September 17, 2009 Seminar

The executive director of ASHE, Dale Woodin, spoke to the Facility & Property Management students on September 17, 2009. ASHE stands for American Society of Healthcare Engineers. Our program has and will continue to benefit greatly from Dale’s visit. His seminar was on joint commissioning and was a well prepared presentation. He wanted to, more than anything, answer the questions of the students and for that reason he opened up the last 1/3 of the seminar to questions. The students were able to ask thoughtful questions and Mr. Woodin was more than happy to answer them. Many of the students are interested in learning more about facility management in the healthcare environment and so this was a great opportunity to have him come and open that line of communication.

September 10, 2009 Seminar

Ole Smith, BYU’s VP of Physical Facilities, spoke to the students about a Master plan, or long-term facility planning. He mentioned that the master plan must be flexible and easily adaptable. Ole also gave the students some hypothetical situations that demonstrate the complexity and the variables that are involved with a new idea for campus. The students enjoyed the topic and asked some very good questions in the closing minutes.

FPM Opening Social

We are going to be holding our opening social this year on Saturday September 19th from 2-3:30 PM. It will be held in the Snell parking lot, and is going to be a tailgate party for our BYU Football team home opener game!! There is going to be plenty of food, so please come and eat it!! We are also going to have some games to play, and prizes to give away. So come meet other people in the program and enjoy some time together!

Industry Advisory Council and Student Genius Compeition

The 17th and 18th of September marks BYU's Facility and Property Management Program's Industry Advisory Council. This event takes place annually and allows key facility and property management professionals, directors, and executives to visit with the program's faculty and administration regarding the progress and needs of the program. This is a great opportunity for developing the future of the FPM program at BYU. Among other items the new Sustainable Energy Lab will be discussed.

This year the Industry Advisory Council will include a unique aspect. The Facility and Property Management Student Genius Competition will be coming home to BYU campus. Students will be competition to solve a problem statement regarding "Sustainability in Existing Buildings" The competition will take place on Friday the 18th starting at 7:30am and going throughout the day until 5pm. The competition will be open for visitors to view the teams working and their presentations in the afternoon. It will take place on BYU campus in the main lobby of the Clyde building.