Site Utility Design: Commercial Buildings

After completing this course, you will:

• List the project information required when designing a reliable utility systems management program to promote a safe, controlled and comfortable environment for building occupants.
• Outline the factors that need to be checked with the AHJ concerning storm drainage systems to protect, maintain, and enhance the public health, safety, and general welfare. 
• Identify possible safe methods through which storm water can be discharged to avoid significant threats to public health and the environment. 
• Describe how the natural gas delivery system works to maximize efficiency and safety. 
• State the health and safety design factors that should be requested from the utility concerning the natural gas characteristics.
• Sequence the preventative and mitigative steps in testing natural gas lines after installation and prior to final completion to improve safety. 
• Indicate the important things to check with utilities concerning their health, safety, and welfare requirements for a natural gas system to be installed in a community.