Makes a Corporate Decision to Create a BETA Test Site of its Corporate Office Complex to Integrate Smartwatch Technology into its BAS for the Benefit and Well-Being of its Employees
• This Institution Makes a Corporate Decision to Mandate All Future Building Programs Shall Be Completed Using Wellness Software to Generate Lease Space Sales
• The Project Delivery will Be Design-Bid-Build for All Future Projects
• This Commercial Institution, through its Employee Wellness Team, will Monitor, Measure, and Benchmark the Data Received from the Smartwatch Technology and Employee Feedback to Determine Whether to Make this Corporate Commitment for Other Facilities in its Asset Database
• Functional Goals: Build the BAS Application Software to Receive Fitness Data Collection, Medical Alert Capabilities, and “Hacker Protection” Software for Safety and Security of Documentation

• Construction Documentation Goal:

  • Design Concept Phase  
  • Design Development (DD) Phase
  • Construction Documents (CD) Phase   
  • Construction Delivery Phase   
• Initiate the Beta BAS Documentation Application Goal and Timeline
• Transition from the Beta Test Site to the Corporate Wellness Program for Employees Choosing to Join the Program Goal

DESIGN CRITERIA

• The IPD Team Shall Be Facilitated By a Third-Party BIM Software Contractor
• The IPD Team Includes the Owner’s Team, Project Delivery Team, and Individual On-Site Project Team Members
• The IPD Approach will Include Architects, Structural Consultants, and Mechanical Engineer Consultants
• The IPD Approach will Include an Upgrade of the Existing BAS, HVAC, Security, and Communication Network Interfaces
• The IPD Team to Facilitate Creation of Design-Construct, Operate, and Maintain the Employee Wellness Program within Each Office Building
• The IPD Team Shall Create, Design, Construct, Operate, and Maintain Contract Document Standards for all Future Capital Projects, New and Tenant Fit Out
• The IPD Team’s Health and Fitness Tracking Standards Shall Include Individual Employee Authorization Agreements
• The IPD Team will Establish a Security and Occupancy Layer and will Include the Site Plan Showing Potential Pandemic Concerns
• Two-Dimensional Building Occupants Shall Be Included in Record Drawings
• Each Building’s Property Manager will Issue Smartwatches to Employees Signing Confidentiality Agreements