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The article presents a message from Rebecca T. Ellis, president of Questions & Solutions Engineering Inc. and outgoing contributor to the magazine's Commissioning column. She looks back at how building systems commissioning evolved in the 1990s and how it influenced building system performance and sustainable operation. She cites how the industry has reached maturity along with the need for leaders to focus on standards, certification and expansion of commissioning.

The article explores starting this month and going through November 2022, I will count down my Top 10 Elements of Commissioning. These are, in my opinion, the most important things for a successful commissioning project. My definition of "success" is twofold: First, the building systems function properly when they're handed over from the project team to the operations team, and, second, the operations team is equipped with the understanding, documentation, and training.

The article offers information on the works of the punchlist process for static installation and documentation items but never includes dynamic or operational issues at the time of substantial completion. It mentions that commissioning action list as essentially a punchlist for invisible operational issues.