A compelling reason to attend The TFM Forum: Education, Government, and Healthcare is to take advantage of the conference program that is led by visionaries and world renowned facility management experts in the field of education and government. The following speakers are scheduled to speak at the 2009 TFM Forum: Education, Government, and Healthcare:*
GENERAL SESSION: AGGRESSIVE UTILITIES MANAGEMENT
Jeff Crane, P.E.
Mechanical Engineer and Regional Property Manager
Childress Klein Properties
Utilities represent a significant percentage of the operations budget. Studying and understanding consumption data for electricity, gas, and water is the first step in aggressively managing and controlling these costs. This session discusses the metrics typically associated with utilities consumption, including where to find them and how to interpret them.
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THINK TANK: DEVELOPING THE LEADER WITHIN YOU
Jim Barbush
Facilities Contracts Manager
Construction Support Office
Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education
To be the best leader you can possibly be, you need to explore and understand key characteristics about yourself that reveal your strengths and weaknesses, thus enabling you to lead while using your best talents, styles, and desires. Understanding identifying characteristics about yourself will help you to assure that (1) you are doing what your are equipped to do, (2) you will excel in what you are doing, (3) you will relate to people as you should, and (3) you will have vision as to where you are going. In this session, discover how you can operate in your “sweet spot.”
THINK TANK: HELP I'M BEING AUDITED BY OSHA -- SIX EASY STEPS TO KEEPING EMPLOYEES SAFE AND SURVIVING THE OSHA VISIT
David Casavant
Executive Director Workplace Safety Awareness Council
Last Year OSHA issued over 40,000 citations for safety violations in the workplace. In one example, a well known company was fined over $1 million for safety violations that resulted in an employee's death. The good news - many organizations have learned to comply with OSHA regulations and have avoided fines and citations when audited by OSHA. Even more important - these proactive organizations keep their employees safe! During this Think Tank, you'll learn: OSHA's 10 most frequently cited OSHA violations in a built environment; the #1 violation and why you're probably not complaint right now; OSHA's General Duty Clause and how it can be a compliance trap; training, inspections, written plans and other "administrative" requirements; strategies and common mistakes when OSHA visits; and how to convince management of the value of implementing your safety program.
This Think Tank is a must for organizations who want to be proactive in their safety programs. By attending you'll learn how to immediately spot violations in the workplace and how to correct them to OSHA standards.
WORKSHOP: FACILITIES DECISION-SUPPORT SYSTEMS: WHY, HOW, AND WHEN?
Kreon Cyros
President & CEO
The In-Site Consortium/MIT/ISFE
Given these very trying economic times, institutional organizations are especially vulnerable to the pressures of mandatory reductions thrust upon them. While these demands are certainly understandable and mainly necessary, there are some actions that can devastate one's organization's ability to meet their core missions. Learn what those are, how to avoid them, and how to trade off some lesser activities for more strategic actions.
WORKSHOP: BIM FOR MULTIPLE FACILITY SITES
Jim Elledge
Facility/Office Services Manager
Summit Alliance Companies
Building Information Modeling (BIM) is defined by the National Building Information Model Standard Project Committee as “a digital representation of physical and functional characteristics of a facility.” This depository of knowledge is used to provide reliable methods to make decisions on the facility during its life cycle. This life cycle is recognized as covering the earliest concept to the demolition of the property.
The advancements in technology and building automation have provided facility managers with valuable information on the costs related to operations and maintenance. Computer aided software, such as CAD and CAFM have helped to introduce graphical information with the data collected on operations. BIM is now being developed to resolve problems with the ineffective exchange of facility management.
This presentation will be a discussion on what areas are relevant to facility departments in order to plan, develop and implement BIM.
WORKSHOP: FIRE SAFETY AND RISK MANAGEMENT
Chris Jelenewicz, P.E.
Engineering Program Manager
Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE)
Each year over 3,000 people die and billions of dollars are lost in the United States as a result of fire. Additionally, fire losses that result in business interruption can have significant consequences to an organization’s stability. This presentation will focus on five important things facility managers should consider when protecting their facilities from fire. Issues related to how humans behave during fire, fire alarm systems, building security, testing and maintenance of fire alarm systems and planning safe building modifications will be reviewed. Significant historical fires that have had an impact on these issues will also be discussed.
WORKSHOP: OPTIMIZING YOUR PHYSICAL SECURITY STRATEGY
Robert Wetherell
Director, Facilities
Assessment & Information, Pearson
Executives continue to be designated ultimate responsibility for physical security. Unfortunately, physical security is not a core competency for most executives. Acquire the tools and knowledge to examine your current physical security strategies to ensure a solid foundation for a successful physical security program.
WORKSHOP: PURCHASING AND INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT:
PROBLEMATIC OR PRODUCTIVE?
Winston McColl
Director of Purchasing and Contracting
County of San Diego, California
Do you own or are responsible for over 1 million square feet of building space to include its maintenance and repair? Do you build a variety of buildings from office, classrooms, labs, storage, warehouse, or other unique spaces that require thought as to design, building, LEED considerations or other requirements to include community involvement? Do you feel powerless when it comes to procuring the necessary repair parts, maintenance, and other related skills because you don’t own the procurement process? If you answered yes to any one of this trifecta of concerns, come hear how the County of San Diego -- one of the largest counties in the United States -- manages to handle these operational issues to support facilities infrastructure. The Director, Purchasing and Contracting for the County of San Diego, will present and lead a discussion on the challenges and possible solutions to these challenges.
CLOSING SESSION: THINK GREEN, THINK SAFE, THINK BUDGET
Neal Angrisano
Deputy Director of Facilities Management
Johnson County, Kansas
Today’s Facility Manager Facility Executive of the Year, 2008
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Kevin Borg
Director of Facilities and Project Management
UCLA Athletics Department
In today's economic uncertainties, we need to find ways to help save the environment; protect our properties and staff; and face the reality of the lack of operation and project funding, which ultimately affects the bottom line of our budget. During this closing session, we will explore how you can move towards the "Green side" with ideas and insight into economical ideas large or small. Look at concepts and solutions to safeguard your facilities from utility theft, property vandalism, and personal property loss. This interactive discussion will address these ideas and what you can do to weather the reduced budget storms without having to turn off the heat, or be the "bad guy or the "no we do not have the funding person" on the job. You will gain the tools to be the leader of the charge, the one with simple solutions to the complex problems you face on the job.
* Speakers and topic are subject to change.
If you have any questions about the conference program please contact Mary Ellen McCandless at maryellen@groupc.com 