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FACILITIES AMERICA 2012 SEPTEMBER 10-12, 2012 WASHINGTON D.C. Welcome to Facilities America 2012 reetings fellow AFE mem-bers, soon-to-be-members, and guests! Th e day has arrived — Fa-cilities America Education Forum 2012 has begun! Th is is the event that many of us have been planning and looking forward to for the past year, and one that I know you will enjoy attending as much as we did in putting it together for you. On behalf of the Facilities America Education Forum Planning Committee, I want to welcome all of you to our na-tion’s capital. It is our hope that you will avail yourselves of the educational op-portunities that we’ve assembled as well as visit the several booths of our faithful vendors. We in the facilities engineering/ maintenance professional ranks know all too well the need for our trusted spon-sors and exhibitors. Please drop by and show your appreciation for their support of AFE. Th ere are some extra activities of note scheduled. I want to call special atten-tion to the Awards Reception. Why should I go if I’m not getting an award? FROM DENNY HYDRICK, CPMM (LOCKHEED MARTIN) Facilities America Education Forum 2012 Planning Committee Chair G Good question and let me give you my (good) answer: meeting and greeting. Over these three days, you may see, and possibly be introduced to, some of your national staff and offi cers. At this reception, all of them will be there. Th e recipients who receive awards will have deserved them for various reasons…rea-sons that you might want to carry back to your home chapter. Getting to know these dedicated individuals will person-alize your AFE experience. Will I have to purchase a ticket? Yes, but food will be served at the reception. So please plan on attending to meet the men and women who keep the organization running day in and day out. Another exciting activity is the tour of the Smithsonian Air & Space Mu-seum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center on Tuesday. Th is center features hangars where aircraft and spacecraft are dis-played. Visitors can walk among aircraft and small artifacts in display cases and view aircraft hanging from the arched ceiling on elevated skywalks. Th e Lock-heed SR-71 “Blackbird” and the space shuttle Discovery are featured among many, many more. If you’re an aircraft “nut,” then you’ll be absolutely nutty over this tour! Lastly, as well as gaining valuable contacts and knowledge on various topics germane to our work, you will learn what the premier organization in the world for representing facilities, maintenance, and operations profes-16 July | August 2012 ■ Facilities Engineering Journal ■ www.AFE.org

Facilities America 2012

Welcome to Facilities America 2012 Greetings fellow AFE members, soon-to-be-members, and guests! The day has arrived — Facilities America Education Forum 2012 has begun! This is the event that many of us have been planning and looking forward to for the past year, and one that I know you will enjoy attending as much as we did in putting it together for you. On behalf of the Facilities America Education Forum Planning Committee, I want to welcome all of you to our nation’s capital. It is our hope that you will avail yourselves of the educational opportunities that we’ve assembled as well as visit the several booths of our faithful vendors. We in the facilities engineering/ maintenance professional ranks know all too well the need for our trusted sponsors and exhibitors. Please drop by and show your appreciation for their support of AFE. There are some extra activities of note scheduled. I want to call special attention to the Awards Reception. Why should I go if I’m not getting an award? Good question and let me give you my (good) answer: meeting and greeting. Over these three days, you may see, and possibly be introduced to, some of your national staff and officers. At this reception, all of them will be there. The recipients who receive awards will have deserved them for various reasons…reasons that you might want to carry back to your home chapter. Getting to know these dedicated individuals will personalize your AFE experience. Will I have to purchase a ticket? Yes, but food will be served at the reception. So please plan on attending to meet the men and women who keep the organization running day in and day out. Another exciting activity is the tour of the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center on Tuesday. This center features hangars where aircraft and spacecraft are displayed. Visitors can walk among aircraft and small artifacts in display cases and view aircraft hanging from the arched ceiling on elevated skywalks. The Lockheed SR-71 “Blackbird” and the space shuttle Discovery are featured among many, many more. If you’re an aircraft “nut,” then you’ll be absolutely nutty over this tour! Lastly, as well as gaining valuable contacts and knowledge on various topics germane to our work, you will learn what the premier organization in the world for representing facilities, maintenance, and operations professionals is doing to further our reputation and standing within the industry as well as offering many resources to assist us in our daily tasks. On a personal note, I expect to see some of the attendees recognize that this is THE organization worthy of their time and efforts to help maintain AFE’s leadership in the industry — and to make it even better. Local chapters are the lifeblood of the organization so I challenge each of you to get involved in your home chapter! Get involved on a national level! The message is to just get involved! The old adage that “you get out of an organization what you put in” is certainly true. Enjoy Facilities America Education Forum 2012 and we’ll see you next year at Facilities America 2013! Earn or Maintain Your Certification Are you ready to move to the next level professionally and demonstrate your expertise in facilities management and operations? Then become AFE Certified. Certified facilities professionals advance faster and earn more than their colleagues. AFE will offer both the Certified Plant Maintenance Manager (CPMM) and Certified Plant Supervisor (CPS) preparation courses and the CPMM and CPS exams in conjunction with Facilities America. And for managers, what better way to ensure your facility operates at peak efficiency than to have your employees become AFE Certified? Whether you have AFE’s Certified Plant Engineer (CPE), CPMM or CPS, earn the Continuing Education Units (CEUs) you need to maintain and renew your AFE Certification at Facilities America. You can earn up to 3.0 CEUs (1.0 CEU per day; 0.1 CEU per hour) by attending the education sessions, facility tour and Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill. That’s enough credits in just one program to fulfill all the requirements for your next renewal! Be sure to claim your CEU verification for Facilities America Education Forum at the Registration Desk. TOP TEN REASONS TO ATTEND FACILITIES AMERICA EDUCATION FORUM Start preparing for Facilities America Education Forum 2013. Watch for more information at www.AFE.org. 10 2013 AFE Chapter Awards Reception. Celebrate with AFE as we honor outstanding Chapter achievement! 9 Professional Advancement. Earn CEUs for attending sessions that take your professional knowledge to the next level and enhance your value to a facility. 8 Networking. Networking. Networking. Connect with leaders and peers that make up a community of instant answers beyond Facilities America. 7 Facility Tour. A guided tour and Q & A of a unique facility that only Facilities America attendees will get to see from the bottom up. 6 Supercharge your Investment in Building Technology. Learn how to combat inefficiency in your facility. Take away ideas and strategies to help save your company time and money. 5 Get AFE Certified! AFE Certification tells the world you have the knowledge and experience to successfully operate and maintain a facility. 4 Hear It from the Experts. Facilities America provides top-quality education from the industry’s experts! You’ll walk away with solutions to your everyday problems, which you can implement immediately within your facility. 3 Boost Your Brain Power. Brush up on your maintenance and management skills with our sessions. Take your pick from today’s hot topics, including indoor air quality, water quality, energy efficiency, retro-commissioning and more! 2 Make Your Voice Count! Participate in or observe AFE governance meetings including the House of Delegates, Board Meeting and the Leadership Development Institute to learn about federal issues, professional trends and AFE initiatives that support and impact facilities operations. 1 It’s a Sound Investment in Your Facility’s Bottom Line! You and your company will benefit from your knowledge of the cost-saving practices and emerging compliances that translate into more efficient building management. NATIONAL AIR & SPACE MUSEUM, STEVEN F. UDVAR-HAZY CENTER The Official Facilities Tour of AFE’s Facilities America 2012 The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, comprised of two phases and over 760,000 square feet, near Washington Dulles International Airport is the companion facility to the Smithsonian on the National Mall. The facility provides enough space for the Smithsonian to display the thousands of aviation and space artifacts that cannot be exhibited on the National Mall. Phase one of the facility, completed in 2003, comprises the Boeing Aviation Hangar and the James S. McDonnell Space Hangar. The Boeing Aviation Hangar is 103 feet high, 986 feet long and 248 feet wide at floor level. It has a whopping 293,707 square feet of floor space. The James S. McDonnell Space Hangar measures 80 feet high, 262 feet long and 180 feet wide. It has a total floor area of 53,607 square feet. Phase two of the facility, substantially completed in 2011, is over 400,000 square feet in size and contains the Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar, the Air and Space Archives Division, the Collections Processing Unit and the Emil Buehler Conservation Laboratory. A small portion of the Hazy Center’s vast collection includes: • The Enola Gay, the Boeing B-29 Super fortress that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan • The orbital spacecraft, Space Shuttle Discovery • A Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft • An Air France Concorde supersonic airliner • The Boeing 367-80 jet transport, which was the prototype for the Boeing 707 • The only surviving Boeing 307 Stratoliner, the ex-Pan Am Clipper Flying Cloud • The only surviving German Heinkel He 219 Uhu nightfighter • The only surviving German Arado Ar 234 Blitz jet bomber • One of three surviving German Bachem Ba 349 Natters • The only surviving Japanese Nakajima J1N1 Gekko • One of two surviving Boeing P-26 Peashooter fighters • Lockheed Martin X-35 Joint Strike Fighter, prototype of the F-35 Lightning II • F-14 Tomcat fighter involved in the Gulf of Sidra incident • The primary special-effects miniature of the “Mothership” used in the filming of Close Encounters of the Third Kind • A piece of fabric from the LZ 129 Hindenburg that survived the Hindenburg disaster The National Air & Space Museum, Steven F. Udar-Hazy Center is located in northern Virginia at 14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway, Chantilly, Virginia 20151. Visit the Center online at http://airandspace.si.edu/museum/udvarhazy. AFE extends a wealth of appreciation to the Facilities America Education Forum 2012 sponsors and exhibitors. Your ongoing support makes it possible to provide affordable, accessible educational programs. We encourage our members to visit the Solution Providers site (coming soon!) At www.AFE.org to learn more about the expertise, products and services provided by AFE sponsors and exhibitors. KEYNOTE SPEAKER AFE announces NANCY BECHTOL, CFM as the opening keynote presenter for Facilities America Education Forum “WORLD-CLASS FACILITIES, THE SMITHSONIAN’S LARGEST TREASURE” Bechtol is the director of the Office of Facilities Management and Reliability (OFMR) at the Smithsonian Institution. She manages all facilities management needs within the 19 museums and research centers and the National Zoo that make up the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. and New York, utilizing an in-house staff of over 850 and an operating budget of $100 million. She is also responsible for managing the exhibition-quality gardens that surround the museums. Bechtol has received recognition from the Smithsonian Institution during her 18-year tenure for superior leadership and management of her staff, managing facility emergencies, for utilizing the interior and exterior landscapes as horticultural exhibition spaces, and for professional leadership in managing all horticultural collections, most notably the Archives of American Gardens and an orchid collection. The Smithsonian Gardens were awarded the 2007 and 2010 Professional Grounds Management Society Grand Award for Landscape Excellence. Bechtol’s office provides all support services in the Smithsonian, including transportation, mail, horticultural services, engineering support, facilities assessment, energy management and audio visual. In 2006, the Smithsonian received APPA’s highest honor for facilities management, the National Award for Excellence in Facilities Management. Bechtol graduated from the University of Maryland in 1980 with a Bachelor of Science degree in horticulture. She received her master’s degree in 1984 from the University of Delaware through the Longwood Program in Public Garden Administration. She became a certified facility manager through International Facilities Management Association in 2007.

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