In the past, and probably in this column years ago, I was a passionate proponent of making functional performance test execution a prerequisite for substantial completion. This seemed to be an obvious ...

What happens when there is a design change (change order) in the middle of functional performance testing? That late in the project, design changes are often a result of functional performance testing ...

Santa Clara, Calif.—Measuring the performance of battery-powered units used to be easy: measure the current via a resistive or inductive shunt pick-off while monitoring the terminal voltage, end of ...