facilities management FM
Wednesday September 29
8:00am – 9:00am
FM-01 The Perfect Technology Storm
Steve Nixon, CEM, LEED AP
Johnson Controls, Inc.
Steve Nixon
Today’s building owners and managers have an increasing responsibility to address energy efficiency. At the same time, advancements in the development of technology, standardization, and expertise are combining to unleash opportunities like never before for Facility and IT Managers to improve building and business performance. Less duplication, reduced operating expenses, increased energy efficiency, system integration, IT communications infrastructures, are converging to create new standards of performance. It is the Perfect Technology Storm.
Mr. Nixon has 30 years of technical and business experience working on projects with customers to develop energy conservation and technology services solutions. The focus is on optimizing building systems performance and the integration of technology (low-voltage) systems in buildings. His expertise is in the application of energy conservation methodologies and systems integration technology. As a proven business development leader on major projects he understands the complexity and the processes required to plan, implement and deliver successful sustainable and technology projects. Building Systems expertise includes: Facility Operational Evaluations, Systems Integration Design and Technology, Energy Conservation and Sustainable building design, Energy Services Performance Contracting, Building HVAC Controls Design and Technology, Fire Alarm Systems Design and Technology, Security Systems Design and Technology, Lighting Control Systems Technology
Mr. Nixon received a BS in Electronics Engineering and has 30 Years experience in Building Technology Systems with companies including Johnson Controls, Honeywell, EMC Engineers, and Simplex and has certifications and/or involvement with the following professional associations: Certified Energy Manager (CEM) through Association of Energy Engineers, USGBC LEED Accredited Professional, Member of Association of Energy Engineers, Member of American Society of Heating, Refrigerating & Air Conditioning Engineers, Member of Design Build Institute of America
9:45am – 10:30am
FM-02 Tenant Improvement: Civilizing the Process to Maximize Results
Moderator – Dean Stanberry, CFM, LEED AP O&M
PANEL – Alex Szollosi (Max Construction); Anne Hayes (Westfield Property Services); Michael Yurchak, CFM (CBRE); Patrick Gorham, SMA, LEED AP (CBRE)
Common Pitfalls in Tenant Improvements; challenges of balancing needs/requirements of owner vs user vs builder, integrated project delivery, difficulty in landlords acquiring TI $$, shorter lease terms = less TI $ to spend).
Dean Stanberry
Dean: As moderator, I will direct the discussion between the panelists to provide a balanced perspective to the discussion topics.
Dean has over 25 years of professional experience in the areas of Facilities Management, Corporate Services, Information Systems, and Telecommunications. He has accumulated a unique blend of skills including organizational effectiveness, financial management, process management, quality improvement, project management, information systems planning, and operations. He has served on the Chapter’s Technology Committee, led the Chapter Web Site redesign efforts, and held the offices of Treasurer from 2002 through 2004, and Vice-President through 2005 and President through 2006. He received the chapter’s “Distinguished Member” in 2005. Dean also serves on the IFMA Foundation Board of Trustees.
Alex Szollosi
Alex: My experience lies in the budgeting, bidding, negotiating, project managing, permitting, and marketing of tenant finish projects primarily in high-rise office buildings. We work closely with property managers, construction managers, leasing agents, and brokers. I can speak to all aspects of the construction process that relate to the tenant finish industry. I can address the importance of documentation and open communication as well as the proper methods for reviewing bids and what questions to ask
Alex: I have been in the Tenant Finish Industry for 25 years. Max Construction, Inc. was founded in 1991 specializing in tenant finish construction management. We bid and negotiate projects in the Denver Metro Area for companies like LBA Realty, Brookfield Development, Transwestern, Jones Lang LaSalle, Cushman and Wakefield , CRESA Partners and more.
Prior to working in the tenant finish industry I spent several years working on ground up projects in heavy construction. We are active in our community supporting the Denver Children’s Home. Over the last four years our subcontractors have joined in the effort to change the quality of life for the young men and women at the Denver Children’s Home by donating time and materials in excess of $100,000.00.
Anne Hayes
Mike has been with CBRE since July of 2009. He has worked exclusively supporting the McGraw-Hill account providing Facilities Management and Project Management oversight as the Senior Facilities Manager. He supports operations in Colorado and Texas and manages over 1.8M sf. McGraw-Hill is a parent company to many wholly owned subsidiaries, which in the Denver market include Standard & Poor’s, J.D. Power & Associates, Platts, and KMGH TV 7. Previously, Mike was a Regional Workplace Manager in Corporate Real Estate for Sun Microsystems. Prior to that, he was the Manager of Facilities Planning & Project Management for StorageTek.
Patrick Gorham LEED AP, SMA, Chief Engineer with CB Richard Ellis, responsibilities include Plaza Tower One, DirecTV, and Atrium III totaling approximately 1,000,000 square feet of commercial real estate. Plaza Tower One received LEED EB Gold Certification in 2009 and was a BOMA building of the year in 2007. Patrick has 30+ years of experience in the building operations industry in several Denver office buildings as well as Charlotte, North Carolina. Pat is a member of Building Operators Association of Colorado, and Association of Facility Engineers. Pat is part of CBRE’s Green committee specifically overseeing utility rebate programs for Denver Water and XCEL Energy. Pat is a LEED AP, BOMA SMA , and a licensed stationary Engineer with City and County of Denver.
11:00am – 11:45am
FM-03 Social Media: The 21st Century Approach to Marketing Your Business
Kama Weinberger, ASID, IIDA
Q+E Design Resources, Inc.
Social Media has really taken off over the last few years through sites such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Blogs you can share and gain valuable information. Once thought of something just for kids these sites allow you to connect with people in ways you never could before. More companies are joining the Social Media band wagon. We will talk about each of the Social Media tools, how to use them and how they can benefit you and your company.
Kama Weinberger is a NCIDQ certified Interior Designer and President/CEO of Q+E Design Source and Q+E Furniture Solutions with locations in Denver and San Francisco. She has always been a bit of a tech geek looking at new and innovated ways to market her business and simplify her day to day work process.
2:00pm – 3:00pm
FM-04 Design and Usability of Mechanical Systems
Rick Dassow and Woody Widmer
Colorado Mechanical (CMI)
Many common issues related to tenant comfort are not always attributable to the actual performance of the equipment, but rather to fundamental design issues associated with retrofit of an existing building. More times than not, we have found that when a building owner or manager reconfigures space, the existing mechanical systems are not upgraded or redesigned to handle and increase in heat/cooling load. This includes issues related to moving walls and doorways, adding data centers, changing the use of the space, and other topics related to usability and tenant comfort. In this presentation, we will cover the common pitfalls of changing the use of a building, including; different types of systems, CFM calculations and tonnage requirements, engineering, test and balance, permitting and building code requirements, supply and return issues, project cost, and energy efficiency related to the design of new space.
Additionally, we will be discussing concepts related to the usability and use of the space. This will include building population, heat load, solar gain, criticality, hours of operation, building automation controls, zones, balancing, and scalability. Finally, we will be covering different options that the facility managers can explore if they are already living with a reconfigured space that has not been properly designed. This will include potential, after the fact, modifications that will increase tenant comfort without having to entirely retrofit the entire system. Facility managers will leave the session with a process they can use to make decisions when reconfiguring their building, and also present solutions to existing problems they may have.
Rick Dassow is responsible for our mechanical services in the western part of the country. He has served as Chief Operating Officer since CMI Mechanical was acquired by Compass-USA in 2009. He brings a diverse background of facilities and real estate expertise and has an extensive background in running large divisions for national facility service organizations. Rick has an undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin Madison and a graduate degree in finance from DePaul University.
Woody Widmer graduated from National Electronics Institute in 1968 and founded CMI Mechanical in 1980. He brings over forty years of HVAC and mechanical experience and after selling his company in 2001 now serves as our Vice President of CMI Mechanical. Woody is factory certified on environmental systems such as Liebert, Datac, Stoltz, and Copeland and also holds numerous contractor and refrigeration licenses.
Thursday September 30
8:00am – 9:00am
FM-05 Building Automation System BASics
Greg Bradshaw
Bradshaw Building Solutions
Greg Bradshaw
Building Automation Systems (BAS), which are sometimes referred to as Energy Management Systems (EMS) are the most critical tool for maintaining creature comfort, saving energy & overall equipment maintenance. This enlightening seminar will provide facility managers and other interested parties a brief history of BAS, examine the current state of the industry & give a look into the future. In addition we will take a trip down the path to see how best to get a BAS that will provide your engineering staff with a tool that is easy to use, well maintained and cost effective. Furthermore, the Xcel rebate programs for EMS will be explained to give FM’s extra help to install or upgrade your BAS to optimize your facility and its comfort and energy use. This seminar should take the mystery out of this extraordinarily useful tool and even explain how FM’s can interact with the BAS.
Greg Bradshaw, owner of Bradshaw Building Solutions, has 45 years experience in the construction industry, the last 34 years focusing on re-commissioning, building automation systems, energy management, energy retrofits and smoke control systems. Greg has worked with controls/integration companies, a mechanical design/build firm, a BAS manufacturer as regional manager, an engineering firm specializing in commissioning & retro-commissioning. Greg now has his own company focusing on re-commissioning, smoke control & building automation system consulting. Greg has spoken many times about a number of subjects, including Re-Commissioning & Commissioning, Energy Management Systems, Web-based BAS, Building Systems Interoperability, Energy Retrofits, Control Strategies, Smoke Control Systems and Networks & the BAS.
9:45 am -10:30 am
FM-06 Demands of a Data Center: What Every Facilities Manager Should Know
Moderator – Randy Jackson, Howell Construction
Panel: Rick Dassow , Colorado Mechanical (CMI), Woody Widmer, Colorado Mechanical (CMI), Hank Seader , Swanson Rink, Gary W. Orazio, PE , Swanson Rink, Robert Maas, RPA Grubb & Ellis, Michael Donato, LEED AP BD&C, Electric Reliability Services
In this presentation we anticipate fielding questions from the audience with respect to the construction, retrofit, and ongoing maintenance of computer rooms/data centers. Potential topics that we intend to discuss will include:
- Design for anticipated heat load
- Scalability of design as it relates to future expansion
- Equipment types and manufactures
- Redundancy
- UPS back-up
- Generators
- Maintenance
- Disaster recovery and emergency response
As a Data Center facility manager it is very important to build a close relationship with your key tenants, consultants and contractors. The Real Estate managers (Property & Project) met on a monthly basis with the key tenants, to discuss projects both current and future; these meetings were called “Focus Meetings”. All projects had a written MOP (Method of Procedure) that was reviewed by real estate, tenants, contractors and consultants. Budgets on both sides of the house were laid out; this helped tremendously for procuring needed funds for projects within the data center. These Focus Meetings also reduced the amount of unexpected outages to an absolute minimum.
Randy Jackson
Randy joined Howell Construction in 1979 and has more than 35 years of industry experience. He has 23 years of supervisory experience involving complex telecommunications projects and mechanical and electrical infrastructure upgrades in data centers, hospitals, commercial buildings, and high-rise construction with aggregate values of well over $100 million. Randy specializes in difficult infrastructure projects in online data centers.
Randy manages construction projects from scheduling and job costing through project closeout.
Randy is a board member of the 7X24 Exchange, Rocky Mountain Chapter and a member of the Colorado Association of Hospital Engineering Directors.
Rick Dassow is responsible for our mechanical services in the western part of the country. He has served as Chief Operating Officer since CMI Mechanical was acquired by Compass-USA in 2009. He brings a diverse background of facilities and real estate expertise and has an extensive background in running large divisions for national facility service organizations. Rick has an undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin Madison and a graduate degree in finance from DePaul University.
Woody Widmer graduated from National Electronics Institute in 1968 and founded CMI Mechanical in 1980. He brings over forty years of HVAC and mechanical experience and after selling his company in 2001 now serves as our Vice President of CMI Mechanical. Woody is factory certified on environmental systems such as Liebert, Datac, Stoltz, and Copeland and also holds numerous contractor and refrigeration licenses.
Hank Seader
Hank Seader has 20 years of mission critical experience and is recognized in the industry for his ability to work with facility and IT staff to evaluate current operations, plan for future needs and develop criteria for specific program requirements. As a former data center operator, he managed data center development programs for the Department of Defense and Sabre (the computer reservations system). As an Engineering Consultant, Hank Seader guided both Fortune 100 companies and regional startups in defining the requirements and developing solutions for their data center facility infrastructure. While a Principal at the Uptime Institute, Hank was the co-author of the Uptime Institute Data Center Facilities Infrastructure Classification System and served as a Tier Certification Authority responsible for certifying data centers to the Uptime Institute Tier Standard.
Gary Orazio
Gary Orazio is President of Swanson Rink, a leading data center consulting and engineering firm based in Denver, Colorado. Mr. Orazio has over 20 years of experience working with clients to improve their data center’s mechanical and electrical infrastructure while meeting reliability and efficiency goals. Mr. Orazio has served has the Project Executive and Mechanical Engineer on a variety of data centers including large Greenfield facilities to smaller expansions and upgrades. Gary Orazio has helped develop many innovative design concepts including development of the Super CRAC concept. This concept is an under floor air distribution system that utilizes large air handlers to supply data centers with high load densities. This concept has been successfully implemented in many projects.
Robert Maas has enjoyed a wonderful career in the Bell System and retired after 37 years. Most of my career within the Bell System I was connected with data centers, first as an Engineer, Project Manager and then Facility Manger. I did take some time off of the data centers to become a certified instructor for Bellcore Tec where I taught building engineering and computer operating systems.
Currently I have joined the Grubb & Ellis Property Management Division at the Colorado University Research and Development Park. I am also the President of the 7×24 Exchange Rocky Mountain Chapter.
I was born and raised in Colorado, I have a lovely wife, 4 daughters and 7 grandchildren. My passions outside of building management include computers, motorcycles, racing and anything outdoors.
11:00 – 11:45am
FM-07 Strategies for Facility Optimization and Cost Savings
Joseph P. Havey, LEED®AP BD&C, RPA, FMA, SMA
Aurora Bank and Havey Real Estate
Facility optimization and cost savings are critical to the success of all real estate and facilities professionals. This is more important than ever as we recover from the worst recession in forty years. Facility replacement costs, consolidation of multiple facilities, and the decision matrix, create challenges that require careful analysis and due diligence. Many factors must be considered including aging facilities/equipment, life-cycle cost, energy efficiency, seating density, functional obsolescence, sustainability initiatives, and alignment with Corporate strategy. We will discuss these topics at the individual facility and building level, as well as the portfolio level.
Joseph P. Havey, LEED®AP BD&C, RPA, FMA, SMA
Mr. Havey is currently Senior Vice President-U.S. Corporate Real Estate with Aurora Bank (previously Lehman Brothers Bank). His career highlights include General Manager with Broe Real Estate, Vice President and partner with Amerimar Realty, Senior Sales Engineer with Johnson Controls, and Regional Chief Engineer with Hines. He has a B.S. degree in Business Administration and Finance from Regis University. Joe is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Denver’s School of Real Estate and is a Candidate in 2010 for a Master’s Degree in the same school. He holds a Colorado Real Estate Broker license and is a LEED Accredited Professional. He is a member of BOMA, ASHRAE, and AEE. Joe’s previous portfolio and team at Denver Place, received the first Energy Star label in Colorado, as well as the first LEED-EB in Colorado.
1:30pm – 2:15pm
FM-08 Strategic Sustainability and Responsible Design
G. Allan Williams, Jr., Essential Integration Consulting
Virginia McAllister, Iron Horse Architects
The significant role of the Facility Manager, across industry sectors, to positively impact corporate sustainability and social responsibility has never been more noteworthy and the challenge to meet these needs more important. As facility management professionals rise to meet the challenges of expanding roles and reduced capital renewal budgets, what are the service industry trends, actionable solutions and technology advances that will lead in support of FM’s growing need to innovate greater efficiency in the operational, functional and physical environments they continually manage, measure and report on? Will include a Facility Modernization Case Study – Modernization of the National Ice Core Laboratory.
Gregg Allan Williams Jr., President and CEO, Essential Integration Consulting, Ltd: The vision for EIC centers on the leadership and executive management experience of it’s President, Allan Williams. Al is a native to Colorado and has been a member of the local business community for 28 years. He has extensive operational management experience, pre-construction, design-build, project executive level management and claims resolution. Al’s successful career represents his strong commitment and solid association to industry excellence and leading operational and technical best practices. Throughout his career he worked, and developed his practice, at the nationally ranked construction management firms of Turner Construction Company and Skanska USA Building, Inc.
Virginia McAllister, Principal, Iron Horse Architects: Virginia McAllister’s diverse experience in development, design and construction over the past 20 years, has given her a breadth of experience in the practice of architecture. A highly skilled professional in commercial, hospitality, development, planning, and large civil projects, Virginia has assisted clients in proformas and due diligence, high and best use and programming studies to analyze land and projects. Her design skills have served clients well in producing buildings of lasting value both in design and quality. Her extensive experience produces innovative designs and strong images, which contributed to the built environment.