This Standard has been developed to meet the needs of the National Building Code of Canada (NBCC) and the National Fire Code of Canada (NFCC) for integrated systems testing of fire protection and life safety systems and the fire protection and life safety functions of other systems. It represents the process of integrated systems testing and is the first ULC standard related to Commissioning. It is the ultimate intention of the ULC Committee to work with the National Building Code of Canada (NBCC) and National Fire Code of Canada (NFCC) Standing Committees to have CAN/ULC-S1001 introduced into the NBCC and the NFCC to address the integrated systems testing needs of a building?s fire protection and life safety systems as a whole.

This Standard prescribes the following: methodology for verifying and documenting that all interconnections between systems provided for fire protection and life safety functions are installed and operating in conformance with their design criteria; integrated systems testing qualifications; integrated systems testing process; integrated systems testing requirements; integrated systems testing documentation; periodic integrated systems testing; retro-integrated systems testing; and integrated systems testing for modifications.

The intended users of this standard may include building owners, property managers, those who perform functions associated integrated systems testing and commissioning, general contractors, regulators, etc.