Vassar College Tour

Posted on November 28, 2014 by IFMAadmin

Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY is currently underway with renovation and construction work on their Integrated Science project. The design team is led by ENNEAD Architects, LLP (www.ennead.com) with Daniel O’ Connell’s Sons, Inc (www.oconnells.com) serving as the construction manager.

The centerpiece of the project consists of an 80,000 square foot Bridge Building which will span two pieces of campus terrain across the Fonteyn Kill and connect to Olmsted Hall (the current biology building) with a two-level skywalk. The Bridge Building will house biochemistry, chemistry, environmental science and related fields, a science visualization lab, interdisplinary robotics research lab, a phytotron and herbarium. The project also includes extensive renovations to the 22,000 sf New England and 28,000 sf Sanders Physics buildings, a partial renovation of the 26,000 sf Olmsted Hall and the demolition of the 50,000 sf Mudd Chemistry Building.

A construction animation video of the Bridge Building can be viewed at http://science.vassar.edu/science-center/tour/construction-animation.html

On Saturday, January 17^th, 2015 Jeff Weinman, Senior Project Manager and Jeremy Smith, Senior Superintendent of Daniel O’ Connell’s Sons and members of ENNEAD Architects’ design team will conduct guided tours of the renovation and new construction. Please join us for the tour and networking opportunities! Thank you to Daniel O’ Connell’s Sons for facilitating this opportunity and providing food for the event.

Please RSVP to Sander Bonvell at info@ifma-nytechvalley.org or sbonvell1@nycap.rr.com to reserve your spot! Time of event TBA. For more detailed information, visit the event page here.

IFMA Foundation: October Update

Posted on November 1, 2014 by IFMAadmin

Please click here for your October IFMA Foundation update, which includes photos from World Workplace 2014 in New Orleans, the Annual Progress report, and a special thanks to IFMA Foundation’s sponsors.

Digital Workflow Solutions for Facility Management Challenges presented by The Blue Book Network

Posted on September 24, 2013 by IFMAadmin

POWERPOINT ifma_Albany blue book network

When: Tuesday, September 24th from 11:30-1:30

Where: Davies Furniture, 40 Loudonville Road, Albany, NY 12204
Parking: Onsite Parking
Host: Robb Kalmer, The Blue Book Network

A light lunch will be provided courtesy of the hosting organization.

Please send RSVPs to turczo@rpi.edu by September 20th.

Digital Workflow Solutions for Facility Management Challenges

presented by The Blue Book Network

An introduction to The Blue Book Network’s BB-Bid, Get-Bids mobile solution and Concierge Service so you can save time, money and energy.

Facility Managers face many challenges in the maintenance and renovation of their buildings. The Blue Book Building and Construction Network has a variety of FREE, web-based solutions and a team of people that can help you meet these challenges and Improve workflow. Our presentation will identify those challenges and provide a brief overview of the support and technology that is available to help – at no charge.

After our presentation, Facility Managers will better understand how to utilize The Blue Book Network’s FREE services to:

Qualify your vendors using a customizable prequalification form
Effectively communicate project requirements to your private vendors and (if needed) Blue Book Network vendors.
Distribute documents easily and securely via a private online plan room
Generate reports to review message delivery, responses, and plan room activity.
Utilize a targeted building product search engine to find information on products and suppliers for pricing.