November

2012

Newsletter

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President’s Podium

The tagline for this year’s World Workplace in San Antonio was “Smart Facility

Management Drives Smart Business”. There has never been a time during FM’s

history when this statement rang truer. The role of a Facility Manager today

encompasses so much more than simply maintaining the building operations. The

top professionals in our industry are highly educated innovators that reduce costs,

improve efficiencies and contribute to the long term success of their employers by

being proactive, not reactive to their facilities.

At the conference, which ran from October 29th –

November 2nd in San Antonio, there were a total of

102 educational sessions. A review of some of the

session titles gives a flavor for strategic, proactive

facility management. “Emerging Technology, FM

Implications”, “Linking FM to Organizational

Strategy: How to Develop a Strategic Facility Plan in

the New Normal”, “The Ultimate Savings: Life Cycle

BIM for Facility Management”, “Lighting Retrofits: A

Smarter Facility Management Option Now Than Ever

Before”, and “The 17 Mistakes made in Emergency

Plans and How to Avoid

& Correct Them” are a few examples. The challenge to

stay “ahead of the curve” has always been what KC

IFMA is about. We will continue to provide our

membership with relevant, valuable information to

assist in the ever changing landscape of Facility

Management.

The opening keynote speaker at World Workplace was Guy Kawasaki. Guy is the former “Chief Evangelist” of Apple and Co-Founder of Alltop.com. In his keynote address, Guy outlined steps necessary to create new products and services.

Two that rang true to me were “do something meaningful” and “bump/advance the curve”. At KC IFMA, we will continue to do something meaningful by attracting and equipping the Facility Manager of today and tomorrow. We will also continu-ally bump and advance the curve of knowledge to insure there is smart facility management driving smart business.

Included are a few photos of the conference. You might recognize KCIFMA mem-

bers Teena Shouse, moderating an educational session and Douglas Bills at the en-

trance to the Welcome Reception.

These are exciting times for our Chapter. As an Executive Board, we promise to continue to listen to needs, creatively consider ways to provide value for your in-vestment and set the bar high for what we plan to accomplish. There is always a need for talented, passionate volunteers. Don’t hesitate to contact me directly if you would like to get “plugged in” to KC IFMA. I’m certain we can find the perfect spot for you.

Respectfully, Russ Cooper, Kansas City Chapter of IFMA President kcifmapresident@gmail.com

Kansas City Chapter

Monthly Program Meeting

Tuesday, November 13, 2012 • 4:30 - 6:00 pm

Tour of Burns and McDonnell

Burns & McDonnell

9400 Ward Parkway

Kansas City, MO

The recently completed headquarters renovation for Burns & McDonnell is the focus of this month's IFMA tour. The entire 475,000 sq. ft. facility was recently renovated to meet LEED Silver requirements. Located where Marion

Kauffman once had their headquarters off Holmes and Ward Parkway in Kansas City, the complex has been home to Burns & McDonnell since 1996. With JP Morgan moving to the Sprint Campus, Burns & McDonnell took advantage of the opportunity to expand its headquarters facility to occupy the entire three building campus and consolidate many of its operations.

The move necessitated a need for a large meeting space to accommodate its employee-owners, and a new auditorium was added to the complex. The social and networking time will be hosted in the lobby of the new auditorium, with a brief presentation on the entire renovation to follow, and a tour of the auditorium, café space, fitness center and a typical office floor.

The presentation will focus on the complexity of designing a 450 person auditorium over an existing parking garage, how the new space is designed to accommodate an integrated architecture, engineering, design/build practice, and what sustainable initiatives Burns & McDonnell incorporated into the facility.

Date Time Event Name Location

11.13 4:30 -

6:00 PM

Monthly Program

Tour of Burns & McDonnell

Burns &

McDonnell

12.18 5:00 - 8:30 PM

KCIFMA Annual

Holiday Party

World War 1 Museum

1.15 11:30 - 1:00 PM

Monthly Program

LEAN Construction

TBA

2.19 11:30 - 1:00 PM

Monthly Program

Active Shooter Response

TBA

4.2-4 3 Day Facility Fusion

Conference & Expo

Los Angeles

KCIFMA UPCOMING SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

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Meeting

IFMA Education

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Click here to find out more about becoming a

Certified Facility Manager

Click here to find out more about becoming a

Facility Management Professional

Click here to find out more about becoming a

Sustainability Facility

Professional

We are Celebrating our 25th Anniversary at the KCIFMA Annual

Holiday Party!

Please celebrate with

us at the

World War 1 Museum

100 W. 26th Street

Kansas City, MO 64108

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

5:00 - 8:30pm

Museum will be open from 6:00 - 7:00pm

Back of House Tour 7:00 - 8:00pm

Welcome to our Chapter’s

Newest Member

Jon Capp

City Union Mission

Scott Herron

Cavern Technologies

David Foltz

KBS Constructors

Jen Slansky

City Wide Maintenance Co.

Jeremiah Timlick

City Union Mission

Buy a “Pay Pack” and save!

10 Pack - 10 Program Meetings for $180 (buy 9 programs, get 1 free)

5 Pack - 5 Program Meetings for $90 (buy 4 programs, get 1 for ½ price)

Did you know that you will find your KCIFMA login and password at the bottom of emails sent from us. Look for it on the next email!

KCIFMA Monthly Program Meeting Registration,

Cancellation & Refund Policy

Reservations (Registrations/RSVPs) are due 48 business hours before

the Program Meeting. I.e. for a typical Tuesday Program Meeting,

RSVPs must be received by 11:30 am the prior Friday.

The on-line reservation system will not accept RSVP’s after the

deadline.

Due to catering order requirements, if your registration is not received

by the RSVP deadline, we will not be able to provide you with food or

drink. However, we do encourage you to attend. To do so, please pay

the regular program fee at the door by cash or check.

Again, due to catering order requirements, if you registered but do not

attend, you will be billed/charged for the meeting.

Reminder, if you are using a Pay Pack, you must still RSVP before the

deadline to receive food and drink. If you do not RSVP, you may

attend but no food and drink will be provided.

Cancellations received at least 48 business hours prior to the Program

Meeting will be issued a credit for a future meeting.

The new 2012-2013 Membership Campaign will run from 12/1/12 to 3/31/13. There will be several ways to recruit and many prizes to win, like an Apple iPad mini. More information soon.

Thank you KCIFMA

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