June 2007
Volume 4, Issue 6
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
* Presidents Message
*Speakers, Happenings &
Events
*Professional Development
*Membership News
*Programs
*Luncheon Information
*Sponsorship
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
We Need You!
Our organization relies solely on volunteers. Committee members and the board of directors make decisions based on what we believe to be in the best interest of our members and our mission. However, this is not always an easy task…
Considerable time and effort goes into planning programs, activities, and events we believe are important to you.
Chapter involvement is a source of pride, accomplishment, and honor. This is a great time to consider how you can take an active role in our chapter’s success, as a committee chairperson or a committee member.
I. Things We Know Members Want
Career development
Professional development
Peer networking
II. Things We Think Members Want
Opportunities to contribute to the profession
Sense of a professional community
Leadership opportunities
III. Things We Can Do to Create Success
Set volunteer expectations:
How much time do I need to commit?
What exactly do you need me to do?
What is expected of me?
Ask for help on specific committees or with specific tasks
Share experiences and expectations
Have fun!
IV. Things We Need for Success
Your expertise
Your ideas
Your help
Your participation
To find out how you can make a difference, please contact me or any other member of the board. Members are also encouraged to attend a monthly board meeting to learn about what goes on behind the scenes…our door is open – come on in!
Sincerely,
Rachelle Otis
P. S. – Do you know the details that go into the monthly luncheon: planning the program, speaker, sponsor, presentation/technology requirements, meal selection, RSVP’s, announcements, receipts, name tags - so many minute details for an event that occurs at the same time and same place each month.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
June 14, 2007 | Noon CDT
The ADA and Facilities: Let's Get Practical
This session is designed to help facility managers identify and understand the everyday mistakes made regarding the accessibility of products used within their facilities. Explore the logic behind the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) through practical explanations, demonstrations and humor.
Objectives:
1. Learn evaluation techniques for choosing so-called “ADA” products
2. Understand that location contributes to 50 percent of accessibility success
3. Review the logic for accessible reach ranges, controls, etc.
Speaker:
Michele S. Ohmes, Michele & Associates
Michele Ohmes has spent 15 years as an ADA specialist with the City of Kansas City, Mo. As a member of the U.S. Access Board’s Public Rights-of-Way Access Advisory Committee, she has trained throughout the United States on ADA issues. Ms. Ohmes is a consultant for states, cities, counties and the organizations related to facility access for their agencies. She started advocating for access as the owner of a certified personnel consulting agency that placed people with disabilities, where she worked closely with employers to make their facilities accessible for employees. She is the author of ADA & Accessibility: Let's Get Practical.
July 10, 2007 | 10:00 a.m. CDT
Business Concepts and Leadership Skills for New Facility Managers
Speakers: Jeffrey G Martin, Alfred Williams & Company and Tim Parker, Research Triangle Institute (RTI), International
The revised CFM Exam will launch on July 2, 2007!
In keeping with IFMA’s goal of ensuring that the Certified Facility Manager (CFM) certification is globally recognized as the most reliable standard for distinguishing the achievements of facility management, and in order to maintain its relevance to the practices of today’s facility manager, the CFM Exam has been updated. The exam was revised following proven psychometric principles under the guidance of professional exam development consultants, experts in the design, administration and interpretation of quantitative tests. To learn more go to the website and download the IFMA at http://www.ifma-pikespeak.org/certification.html.
MEMBERSHIP UPDATES
Current Pikes Peak Roster stands at 107 members
PROGRAMS
June Luncheon
Date: Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Time: 11:30 a.m.
Location: Academy Hotel
8110 North Academy Blvd. Colorado Springs, CO 80920
Cost: Chapter members - $20 reserved;
Chapter members – $25 at the event; Non-chapter members - $25
Reservation Deadline: Noon- Monday, June 18, 2007
Payment by Credit Card Online now Available on Chapter Website
When leaving an RSVP for a Guest, Please Include your Guest’s Name…..
You will receive an e-mail confirmation back after you have RSVP’d.
NO SHOWS WILL BE BILLED
At This Month’s Luncheon
June 20
Resource Colorado
Environmentally Responsible Carpet Choices
A carpet’s lifecycle impacts include chemical emissions from manufacturing, depletion of natural resources like petroleum, transportation, indoor air quality upon installation, and disposal costs at landfills and recycling operations. Choosing carpet that minimizes these impacts is especially important given the huge amount of carpeting used in the United States and its relatively short expected useful lifetime.
Upcoming Luncheon Dates and Agenda:
July 18
State of Chapter
Look for more information coming
soon on our summer social!
SPONSORSHIP
Wells and West General Contractors, Inc. is a locally owned general contracting firm that has been operating in Colorado Springs since 1997. We offer the resources of a large firm with the personal attention that your project deserves. We believe in a team atmosphere involving the owner, designer, and contractor while developing and constructing the project. The open lines of communication allow for timely completion of projects and budgetary savings through value engineering.
Project size doesn’t matter, our projects range from small to large in scope of work. We do the smallest of jobs ranging from replacing a door, painting a room to repairing or replacing ceiling and grid. We also specialize in a little larger size projects such as remodeling, foundations, slabs, storefronts or adding on a new room. We also enjoy large projects like building additions, an entire school, masonry buildings, metal buildings, and ground up projects.
For more information, contact one of our project managers, at (719) 266-1529.
Wells & West General Contractors, Inc. 2345 Academy Place, Suite 222, Colorado Springs, CO 80909
BOMA / IFMA / IREM
Annual Golf Tournament
September 14, 2007
Glen Eagle Golf Course
Stay tuned for more information
SPECIAL FEATURE
IFMA Newsletter Article Computer Room Air Conditioning Paul Angotti
Computer Room Air Conditioning Systems or CRAC systems are being added to buildings of all sizes as computer systems increase in capacity and add loads to cooling systems. Computer processing power and memory capacity continues to increase as the equipment size decreases. New computer systems require more cooling per cubic foot of rack space and that cooling must be carefully directed to critical components.
The most important factor is cooling capacity. The second most important issue is distribution of conditioned air to the exact computer equipment that requires it.
Whether you call your space a Computer Room or Data Center, CRAC units are better suited to the cooling task than other cooling systems such as rooftop units. The main advantages of CRAC units are that they have integrated controls, humidification control and are designed for continuous service (24 hours/day, 7 days per weeks).
Design Considerations:
Ø Calculate load requirements for all current and planned equipment. Plan for at least two years expansion.
Ø Consider the area layout. Are there concentrations of equipment that are likely to cause hot spots? Are there physical barriers (walls, posts) that will inhibit or direct airflow?
Ø What are the likely locations for CRAC units? Will they be in the computer room or outside the room? It is
somewhat easier to complete maintenance and filter changes on CRAC units that are located outside the
computer room.
Ø Have access to refrigerant piping outside of computer room with proper isolation valves to allow work to be
performed outside of the conditioned space.
Ø Supply air is more efficient and better controlled when it comes up through a raised floor.
Ø Return air is better controlled when it is ducted from above computer racks or through the Plenum.
Ø Auxiliary Power (generators and uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs) are essential. Test equipment to be
certain that it will operate automatically without power to controls and without human intervention.
Security Considerations:
Ø Redundancy – Multiple CRAC units provide the best form of redundant cooling capacity. Use the N+1 formula,
i.e., your needs plus one unit. For example, if you need four 40-Ton units, install five 40-Ton units.
Redundancy can also be achieved other ways such as ducting emergency cooling from a rooftop unit.
Portable cooling units are an option only if they are readily available and the source is reliable.
Ø Types of Alarms – Consider the following forms of alarms based on your facility organization:
§ Power outage alarm – Indicates that power is out and the system (should) be running on a generator
or UPS.
§ Temperature alarm – The temperature in the computer room has reached a threshold level and is
possibly heading for the temperature at which computers should be shut down.
§ Equipment outage – A CRAC unit or other equipment is not operating.
Integrate computer server and UPS alarms with mechanical system controls and security systems.
Ø Alarm Reaction – Consider the following forms of contact based on your facility organization:
§ Alert internal security personnel
§ Page the organization’s on-call maintenance personnel
§ Page a contractor’s on-call personnel
Ø Reaction Procedures – Redundancy and alarms are great if people receive the signal and know what to do.
It is important to write reaction procedures that include fail safes. It is also important to practice reactions to
various situations to insure that the procedures work in different situations (people on vacation, dead batteries in pagers, etc.). Make procedures bulletproof!
Ø Access – Review procedures to insure that personnel reacting to a problem have access – keys (gates and
doors), security clearance, etc.
Ø Contractors – If you are relying on or may rely on outside contractors as part of your reaction plan, be certain
that agreements are in place, access is arranged, and procedures are provided to the contractors. Include the contractors when practicing reactions to various situations.
Always check references on any contractor expected to respond in a critical situation.
Disaster Plan:
A Disaster Plan minimizes damage and losses as well as facilitates the fastest possible return to normal. Consider
the following:
Ø Spare Parts – Stock appropriate spare parts to repair failed equipment.
Ø Purchasing and Contracting – Arrange blanket purchase orders for parts, generators, and portable cooling
units. Establish contracts for emergency service technicians with all contractors that may be needed.
Ø Authorizations – Establish authorizations in advance for:
§ Facility access by employees and contractors, especially during off hours.
§ Purchasing and contracting authority with appropriate limits.
New IFMA Forecasting Report
IFMA's newest report, Facility Management Forecast 2007: Exploring the Current Trends and Future Outlook for Facility Management Professionals, reveals the top eight challenges facility managers will face in coming years. Based on the results of the 2007 IFMA forecasting retreat, this report outlines the specific job demands and learning opportunities that correspond with each trend, so workplace professionals can prepare now. This report is a great tool for choosing chapter program topics. Share it with the program committee. You can download a FREE copy of this report on the IFMA National site at http://www.ifma.org/tools/research/forecasting_reports.cfm.
A LITTLE HUMOR
Nearly three-in-10 workers admit to taking part in April Fool's Day pranks in the office, according to CareerBuilder.com's annual April Fool's Day survey. While covering someone's cube with aluminum foil, faking a resignation or gluing office supplies to the desk continue to be the most common pranks, these were the top 10 pranks uncovered in this year's survey:
1. Sent a letter signed by the company president that informed employees they would have to take potty breaks in alphabetical order.
2. Decreased the size of boss's lab coat. Joke continued after April 1 with boss perplexed by his coat getting tighter
each week while he was dieting diligently.
3. Made for a very foggy day with dry ice in the urinal.
4. Changed all the boss's reading glasses to clear glass.
5. Sent a note to co-worker's pager that said to contact "George." The number was to the White House.
6. Employee went to the restroom and when he came out he ran into a wall of tape draped across the doorway
courtesy of his team.
7. Put "random burping" program on boss's computer that would loudly burp every few seconds-it went on for days.
8. Brought in jelly doughnuts filled with ketchup.
9. Had someone with a "questionable" profession call the office and ask for directions.
10. CEO placed a large and very professional for sale sign in front of the building.
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