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CAN/ULC S1001-11 Integrated Systems Testing of Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems and Fire Protection Commissioning Presentation To: Canadian Fire Alarm Association (CFAA) Alberta Technical Seminar Edmonton, Alberta 8 October 2014

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CAN/ULC S1001-11 Integrated Systems Testing of Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems and Fire Protection Commissioning

Edmonton, Alberta 8 October 2014

Presentation To: Canadian Fire Alarm Association (CFAA) –Alberta Technical Seminar

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PRESENTED BY Bill Fremis

Technical S pecialist – Fire Protection Engineering Defence Construction Canada Working Group Chair ULC S 1001-11 Integrated S ystems Testing of Fire Protection and Life S afety S ystems

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  • BACKGROUND
  • S

COPE

  • CAN/ ULC S

1001 HIGHLIGHTS

  • CAN/ ULC S

1001 QUALIFICATIONS

  • CAN/ ULC S

1001 PROCES S

  • CAN/ ULC S

1001 TES TING REQUIREMENTS

  • CAN/ ULC S

1001 DOCUMENTATION

  • CAN/ ULC S

1001 BUILIDNG LIFE-CYCLE TES TING

  • NEXT PROJECTS

FOR ULC COMMIS S IONING S UBCOMMITTEE

PRESENTATION OVERVIEW

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WHY COMMISSIONING?

  • Requirement included as a Technical Change

to the 2010 NBCC & NFCC

– 2010 NBCC Article 3.2.4.6 – 2010 NFCC Article 2.1.3.8

Where life safet y and fire prot ect ion syst ems are inst alled t o comply wit h t he provisions of t he NBC or t he NFC, t he commissioning of t hese int egrat ed syst ems must be performed as a whole t o ensure t he proper operat ion and int er-relat ionship bet ween t he syst ems.

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WHAT IS COMMISSIONING?

  • S

ubcommittee discussions as to what “ commissioning” is

  • Two different processes identified:

– Commissioning – Owners Process – Integrated S

ystems Testing – Code Requirement Intent of the NBCC / NFCC reviewed with NRC to ensure S tandard in-line with Codes

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COMMISSIONING VS INTEGRATED SYSTEMS TESTING

  • Commissioning

A process of document at ion, adj ust ment , t est ing, verificat ion and t raining, performed specifically t o ensure t hat t he finished facilit y operat es in accordance wit h t he Owner’s document ed proj ect requirement s and t he const ruct ion document s

  • Integrated S

ystems Testing

A met hodology for verifying and document ing t hat all int erconnect ions bet ween syst ems provided for fire prot ect ion and life safet y are inst alled and operat ing in conformance wit h t heir design crit eria

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COMMISSIONING

  • Highlights
  • Owner Driven and Quality Focused
  • Ensures Owners get what they paid for
  • Process from Pre-Design to Turn-Over
  • Develop Owner’s Proj ect Requirements
  • Develop Commissioning S

cope and Plan

  • Review of Design Documents
  • Construction Checklists and S

ubmittals

  • Review Construction and Testing
  • Training and Closeout Documents and Activities
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COMMISSIONING

  • Highlights
  • Documentation of Design Changes and Resolutions,

Verifications, and Acceptance Testing

  • Owner gets more out of their investment
  • Better Operating S

ystems

  • Properly Maintained S

ystems

  • Properly Training Building S

taff

  • Fire Commissioning is the fire protection and life safety

component of Building Commissioning

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INTEGRATED SYSTEMS TESTING

  • Highlights
  • Code Driven Process
  • Minimum testing required to prove integrations
  • S

ystem A works with S ystem B

  • Testing of the integrations between systems in situ
  • One input device per integration activated to confirm

corresponding outputs

  • Documentation of the testing
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INTEGRATED SYSTEMS TESTING

  • Address “ gaps” in existing S

tandards

  • S

ystems typically tested and verified independently

  • No requirements to test systems together
  • Example – Door Hold-Open Devices

Fire alarm relays tested and doors confirmed as

  • perating

Testing by separate contractors Integrated S

ystems Testing requires a coordinated test

  • Example – Fire Pumps

Fire pump installed and tested to confirm relays work Fire alarm verification to confirm inputs Integrated S

ystems Testing requires a coordinated test

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INTEGRATED SYSTEMS TESTING

  • Integrated S

ystems Testing is not

  • Replacement of Design Professionals review and

acceptance of systems

  • Review of system designs or installations, only system

integrations

  • Duplication of existing inspection, testing, and

verification requirements

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CAN/ULC S1001-11 Integrated Systems Testing of Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems

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ULC-S1001 CODE ADOPTION

  • Reference S

tandard S tatus

  • Code Changes submitted to the NRC
  • Inclusion in the 2015 National Building and Fire Codes of

Canada

  • Reviewed by Reference S

tandards Working Group

  • Recommendations to the S

tanding Committees

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NATIONAL BUILDING CODE

  • 2015 Edition Tentative Changes
  • New S

ubsection 3.2.9

  • Removes 2010 NBC Article 3.2.4.6
  • New S

entence 3.2.9.1.(1) Requirements

  • Testing of integrations between fire protection and

life safety systems, and systems with fire protection and life safety functions

  • S

ystems and integrations to be tested as a whole

  • ULC-S

1001 Reference S tandard for Integrated Testing

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NATIONAL BUILDING CODE

  • Appendix Note A-3.2.9.1.(1)
  • Testing of Integrated S

ystems

  • Owners must ensure fire protection and life safety

systems are functioning in accordance with their design, including interconnections with other building systems

  • CAN/ ULC-S

1001 provides the methodology for verifying and documenting that interconnections between building systems satisfy the intent of their design

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NATIONAL FIRE CODE

  • 2015 Edition Tentative Changes
  • Construction requirements in Article 2.1.3.8
  • New S

ection 6.8 on testing of integrations

  • Article 2.1.3.8
  • References the NBC for installation of system

integrations

  • S

ection 6.8

  • Integrations between fire protection and life safety

systems to be tested and maintained in confirmation with ULC-S 1001

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ULC-S1001 CODE ADOPTION

  • S

tanding Committees

  • Proposed Change reviewed by S

tanding Committees

  • Use and Egress
  • Fire Protection
  • Housing and S

mall Buildings

  • Proposed changes accepted by all three standing

committees

  • Changes will be circulated for public comment during

next review phase

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ULC S1001 MAJOR SECTIONS

  • Integrated S

ystems Testing Requirements

  • Qualifications
  • Process
  • Testing Requirements
  • Documentation
  • Periodic Integrated S

ystems Testing

  • Retro Integrated S

ystems Testing

  • Integrated S

ystems Testing for Modifications

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QUALIFICATIONS

  • Participants in the Integrated Testing Plan
  • Design Professionals, Installing Contractors, Verifying

Parties

  • Knowledge and experience in the design, installation,

and operation of their relevant systems

  • Regulations may exist for licensing and/ or certification
  • f these individuals
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QUALIFICATIONS

  • Integrated Testing Coordinator
  • Maybe a person, firm, or corporation
  • Knowledge and experience of integrated systems,
  • peration under normal and fire conditions, and

methods of validation

  • Licenses and Certifications?
  • S

tandard can’ t dictate professional qualifications

  • To be part of the adoption in Regulations
  • Could also be in Owner’s contractual requirements
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PROCESS

  • Planning Phase
  • Informat ion gat hering from Design Professionals
  • Building Floor Plans
  • Fire Protection / Life S

afety S ystem Design Documents

  • S

equencing descriptions and coordination of systems

  • M&E Riser Diagrams
  • Operating and Testing Instructions
  • Alternative S
  • lutions
  • Miscellaneous
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PROCESS

  • Planning Phase
  • Preparation of the Integrated Testing Plan
  • Functional Obj ectives of S

ystem Integrations

  • S

equences of Operation

  • Integrated Testing Protocols and Procedures
  • Occupant Notification Procedures
  • Alternative Measures
  • Appendix B Guidelines
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PROCESS

  • Planning Phase
  • Int egrat ed Test ing Plan
  • Consider safety of personnel
  • Consider safe operation of systems
  • Consider Phased Occupancy, where applicable
  • Approved by the Design Professionals
  • Reviewed by the AHJs, where required
  • Revised when changes to systems are made
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PROCESS

  • Implementation Phase
  • Prior to implementing the Integrated Testing Plan
  • Confirmation from Design Professionals and Installing

Contractors that systems are ready for testing

  • Verification documentation from Verifying Parties
  • Inspection Certificates from Local Authorities
  • Occupant notification procedures implemented
  • Alternate measures implemented
  • Notify AHJs, where required
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PROCESS

  • Implementation Phase
  • Implementation of Test Protocols
  • As per the Integrated Testing Plan
  • Design Professionals, Installing Contractor, and

Verifying Party participation required

  • Retesting of Failed Tests
  • Documentation of Tests
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TESTING REQUIREMENTS

  • Proj ect S

pecific Testing

  • Procedures to demonstrate proper operation of

integrated systems based on design criteria

  • Functional operation of input devices
  • S

imulated operation permitted for non-restorable devices or where tests could harm persons or damage systems

  • Acceptance of other documented testing at the

discretion of the Integrated Testing Coordinator

  • Performance Based Testing Requirements
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TESTING REQUIREMENTS

  • S

ystems Considered

  • Fire Alarm S

ystem

  • Mass Notification S

ystems

  • Elevators
  • Emergency Generators
  • A/ V and Lighting Control S

ystems

  • Notification S

ystems

  • S

prinkler S ystems

  • S

tandpipe S ystems

  • Fire Pumps
  • Water S

upplies

  • Water S

upply Control Valve

  • Freeze Protection S

ystems

  • Fixed Fire S

uppression S ystems

  • Cooking S

uppression S ystems

  • Hold-Open Devices
  • Electromagnetic Locks
  • S

moke Control S ystems

  • Hazardous Protection

Monitoring

  • S

moke Alarms

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TESTING REQUIREMENTS

  • Testing effort is related to the complexity of

the system

  • For example a smoke exhaust system
  • Various input/ output correlation tests
  • Fan and damper control and status monitoring
  • Control interfaces (Firefighter’s S

moke Control S tation, BMS )

  • For simple analog interconnections,
  • one input activated to initiate sequence
  • operation of fans, dampers, etc. confirmed to test

integrations

  • Complicated digital interfaces
  • each software command string considered an

integration

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SAMPLE TEST REQUIREMENTS - FIRE PUMPS

  • Fire Pumps
  • Testing of each interconnection, as provided
  • Fire Pump Running,
  • Trouble,
  • Phase Reversal,
  • Loss of Phase,
  • Connected to an Alternate S
  • urce,
  • Controller Main S

witch in Off or Manual Position,

  • etc.
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SAMPLE TEST REQUIREMENTS - FIRE PUMPS

  • Fire Pumps
  • Each monitored connection is created on the Fire Pump

to show that the correct integration is provided

  • Fire Pump manually started and “ Fire Pump Running”

annunciation confirmed at the Fire Alarm S ystem

  • Fire Pump trouble condition created and ‘ Fire Pump

Trouble” annunciation confirmed at the Fire Alarm S ystem

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SAMPLE TEST REQUIREMENTS – EMERGENCY GENERATORS

  • Emergency Generators
  • S

imilar to Fire Pumps

  • Testing of each interconnection, as provided
  • Generator Running, Trouble, etc.
  • Each monitored condition is created on the

Emergency Generator to show the correct integration is provided

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  • Emergency Generators
  • Additional required Generator S

tart-Up Test

  • Full load test
  • All systems running at full design capacity
  • S

imulated loss of normal power

  • All running systems confirmed as operating under

emergency power

SAMPLE TEST REQUIREMENTS – EMERGENCY GENERATORS

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  • S

prinkler S ystems

  • Testing of Each Interconnection
  • Typically alarm and supervisory device monitoring
  • Test method appropriate for the integration

Flow water to test an integration to a flow switch Turn valve to test an integration to a supervised

valve

  • CAN/ ULC-S

537 Verification acceptable, at Integrated Testing Coordinators discretion

  • Process to not duplicate existing test and verification

requirements

SAMPLE TEST REQUIREMENTS – SPRINKLER SYSTEMS

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DOCUMENTATION

  • Integrated S

ystems Testing Report

  • Final Integrated Testing Report consists of the
  • Integrated Testing Plan
  • Documentation collected during Implementation

Phase

  • Integrated Testing Forms for Initial Test
  • Integrated Testing Forms for Re-Tests
  • Future use throughout the building’s life cycle
  • Life Cycle Testing
  • Modifications
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LIFE CYCLE TESTING

  • On-Going Integrated S

ystems Testing

  • On-Going Testing or Testing of Existing S

ystems

  • Re-Testing after system modifications
  • Implementation to be by Governing Bodies
  • Building and Fire Codes
  • Other Legislation
  • Contract Requirements
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LIFE CYCLE TESTING

  • Periodic Integrated S

ystems Testing

  • Routine Integrated S

ystems Testing throughout the building’s life cycle

  • Ensure system integrations are maintained
  • 1 Y

ear Confirmation Test

  • 5 Y

ear Periodic Testing

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LIFE CYCLE TESTING

  • Retro Integrated S

ystems Testing

  • Integrated S

ystems Testing for Existing Buildings

  • Confirmation that systems are properly integrated
  • S

imilar process as new construction

  • Lack of system Design requires detailed review
  • Integrated S

ystems Testing for Modifications

  • Amended Integrated S

ystems Testing

  • Implement testing for effected systems
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APPENDIX A – GENERAL INFORMATION

  • Informative Information
  • Aligned with the S

tandard Numbering (e.g., A1.1)

  • Provides background from the Working Group on the

intent of requirements

  • Examples of procedures and approaches that can be

considered

  • Examples of existing tests and reports
  • Examples of Fire Protection and Life S

afety S ystems

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APPENDIX B – GUIDELINES FOR INTEGRATED TESTING PLANS

  • Introduction
  • S

equence of Operation

  • Test Protocols and Procedures
  • Notifications
  • Personnel S

afety

  • Phased Occupancies
  • Pre-Testing Documentation
  • Testing Forms
  • Ongoing Integrated S

ystems Testing

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ULC SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMISSIONING Current Proj ects

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STANDARDS UPDATE

  • Published
  • CAN/ ULC-S

1001, Integrated S ystems Testing for Fire Protection and Life S afety S ystems

  • In Development
  • ULC-S

1002, Guideline on the Fire Commissioning Process

  • ULC-S

1003, Acceptance Testing for Active Fire Protection and Life S afety S ystems

  • ULC-S

1004, Acceptance Testing for Passive Fire Protection and Life S afety S ystems

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ULC S1002

  • Fire Commissioning Process
  • All aspects of the construction process
  • Pre-design, design, installation, acceptance testing,

closeout, training, etc.

  • New Construction, Retro, and Modifications
  • Review existing processes
  • CS

A Z320, NFP A, NIBS , IS O, Public Works, etc.

  • Align with ULC-S

1001, ULC-S 1003, and ULC-S 1004

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ULC-S1002 PRELIMINARY ITEMS

  • Commissioning Process
  • Proj ect Inception
  • Planning & Pre-Design
  • Detailed Design
  • Construction
  • Verification
  • Acceptance Testing
  • Occupancy and Close-Out
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ULC-S1002 PRELIMINARY ITEMS

  • Documentation Requirements
  • Owners Proj ect Requirements
  • Commissioning Plans and S

chedules

  • Commissioning Documents and Forms
  • Design Phase
  • Construction Rough-In Phase
  • Construction Finishing Phase
  • Acceptance Testing Phase
  • Closeout Phase
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ULC-S1002 PRELIMINARY ITEMS

  • Fire Commissioning Team
  • Owner & Facility Personnel
  • Fire Commissioning Team
  • Design Professionals / Contractors / Verifying Parties
  • Authorities Having Jurisdiction
  • Fire Commissioning Phases
  • New Construction
  • Re-Commissioning
  • Retro-Commissioning
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ULC-S1003 & ULC-S1004

  • Technical aspects of acceptance testing
  • Recommended practices for design

professionals

  • Reasonable steps to ensure systems are

properly installed and functioning

  • All aspects of the construction process
  • To align with ULC-S

1001 & ULC-S 1002

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ULC-S1003 & ULC-S1004 - PRELIMINARY ITEMS

  • Acceptance Testing requirements in

development

  • Active and Passive S

ystems

  • Extent of testing requirements being

developed

  • Based on system components
  • Percentage of component to be tested
  • Permitted failure rates
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Questions or Comments?

BILL FREMIS DEFENCE CONS TRUCTION CANADA 613-293-3975 Bill.Fremis@ dcc-cdc.gc.ca WORKING GROUP CHAIR, INTEGRATED S YS TEMS TES TING OF FIRE PROTECTION & LIFE S AFETY S YS TEMS