2016 Member Benefits Guide - Quarter 3 Building Better Engineers

BUilding better BUILDING engineers GUIDE TO MEMBER BENEFITS OWNERS BROCHURE THIRD QUARTER 2016

Serving Your Building Technical Professionals Today The BOMA Technical Organization or BTO serves the real estate industry’s technical professionals and building engineers as part of BOMA Georgia’s larger mission to enhance the professionalism and value of members through education, advocacy, community involvement, membership participation and the open exchange of ideas. The needs of this industry segment are diverse and lean heavily toward operations. That is not to say that these integral members of the building management team are not required to be knowledgeable in the areas of management, safety, efficiency, customer service, technology, budgeting and other asset enhancing practices.

In this update for building owners and asset managers, we will highlight some of the ongoing and planned initiatives BOMA Georgia uses to improve one of the building’s key assets.

IN PRINT Starting with recognition, BOMA Georgia’s magazine Insight, the Commercial Real Estate Journal features one article in each

quarter of the magazine devoted to the interest and needs of building engineers and technical professionals. The most recent issue featured an article promoting the importance of volunteerism. This included serving in the workplace, the BOMA association and other industry opportunities like legislative advocacy. Click here.

ON Video The article was accompanied by a short video interview with Highwoods Chief Engineer Mark Gallman, SMA, SMT, LEED GA. You can see that, here.

programs include curriculum on a range of subjects from basic trade skills, communication, risk management and business basics to highly technical studies of Commercial HVAC concepts.

BETTER TOGETHER In addition to print, video and formal training, building engineers can further enhance their career by learning from one another. The BTO’s annual safety seminars, BTO lunches and BTO Breakfast are focused on bringing technical professionals together to discuss ideas with peers and subject matter experts.

IN THE CLASSROOM BOMA Georgia trains and educates the next generation of engineers through certificate programs like the Building Engineering 101 (BE 101) course and the Commercial HVAC Certificate Program. These

Future Opportunities for Building Engineers GETTING STRATEGIC In 2016, BOMA Georgia announced that one of its strategic priorities would be to develop a plan to address the education, career path, and BOMA engagement needs of building engineers and heighten the awareness of their importance in real estate. BOMA Georgia assembled a Building Engineering Task Force to study and recommend a plan to address these needs.

The task force will release its findings during the fourth quarter.

KEEP IT GOING In addition to this new strategic focus, the BOMA Technical Organization (BTO) committee will continue

to focus on providing industry driven and engineer demanded education in 2017 with four BTO lunches, the BTO Breakfast and two seminars. These initiatives, coupled with the direction set by the Building Engineering Task Force will propel the building engineering field and real estate industry forward.

this program that include the competency to create and apply sustainable initiatives, optimize current and future high-performance building operations, and maximize costsavings and environmental stewardship.

NEW IN 2016! In addition to this new strategic focus, the BOMA Technical Organization (BTO) committee will continue to focus on providing industry-driven and practitioner-demanded education in 2017 with four BTO lunches, the BTO Breakfast and two seminars. Engineers are ideally suited to deliver the outcomes of

Boosting the Education Budget of Engineers One of the most significant disruptions in building engineer education has come from the BOMA Georgia Foundation. Now in its third year, the Foundation advances real estate education and has awarded over 100 scholarships and produced two research studies and one white paper.

Perhaps nowhere is the education impact felt more greatly than in BOMA’s educational offerings to engineers.

With embedded scholarships of $500 to all students of BOMA Georgia’s in-person SMA® and SMT® designation courses, engineers are

boosting their education budget and taking more of these BOMI classes in an effort to earn their designation and enhance their value. Many new engineers are enrolling in the program, and these courses have featured record attendance.

In a surprising announcement, the Foundation also embedded $500 scholarships to any student enrolled in any of the three courses offered in the aforementioned BOMI High-Performance Sustainable Buildings Designation Program. This embedded scholarship, plus BOMA Georgia offering all three

courses in 2017 means that conceivably both building technical and property management professionals alike will be able to pursue and attain the new BOMI-HP® designation in just one year.

In addition to embedded scholarships, students can still apply for scholarships in other engineer training programs like the Building Engineering 101 and Commercial HVAC program. The application for Foundation scholarships can be downloaded and completed online at www.BOMAGeorgiaFoundation.org.

Great Ideas Coming to Atlanta in 2017 Atlanta has been selected as the host city for the 2017 Southern Region Conference occurring April 5-8 in Atlanta Georgia.

The conference is presented by SERVPRO Fire and Water Cleanup and Restoration and hosted by the BOMA Georgia Foundation.

This event is a great opportunity for you and your employees to join the nearly 300 other annual attendees of this conference for top-notch education and networking opportunities and to celebrate excellence during the TOBY and awards competition.

Attendees can attend the full conference for just $475 or just load up on all the Friday educational courses for $195 with CEUs available. TOBY Banquet registration is just $150. There is also a spouse and guest registration option for $295.

Before during and after the conference attendees can enjoy golf, a Tour of Atlanta Buildings event or pursue their High-Performance designation by completing BOMI’s HP Sustainable Building Investments course.

Visit the 2017 Southern Region Conference website for more details and to register. www.BOMASRC2017.org

New Networking and Relationship-Building Event Benefiting CRE This fun networking opportunity features music, hors d’oeuvres, beer, wine and soft drinks.

Come discover how the Foundation is changing lives and building value by providing industry-demanded research and funding important industry education initiatives and scholarships.

The BOMA Georgia Foundation invites you and your company’s employees to the Fall Foundation Benefit–real estate’s premier networking and relationship-building event–on November 3 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. presented by Yanmar and Ace Parking.

The Benefit will feature a silent auction, with proceeds directly benefiting the BOMA Georgia Foundation. The silent auction will also feature a special wine section. Everyone is encouraged to bring a wrapped bottle of wine to be placed in the auction where attendees will have the

chance to bid on mystery bottles of wine! Be sure to join in the fun by participating in the B.Y.O.W (Bring Your Own Wine) auction.

There are two registration options. General admission is $89 and includes your first drink ticket that is redeemable for beer, wine and soft drinks! Patron Supporter registration is $189 and includes all the benefits of general admission, as well as special recognition for your support of the Foundation’s general fund!

Visit the BOMA Georgia Foundation website for more details and to register.

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October 2016 Workplace Violence, Safety Seminar for BTO Hillside Field Day TOBY Entrant Workshop Industrial SIG Meeting Savannah Codes and Standards Seminar Overcoming Challenges-Fall Free Seminar AMRG: Using Technology to Organize Our Life Ethics is Good Business ShortCourse

Check out our event calendar online!

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November 2016 New Member Orientation Real Estate Investment & Finance BTO Lunch: Understanding and Preparing Budgets 2016 Fall Foundation Benefit LEED AP-Operations & Maintenance Exam Prep Boilers, Heating Systems & Applied Mathematics BOMA Georgia November Luncheon BTO Lunch: Understanding and Preparing Budgets BOMA 360 Performance Program Lunch & Learn TOBY Judging Workshop Young Professionals Lunch & Learn Community Service Construction Project TOBY Application Due | Pay Entry Fee Online Auxiliary Judging Workshop High Performance Sustainable Building Principles Course