The TFM Forum: Institutional is dedicated to delivering the highest level of knowledge sharing and expertise to facility executives working in the education, government, and healthcare industry sectors.

This program qualifies for
BOMI International
Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
credit for RPA, FMA,and/or SMA graduates.

2010 Conference Program

OPENING KEYNOTE

Managing Violence in Open Environments
Stevan P. Layne, CPP, CIP
Principal
Layne Consultants International (LCI)

Responding to Active Shooters in the Workplace:  Most programs addressing the subject discuss armed response or how to lock down the facility. This program encompasses all of the alternatives, including pre-planning with local law enforcement, designating safe areas if lock-down is needed, and emergency communications for the whole facility. Layne will also discuss the last resort philosophy...attacking and disabling the shooter...when there's no other choice.

Digging Up the Hidden Expenses
Jim Elledge    
Facilities/Office Services Manager    
Summit Alliance
Today's Facility Manager Tricks of the Trade columnist

This session deals with the uncovering of facility expenses that are no longer needed or can be better managed. This interactive exchange will identify these expenses, determine why they still exist, and how to deal with them accordingly. Facility managers deal with changes all of the time, but unfortunately, these changes may not impact the related expenses. Using a system to track these hidden costs will prove valuable in reducing or eliminating expenses and release these dollars for other projects, improvements, etc.

Commercial Building Envelopes:
What Goes Into Their Design and Why?
Kevin Folsom
Director of Facilities & Plant Operations
Dallas Theological Seminary

The primary objective for this presentation is to instruct students that are preparing for the AEE (aeecenter.org) Certified Energy Manager (CEM) exam. Subject topics will help learners to become familiar with the following: Thermal Resistance, Heat Transfer Coefficients, Insulation, Vapor Barriers, Solar Heat Gain, Solar Shading, Thermally Light and Heavy Facilities, Conduction Heat Loads, Psychometric Chart, Air Heat Transfer, Water Heat Transfer.

Life Cycle Costing:
Getting Approval for the Budget You Need
Clare D. Heidler
Facilities Management & Planning Consultant
Heidler Consulting

Facilities officers are faced with an increasing need to rigorously justify budgets for services that they provide to the academic community. Construction, maintenance, operations, and renewal of physical plant resources must be evaluated in a value added context that accurately accounts for all costs related to providing those services. Life Cycle Costing provides an excellent means to meet these needs. This presentation will explain and employ a combination of life cycle costing and computer spreadsheet techniques to develop a costing procedure for evaluating the initial, annual, and long-term costs of constructing, operating, maintaining, and eventually renewing a facility. Uses of the information will be explained to include total costing of design options, preparation of accurate and justifiable annual budgets, intermediate and long range budget planning and programming for capital improvements, deferred maintenance requirements, preventive maintenance requirements, utilities costing, and custodial needs of virtually any facility within an institution.

Fire Safety and Risk Management
Chris Jelenewicz, P.E.
Engineering Program Manager
Society of Fire Protection Engineers

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.

Energy: Carbon Based, Sustainable & Alternative -- What To Do?
John Studebaker        
President
Studebaker Energy

There are many options relating to energy. The problem is determining which makes the most sense for a specific situation. This session will explain how to approach energy costs in a disciplined factual manner. The different energy options will be presented together with discussions about costs and requirements for alternative energy processes.
Energy use is present in every organization. Any organization that wants to remain competitive must understand energy costs and how to control them. This session will address these issues and will give you assurance that your energy costs are what they should be.

Participatory Ergonomics: What's In It For Me?
Robert Stuthridge
Senior Health Ergonomist
Purdue University

This interactive session considers the implications - particularly for facilities managers, interior designers, and production managers - of establishing a "participatory ergonomics" (PE) approach to job design.  What are the advantages and disadvantages of allowing workers to exert significant influence over their job design, operations and outcomes? What steps are necessary to establish and maintain a successful PE program? Is PE cost-effective? How do we measure a PE program's success? Aided by an experienced ergonomist, session participants will explore these and related questions, in order to determine the viability of a participatory ergonomics approach within their own organizations.

CLOSING SESSION

Facility Management Excellence
David J. Lenart
Today's Facility Manager 2010 Facility Executive of the Year
Director of Facilities and Materials Management
Columbus Regional Hospital

If you have any questions about the conference program please contact Mary Ellen McCandless at maryellen@groupc.com 

* Conference session program is subject to change.