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Welcome
Moderator:
Dennis J. Hall FAIA, FCSI, SCIP
President, Specifications Consultants in Independent Practice (SCIP)
Managing Principal, Hall Architects, Inc.

Specifying on Federal Government Projects
Federal Government departments/agencies use different approaches to prepare specifications. This panel will look at the design-practice procedures that guide these various departments/agencies in their selection of an appropriate system. It will explore  project and "built environment" life cycle specifying practices to support agency guidelines; current options for master specification systems used in practice in federal construction; the available resources and support from leading professional associations; and the needs  of system users. 

Moderator:
Earle Kennett, Vice President, National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS)
Panelists: 
David E Lorenzini, FCSI, CCS, SCIP, Architectural Resources Company
Roger Grant, Director, Technical Services & Development Dept. The Construction Specifications Institute (CSI)
Tom Kollaja, AIA, Program Expert, General Services Administration, Office of Chief Architect

Federal Green Specs and the Whole-Building Design Guide
Learn about technical guidance supporting the sustainable building requirements of Executive Order 13423 (www.wbdg.org/sustainableEO). Focus on a key implementation tool -- the recently updated and expanded Federal Green Construction Guide for Specifiers (http://fedgreenspecs.wbdg.org) which includes model green language for federal solicitations for offers (SFOs) and 70+ specification sections.

Speaker:
Alison Kinn Bennett, Co-Chair EPA's Green Building Workgroup, Federal Green Construction Guide for Specifiers Project Manager

Working with Unified Facilities Guide Specs
SpecsIntact and the Unified Facilities Guide Specifications are being oriented to support the Construction Operations Building Information Exchange (COBIE) data structure. COBIE is built upon recommendations from the Construction Specification Institute including OmniClass. Hear how it simplifies the submittal process and saves money.

Speaker: 
Bill Brodt, NASA HQ Facilities Engineering & Real Property Division

Specialty Guide Specs
Specifying for VA Hospital Construction
Hear the important and challenging role of specifying for hospital construction. Hospitals are not only the most expensive buildings to build, but since they have to run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, they cost the most to operate.  Discuss the specifier’s role in creating a high performance healing environment for patient comfort and quality of care.

Speaker:
Jeet Kumar, Senior Architect, Office of Construction & Facilities Management
Department of Veterans Affairs

HVAC Excellence in Federal Buildings and GSA Version of Master Specifications (Mechanical)
The Facilities Standards for the Public Buildings Service P-100 establishes the criteria and standards for GSA buildings.  The HVAC Excellence initiative in GSA requires enhancement to the GSA criteria to enforce quality of standards and care given to mechanical designs.  Since GSA buildings are long-term buildings, the updated Master Specifications emphasize those issues which are being addressed in the GSA version of the Master Specifications.  The presenters will address the issues critical to GSA requirements.

Speakers:
Vijay K. Gupta, PE, Chief Mechanical Engineer, HVAC Excellence,
Office of the Chief Architect, Public Buildings Service, GSA
Willard Powell, Senior Mechanical Engineer, General Services Administration
Timothy Woerner, PE, Setty & Associates

Ecobuild/AEC-ST Keynote

Development and Implementation of Instant Code Compliance Checking
An overview on the International Code Council's work to date on, and future plans for, the application SMARTcodes™ by model checking software to a Building Information Model (BIM), to automatically evaluate the building as represented by the BIM for compliance with relevant codes and standards.

Advances in Master Specification Systems
Providers of master specification systems now offer advanced automation for specification production, from custom word processing, to automatic document assembly to integration of specs and the parametrics of BIM.  Product selection, cost links and sustainable design elements are also key to specification writing.  Learn what's available now, and take a look at the specifications of the future.

Speakers:
Mark Kalin FAIA, FCSI, LEED® AP, Kalin Associates, Specifications Consultants
Rob Dean, President, COO of Building Systems Design, Building Systems Design, Inc.

Closing/Adjourn