August 2008 - Facility Management

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Can Your Facility Face the Future?
Partner Presentation
Frameworks for Managing Your Facility
Case Studies
Edgy Info
Exhibitors
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Can Your Facility Face the Future?

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On Wednesday 20 August QWESTNet held the forum 'Can Your Facility Face the Future' in partnership with the Facility Management Association of Australia (FMA).

Presenters on the day explored the benefits of green buildings, the role of the Facility Managers and the critical success factors for achieving green performance.
Disclaimer: The presentation of a product or technology does not constitute endorsement of any kind by the department or Queensland Government.

Partner Presentation

Lex Dewar

Introducing Facility Management

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Lex Dewar, Facility Management Association of Australia

Lex opened the forum by introducing the role of the Facility Manager in the context of managing green buildings and exploring the critical success factor for achieving green performance in practice. Green performance of buildings in use is the next great challenge for the built environment professions. New technologies offer opportunities for significant improvements on the green performance of both new and existing building stock. Along with the benefits come potentially greater risks and responsibilities for the owners, managers and users.

Frameworks for Managing Your Facility

Peter Scuderi

Sydney Opera House - Multi-dimensional Facility Management and Planning Tools

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Peter Scuderi, Construction Innovation

Speaking on the topic of multi-dimensional Facility Management and planning tools, Peter drew on research from the award winning Construction Innovation Sydney Opera House Exemplar Project. Construction Innovation and the Australian Government's FM Action Agenda partnered with industry, government and research to develop strategies across three research themes: digital modelling, services procurement and performance benchmarking. Peter discussed the potential applications for the broader FM industry of the solutions developed for the SOH Project. Unfortunately this presentation is not available.

Andrew Gentner

Working in a Five Star Building - NDY House

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Andrew Gentner, Norman Disney Young

NDY House Brisbane was constructed to developer's specification in the 1980's. NDY relocated there in April 2003 and has undertaken complete building renovation and fit out. NDY implemented a range of sustainable improvements to the building resulting in a number of significant demonstrable benefits including Achieving a 5 Star ABGR and 4.5 Star NABERS Office Water.

Murray Newcombe

Brisbane Square - Ecological Sustainability

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Murray Newcombe, Honeywell Building Solutions TAM

Murray spoke about the design facets of the Brisbane Square building, what is fitted to the building, and using his Facility Management experience, what it is like to manage a new 5 star green star 40 story building.

Case Studies

Trevor West

Sustainability in the Hospital Sector

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Trevor West, Greenslopes Private Hospital

Trevor gave a snapshot of Greenslopes Private Hospital Waste Management Plan. In his presentation, Trevor outlined what procedures they have in place and focussed on their recent ten step process to have Styrofoam recycled as part of the plan.

Vince Schokman

Mandalay Retirement Village, Requirements: Tenacity, Application & Endurance

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Vince Schokman, Schokman Enterprises Pty Ltd

'Survival threads conservation, and small margins need creative thinking' Schokman Enterprises is currently endeavouring to incorporate Ecologically Sustainable Design (ESD) principles into its complexes. Vince explored the challenges of change and the resistance to doing things differently. He shared his motivations for persisting to achieve better outcomes, and his journey toward ESD.

Geoffrey Dennis

Climate Change and the University of Queensland - A FM Perspective

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Geoff Dennis, Teritary Education Facility Management Association

Geoff provided an overview of what climate change means for UQ FM. The main points covered included:

How UQ is impacted on by climate change legislative framework;
How UQ is responding to climate change issues;
Measuring UQ's carbon footprint;
UQ's future objectives.

Edgy Info

Axl Driml

Facility Management for Sustainable Commerical Buildings

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Axl Driml, Facility Management Association of Australia

Axl's presentation provided an overview of a recent CRC CI series of workshops dealing with the strategies and roles of facility managers in the creation and maintenance of sustainable commerical buildings. Axl's presentation also focused on the importance of building the business case for sustainability.

Kathryn Healey

Productive Indoor Environments

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Kathyrn Healey, Maunsell AECOM

The quality of an indoor office environment has a direct influence on the productivity of the people working inside, and hence the value of the office space. Kathryn's presentation outlined what makes an indoor environment good, and how it can be improved as part of an office retrofit. The content forms part of the Sustainable Office Retrofits project currently underway for the Queensland EPA (now DERM).

Malcolm Kemp

State Law Building, Business Case - Green Lease

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Malcolm Kemp, Investa Asset Management

Green Leasing is a concept growing in demand, however the concepts and benefits are not well understood by the broader occupant, owner and building manager communities. Malcolm explored the potential and outcomes of Green Leasing principles through its application to 50 Ann Street, the building warmly referred to as 'Gotham Central'.