The Problem Among the few barriers that we often hear people speak about when deciding to adopt commissioning software, the horror of converting an existing library of commissioning forms, checklists, and other commissioning project collateral is often the most overwhelming. … Read More
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Andrew Interviewed on The Edifice Complex Podcast
Check out episode 26 of the Edifice Complex Podcast where Andrew is interviewed by Adam Muggleton and Robert Bean. The state of technology in the construction industry, Andrew’s experience working at Johnson Controls and his background, BlueRithm Commissioning Software, and … Read More
Sponsorship Announcement
We’re very happy to announce that we’re working with Adam Muggleton from The Building Whisperer blog and Edifice Complex podcast, along with Robert Bean, also with the Edifice Complex podcast. We’re supporting the great work they’re doing to educate and … Read More
Fall Conferences
We’re excited to announce that we’ll be attending and exhibiting at a minimum of two major industry events this fall – The Building Commissioning Association Conference on September 25 and 26th in Schaumburg, IL, and the USGBC Greenbuild International Conference … Read More
Updates from BlueRithm
What have we been up to? We’ve been hard at work in recent months making improvements to BlueRithm. If it’s been a while since you’ve stopped by, we invite you to have a quick discussion to understand what we can … Read More
Top Benefits of Building Commissioning in 2019
Top Benefits of Building Commissioning in 2019 (Updated August, 2019) Building commissioning (Cx) provides tangible and quantifiable benefits to building developers/owners, occupants, construction and design teams, and ultimately society at large. This article provides an overview of the most common … Read More
The Anatomy of a Building Commissioning Program for New Construction or Retrofits
The Anatomy of a Building Commissioning Program for New Construction or Retrofits Commissioning ensures that building owners get what they pay for when constructing or retrofitting buildings, it provides insurance for policymakers and program managers that their initiatives actually meet … Read More
BlueRithm Updates
We’ve released some updates recently that we wanted to share with you. Releasing new features that our customers have asked for, and that help them be more efficient with their time and projects, is one of the best parts of … Read More
New Report Builder – Major BlueRithm Update
We’ve released a major update to BlueRithm that includes the new Report Builder tool. This is a huge update, and we invite you to check it out. You can download a sample report from our website on this page. The … Read More
Top Benefits of Building Commissioning
Download a PDF of this article Top Benefits of Building Commissioning Building commissioning provides tangible and quantifiable benefits to building owners, its occupants, construction teams, and society at large. These benefits include, first and foremost, direct and measurable energy savings, … Read More
Successful Commissioning: How it Relates to the Construction Schedule
Successful Commissioning: How it Relates to the Construction Schedule We know that many of the activities that are part of a successful commissioning process happen at various points of a project, with some occurring at very early stages before major … Read More
Commissioning Software: How to Roll it Out in Your Organization
Commissioning Software How to Roll it Out in Your Organization (Also see our related article on selecting a commissioning software platform) The following are suggestions based on industry best practices and our experience. Not everything will apply to your organization, … Read More
Rework: A Great Read on Running a Smart, Nimble Business in the 21st Century
My First Review I haven’t ever written a review of a book before, but I thought there was enough universally useful information in this one that I wanted to share my thoughts. Why I Think this Book, and Others Like … Read More
Your Checklists and Test Scripts – We Can Convert Them for You
One of the biggest roadblocks to adopting a new commissioning software platform is migrating the libraries of templates, checklists, test scripts, etc. you’ve built up over many years. This can be quite intimidating, and let’s face it, tedious. That’s why … Read More
Building Automation System Projects: 9 Things to Improve the Success of Your Projects
Building Automation System Projects: 9 Things to Improve the Success of Your Projects Download a PDF of this Article Building automation systems (BAS) work is unique among construction disciplines, and even among other building technologies and systems. Building automation systems … Read More
Cloud Based Commissioning Software – What the Industry is Saying
Cloud Based Commissioning Software What the Industry is Saying About It Everything is moving to the cloud. Your family’s grocery list, your company’s email platform, Microsoft Office, your building’s data and predictive analytics. So why aren’t your commissioning libraries and … Read More
BlueRithm – What’s With our Name?
BlueRithm: Not Blue Rythm, Blue Rhythm, or Blue Rithm People often ask about our unique name and where it came from, so we wanted to elaborate on that a little. First of all, and most importantly, we want to be … Read More
Your Unique Position as a Systems Integrator
You’re Used to This If you’re a SCADA integrator, building automation systems contractor, or other technology system contractor working within construction events, it goes without saying that your projects usually come with a dose of stress and anxiety. A common … Read More
Status Meetings are Eating Your Profits
Those of us who have worked in the construction industry for any length of time know that project status meetings are something of a sacred ritual. They’re recurring, persistent, often contentious, and grossly unproductive. This isn’t a direct shot at … Read More
Commissioning Software: How to Select the Right Product
Commissioning Software How to Select the Right Product As a business owner, you are constantly thinking about and carrying out plans to help your business run more efficiently and predictably, and improve employee morale. You know that this translates to … Read More
BACnet: A Technical Summary
Download a PDF of this Article BACnet This is a high level summary of the BACnet specification as outlined in ASHRAE Standard 135-2004. It is content that I wrote in a graduate course on networking technologies several years ago. Introduction This … Read More
10 Best Practices for New Building Commissioning
Best Practices for New Building Commissioning Building commissioning is the vehicle that building owners and contracting teams are using to achieve better outcomes. These outcomes include sorting out interoperability issues between the many complex building systems that are installed in … Read More
Managing Profitability with Good Resource Utilization
The vast majority of building systems and commissioning work is performed as projects within matrix organizations. Within these matrix structures are limited pools of resources who project leaders and department managers are constantly negotiating and competing for in order to … Read More
Managing BAS Point to Point Checkout and Commissioning
On your BAS projects, once you have a project plan in place, engineering and design work finished, and begin executing your work, you need to make sure that it runs as smoothly and is as organized as possible. Facilitating this … Read More
Project Management on Building Automation System Projects
Project management on building automation system projects is sometimes viewed as simply making sure tasks are checked off a list as a project moves along. But it should be more than that. It should be a strategy for how you … Read More