Peer review and constructability · Lesson 1 of 4

Peer review and constructability: principles and terminology

What a peer review is under NIBS Guideline 3, what makes it independent, how CII defines constructability, and the ladder of checks a flashing detail passes before AFS fabricates it: designer, contractor QC, approval, AFS shop confirmation.

You will be able to: Define peer review, independent peer review and constructability with their sources, name each step of the review ladder on a flashing job, and state what review does not do.

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Why review before metal is cut

NIBS Guideline 3 says the performance of a building enclosure cannot be verified until the entire building is completely enclosed.

This module treats review as a written second look at a flashing detail before money and metal are committed.

Sources

NIBS Guideline 3-2012, Building Enclosure Commissioning Process (BECx), final, 25 April 2012 - National Institute of Building Sciences

Glossary

Peer review: In NIBS Guideline 3, an objective technical review of design documents, submittals or shop drawings by a Building Enclosure Specialist, to evaluate the proposed systems and details for compliance with the owner's project requirements.
Independent peer review: In NIBS Guideline 3, a peer review by a specialist who has no relationship to any firm providing services to the project and no known or potential conflict of interests.
Constructability: CII's term for the optimal use of construction knowledge and experience in planning, design, procurement and field operations. In plain terms: whether a detail can be built, in order, by the people who will build it.
Owner's project requirements (OPR): The owner's criteria that NIBS Guideline 3 compares an enclosure design against; NIBS calls the OPR a living document for the enclosure commissioning process.
G item: In a UFGS section, a submittal marked G needs Government approval before use; other items are approved through the contractor's own quality control. UFGS is a federal guide specification, not a building code.