2021 CAPPA CONFERENCE, Tulsa, OK—Attendees and Business Partners
As is tradition, CAPPA Conference attendees and Business Partners for a group photo on the last day of the conference held October 10-12, 2021. Photographer Miles Abernathy had to climb atop a ladder to get this shot, but it is always a welcome challenge to capture this moment. Thank you, Miles, and all who attended this year! We hope to see you again next in 2022!
APPA’s Healthy, Smart Building Framework
It is for this reason that APPA Board has decided to make Healthy, Smart Buildings a key initiative. At present, a small group of industry experts are leading the charge to develop a self-assessment, decision-making framework for healthy buildings with investment in smart technologies across a campus or real estate portfolio.
JOC (Job Order Contracting), an Efficient Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Method to Quickly and Efficiently Get Your Facilities COVID Ready
In the last few years, Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) has emerged as an accepted delivery method along with Design/Build, CM, CM@R and of course, Job Order Contracting. Several organizations collaborated together and published a white paper titled “Integrated Project Delivery for Public and Private Owners.” The paper was authored by NASFA, COAA, APPA, the Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers, AGC and AIA and described the IPD delivery method and explained that it is a collaborative alliance among project stakeholders – owners, designers, contractors and other participants – to optimize the project results.
Resilience Empowered by On-Site Generation
Extreme weather events coupled with increasing electric and thermal demands have exposed vulnerabilities in the existing infrastructure. The result has been major utility failures and interruptions that can have a detrimental impact on many facilities. The importance of evaluating and improving resilience and redundancy at your facility is critical. One solution to support resilience is on-site generation.
Valued Business Partners
The in-person 2021 CAPPA Conference held October 10-12 in Tulsa, Oklahoma was honored to welcome old and new Business Partners from the following companies or corporations that provide valued resources, services, training and information to CAPPA members:
My CAPPA Story—Ben Boslaugh Utilities Manager, Missouri State University
My first time attending a CAPPA event was in 2007. I was new to supervision in a higher education setting.
University of Arkansas Fayetteville was hosting the annual conference. I was attending Supervisor Toolkit with a co-worker. That year’s Toolkit facilitators were Glen H., Vickie Y., and Steve M. Toolkit was a great benchmark training experience. More than just a leadership checkup, it laid out some great ground rules. Coaching on the move has always stuck with me. Toolkit helped guide me through the transition of my skills from the military realm to the facilities environment.
From The President
It was such a joy to see everyone at the 2021 CAPPA conference! Remember our theme as you continue through your academic year… “Resilience, Connect, Inspire.” The conference was all about connecting with our peers, inspiring each other in new ways, and uniting in our efforts to resolve issues.