Thursday, March 29th
8:00 AM
Session Title: "Fostering
Trust: Encouraging Teamwork Among
Owners, Designers, and Contractors to Overcome Project Challenges"
Co - Presenters: Brian
W. Hayes, Office of Physical Plant, Pennsylvania State University with Paul
A. Politza, Gannett Fleming, Inc. and Jeffrey
L. Lucas, Jr., Leonard S. Fiore, Inc.
Session Description:Penn
State was awarded a $7.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health
to establish a first-of-its kind center for child maltreatment studies, but was
given only 209 days to complete the project. The project involved the
renovation of an 88’ x 33’ shell space in a historic building to create a home
for the Center for Healthy Children's sensitive treatment and research programs.
Despite an aggressive schedule, the facility opened on time. This session will
share lessons learned from the management of the project, including assembling
a high-performing team; facilitating rapid decision-making; pro-actively
managing the schedule; and fostering a “trust yourself and others” mindset among
all team members.
Track 1 - Session 2
9:20 AM
Session Title: "Prevention through Design
– A Case Study of the Penn State School of Music Recital Hall Project"Co - Presenters: Rami Berner, Bostwick
Design Partnership, Andrew Schrenk, PJ Dick, Michael Rader, Barton
Associates with Rachel Prinkey, Penn State University
Session Description: Unlike many other building types, performance
venues struggle between building performance and the ability to easily maintain
that building. The primary driver in this struggle is acoustical performance,
which has two primary components: controlling the acoustics within the room, and
isolating that room from external acoustics. For the Penn State Recital Hall
project, this led to a rigorous process that brought the University’s
facilities staff regularly into design discussions with the users, the design
team, and the construction manager early in design. These bi-lateral discussions,
and utilizing technologies like virtual reality, helped the project
successfully navigate these two seemingly opposing priorities.
* This presentation has been certified for, or is pending, an AIA continuing education credit.
Track 1 - Session 3
10:40 AM
Session Title: "Tour
of the Agricultural Engineering Building Project "Presenter: Jeff
Spackman, Office of Physical Plant, Penn State University
Session Description: The vision of Penn State University's Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department is to be an international leader in research, education, and outreach for critical sustainability issues facing the global community. To serve their vision and mission, their aging facility was in dire need of a complete overhaul. The project included significant demolition, restoration of a historical portion (circa 1940) of the building, and the addition of a new building. For this project, Penn State piloted their first Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) contract. The existing building was approximately 75,000 gsf, the new facility is 93,700 gsf, and the total project cost was just under $50M.
*This session provides an off-site tour of the project. Logistical details for the tour will be provided.
Track 2 - Session 1
8:00 AM
Session Title: "Transforming
Existing Campus Spaces to Better Attract, Engage, and Retain Students within
Varying Degrees of Budget Limitations"
Co-Presenters: Martin
Kimmel, Kimmel Bogrette Architecture + Site with Doug
Wenger, Penn State University
Session Description: Most
institutions are faced with a common problem of tired 1950’s-1960’s buildings
that appear to have no hope. This presentation will prove that there is hope,
by describing a process that will breathe new life into old buildings within
varying degrees of budget limitations. The featured case studies will describe
how strategic planning led to changes at the institution that in turn succeeded
in increasing enrollment with a renewed competitive edge. The examples will
also show how to energize and fulfill a campus master plan by renovating and
repurposing existing buildings, delivering more programs within the same
facility, and saving money using a facilities planning process designed to
maximize creativity while minimizing costs.
* This presentation has been certified for, or is pending, an AIA continuing education credit.
** This session was presented in November 2017 as an ERAPPA Lunch and Learn Webinar.
Track 2 - Session 2
9:20 AM
Session Title: "Battery Energy Storage System Applications for your
College Campus"Presenter: Michael Walton, Director of Advanced Power Systems,
Burns Engineering
Session Description: Learn about the latest in Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) and how they may could be applied on your university's campus. BESS should be tailored very specifically to each end user’s applications, since not all technologies and chemistries are made to perform the same functions. This presentation will review the different chemistries, technologies, sizes and scales, charge/discharge rates, of BESS, as well as various types of applications, such as peak load shaving, resiliency, or PJM ancillary markets.
Track 2 - Session 3
10:40 AM
Session Title: "The Reality of Architecture in a Virtual World"Co -Presenters: Kelsey Leed, Randy Davis,Tracy Rohrbaugh, and Jason Nye, Crabtree, Rohrbaugh & Associates with Dan Barlup, Penn State University, Harrisburg
Campus
Session Description:The Reality of Architecture in a Virtual World
The use of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are forecast to increase by 100%, or more, over each of the next four years. How can this growing market be integrated into the way we realize architecture and design? This interactive presentation will include the following:
- A brief history and trends in the AR/VR world
- Selection process for devices and software
- Integration of VR into BIM work flow
- Practical applications for VR within the architectural practice
- Design Coordination and clash detection
* This presentation has been certified for, or is pending, an AIA continuing education credit.
Track 3 - Session 1
8:00 AM
Session Title: "The Benefits of Drones in
Evaluating the Building Enclosure"
Presenter: Steven J. Bohlen,
Building Enclosure Design & Consulting Group, Gale Associates, Inc.
Session Description: Investigating and
evaluating a building enclosure can be challenging due to access issues. Inspecting
multi-story buildings, steep sloped roofs, steeples, and spires can be difficult.
Traditional approaches utilize man lifts, high-reach equipment, scaffolding,
and/or binoculars. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has recently
adopted procedures and certifications for the use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems
(UASs) (drones) for business use. Drones can capture real-time, high-resolution
video and photographs, and reduce the time and money it takes to perform a
typical evaluation. This presentation will detail the pros and cons of drone
use, privacy issues, and FAA regulations, and include sample videos and images.
* This presentation has been certified for, or is pending, an AIA continuing education credit.
Track 3 - Session 2
9:20 AM
Session Title: "It’s
Just Grass, It Will Grow Back"Presenter: Ryan
D. McCaughey, Penn State University
Session Description: This
presentation will discuss how Penn State Office of Physical Plant created
deferred maintenance and priority listings for landscapes on campus. Moving
from reactive, individual paper lists of areas to improve, renovate, replace
and repair, to a proactive approach through the use of ArcGIS, a work
order system, and other technology, created a quantitative deferred maintenance
list that could be shared with the upper administration.
Track 3 - Session 3
10:40 AM
Session Title: "Facility
Safety and Reliability Assessments - What You Need to Know"Presenter: Paul
Parise, RPA Engineering
Session Description: This
presentation will demonstrate methods for performing safety and liability
assessments, as they relate to mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection
systems. These assessment include identifying code issues across all
disciplines, including the energy code. In addition to presenting successful
methods for identifying code-related issues, the discussion will also include
how to compile near-term and long-term mitigation plans.
