QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER October 2018
Blue Ridge Central VA Hampton Roads
Joe Auricchio THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE President Hello all VSHE Members!
As summer rolls into fall, VSHE is moving on. Several events are coming up quickly. There are district meetings and socials planned over the next couple of weeks and through the holidays. We also have our fall conference on Oct. 24 in Fredericksburg. This year we are featuring safety and innovation. See the calendar on our website for upcoming events.
Big news!!! VSHE has reached 300 members. See membership section of newsletter for details.
VSHE is welcoming an old friend back to our leadership team. Jim Setliff, of CHKD and former VSHE President, is joining the Board of Directors again. We look forward to Jim’s input and guidance as the Hampton Roads District Chair. As a group, we would like to thank Ron Blackburn for all he has done to keep Hampton Roads moving in the right direction.
As one person rejoins, another is leaving. Secretary Geoff Pierce, Board Secretary, has announced he is leaving VSHE after the May 2019 conference. If you or someone you know wants to be involved at this level, please reach out to one of the Board members for details.
Becoming a better organization does not happen because one person does a lot. It happens because a lot of people do a little. If you have any ideas or want to get involved, reach out to a Board member to see how to get involved. We hope that you will use the Virginia Society of Healthcare Engineers as a forum for the exchange of innovative ideas, practical solutions to problems, and as a resource for current developments in the healthcare industry.
Respectfully,
~Joe Auricchio BS, CHFM VSHE President 2018-2019
9th ANNUAL 2019 CONFERENCE AND Lindsay Davis, Conference Chair FALL SEMINAR UPDATE Belinda Currin, Conference Co-Chair
Register NOW for the VSHE Fall Seminar in Fredericksburg, VA!
Earn 6 Contact Hours = .60 CEU's Selling out fast~Limited Seating!
th Please register HERE for the October 24 , 2018 Seminar. And THANK YOU to our sponsors!!
Call for Abstracts for the May 2019 Conference! If you have a topic or subject that you would like to present during the VSHE Annual Conference in May 2019 in Roanoke, VA, please feel free to respond to our Call for Abstracts starting November 1, 2019. Your topic need only be relevant to the physical environment of health care facilities. Look for email announcements November 1. Call me, Belinda Currin 804.724.0810, with questions.
~ Lindsay Davis VSHE Conference Chair
~ Belinda Currin VSHE Conference Co-Chair
Jerry Baker MEMBERSHIP UPDATE Membership Chair VSHE MEMBERSHIP HAS ITS PRIVILEGES!!!
Congratulations are in order as VSHE just celebrated its 300th member who happens to be on staff with Carillion Clinic in Roanoke! As we celebrate our membership, approach our Fall Conference and enter into the season of high school football, teacher workshops, and school bus traffic, let’s remember that the VSHE mission is to serve those that keep our healthcare facilities in ‘tip top’ condition.
We are currently developing exclusive benefits, events, and networking opportunities that will be open to members….all to increase/improve membership value. We are excited to hear any thoughts and ideas you might have. Please feel free to contact me, Jerry Baker: [email protected] or (804) 291-3899.
Regards! ~ Jerry Baker VSHE Membership Chair
Marty Misicko BLUE RIDGE DISTRICT UPDATE District Chair
The VSHE Blue Ridge District Meeting + Solar Tour Thursday, October 18th, 1:00 PM-3:15 PM
Location Carilion New River Valley Medical Center Fireside B Conference Room 2900 Lamb Circle Christiansburg, VA 24073
Who VSHE Members, Carilion Staff, Secure Futures Staff
Speakers: Carilion: Scott Blankenship Secure Futures: Tony Smith, Hugh Stoll, Andrew Yoder
Earn: 2.25 Contact Hours (.225 CEUs)
Note This is a Member Only Event. Lunch will be served. RSVP to Dylan Henderson required. CLICK BUTTON BELOW
[email protected] or 540.981.8177
Abstract: During this chapter meeting, VSHE members will get the opportunity to learn first-hand how Carilion effectively installed a cost-saving solar array on-site through Secure Futures Solar. A four-part presentation will outline the benefits of going solar specifically for the healthcare community. First, Carilion staff will provide a glimpse of their customer experience and describe the benefits they have received, such as meeting sustainability targets for stakeholders and positive media attention. Next, the CEO will explain the unique financial model for no upfront cost installation and how hospitals will earn savings over time through Power Purchase Agreements. The Secure Futures CTO will then explain how the solar panels technically work, the operation and maintenance of the panels, and the feasibility of installation at healthcare facilities. Finally, the Technical Manager will show how Secure Futures’ monitors energy through the ARMS system to maximize solar productivity. The presentation will be followed by an on-site solar tour with an opportunity for questions to be answered.
Agenda
1:00~Lunch provided by Secure Futures VSHE chapter updates during lunch Panera boxed lunch 1:30~Solar 101 Presentation Introduction of Secure Futures by Carilion Sco : Customer experience – meeting goals and media a ention Tony: Financial model – no up-front costs, PPAs, and savings Hugh: Technical operation – on-site installation, operation and maintenance Andrew Yoder: ARMS energy monitoring system 2:30~Solar Tour of Carilion Walk to solar array Weather permi ing, Q+A at solar array
3:15~Adjourn
BR VSHE SOLAR TOUR ABSTRACT + AGENDA
Thanks, ~Marty Misicko VSHE Blue Ridge District Chair
Your Blue Ridge District Commi ee Chairs: District Chair Program Chair Marty Misicko District Co-Chair Membership Chair Scott Blankenship Carilion Clinic VACANT VACANT Carilion Clinic [email protected] [email protected]
Sco Schwagel CENTRAL DISTRICT UPDATE District Chair
VSHE Central District Meeting Monday, October 29, 2018
Title VSHE Central District Meeting: 2nd FIT Level 1 Training
NEW Time & Date Monday, October 29, 2018 8:30 AM – 12 noon
Location Henrico Doctors' Hospital Williamsburg Room 1602 Skipwith Road Richmond, Virginia 23229
Who VSHE Members Speaker Mark Izsa, SPECIFIED TECHNOLOGIES INC. (STI Firestop)
Note This is a Member Only Event. Coffee and pastries will be served.
RSVP toScott Schwegal required. CLICK BUTTON BELOW
RSVP Scott Schwegal ([email protected]) CC: Heather.Litt@hcahealth or (804) 289-4554
Course Overview
Competency-Based Program Certificates For Those Who Pass The Exam Offers Renewable Certification Is Non-Proprietary To Specific Brands Teaches The UL System Approach How Firestop Works How Firestop Is Tested Fire Protection Fundamentals Firestopping Penetrations Fire Rated Construction
Firestop products are highly dependent on proper design and installation for success in an actual fire. They are the only code required life- safety item installed by every trade. In response to the growing demand for training, we have developed a competency based training program called FIT.
FIT Level I Basic Training: This basic competency course is a 3 hour, in-service training. This course is excellent for designers, installers, code compliance officers and anyone seeking a basic understanding of firestopping. This Course is Recognized for 3 Wisconsin Credit Hours and 1 AIA Learning Unit
More Information Click Below: FIT Standard Level 1 Flyer 2018 STI Ordering Information - Grainger 2018
~Scott Schwegal Central District Chair
Your Central District Commi ee Chairs:
District Chair District Co-Chair Membership Chair Program Chair Sco Schwegal Mark Jacubec John Rimbey, PE, Sr. Assoc. Lindsay Davis Henrico Doctors' Hospital VCU Health System Syska Hennessy Group W. E. Bowman Sco [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Jim Setliff HAMPTON ROADS DISTRICT UPDATE Hampton Roads District Chair
Hello VSHE Hampton Roads! As your new Hampton Roads District Chair, I would first like to thank our outgoing District Chair, Ron Blackburn of Sentara Obici Hospital. Ron, in conjunction with Debra Dowden-Crocke , developed some fantastic socials and programs for Hampton Roads District. We intend to keep up the good work!
Some info about me: I am Director of Facility Planning and Construction of The Children’s Hospital of the Kings Daughters. I have over 20 years’ experience in the fuels industry and 25 years in Healthcare construction. My specific skills include a broad knowledge of planning, interpreting, organizing, executing, and coordinating major architectural and engineering projects, performing engineering design work, calculating costs, and conducting various facilities studies as well as multi-year planning and construction programs.
I am one of the founding members VSHE, and a past-president in 2006. I have been serving Healthcare Facilities since 1998. I am also a member of American Hospital Association (AHA), American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE), Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association (VHHA), and National Fire Protection Association (NFPA).
Please reach out to me with ideas on how to strengthen our District, become a VSHE member, or just become involved. We want to hear from you! Contact: (757) 668-9306, jim.setliff@chkd.org.
Respectfully, ~ Jim Setliff VSHE Hampton Roads District Chair
VSHE Central and Hampton Roads Districts COMBINED SOCIAL NEW DATE: October 10, 2018, 6 PM~8 PM
Time & Date Wednesday, October 10th, 6:00~8:00 PM
Location The Virginia Beer Company 401 2nd St, Williamsburg, VA 23185 Phone: (757) 378-2903 www.virginiabeerco.com VSHE has tables reserved inside the Beer Company for our group. VSHE is providing some nibbles; drinks will be paid for by attendees
We are looking for sponsors! Would love (5) $100 sponsors Call Debra if interested
Bring a friend or colleague. Invite a new member!
Note RSVP to Debra Dowden-Crockett Centennial Contractors Enterprises, Inc. www.cce-inc.com
CLICK BUTTON BELOW [email protected] Phone (757) 887-1200 Mobile (571) 228-8234
Your Hampton Roads District Commi ee Chairs: District Chair District Co-Chair Program Chair Membership Chair Jim Setliff Dave Pone Ross Miller Debra Dowden-Crockett CHKD Riverside Health System Rolyn Companies Centennial Contractors Enterprises jim.setliff@chkd.org [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Brandon Galbreath TECHNOLOGY UPDATE! IT Chair WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY!!!
Please check our website regularly for new Job Postings!! Under MEMBER RESOURCES.
Send in your facility job postings to Lynne Manning, Communications Chair, lmanning@pfa- architect.com to get them posted on our website!!
~Brandon Galbreath VSHE IT Chair
Rick Sanders ASHE ADVOCACY ASHE Advocacy Chair
How quickly summer is turning to fall, and winter is right around the corner. It has been a busy summer for all of us. Are you ready for tomorrow?
ASHE Resource Library has numerous training videos that can help improve your knowledge.
JUST ASK ASHE is also a great resource. Have a question? ASK ASHE, and your peers will provide you answers or resources to go to.
ASHE Commi ees: ASHE and the state chapters are working to support the healthcare facilities managers and project managers. How? You may ask. Here is just a few of the commi ees, made up of healthcare facility leadership and associates, who are looking to the future.
Regulatory Affairs Sustainability Succession planning (education, skilled labor force, website) Member Value
ASHE has launched a new – Certified Health Care Physical Environment Worker. Stay tune for more details, or go to the ASHE.org website.
Future Training Opportunities:
2019 international Summit and Exhibition on Health Facility Planning, Design & Construction.March 17-20, Phoenix, AZ
2019 Annual ASHE Conference will be held in Baltimore, MD, July 14-17, 2019. This will be a great conference to a end, especially since it is so close. Plan now to a end!
Q3 ASHE Advocacy Liaison Webinar
~Rick Sanders VSHE ASHE Advocacy Chair
CHAPTER SUSTAINABILITY Sco Blankenship Sustainability Liaison
Welcome VSHE Members to the Chapter Sustainability Section in the quarterly newsletter. Please reach out to me with ideas for future articles or speaking engagements!
Does Your Engineering Team Have the Energy-to-Care?
Energy-to-Care is a collaborative program championed by ASHE to assist healthcare facility engineers in monitoring and reducing energy consumption. Ge ing involved is easy and starts with just signing up to participate HERE. With the first step complete, the next task is as simple as entering a few utility bills into the software portfolio Manager. Portfolio Manager is a facility energy-benchmarking tool that can be utilized for free. This tool is provided through Energy Star and is so intuitive even a CEO could use it.
Once set up, portfolio manager allows users to access detailed energy data at no cost and provides for a platform to compare and challenge similar facilities using a robust data visualization tool. And, if you are an ASHE member, you can apply for awards.
This program gives healthcare facility professionals the opportunity to “give back” to their organization through energy savings, which ultimately frees up resources to be er support patient care.
Locally, healthcare facilities teams can engage in friendly competition for a chance to win a fabulous prize, bragging rights and the coveted VSHE Spark-Plug Award. Additional information about the VSHE Spark-Plug challenge will be forthcoming and posted on the website.
The Energy-to-Care ASHE Chapter Challenge program allows ASHE affiliated chapters to participate in a friendly competition against one another. The goal: reduce energy consumption!
VSHE supports Energy-to-Care, and we’re looking for a few good hospitals to join us.
We’ll even help sign you up. Let me know if you want to know more! 540) 731-2492, [email protected].
~ Sco Blankenship VSHE Sustainability Liaison
Lynne Manning LOOSE ENDS! Communications Chair
Interested in being on the Board of Directors for VSHE?
We have an opening for Chapter Secretary coming up in May 2019. Our long-serving Secretary, Geoff Pierce, will be rotating off the Board. We are looking for a dedicated member (HealthCare or Affiliate) to fill his big shoes. To learn more about the position, duties, and nomination process, please contact Joe Auricchio, President: [email protected] or call: (804) 338-1716. National Health Care Facilities & Engineering Week
Take the time to recognize your staff for all they do to optimize the health care physical environment during National Health Care Facilities & Engineering Week, October 21-27, 2018.
You and your staff are important members of your health care team – your department keeps your facility operational, safe, and efficient. Because of all you do, there is power; running water; and a clean, comfortable, and safe healing environment for all who walk through your doors. What you may think is ordinary is truly extraordinary. Without you and your staff’s efforts, the doors of your facility would not be open.
~ Lynne Manning VSHE Communications Chair Mark your calendars for 10th Annual VSHE Conference: May 13-16, 2019!
ANNUAL SPONSORSHIPS Our VSHE Annual Sponsorships for 2018 – 2019 run from September 1, 2018 to August 31, 2019
Thank you to our 2018 - 2019 Sponsors (September 1, 2018 to August 31, 2019):
PLATINUM
ACES ECS Pevco AECOM Emerald Construction Company PF&A Design AKF Group Engineered Services, Inc. Price Simpson Harvey Barton Malow EXCEL Energy Consulting Siemens / Building Technologies C & C Fire & Life Safety America Division Electrical HGA SRC, Inc. Service, Inc Hoar Construction The Whiting-Turner Contracting ChemTreat Johnson Controls Co. CMTA Kahler Slater Tremco Roofing & Building ColonialWebb KOP Architects Maintenance Contractors Leach Wallace Associates, Inc Turner Construction Cornerstone Mazzetti Turner Long Construction, Inc. Architects PACE Collaborative Vansant & Gusler, Inc PLC Pathway Technologies Inc. W M Jordan Company CT/HX Walter P Moore Damuth Warwick Mechanical Group Trane DAVIS Construction DMWPV Dunlap & Partners Engineers
GOLD Chesapeake Record Automatic Doors Healthcare Lu + Smith ENGINEERS Planning SILVER PDi Communication Systems, Inc
BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR 2018-2019: 2018-2019 State Board of Directors Elected
Joe Auricchio President 804-828-6308 [email protected] Dylan C. Henderson President-Elect 540-981-8177 [email protected] Rick Sanders Past President/ASHE Advocacy 804-828-5692 [email protected] Geoff Pierce Secretary 757-707-5301 [email protected] Joe Morris Treasurer 757-477-9874 [email protected] Lynne Manning Communications Chair 804-684-5820 [email protected] Scott Schwegal Central District Chair 804-289-4554 [email protected] Martin Misicko Blue Ridge District Chair 540-981-8891 [email protected] Jim Setliff Hampton Roads District Chair 757-668-9306 [email protected] Jerry Baker Membership Chair 804-291-3899 [email protected] Lindsay Davis Conference Chair 804-291-3899 [email protected] Belinda Currin Conference Co-Chair 804-724-0810 [email protected] Brandon Galbreath IT Chair 757-534-5272 [email protected]
Thank You to our 2018-2019 Annual Platinum Sponsors!
Thank You to our 2018-2019 Annual Gold Sponsors!
Thank You to our 2018-2019 Annual Silver Sponsors!
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