Critical Air Handling Units – Commissioning New and Refurbished Units

Summary of Presentation by IHEEM Registered AE Ventilation – David Livingstone – Chartered Engineer and Fellow of IHEEM

Presentation Title: Critical Air Handling Units – Commissioning new and refurbished units – the role of the AE Ventilation and independent validators to ensure compliance

Healthcare providers are constantly replacing Air Handling Units or carrying out major refurbishments.

It is vital to the continued compliant operation of the air supply systems to ensure safety of patients, staff and visitors that the commissioning is planned and involves the Authorising Engineer Ventilation. It is also part of the standard that is followed for AHU commissioning – HTM03-01 Part A – that commissioning is witnessed by people independent of the contractors and tests are carried out by “Validation experts” – normally the same contractors who carry out annual verifications.

David will discuss commissioning using his experience of witnessing this is in a number of settings including:

1. Refurbishment of operating theatres in Royal Hallamshire – tower block building which underwent major refurbishment of a number of Theatres
2. New build of Aseptic suites at NHS Blood Transfusion HQ – Filton, Bristol
3. Refurbishment of theatres at Kings College Hospital
4. Refurbishment of theatres at Sheffield Northern General Hospital
5. Nightingale hospital at Excel Centre – London. Commissioning the field hospital built to absorb Covid-19 spillover from London hospitals

David has developed a commissioning matrix which he will explain and make available to attendees of this talk. He has used this system in a number of commissioning scenarios to great effect and the matrix has been highly praised by a number of his clients.