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Management

Category overview

Weightings Minimum standards

Fully fitted 12%

Shell only 12.5%

Shell and core 11%

Man 03, Man 04, Man 05

Summary

This category encourages the adoption of sustainable management practices in connection with design, construction, commissioning, handover and aftercare activities to ensure that robust sustainability objectives are set and followed through into the operation of the building. Issues in this section focus on embedding sustainability actions through the key stages of design, procurement and initial occupation from the initial project brief stage to the appropriate provision of aftercare.

Category summary table

Issue ID

Issue name

Credits

Credit summary

Man 01

Project brief and design

4

  • Stakeholder consultation covering project delivery and relevant third parties.
  • Sustainability champion appointed to facilitate the setting, monitoring and achievement of BREEAM performance target(s) for the project.

Man 02

Life cycle cost and service life planning

4

  • Recognising and encouraging the use of life cycle costing and service life planning and the sharing of data to raise awareness and understanding.

Man 03

Responsible construction practices

6

  • The principal contractor demonstrates sound environmental management practices and consideration for neighbours across their activities on-site.
  • Site related energy, water and transport impacts are monitored and reported to ensure ongoing compliance during the Construction, Handover and Close Out stages and to improve awareness and understanding for future projects.

Man 04

Commissioning and handover

4

  • Schedule of commissioning including optimal timescales and appropriate testing and commissioning of all building services systems and building fabric in line with best practice.
  • Inspecting, testing, identifying and rectifying defects via an appropriate method.
  • Provision of a non-technical Building User Guide and user/operator training timed appropriately around handover and proposed occupation.

Man 05

Aftercare

3

  • Provision of the necessary infrastructure and resources to provide aftercare support to the building occupier(s).
  • Seasonal commissioning activities will be completed over a minimum 12 month period, once the building becomes substantially occupied.
  • The client or building occupier commit to carrying out a post occupancy evaluation (POE) exercise one year after initial building occupation and to disseminate the findings in terms of the building’s post occupancy performance.

Man 01 Project brief and design

Man 02 Life cycle cost and service life planning

Man 03 Responsible construction practices

Man 04 Commissioning and handover

Man 05 Aftercare


BREEAM UK New Construction non-domestic buildings technical manual 2014
Reference: SD5076 – Issue: 5.0
Date: 23/08/2016
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