WISCONSIN HEALTHCARE ENGINEERING ASSOCIATION Dedicated to Excellence in Healthcare Engineering ENG RE INE CA E H R T IN L G A A E S H S NEWSLETTER W N O I C S A H I N A O E T I C 1ST QUARTER VOLUME 19 MARCH 2009 O S I N W President’s Message As your new president, I would like to welcome you to our first Inside newsletter of 2009. I would like to thank all the hard working volunteers that make up the WHEA organization, from each of the six chapter This Issue... presidents to the many committees and the membership in general. Chapter VI 2 Everyone’s input has made WHEA a great 2009 WHEA Sponsors Codes 3 organization to be Platinum Conference 4 involved with and the Kim Bauer wonderful asset it is to all Boldt Education 5 WHEA President Miron Construction Co. of us today. Mortenson Construction Chapter II 6 What these committees and their Gold Chapter I 7 chairpersons do each year, to provide Arnold & O’Sheridan Consulting Engineers education opportunities, and code alerts Balestrieri Environmental & Development Inc. Chapter III 7 at the annual conference, is second to C. D. Smith Construction Fremont Industries Foundation 8 none. The dedication of those serving on the many committees is priceless. When HDR HGA DHS Plan Review 9 I as president have asked to have J. F. Ahern something done, these guys know how to DQA Info 11 J. H. Findorff & Son, Inc. make things happen, they get it done! I Johnson Controls Chapter V 12 take my hat off to all those that have JP Cullen made WHEA what it is today. Being a Kahler Slater ASHE Region 6 13 part of WHEA has been, and is, one of KPH Construction Corp. the greatest opportunities I have had in PBBS Equipment Corporation ASHE Free 14 Riley Construction Memberships my life. The people you get to know and Ring & Du Chateau, LLP the life-long friendships have been a Total Water Treatment Systems, Inc. Members Only 15 wonderful part of life experiences for me. Access Tremco, Inc. You’re a great bunch of guys to work Watertech of America, Inc. Employment 16 & 17 with. Zimmerman Architectural Studios, Inc. Silver I want to thank our many sponsors Bartingale Mechanical, Inc. and Dennis Havlik for his dedication to Beeler Construction, Inc. the sponsorship program. This year Berghammer Construction Company again looks like it could be another record Complete Control setting year for sponsors. This will Engberg Anderson greatly help our training and educational Flad Architects goals of WHEA. Also, our membership GRAEF will grow in ways that will help all our Kleen Air Service Corp. healthcare facilities in Wisconsin. Mared Mechanical Contractors Inc. Market & Johnson MAVO Systems This will work nicely with the WHEA The Selmer Company Foundation getting up and running, to Staff Electric Co., Inc. support the mission of the Wisconsin Techline USA 1 Healthcare Engineering Association to Trane (continued on page 2) Chapter VI Activities By Al Neitzel, Chapter President The most recent meeting of Chapter VI Sean Cain - Gundersen Lutheran, Robert was held on Wednesday, March 4th at the La Fendt - Gundersen Lutheran, Kari Houser - Crosse Builders Exchange. Under old busi- Gundersen Lutheran, Paul Seielstad - ness, Darwin Clausen, Donella Sarauer, and Al Gundersen Lutheran, Gary Tomsyck - Neitzel are reviewing the 2008-2009 chapter Gundersen Lutheran, and Richard Vogel - goals and will send out a draft for review prior Gundersen Lutheran. to the next chapter meeting. Our Annual Golf Outing is being Chapter VI approved membership for the planned by Paul Harris, Dennis Renaud following: Mikel Poellinger - Poellinger Inc., and Brian Ernst. The chapter approved $500 for expenses from chapter’s funds to facilitate this outing. Sponsors for the event will also be solicited. Steve Vinopal presented his ASHE Liaison Report as a handout, and Al Neit- zel discussed setting up a nominating com- mittee for next years slate of officers and suggesting someone to accept election to the state board as the next officer-at-large. Our presenters at the March meeting were Ed Lockman from Lockman Indus- tries who spoke on the subject of Universal Control Boards and Auto Openers. Schumacher Elevator sponsored Brian Rausch from the Department of Commerce to give a presentation on Wisconsin Eleva- tor Code Updates. President’s Message (continued from page 1) grow and serve the public and healthcare community. Wayne Johnson as chair of the Foundation has done a great job of moving forward with the development . You will be hearing more about the Foundation in the future and at the annual conference. No WHEA president would have a successful year if it were not for the efforts of everyone involved in the operation of the Association. My thanks to all of you out there in the trenches of healthcare and to our many sponsors, keep up the good work. Kim Bauer, WHEA President 2009 2 WHEA Quarterly Newsletter, Volume 19, 1st Qtr, 2009 Codes and Standards News By Wade Rudolph and Jon Cechvala, Committee Co-Chairs The WHEA Codes & senting at the annual heads in wardrobes Standards Committee conference. David (published in November has meetings scheduled Soens will be presenting 2008) to be withdrawn in for April, June, August, the dual track for the January 2009. Informa- and November in 2009. nursing home program tion from the Code Alert as well this year. The and CMS provided the AIA GUIDELINES -- In committee looks forward rationale to eliminate the December the to providing a great train- unclear interpretation committee met to ing opportunity. provided. provide comments and input into the JOINT COMMISSION ASHRAE and NFPA In- Guidelines for the INPUT -- The input pro- put -- Work continues by Design and Con- vided by the Codes & the committee and its struction of Health Standards Committee to members on the ASH- Care Facilities. In The Joint Commission RAE energy design April, the WHEA resulted in a frequently guide, the new NFPA 99, will have three asked question interpre- representatives on the tation regarding sprinkler (continued on page 4) Facilities Guidelines Insti- tute all hands meeting in April in St. Louis. There are over 1600 proposals for the 2010 edition that will be voted on by the committee. Code Refresher Train- ing -- The co-chairs pre- sented at the UW Madi- son College of Engineer- ing Annual Code Re- fresher Training program in February. This allows the Code & Standards Committee to provide training to DHS, Com- merce, Architects and Engineers on healthcare related issues. Annual Conference Presentations Planned -- The committee will be developing training for Wednesday and Thurs- day afternoon for the An- nual Conference in Green Bay. Bill Lauzon (State of Wisconsin Sen- ior Engineer) will be pre- 3 WHEA Quarterly Newsletter, Volume 19, 1st Qtr, 2009 44th Annual Conference Update By Mike Blackwood, Committee Chair The Conference Com- mittee plans for our 44th An- nual Conference are coming along nicely. Red Benschop and his team have been working on a great educa- tional schedule. While all programs are not yet com- plete, the Wednesday pro- gram including the WHEA Code Committee with the split tack for Nursing Homes with Dave Soens and a return visit by Jim Lussier from Bend Oregon speaking on Tuesday are con- firmed. As this is the final year of the current con- tract in Green Bay, a Packer theme will support this year’s conference with special events for the 2009 conference taking place at Lambeau Field. Anticipate a true “Packer Fan Experi- ence” at Thursday’s Annual Awards Banquet and entertainment with something for everyone. Back by popular demand, the spouse pro- gram on Tuesday will return to the Fox River on the “Foxy Lady” excursion boat. Thursday the group will stay in Green Bay for some shopping, lunch and more shopping. Other events will include the Tuesday evening open house and Wednesday’s technical exhibition and lunch. Codes and Standards (continued from page 3) the next revision of the NFPA 70, and the ASHRAE 90-A. ASHE Advocacy -- On the national level the ASHE Advocacy Committee is tak- ing the next step in its development to determine the issues of the members to address at a local and national level. The top ten issues will be discussed at the annual conference for member input and direction which will be provided to the ASHE staff. The committee, even though not formally meeting, continually corresponds with members, peers across the country, the State of Wisconsin Commerce Depart- ment, the State of Wisconsin Department of Health, and the CMS Engineer Sur- veyors based in Chicago. The WHEA Codes & Standards Committee is working hard to be the nationally recognized field of experts in healthcare engineering that the members of WHEA expect. 4 WHEA Quarterly Newsletter, Volume 19, 1st Qtr, 2009 2009 Initial Education Program Line Up Impressive By Jim Teunas, Committee Chair The Education Committee is dedicated to our Association's mission of healthcare en- gineering development through education, professional growth, and advocacy in codes and standards. We strive to develop techni- cal and managerial program offerings that provide value to our members. We have presented 3 educational programs during the first quarter: February 24, 2009 (Site-Based) “Maintaining Life Safety After the Design and Construction is Over” May 28, 2009 “DHS Life Safety Code Surveys” (Webinar) To be presented by Bill Lauzon and David Soens July 15, 2009 “WHEA Healthcare Construction Certifi- cate” (Site-Based) Country Springs, Pewaukee To be presented by WHEA Code Committee You can find additional information for all programs on www.whea.com under the “Education and Training” left hand tab.