The President’s Corner

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Goodbye 2009, Hello 2010!

past October. The educational programs at both

One year gone and another meetings were well received, no doubt due in

one starting, I cannot believe

part to the choice of themes; we recognized the

the year 2009 is over so soon. importance of environmentally sound practices,

We should be very proud of while continuing to focus on the changing codes

the accomplishments we have and standards that affect our facilities.

made together this past year.

With the poor state of the economy, includ-

Some of the highlights include: ing budget cutbacks and a dismal job market,

receiving the ASHE Platinum one would have thought this would have had

Award for a second year; Rick more of an impact to our association, but we

Zurich, CHE, CHFM, receiving came through with flying colors. Many reported

ASHE's Region 4 Emerging Regional Leader that trade show attendance this year was the

Award; and FHEA being instrumental in getting largest ever.

We have several chal-

The President's Corner lenges coming, most notably finding a way to enable our association with AHCA to JOHN WILLINGHAM, CHE, PRESIDENT continue so that our meet-

ings can be held jointly, al-

AHCA's 80% Inspections (a critical construc- lowing both groups to benefit from the synergy.

tion review for healthcare facilities) reinstated We are hopeful that an announcement regarding

through facilitating a meeting between AHCA this will be made soon.

and a member of the state legislature, Rep.

Again thank you to Alethea and all the board

Van Zant. I believe the FHEA is continuing to members for their total support and dedication.

prove itself an exceptional group of profession- I would also like to thank our Members and

als, both the members, and the very important Supporting Members who together gave FHEA

supporting membership component whose

such a productive year. I am very excited to see

numbers continue to grow, and whose input and what 2010 will bring.

support enhances the quality of our educational

In closing, I would like to thank you for the

programs, and what we can accomplish as an

privilege and honor of serving as your President

organization.

for 2009. I have gained valuable experience

In addition to the above milestones, we had this past year and I am very proud of FHEA and

a very successful spring meeting in Daytona

all its members. No one could ask for a better

Beach, and an exceptionally popular 47th An- team to work with. Best wishes to all in the

nual Meeting and Trade Show in Orlando this New Year.

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Welcome New Supporting Members

A record number of individuals have joined our growing ranks since our last newsletter!

jason v. browning

Business Development Manager

McEnany Roofing, Inc.

Tampa, FL

813/988-1669

jasonb@

john scott davant

Sales Account Executive

Johnson Controls Inc.

Lake Mary, FL

407/212-1293

john.s.davant@

john c. mathews

Superintendent

Elkins Constructors, Inc.

Jacksonville, FL

904/353-6500

john@

james m. melillo (new company)

Sr. Account Executive

Johnson Controls, Inc.

Lake Mary, FL

407/548-3635

james.m.melillo@

ariel chmielarz

President/Partner

Clean Energy Technologies

Ft. Lauderdale, FL

954/249-6209

arielchm@

michael j. thompson

Project Manager

American Power Group, Inc.

Ft. Lauderdale, FL

937/423-9633

mthompson@

dennis chalas

President

Protek Systems of Florida

Boca Raton, FL

561/395-8155

dennis@

carrie santos General Manager Hill York West Palm Beach, FL carrie@

561/689-7344

mitchell h. rubin

President

Servpro of NPB Cnty/Lake Worth/Boynton

Lake Park, FL

561/881-8784

mrubin14@

taylor gladding

Branch Manager

United Rentals, Power & HVAC

Orlando, FL

407/854-6061

tgladding@

brian lorentzen

Director Business Development

Signstar

Tampa, FL

813/985-9796

blorentzen@

john darcy Outside Salesperson HD Supply Electrical Pompano Beach, FL 954/782-6712 john.darcy@

carla arce

Sales Representative

Siemens Industry, Inc.

Miramar, FL

954/294-5823

carla.arce@

jacob "jake" gilray

Sales Engineer

AVI-SPL

Tampa, FL

813/884-7168

jake.gilray@

alyson seeger

Sales Manager

AVI-SPL

Tampa, FL

813/884-7168

alyson.seeger@

michael r. neal

Vice President

Coastal Construction

Miami, FL

305/559-4900

mneal@

christopher t. snow

Account Executive

Johnson Controls

St. Augustine, FL

904/540-2812

chris.snow@

mike white

President

Better Environments for Aging Naturally

Orlando, FL

407/257-5904

mike.white@mybean.us

steve krone

Vice President

ENGAC USA, Inc.

Orlando, FL

407/461-0406

steve.krone@mybean.us

joseph d. souza

Regional Engineer

Filtrine Manufacturing Co.

Wesley Chapel, FL

813/779-4070

jsouza@

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marian r. george President Steel Techniques, LLC New Smyrna Beach, FL 386/428-6484 thesteeldoctor@

charles E. gibson (new company)

VP Business Development

Cooper Medical Buildings

Duluth, GA

770/335-5023

charles.gibson@

donald m. Dyer

Architect

OEST Associates Inc.

Ocoee, FL

352/217-4560

donald.dyer@

wayne wright

Senior Project Manager

Barton Malow

Orlando, FL

407/352-8880

wayne.wright@

andrew barnes

Business Development

Coastal Mechanical Services

Melbourne, FL

321/725-3061

abarnes@

daniel stokes

Vice President

Advanced Roofing, Inc.

Ft. Lauderdale, FL

954/522-6868

dannys@

william e. callender jr.

President

ESG LLC

Pensacola, FL

251/597-5107

billcallender@

timothy a. york

Operations Director

McCarthy Building Companies

Atlanta, GA

770/980-4121

tyork@

FLORIDA HEALTHCARE ENGINEERING ASSOCIATION

P.O. Box 150755 Altamonte Sprgs, FL 32701-0755

Phone: (407) 332-7767 FAX: (407) 830-1654

Toll-Free: (877) 235-3432 Email: aletheav@

Web Site:

Alethea Vitray Executive Director

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allan c. ardis

Executive Account Manager

Johnson Controls, Inc.

Tampa, FL

813/635-3204

allan.c.ardis@

allan s. jackson

President

Southeastern Data

Oviedo, FL

407/971-4654

allan@

bill phillips

National Account Manager

Centimark Roofing

Lakeland, FL

727/207-4116

bill.phillips@

jose santos

Vice President

Genset Services Inc.

Apopka, FL

407/532-0414

jose@

scott dunkle Director of Development CDG Healthcare Facilities (Cap.Dev.Grp) Altamonte Springs, FL 407/875-1590 sdunkle@

ray rodriguez

Vice President

Engineered Cooling Services

Pensacola, FL

850/432-7656

ray@

jay A. nizborski

President

Jantech Services Inc.

Odessa, FL

727/376-9399

jnizborski@

scott a. weik

VP Business Development

R.R. Simmons

Tampa, FL

813/632-5591

scottweik@

james v. knoop, leed ap

Project Manager

Biltmore Construction Co., Inc.

Belleair, FL

727/585-2084

jknoop@

edgar baez Superintendent HITT Contracting Davie, FL ebaez@hitt-

786/255-0077

bob dewitt Superintendent HITT Contracting Davie, FL bdewitt@hitt-

786/255-0129

craig levine

Senior Project Manager

Biltmore Construction

Belleair, FL

727/585-2084

clevine@

wesley r. springer

Fire Service Sales Rep

Siemens Industry, Inc -Building Tech.

Tampa, FL

813/261-8700

wesley.springer@

Rick lentz

Regional Vice President

Cutler Associates, Inc.

Tampa, FL

813/637-8883

rlentz@

caitlyn ditzel

Sales Representative

Siemens

Miramar, FL

954/364-6649

caitlyn.ditzel@

kenneth W. White

Commercial Sales Engineer

Carrier Corporation

Orlando, FL

407/532-7096

kenneth.w.white@carrier.

joe summerlin

Account Executive

Siemens Industry Inc.

Miramar, FL

954/364-6613

joesummerlin@

malia powers

Business Development Manager

Luvata Electrofin, Inc.

Tampa, FL

813/220-5508

malia.powers@

michael avni

Project Manager

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company

Ft. Lauderdale, FL

954/776-0800

michael.avni@whiting-

The Joint Commission defines time...

During his presentation in October at our 47th Annual Meeting and Trade Show, Wayne Klingelsmith stated that we must be careful to complete our critical PMs "on-time" according to how TJC has defined time... at least related to Preventive Maintenance.

The Healthcare Interpretations Task Force (which includes representatives from The Joint Commission, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Defense, Indian Health Services and International Facility Management Association) determined that daily, weekly, monthly, bimonthly and quarterly would be allowed to be completed anytime during those periods (i.e. a PM completed January 1 and February 28 qualifies as monthly and a PM completed January

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1 and June 30 still qualifies as quarterly). Unfortunately, the Healthcare Interpretations Task Force DID NOT provide a definition for semiannual or annual.

Therefore, The Joint Commission decided that:

? semiannual is 6-months since the last occurrence, plus or minus 20 days

? annual is 12 months since last occurrence, plus or minus 30 days

Wayne suggested that we adjust our semiannual and annual PM grace periods to 20 and 30 days, respectively, and reported that this information was outlined in the "Question and Answers" section of the February 2006 edition of The Joint Commission's Environment of Care News and repeated by George Mills at the ASHE Annual Conference in August.

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Meet your new president Mike Barrow serves second term

Michael E. Barrow, CHE, CHFM, is FHEA's 2010 state president, an office he also held in 2002. Mike is the Facilities Director for West Florida Healthcare in Pensacola; he was promoted to this position in 1997. He has a long association with West Florida, starting there in 1984 as an electrical supervisor.

Describing himself as a "true Pensacolian", Mike has only lived out of state briefly when he tried out Colorado for a couple years before deciding he preferred Pensacola's climate, and all the outdoor bounty it offers. Mike is a current member of ASHE, NFPA and of course, FHEA, where he has actively served in office and on committees both on a district and state level for many years. He offers his thanks to District 1 for nominating him for state president, and his goals for 2010 are specific: "for FHEA to continue to be ASHE's number one chapter, continue to have a joint meeting with AHCA, and host a successful ASHE meeting here in Florida" (July 11-14 in Tampa).

Congratulations to the 47th Annual

Meeting/Trade Show Winners!

Best in Show: FPL Again!

Most Original: Creative Arts

Most Informative:

ASCO Services

Again!

and

Door Control

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Skip Marsh selected

FHEA's Engineer of

the Year

S.P. "Skip" Marsh, CHE, of District 4 was selected by his peers as Engineer of the Year for 2009. He was honored during the 47th Annual Meeting last October, pictured here with state president, John Willingham, CHE.

Skip serves as Director, Facility Management at JFK Medical Center in Atlantis, Florida. While we are certain that his facility is lucky to have Skip's talents, the FHEA counts themselves even more fortunate to have benefited from Skip's leadership and guidance both at the helm when he served as FHEA's president in 1999, and perhaps even more so from behind the scenes where he has ably and tirelessly served as FHEA's state treasurer for the past many years.

Financial accountability is of critical importance to a not-forprofit association such as ours, and we have `profited' while Skip has maintained our financial records to the penny, and managed, invested and reported on our funds in his perpetually calm and reasoned manner. Congratulations, and thank you, Skip!

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Membership ?? Your 2010 FHEA dues are DUE! Please take a moment to complete the renewal form which was mailed to members in December, write a check and send it in. You can also renew your membership online with a credit card in the membership section of our website,

Call for Articles ? With the Whistle's expansion we've been able to publish and distribute some great informational and educational articles to our readers. Please send your submissions for consideration to: fhea@

A Few Good Sponsors! This issue of the Whistle is sponsored by StateLine Products. If your company is

interested in sponsoring a future issue, please contact the FHEA office: fhea@ or 407-332-7767.

The 47th ASHE Annual Conference & Technical Exhibition, is in Florida this year! Mark your calendars and come to Tampa, July 10-14.

FHEA's 48th Annual Meeting and Trade Show, Orlando ??We will be emailing everyone the dates and venue for our 2010 meeting very shortly.

After 46 years as a healthcare engineer, District 3's Ronnie Oakes is retiring! He lists the FHEA as an important component of his successful career. Ronnie, your smiling face will be missed ??enjoy your free time!

FHEA's 2009 Supporting Member of the Year, Kimberly Hansen, PE, of Elkins Constructors, Inc. accepts award from John Willingham, CHE, state president.

UPCOMING:

26th Spring Meeting

with Golf Outing!

Thursday & Friday May 6-7, 2010

Hilton Pensacola Beach Gulf Front

Look for your brochure in March!

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