Presenters: Jill Hubbard, Leah Powers, and Adria Backus
Room Location: University A and B
Evaluation Form: Remote Wellness – Powering Productivity and Prosperity
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This presentation will explore the symbiotic relationship between employee well-being and organizational success. We will uncover how fostering health and wellness doesn’t just benefit the body but also enhances mental resilience, fueling higher productivity and engagement. We will also dive into the critical role of workplace ergonomics, especially in the context of remote work, and its impact on employee satisfaction and performance. In a world where remote work is prevalent, staying active becomes paramount in prioritizing our holistic well-being. Join us in unlocking the keys to a thriving workplace that champions both physical and mental vitality for sustained prosperity.
Presenter: Jeff Thatcher and Duncan Stewart
Room Location: Chancellor
Evaluation Form: Dollars and Cents of Transportation CEI
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This presentation will provide insight and dispel misunderstandings about how Transportation CEI work from a business perspective. Intended primarily for individuals embedded with the client, we will cover how clients set rates using experience, what is a Federal Acquisition Regulation audited overhead rate, and how is it used. Also will provide how trucks are reimbursed and what is allowed to be negotiated with a client. By the end of this session, those that work for CEI clients will have a working knowledge of how an organization is paid for services provided and why.
Presenters: Danny Yeh and Keith Maxwell
Room Location: University C
Evaluation Form: The Cx Process and a Look into Building Enclosure Cx
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Come gain a better understanding of the general commissioning process. Then, we’ll move through building enclosure commissioning which can help avoid many of the design and construction errors resulting in owner dissatisfaction, discomfort, and lawsuits. Water issues are one of the most frequently cited owner complaints in new construction and rehabilitation. Building enclosure commissioning can help prevent many of these issues in design review, review of construction mock-ups, and enclosure system and component installation. Common air leaks happen at poorly designed or constructed transitions between building enclosure systems. An airtight building must consider all six sides and all penetrations, openings, and changes in direction.
Presenters: Cody Bain, Josh Lawrence, and Ryan Waldrop
Room Location: Congressional A and B
Evaluation Form: De-Constructing Constructibility Reviews
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Constructibility reviews are one of the best ways our clients realize real, quantifiable ROI from our services. This session will help define just what a constructibility review is, how we perform them and how they can be used to manage our projects proactively and move beyond the present. Come join us as we share best practices for creating formal constructibility reviews as well as performing continuous constructibility review throughout the project lifecycle.
Presenters: Matt DeSilver, Kim Forbes, Alek Sergek, and Joe Modica
Room Location: University A and B
Evaluation Form: Evolution of Leadership Opportunities
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Evolving to the leadership team of the future involves a proactive approach to identifying leaders and leadership development that includes a broad set of skills and attributes to meet the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead in the ever-changing business environment. Learn how AEC consulting firms provide opportunities and support for team members to be leaders internal to their business and in the AEC industry.
Presenters: Thomas Hood and Al Hawkins
Room Location: Chancellor
Evaluation Form: Facility Preventative Maintenance: A Proactive Approach
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New or older facilities all have a common adversary, “Preventative Maintenance Programs.” The goal should be to monitor the equipment and to provide the required maintenance as recommended by the manufacture Operations and Maintenance Manuals. Providing the proper preventative maintenance can help with the rising cost of energy (water, gas, electricity). When the equipment is operating at its peak performance the energy usage and wear and tear are at a minimum. How do we advise our clients to “move beyond the present” mindset of I’ll fix it later versus fix it now before we cause further damage and increase our costs. What are some of the pit falls of waiting and how do we move beyond that mentality.
Presenters: Mike Dooley and Jacob Machner
Room Location: University C
Evaluation Form: Multimodal Transit Facility: A Transportation Anomaly
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Multi-Modal Transit Facility: A Transportation Anomaly, will give a general overview of the Multi-Modal Transit Facility including the various stakeholders, project footprint, and complexities associated with each layer of this multifaceted project on the Virginia Tech campus. This includes an emphasis on the project’s uniqueness as a true vertical-horizontal hybrid and the challenges of obtaining stakeholder buy in. Furthermore, this session will showcase how consulting firms can add value as an owner’s representative while simultaneously dealing with conflict at every turn of the project progression and how these lessons can be used for moving beyond the present.
Presenter: Will Davies, Ryan Waldrop, Jonathan Pritt, and Duncan Stewart
Room Location: Congressional A and B
Evaluation Form: Remote Capture: Capturing the Present for the Future
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Come see how to utilize remote capture technology today and into the future. Topics covered will include the use of 360-cameras, drones, HoloBuilder, and DroneDeploy. Emphasis on real client problems and provided solutions enabled by this technology. Users of these tools are encouraged to attend to gain new insights and share their ideas. Others are also strongly encouraged to attend and learn how you can leverage these tools to help your clients and project teams achieve their goals.
Presenters: Rachel Fleming (moderator) w/panelists Brian Haskins, Brian Moore, Jennifer Hamby, Justin Johnson, and Mike Bagshaw
Room Location: University A and B
Evaluation Form: Program Consulting – Beyond Managing Multiple Projects
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Program management is frequently defined as management of a group of projects. But what if we elevate our thinking to understand program management as maximizing the defined benefits of multiple projects? A panel will discuss the management and consulting techniques applied at the program level, and how these relate to decisions made at the project level. Moving Beyond Present, imagine a future where a consulting firm is the industry expert in providing program level consulting across market sectors, helping clients realize organization-wide benefits, and delivering better program outcomes.
Presenters: Jeff Thatcher and Stephanie Aurand
Room Location: Chancellor
Evaluation Form: Help Wanted! No Holds Barred Recruiting
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This interactive presentation is a guided tour of firsthand experiences, approaches, and lessons learned from recruiting in a tight labor market to find the right Team Members and promote growth at an organization. We will discuss our experiences of where and how to find candidates, how to check if their a great addition to the team, and how to navigate the treacherous waters from first contact to onboarding day. We’ll also compare active versus passive recruiting and when each has been successful.
Presenter: Rob Berry
Room Location: University C
Evaluation Form: Fire and Life Safety: Building Fire Suppression
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Clients are expecting consulting firms to provide subject matter expertise in areas of building construction we traditionally have not delivered in the past. One of these areas is in fire and life safety. This session is intended to take a deeper dive into one of content areas covered (during a former Lunch-n-Learn “Intro to Fire and Life Safety”) which is the suppression of fire in structures.
Presenters: Joe Modica, Josh Lawrence, Gary Lester, and Kevin Bocock
Room Location: Congressional A and B
Evaluation Form: Shortlist 101: Q&A for Inspectors
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The intent of this training session is to have mock VDOT style Q&A sessions where we break the attendees into small groups and give them actual VDOT interview questions allowing them 10 to 15 minutes to formulate responses and then present them back to the panel. There would be a short preparatory presentation at the beginning of the session to describe the process and best practices.