Rick Casault

Background

About Rick Casault

Rick leads targeted training to facilitate highly effective building commissioning process and commissioning master planning in new and existing buildings. Facilitator of dynamic, interactive commissioning process workshops and training seminars, including focused workshops to develop owner’s project requirements, commissioning master planning and strategic planning. Universities, US national laboratories, global Fortune 500 corporations, public school districts, and a large-city fire department benefited from our ability to deliver commissioning programs adapted to their unique business environments. Rick brings a diverse background to projects; commissioning consulting, staff facilities engineering, journey-level trades work, consulting engineering, extensive training and speaking, and engineering and liberal arts education. Rick appreciates the challenges of operating and maintaining a facility; promotes team-building skills; applies time-proven, whole-building approaches to building commissioning; advocates clear understanding of construction contracts and innovative solutions to new challenges; hones communications and facilitation skills; and, leads to facilities that work as intended. Rick is a licensed professional mechanical engineer, a BCA founding member, and a CSI Construction Documents Technologist. Commissioning projects included higher education facilities, hospitals, transportation facilities, offices, greenhouses, libraries, corrections facilities, performing arts centers, teaching and research lab facilities, boiler plants, and schools. Presenter for April 21, 2010 ASHRAE Webcast, “Right from the Start – Commissioning for High Performing Buildings” Creator/facilitator: 4-day series of commissioning process workshops for staff of a global Fortune 500 corporation in Seoul, Korea. ASHRAE GPC 1.2, The Commissioning Process for Existing HVAC & R Systems Founding President, Building Commissioning Association ASHRAE member