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Tech Corner
Students
in the Georgia Tech Facility Management master's program
can earn facility management experience through
internships.
Here
graduate student Niyi Ojemakinde( 2nd from left) interns
with DeKalb County School System and Parsons
Engineering. Niyi has been taking inventory of DCSS
facilities and working with their Capital Improvement
Team.
Georgia
Tech graduate program is pleased to recognize three
Masters and Ph.D. students receiving scholarship awards
at World Workplace 2011 in Phoenix.
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As we
get closer to year's end, we reflect on the
accomplishments of our chapter; such as the
Foundation award our chapter received at World
Workplace. We also recognized Joe Carroll, one of
our members and our Career Management chair, at
our last luncheon for the award he received at
World Workplace. This article, entitled "The Lost
Art of Employee Sustainability," was published in
the FM Journal. We appreciate the efforts and are
proud of members like Joe, who help our Chapter
stand out and are obviously so capable. We
also awarded Derek Rusch a Star Award at our
November luncheon. Derek chaired our Atlanta
Workplace committee this year. Star Awards are
given for exemplary efforts on behalf of the
Chapter. Derek worked exceptionally hard for our
September educational event at the Buckhead
Marriott along with a few other very hard working
committee members and advisors.
This year,
we will have our Award's ceremony at the Piedmont
Driving Club; a week earlier than our usual 3rd
Wednesday luncheon, on December 14th. We
will also celebrate the 30th year of our Chapter.
As one of the oldest in the country, almost as old
as the International Association itself, we have
our own awards to recognize our members. The
following awards will be given to members because
of their outstanding accomplishments:
- The
Martha Osborne award: presented to a CFM member
of our chapter who has demonstrated exemplary
facility management achievement and promotes
certification.
- The
Outstanding Associate Award: presented to an
associate member whose time, effort and
financial support contributed greatly to the
Chapter.
- The
Achievement in Facility Management Award:
presented to a professional member whose
accomplishments contribute to the future of the
profession.
- The
Distinguished Member Award: presented to a
member whose outstanding contributions to
facility management in general and to the
Chapter in particular.
- The
Harry L. Ludwig Award: presented to a member
whose contributions to our community services
partners program is a role model for our
chapter's community service.
Please join
us for a fun and festive luncheon, planned by our
Past President Christy Jellets, and celebrate our
30th anniversary and the accomplishments of our
members. Come cheer on our award
recipients!
--Karen
Howard, IFMA Atlanta Chapter
President |
IFMA
DECEMBER AWARDS LUNCHEON
When:
December 14, 2011
Time:
11:30-1:30
Where: Piedmont
Driving
Club
Every December, IFMA's
Atlanta chapter gets together to recognize its
members' achievements, as well as to help a worthy
cause. Several awards will be handed out at
our luncheon this December 14, and hopefully we'll
be able to help people less fortunate than us have
a happy Christmas.
This
year at the December luncheon, we are collecting
items that will go in gift packages for homeless
women and children that are served by Atlanta Day
Shelter for Women and Children, one of our
Community Services Partners. Please bring
one or more of the following items:
- $25
Gift Certificates from Payless Shoes
- Compact
folding umbrellas or ponchos
- Sports
watches for teenage girls and boys (Target)
- Braves
or Falcons t-shirts or jerseys for teenage girls
and boys (S-XXL)
- Hand-held
battery operated games (Sudoku)
- A
check made out to the Atlanta Day Shelter for
Women & Children
This
year our December luncheon will be held at the
Piedmont Driving Club - gentlemen please remember
to wear a coat and tie! Also, please
remember that this event is on the 2nd Wednesday
in December, not the 3rd! Hope to see you
all at this very special event.
Register
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Upcoming
Tour: Georgia Tech Clough Undergraduate Learning
Commons
January 12, 2012
- 3:30pm
Cost:
$10
for members, $15 for non-members
Please
join us on January 12, 2012 at 3:30 pm for a tour
of Georgia Tech's new innovative learning center,
Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons. This new
facility is located in the heart of the campus
adjacent to the library.
The
sustainability features include: solar panels, a
roof garden, carbon dioxide sensors in each
classroom, a 1.4 million gallon cistern, daylight
harvesting to bring natural daylight into the
spaces, and use of recycled materials. The
facility is striving to achieve LEED Platinum
certification. In addition to being
environmentally responsible, Clough Commons
provides unique opportunities as a learning lab
for students in a wide range of
disciplines.
Register for this
Event ! |
Upcoming
Associates Event :
How
to Network with
Professionals
January 25, 2011 -
5:00 to
7:00pm
Where: GT Wardlaw
Center
The
IFMA Associates committee has identified a panel
of professionals that will offer insight and
direction on how to best network with professional
members. This event will focus on providing tools
to associate members to aid in getting the most
out of your IFMA membership. The professionals
will offer experience and advice on topics such
as: selling by networking, how to distinguish
yourself from other vendors, how to establish
relationships, etc.
The
goal of this event will be to educate our
associate members on how to utilize the resources
of IFMA as a tool for business growth. The event
will be located in the incredible board room
overlooking the Georgia Tech football field of the
GT Wardlaw Center. A gate code for parking will be
provided to all that register. Food and drinks
will be provided by the Associates committee. For
questions, contact Jeff DellaMaggiora
(404-644-7603, jeffd@humanscale.com).
Click here to register! |
LEED
EBOM Project Certification - LEED-Specific
Course
1.5 Hours LEED-Specific
Course
Location:
Kimberly-Clark
Corporation
Activities
Center
Building
1400
Holcomb Bridge Road
Roswell, GA 30076
MAPIT
Early
Registration by January 13, 2012: Registration is
limited to 25 students
Approved
for: GBCI CE for LEED CMP, IFMA CEU and CFM
Maintenance points
Fees:
IFMA Atlanta/USGBC-GA members $50; Non-Members:
$75
Includes course and opportunity to earn
LEED certification project experience
Fees
do not include: Cost of LEED reference
guide or other resources.
Project Team Members
will need access to the LEED Reference Guide for
Green Building Operations and Maintenance, 2009
Edition $195 prior to course date:
http://www.usgbc.org/Store/PublicationsList_New.aspx?CMSPageID=1518
This
course will be taught by:
Sonny Longo, LEED AP
O+M. Sonny is the Sustainability Coordinator for
all U.S. office facilities managed by the
Facilities Management team at Kimberly-Clark.
Sonny has worked in Facilities Management,
particularly with EHS services for over 9 years,
and has spearheaded the sustainability efforts for
the 50-acre Roswell campus over the last 4 years.
Building 100 earned LEED-EBOM Certification in
March, 2010 with Sonny serving as the Project
Administrator, and will be seeking
re-certification in 2012 after major renovations
are completed.
Annette
Gorelick, LEED AP O+M. Annette is Founder and
President of G4 Green Connections, an education
and consulting company specializing in the
sustainable operations and maintenance of
commercial buildings. Annette has worked in
facility and property management for ten years,
primarily as a service provider for landscape
installation and maintenance. Annette's work has
been featured in OC Atlanta Magazine and
the online journal, Green Building
Pro.
For
more information, please contact: Annette
Gorelick, 770-314-5215, agorelick@g4greenconnections.com
Register early -
space is limited to 25 people.
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Recap:
IFMA Atlanta Tour of Turner
Field
We had a great turn-out
for the behind the scenes tour of Turner Field on
November 3rd ---- 36 people in all! It was a
beautiful afternoon to tour the ballpark. We not
only walked through some of the public spaces, but
also saw the broadcasting booths and went down
into the bowels of the stadium to take a peak at
the locker room!
Our tour guide pointed out
some interesting facts...for baseball fans as well
as for facility managers:
- It took 7 months to
retro-fit the Olympic stadium into Turner Field
which entailed eliminating 30,000 seats.
- The ballpark can
accommodate roughly 50,000 fans.
- There is a sod farm
on site to repair damaged turf.
- There are 700+ high
definition TVs.
- In 2005 they did a
technology upgrade and installed the largest
high def TV at the time --- 72' high x 80' wide.
- 1300 employees work
on game day.
- A recycling program
was instituted in 2008.
- Even the employee
shirts are sustainable --- made from recycled
Coke bottles.
- Water usage is the
highest utility.
- 25 people work in
the facilities dept.
It was a fact-filled tour
and tons of fun! It concluded with a ballpark
style lunch in one of the suites overlooking the
field.
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Recap:
Seminar on Best Practices for Optimizing Building
Performance
On
November 10, 2011, thirty two students (15 of them
IFMA Members) met at the training room of Newcomb
and Boyd to study "Best Practices for Optimizing
Building Performance."
The
presentation was delivered by four professionals
who have worked for many years to reduce waste of
energy (including water) consumed by buildings of
all sorts.
Anthony
Maddox, a member of the IFMA Education Committee
and ARRA Program for the University System of
Georgia started the day by sharing the process and
results of two projects in which building HVAC
systems were retro-commissioned for improved
performance and energy savings. These were older
buildings whose functional requirements have
changed over the years, so the performance
improvements were dramatic.
Steve
Wiggins who leads the commissioning,
retro-commissioning, and training activities for
Newcomb and Boyd Consulting Engineers and is a
past President of the National Environmental
Balancing Bureau and a past Chair of the Building
Systems Commissioning Committee spoke next. He led
us through some of the more theoretical background
of retro-commissioning expanded to include
building envelope, lighting and water consumption.
Steve emphasized the importance of determining
what the current facility requirements are as
these may be quite different from the original
owner's project requirements, especially as older
facilities are repurposed for different
uses.
Jim
Gieselman is the Vice President, Engineering for
SCIenergy (formerly Servidyne) and manages the
engineering group providing energy and
sustainability consulting services for commercial
and institutional facilities. Rob Piatkowski is a
Director of Sales at SCIenergy and brought
technical and project development experience
with State,
Local and Federal Agencies. Jim and Rob shared
their experiences and some of their shocking
findings when retro-commissioning facilities that
have been in service for several years without a
lot of attention to proper
operations.
All
of these presenters emphasized the importance of
the Owner's role in the process from establishing
the current facility requirements to having the
operations and maintenance staff be a part of the
team so that simple fix corrections can be made
immediately. This allows the return on investment
to begin immediately and helps with the training
of these staff members who will be key players in
keeping the facility operating at its optimum
performance level.
Questions
from the students during the presentation and the
final exam indicated that this was a very positive
learning experience for all
involved.
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Recap:
World Workplace 2011
by
Clara Smith, CFM
Thank you to the Atlanta
Chapter of IFMA for the sponsorship to attend
World Workplace 2011 in Phoenix, AZ. The
opportunity to experience Facility Management on a
Global basis can best be realized in participating
in a World Workplace Event and this year was no
exception.
The Opening
Keynote Speaker, Bjorn Lomborg from the
Netherlands, expressed some interesting views
regarding Global warming that are quite different
than many other Environmentalists. In
contrast, the Closing Keynote Speaker Christopher
Gardner (author of "The Pursuit of Happyness"
about his life that starred Will Smith in the
Movie) motivated the audience to "take action" in
our own lives to make ourselves happy in
life. Many of the Educational Sessions
focused again on Sustainability and also on the
Changing Working Environment, which were more than
filled to capacity with attendees.
Some of the other
Highlights included watching the Atlanta Chapter
receive the International Foundation Award at the
Awards of Excellence Banquet, viewing the
Southwestern Indian Arts and Crafts Exhibits at
the Heard Museum and experiencing the roof of the
Baseball stadium opening to display the
Fireworks. The Expo Floor Exhibitors again
displayed some of the latest technologies and
products in the Facilities Management Industry.
Attending the CFM, FMP and
SFP Reception to see Atlanta Chapter Members
William Broome and Sharon Jayes' names on the
screen as the 1st and 5th SFPs in the World was a
thrill. Also, having the opportunity to
serve as a Moderator at the New Attendee Breakfast
to share the nuances of attending a World
Workplace with FMs at my table from Europe, Asia
and Canada was very rewarding.
Of course, visiting again
with many Facility Professionals from around the
World was a great experience and gave me an
appreciation of the role that IFMA has assumed in
continually educating its Members.
Thank you again Atlanta
Chapter for your
sponsorship.
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| Recap: November
Luncheon
by Joseph
Geierman, CFM, FMP and Stephanie
Belcher
 Tim Tourville, of Mace
Macro, came to our November luncheon to share his
knowledge about global outsourcing from the
perspective of both a customer and a service
provider. He explained the reasons that a
global corporation would want to outsource its
Facilities operations, but also the challenges
involved doing so. He suggested an overall
strategic process which covered cost reductions by
a well defined FM commercial model, the
integration of technology to ensure consistency
and transparency, and the use of strong governance
for a successful regional / global proposition.
Also
at the November lunch was a presentation of the
Star Award to Dereck Rusch for his hard work in
putting on Atlanta Workplace. Also
recognized at the luncheon was Joe Carroll, who
was awarded a prize at World Workplace in October
for having one of the best articles published in
Facility Management Journal over the past year.
You can read Joe's article
here.
Congratulations
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