Obra de climatización

A 90-minute, 4-round basic Express simulation for Spanish vocational training (Formacion Profesional), module 0128 Planificacion del montaje de instalaciones of the Tecnico Superior en Desarrollo de Proyectos de Instalaciones Termicas y de Fluidos (Real Decreto 219/2008).

The learner is Lucia Torrecuadrada, a newly qualified site technician of a small installation company running her first job: the air conditioning of a fictional six-floor office building, subcontracted by the general contractor for 1.45 million euros and 52 weeks, from February 2027 to January 2028 - a heat pump, four air handling units, 210 fan coils, a VRF system and the building controls.

Four situations set the job's course: the first day, and how the installation is programmed (a network tied to the building's programme, not pipe on every floor at once or waiting until the building is closed) and when the equipment is ordered (the submittal approved first and each order placed on its lead time, not when the building is ready or before the approval); the risers, and who installs (crews sized to the programme, refrigerant work only by certified technicians) and how a heat pump 5 weeks late is absorbed (re-sequencing, not waiting or switching make); August, and how a clash with a beam is solved (a coordination drawing, not closing the ceilings over squeezed ducts) and when the installation is tested (each section before its ceiling closes); and the last phase, and how the installation is certified (the RITE certificate signed with the test results and registered before it is put into service) and commissioned (balanced and tested before the handover).

Two critical errors cap the round: refrigerant handled by uncertified fitters (Real Decreto 115/2017) and a certificate of tests not done. Some mistakes look fine on the day and come back later through the ceilings, the submittals and the crews. KPIs: installation on programme, direct cost, penalty exposure and open nonconformities. Lesson: ordering the equipment late turns a supplier's delay into a delay of the job.

Spanish primary, English parity. Fictional companies, building and people; real curriculum and rules cited.

An introductory simulation that assumes no prior knowledge of the subject, designed for undergraduate courses. It also works in vocational and high-school programmes and in onboarding sessions.