AFE Silicon Valley February 2013 Newsletter

Silicon Valley Chapter 39 www.afe39.org February 2013 $6 plus S&H

FACILITIES ENGINEERING®Silicon Valley Chapter Mission Statement: To strengthen and grow the Silicon Valley Facilities community, by providing cutting-edge educational events, professional certification, training, and a network of industry professionals to promote and enhance the careers of our members.

AFE Silicon Valley Chapter 39Lunch & Learn

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Cost: $25 non members$15 AFE members$5 student membersIncludes Lunch

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Lunch & Learn • March 28Hazardous Materials Regulatory Compliance 101 Join Eloy Cisneros for an informa-tive pesentation on Hazardous Materials Regulatory Compliance 101.

Plan on an introduction to haz-ardous materials regulatory re-quirements that facility engineers, managers and owners should be aware of.

Mr. Cisneros will discuss:

• Hazardous Building Materials – asbestos, lead, mercury

• PCBs, silica; Hazardous Materi-als Management - emissions

• Hazardous Materials Business Plans (HMBP)

• Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)

• Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plans

• Stormwater Pollution Preven-tion Plans (SWPPP)

Presenter: Eloy F. Cisneros, a Cer-tified Asbestos Consultant, Cer-tified Microbial Consultant and Certified Lead Professional with over 17 years of experience pro-viding consulting services to both the public and private sectors. Previously worked for ACC En-vironmental, ATC Associates Inc., Forensic Analytical Consulting Services and currently Northern California Manager, Building Sci-ences and Industrial Hygiene Ser-vices at TRC Environmental Corp.

Register Now! Day with a Facilities Professional, May 3Registration is now open for this year’s “Day with a Facilities Professional” at Linkedin in Mountain View.

Now in its 51st year, this event matches facility managers from the Valley’s leading companies with engineering students from San Jose State, Cal Poly, Santa Clara University, and Cal Maritime Academy.

This signature event matches professionals with students for a day of job shadowing. Students get a chance to see their professional host’s work place, understand the challenges of the job, and get detailed answers to their questions from working professionals.

Hosts for the 2013 event are needed. If you can spend half a day with a student, there are benefits for you too!

• Meet and screen potential interns or employ-ee candidates

• Give back to higher education by providing a positive experience for students to gain ex-posure to the “working world”

• Network with other professional hosts from various segments of the facilities industry

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February 2013

From the President’s Desk

Defining the Role of AFE in the Built Environment Arena By Raffy Espiritu FMP, President, AFE Silicon Valley

During the BOMA and AFE joint meeting and tour that took place at the San Jose Interna-tional Airport, I noted that facil-ity engineering and operations is a key component that drives the success of every facility profes-sional. I wanted to build on this concept on my message to un-derscore the value of partnering between AFE and other facility organizations like BOMA, IFMA, CoreNet and Crew to mention the most prominent ones that we have in Silicon Valley.

Having been involved in all of these facility organizations, I am increasingly convinced that a partnership among these groups can only redound to the benefit of the community of practitio-ners in the built environment. While BOMA is the premier location for the property man-ager in commercial real estate and IFMA as the premium space for corporate facility managers, AFE is the premier destination for every property and facil-ity manager for managing their respective space as a life cycle asset. There is something in AFE that differentiates it from the other facility groups in that it specializes in areas that the other groups cover but do so only on the surface. This is the aspect of managing the opera-tions and maintenance of the facility which covers among others HVAC, digital control integration, elevators, special-ized cleaning, water treatment, project and construction man-agement, electrical systems, IT support infrastructure, security systems, grounds management.

AFE’s constituencies are the Building Engineers, Operations Specialists, Facility Technicians, Program and Project Managers who do not get as involved in the affairs of BOMA and IFMA as the Property or Facility Man-ager. I look at this as a gap that needs to be overcome. The com-munity of facility engineers and building maintenance managers are the best partners of every Property Manager or Facility Manager in ensuring that the facility is managed in the most effective and efficient manner. Together, they are able to more effectively align the facility pro-gram to the goals and objectives of the goals and objectives of the companies that they serve. At a time that the C Level’s at-tention is almost a necessity to get the full support on a facility program, it behooves the Prop-erty or Facility Manager to un-derstand the language of opera-tions and finance in partnership with the Facility Engineer or the Building Maintenance Manager.

Patrick Crowley who is cur-rently the Deputy Director for Facilities and Engineering at the San Jose International Airport dramatizes the role of a Building Manager at the airport manag-ing a $26 million budget. Patrick is in charge of all trades, the Air-port Terminal Equipment Me-chanics, Carpenters, Electricians, HVAC, Locksmith, and Painters in addition to the Maintenance of the buildings and grounds, Shipping/Receiving, Building Ser-vices and SLA Contracts in sup-port of the day-to-day functions for the Facilities Division for the San Jose International Air-

port Department. Patrick would not have achieved this level of competence without a solid grounding in facility engineering. Every facility manager needs to develop a proficiency in opera-tions either as a self-performing agent or as an enlightened pro-fessional who knows whom to tap to handle facility engineer-ing and operations issues and needs. Creating opportunities for the Property Manager and the Facility Manager together with their respective facility op-erations and engineering team through AFE’s education and certification programs, facility tours, networking sessions, fa-cility trade shows is absolutely necessary in bringing about the best value in their role as a facil-ity professional to be measured in terms of managing productiv-ity, energy use, expanded leases, mitigated risks.

It is in this context that AFE Sili-con Valley will be promoting the value of partnering with BOMA and IFMA. The resulting impact would be to enhance the career essentials of Property Managers and Facility Managers and the rest of the Facility Operations and Engineering teams. AFE is opening its doors to the profes-sional memberships of BOMA and IFMA to join AFE’s edu-cational and certification pro-grams. Hopefully, the resulting collaboration and complemen-tation create an enhanced facil-ity experience to the respective memberships of these organiza-tions.

Sincerely,Raffy Espiritu, President AFE Silicon Valley Chapter

Raffy Espiritu, AFE Silicon Valley Chapter President, is also President and CEO of the Impec Group in Santa Clara, 408-330-9350, [email protected]

February 2013

Jan. 24 Lunch & Learn: PG&E’s New Time of Use Pricing Plan and Ways to Reduce Your Commercial Electric Costs Hosted by Echelon

Wayne Wiebe, Real Estate and Workplace Solu-tions Director at Echelon shared ways to reduce your commercial electric bill with 27 interested facility professionals on Jan. 24. The presentation covered current rate structures and changes we can expect shortly. Mr. Wiebe also covered strat-egies with in the rate structures like demand-re-sponse and demand management.

February 2013

Reinhard’s Code Corner #93

Training SeasonThe Spring of 2013 will bring our members many opportunities for education in under-standing the 2013 Code Family. AFE (As-sociation for Facility Engineering), SESHA (Semiconductor Equipment Safety and Health Association) and the California Fire Preven-tion Officers have all scheduled training pro-grams. Our state legislature officially adopted the Amended Model Codes with substantial California-specific issues. The major areas of change in the California adoption are of course our unique seismic safeguards, the new photovoltaic construction standards and of course the L occupancy standards. Many other states are considering emergency adop-tion of an L occupancy. Their fear is that this will give California businesses a substantial ad-

vantage in all high-rise construction.

We have a few very good questions posed to us this month.

Question # 1: We are building a new manufac-turing facility that will involve the use and dis-pensing of Flammable liquids. Cost is a very major concern and the requirements for rated elec-trical may preclude us from building in California. Why is California so stringent?

It is great to hear that a new building is being considered. To set the record straight California electrical requirements are exactly the same as anywhere else in North America. All states, Ca-nadian provinces and Mexico have adopted the same electrical code.

That being said, the Electrical Code in Chapter 500 gives you many options for de-rating your systems. The key is utilizing airflow/ventilation to reduce the net concentration of flammable va-pors to a level where ignition is fully mitigated. This however is not that simple. You must ana-lyze each material and ensure safe handling. If you email me I would be pleased to recommend some qualified consultants.

Question #2 – Repeat Critical Question: We are try-ing to classify chemical and prepare our HMBP for the County. We are having difficulty with the chemi-cal being classified differently on two MSDS’s. What should we do, who should we believe?

Well you have found the big flaw. Here is no qual-ity control on the preparers of a MSDS. That’s right, anyone skilled or not skilled, educated or not educated can write an MSDS. I strongly sug-gest that you contact your fire marshal and ask. Very soon you will be able to use the state of California UNIDOCS site. This will be a critiqued classification that will be available on the web. Once this site is officially launched – USE IT. It will be definitive and legally sound.

Note: The www.unidocs.gov site is being developed and should be ready soon. Please contact your local fire marshal office for assistance.

If you have a question on the code, send it to:

Reinhard Hanselka, PE, REA MW [email protected] PO Box 361656, Milpitas, CA 95036

Reinhard Hanselka, PE, REA of MW [email protected] the video of Rein-hard’s Code Presentation to the AFEwww.BukayMedia.com/videos/AFE/hanselka/ hanselka.htm

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A New Focus for Strategic Facility Planning – Plan under conditions of uncertaintyBy Raffy Espiritu FMP, President, AFE Silicon Valley

One of the many fascinating pre-sentations I attended at the In-ternational Facility Management Association’s World Workplace 2012 was Barry Lynch’s on stra-tegic facility planning. He point-ed out that the traditional strat-egy of capacity planning is giving way to a new focus on creating value for the organization, en-abling companies to create an effective “what-if” plan for riding the economy into its inevitable turnaround.

Capacity planning has tradi-tionally focused on growth, the cut-and-dried addition of one or more buildings according to changing needs, without looking beyond that objective. Today’s facility managers are learning to direct their attention to other three common drivers of capi-tal expenditures – regulation, recapitalization and functional obsolescence – as part of the continuing process of meeting present needs while anticipat-ing future ones. Strategic facil-ity planning is therefore able to plan under conditions of uncertainty. It’s the differ-ence between relying on mark-ers, set milestones that call for specific actions, as opposed to triggers, future unknowns that will require the facility to adapt nimbly and efficiently. Lynch even suggests that “planning” may be the wrong word -- “strategic facilities alignment” is a more accurate description of this dy-namic new process for making the right decisions for a facility’s future, evaluating the results and reacting appropriately.

It is important to remember that a focus on the future re-quires a thorough understand-

ing both of where you’ve been and where you’re headed. This means you must go forward by first looking back to the past, learning from mistakes and not-ing your historic drivers for growth such as economy, popu-lation, or other factors impact-ing your specific industry. With this knowledge and understand-ing you can make the scenarios, analyses, capital budget and other present-day decisions to shape a thriving tomorrow for your company’s facility.

Let us examine this concept of using this planning process to create value to an organization even in a down economy as to you might put this powerful benefit to work for you.

Facility renewal, or re-capitalization, involves the replacement of buildings or systems as they even-tually succumb to wear and tear, such as windows, chillers, roofing, carpeting or seedy-looking interi-ors. (It does not include installation of new equip-ment.) There are three different approaches for assessing your accumulat-ed facility renewal needs and costs.

The mathematical ap-proach requires to apply a flat annual “deprecia-tion” rate, add each year’s replacement value to de-termine your needs after X number of years, and then chart those numbers to see the magnitude of your renewal needs and compare expected vs. ac-tual expenditures.

The detail cost estimate ap-proach requires you to create a value proposition, then de-velop a facility renewal plan and management system based on a thorough understanding of the renewal process.

The third method uses a rela-tively simple formula known as the Facility Condition Index, or FCI. To get your FCI, you simply divide the required facility re-newal amount by the estimat-ed replacement value. You can then apply a buy/sell/hold invest analysis to determine how you should respond to each renewal need.

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The Impact of Loading and Harmonic Load Profile on Transformer EfficiencyBy James Elder, Computer Air Power Services

NEMA TP 1-2002, “Guide for Determining Energy Effi-ciency for Distribution Transformers”, is a transformer ef-ficiency standard that has been in existence since 1996.

However, it wasn’t until August 8, 2005 when the

Energy Policy Act (EPACT) of 2005 was signed into law requir-

ing that all distribution trans-formers and all low voltage,

dry-type distribution transform-ers produced as of January 1, 2007 meet or exceed the effi-

ciency requirements indicated in NEMA TP 1-2002.

Although NEMA TP 1-2002 was adopted by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as the national energy-efficiency rule for low-voltage dry-type distribution

transformers, there has been consistent pressure placed on manufactures to steadily increase trans-former efficiencies despite limited resources (high-grade core steel) and increasing commodity (copper) prices. The push for higher efficiency comes not only from the U.S. DOE and other organizations such as the Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE) but also from legislators and the general public.

Prior to the enactment of the Energy Policy Act (EPACT) of 2005, low voltage dry-type transformer ef-ficiencies had been steadily declining. This downward

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trend in transformer efficiency oc-curred for two (2) primary reasons: (1.) Up until 2007, transformer manufacturers were not required by law to ensure that the trans-formers they manufactured met any type of minimum efficiency standards and (2.) In an effort to remain competitive in an aggressive bid/spec market, some transformer manufacturers found ways to build lower cost transformers using lower quality core steel as well as alternative winding, insulation and enclosure materials.

To further compound the trans-former efficiency problem, low voltage dry-type transformers were being specified with no mention of maximum losses (excitation and load) or minimum efficiency, typi-cally identified at 35% of full load by today’s standards. Consequently, inefficient transformers were being sold and purchased based solely on first costs with limited or no con-sideration to the long term operat-ing expenses associated with their use.

Despite the fact that NEC 2008, Article 220.44 – Receptacle Loads, permits the use of demand factors when sizing panelboards which ul-timately impacts the kVA rating of upstream transformers; design engineers tend to remain very conservative when sizing electrical distribution equipment in order to limit liability.

Today, transformers with higher ef-ficiency levels than those indicated in NEMA TP 1-2002 are in fact be-ing built by some manufacturers but only upon request. Despite the obvious need for higher “operat-ing” efficiencies which are neces-sary to improve overall system performance, not all facility owners and design engineers have access to ROI and payback calculations that determine when the increased effi-ciency of a higher cost transformer or other component is justified.

For example, simply because a transformer has been manufac-tured to be highly efficient at a particular loading level (assume 35% of transformer full load rat-ing) doesn’t necessarily mean that the transformer will actually oper-ate at that load level once installed. Therefore, a small transformer with a lower published efficiency (at 35% load) may in fact “operate” more efficiently than a large transformer with a higher published efficiency (at 35% load) simply because, by comparison, the small transformer may be loaded at a point on its ef-ficiency curve that is closer to its peak efficiency than the large trans-former.

In addition to NEMA TP 1-2002 efficiency levels which are com-

monly referenced by the transformer industry, there are

at least two (2) other transformer efficiency programs

and/or proposed standards that are often referenced

when attempting to distinguish trans-former efficiency levels based on

type and kVA rat-ing. The first is re-ferred to as NEMA Premium while the second is referred to as DOE CSL 3. Neither program

nor proposed stan-dard represents ef-ficiency levels that are required by law

to be utilized.

The NEMA Premium Efficiency Transformer designation, which is to be used only by transformer manufacturers who are members of NEMA, requires 30 percent few-er losses than existing DOE regula-tions (10 CFR 431) for low-voltage dry-type distribution transform-ers. The DOE CSL 3 designation, which stands for DOE Candidate Standard Level 3, represents pro-posed efficiency levels based on transformer type and kVA rating suggesting even lower losses and higher efficiency than NEMA Pre-mium transformers. DOE has ac-tually created five (5) Candidate Standard Levels referred to as CSL 1, CSL 2, CSL 3, CSL 4 and CSL 5. Coincidentally, CSL 1 is equivalent to NEMA TP 1-2002 while CSL 2 is equivalent to NEMA Premium. NEMA TP 1, NEMA Premium and DOE CSL 3 represent efficiency levels that are most commonly ref-erenced in the industry.

Although the United States des-perately needed an enforceable efficiency standard for distribution transformers and low voltage, dry-type transformers when NEMA TP 1-2002 became law; it must be emphasized that NEMA TP 1-2002 efficiency levels and all other levels are based on linear loading of the transformer at 35% of the trans-former’s nameplate rating. It must also be understood that transform-er efficiency varies with load level and harmonic load profile. There-fore, the need to be able to deter-mine a transformer’s true efficiency under linear or any nonlinear load condition is a necessity.

Given that the average loading on low voltage distribution trans-formers is approximately 17% of nameplate rating and the majority of loads in today’s modern facilities are predominantly nonlinear and dynamic in nature; claims about effi-ciency are meaningless unless those

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efficiencies can be verified under the specific load conditions that the transformer will be subjected to throughout its service life.

With this understanding, Power Quality International is proud of the fact that they are the only transformer manufacturer in the world that has devoted nearly a decade and invested considerable resources in an effort to develop software that will calculate and plot a transformer’s linear and nonlinear losses and efficiencies, based on its published excitation and imped-ance losses, at any load level and with any harmonic load profile up to and including the 15th harmonic. The software, known as “The PQI CalculatorTM”, is in agreement with IEEE Std C57.110-1998, “IEEE Rec-ommended Practice for Establishing Transformer Capacity when Supplying Nonsinusoidal Load Currents”.

If you or your organization is in-terested in learning more about the (1) “The PQI CalculatorTM”, (2) transformer ROI and Payback calculations and/or (3) the impact of nonlinear loads on distribution systems, loads and transformer efficiencies, please contact Jim Elder,CAPS Account Sales & Project Support or Jeff Turner, PE, Vice Presi-dent – Engineering, Power Quality In-ternational (PQI).

On April 25, 2013, Silicon Valley Chap-ter of AFE, Jim Elder and Jeff Turner will be hosting a live AFE Lunch and Learn seminar with Q&A. Jeff will dis-cuss these and other topics at that AFE event. For those interested in at-tending. Look for AFE email bulletins or check in at AFE39.org for more details and/or reservations.

Jim ElderCAPS Account Sales & Project SupportAFE Silicon Valley Chapter, Vice-President, Board Member2372 Walsh Avenue Santa Clara, CA 95051 Office: 408-855-1105e-mail: [email protected]

Jeffrey R. Turner, PEVice President – Engineering, Power Quality International (PQI)2404 Merchant AvenueOdessa, FL 33558Office: (888) 539-7712e-mail: [email protected]

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February 2013

AFE/BOMA Tour of San Jose Internationalfacility department including just five electricians and three HVAC mechanics to maintain everything.

He discussed how he and his team managed the moderniza-tion efforts using a “Big Picture” approach, defining objectives, goals, and key performance indi-cators. One of their goals was to achieve LEED certification, effective site utilization, energy efficiency, the latest building sys-tem technologies and to be a good neighbor.

Given the fast pace of the proj-ect he emphasized the need for communication, professionalism, excellence, a team approach and sharing resources and training, re-training, and then training again.

Crowley discussed the airport’s state of the art baggage sys-tem that can handle 700 bags per hour. The system is based on European models and cost about $27 million. The tour, led by Prem Chand, Supervisor of

Trades, gave AFE and BOMA members an inside look at what happens to our baggage from the time the airline personnel take it to the time it is loaded onto the plane.

Shortly after the grand open-ing of the renovated airport in 2010, ENR magazine noted that the airport used, “the most technologically advanced auto-mated in-line baggage screen-ing system in the world. Using four CTX 9800s as its founda-tion, each terminal can scan up to 1,800 bags an hour. The eight new, fully-automated scanners can process as much luggage as the previous 24 machines.”

“The revolutionary technology scans the bags while they are moving so they don’t have to stop, as required by prior scan-ners.”

While some parts of the behind-the-scenes tour were off limits to us (some rooms were the territory of Homeland Security) we saw the amazing machines that can detect all sorts of po-tential threats. We learned that since fertilizer may be a compo-nent in bombs, golf clubs, shoes, etc. with remnants of fertilizer on them are set aside for care-ful screening. (To avoid delays, wash your golf equipment be-fore taking it on the plane!)

Crowley showed before and after photos of the airport modernization and statistics on airport usage. With the slow economy and the upgrade pro-cess, the SJ Airport is down 48% in passengers while SFO had a record year with 45 million pas-sengers. However, Crowley be-

At the tour of the San Jose In-ternational Airport on February 13, AFE members and members of BOMA (Building Owners & Managers Association) got a behind the scenes tour of the baggage screening process and a presentation on the Moderniza-tion Plan for the new Terminal A and renovations to Terminal Terminal B.

The group of 40+ interested facility folks broke up into two tours. While one tour was see-ing the state of the art baggage handling and security system, Patrick Crowley Acting Facilities Deputy Director gave a presen-tation to the other group. He shared the goals of the $1.3 million design build moderniza-tion plan, which is based on Eu-ropean airport models in which the facility is owned not by the airlines and vendors but by the local government. The city of San Jose owns the 1000+ acres of land and manages 3.2 million square feet in the airport com-plex. There are 61 people in the

Tour guides were Prem Chand - Supervisor of Trades (ATEM), Reggie Narayan -Senior ATEM, Pete Herzog - ATEM, Carla Meh-rkens - Contract Manager, and Kevin Spinks - Senior Electrical Engineer

Kim Tamayo of Pyro-Comm Systems and Suzanne Kato of Stanford Hospital Clinics

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Patrick Crowley, PE shared his department’s successful airport modernization plan with the group.

Jim Elder of CAPS, Karl Okulove of Cushman & Wakefield, Mike Bukay of Bukay Video Production, Stan Nakaso of Lockheed Martin, Raffy Espiritu AFE President and CEO of Impec Group and Alex Mandrusov of Net App.

Yolanda Faile of Verity Properties and Sharon Fredlund of BOMA

Karl Okulove, Bruce Shilling of Alain Pinel Realtors and George Denise of Cushman & Wakefield.

Photos courtesy of Kent Goetz, Performance Air Service.

February 2013

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Other calculations enable you to answer key questions regarding maximum facility value. Cal-culating vacancy projections against growth rates, for instance, will show you exactly when your ca-pacity will max out. You can also compare your total anticipated renewal costs to the net cost of selling your existing building and putting that money toward moving into a new building. By thinking strategically, you can get every last penny of value out of your facility!

Sincerely,Raffy Espiritu, AFE Silicon Valley Chapter President

lieves that with better weather in San Jose, the airport here has potential to surpass SFO now that modernization is complete.

The presentation is available on the AFE website at www.afe39.org. The AFE Silicon Valley Chap-ter is grateful to Patrick Crowley and his team as well as the leaders of the Silicon Valley Chapter of BOMA for this one-in-a-lifetime tour.

Strategic Facility PlanningContinued from page 5

AFE/BOMA Tour of SJ International AirportContinued from page 10

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AFE Silicon Valley 2013 Event Calendar

VENUE DATE SPONSOR

Meeting / Facility Tours:AFE Kick-off Meeting at Linkedin January 9 Linkedin and Impec

GroupTour San Jose Airport with BOMA February 13 TBD

Data Center Tour: Digital Realty Trust April DRT

Tour: Adobe’s Sustainability Program May Adobe

AFE SV Golf Tournament June TBD

Boehringer Ingelheim Tour: State of the Art Contract Manufacturing

July TBD

Data Center Tour: NetApp August NetApp

NASA Tour November TBD

Lunch & Learns:Electric Rate Structures:Where they’re going and what to do about them

Jan. 24 Echelon

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February 28 Western Allied Mechanical

Hazardous Materials Regulatory Complaince March 28 Texas Instruments

Transformer Efficiency April 25 CAPS, PQI

Chilled Water System Efficiency May CTC

ASHRAE Presentation June TBD

Reducing Earthquake Hazards July Degenkolb

Building Control Systems August Controlco

UL Presentation September

Mixers and Special Events: Day with a Facility Professional May 3 Linkedin

Golf Tournament June TBD

Evening with Industry October Student Chapters

Holiday Party December TBD

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