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IFMA-Austin Newsletter January – February 2007 by Mary Duke
The 2007 IFMA Austin golf tournament will be held on Monday, March 26th, at the Hills of Lakeway. The Hills, host of the annual Kinko’s Champions event, is a beautiful venue and should be in excellent shape for our outing! We offer a number of budget friendly sponsorship opportunities: Although Beverage Cart sponsorships have been sold, we still have a few Hole ($300) – a table at the hole allows for great networking - and Closest to the Pin ($200) slots available, or you can put together a team ($500) and say thank you to those special clients. If you don’t want to be stationary and just desire to tee it up, a Gold ($1,000) sponsorship – a foursome is included - is the ticket, because you can support our tournament, reward customers and just swing away! For the non-golfers, dinner tickets ($22) will be available at the sign in tables on tournament day! Sponsorship and golf team registration forms are on our website or you may contact Sid Fiegel, sfiegel@jpm-enterprises.com, 512-917-0424, for more information. We look forward to seeing you at the Hills! COMMITTEE UPDATES Ron Cunningham with International RAM Assoc has volunteered to chair our Directory. He will be coming to the February Board Meeting. This is his contact information: Ron Cunningham
GUESTS AND NEW MEMBERS MAY ELECTIONS Give some thought as to who would make a great Board Member! There will be two openings coming up. Please forward nominees to Robin Connolly. FUTURE PROGRAMS April City of Austin Rebate Program and Electrical Audit Tour of Texas War Museum May How to Negotiate Tenant Improvements June A/V Infrastructure Planning Tour of Dell Children’s Hospital & Happy Hour James Broaddus, Ph.D.PE
Dr. James A. Broaddus, President of Broaddus & Associates, Inc., has 30 years of experience in project management from the owner’s perspective. He is the founding principal of the firm that provides innovative project management, planning and consulting for owners with capital construction programs. Broaddus and Associates have 60 employees and are currently managing $1.5 b in projects and have 7 offices in Texas, Nevada, and Mississippi. Throughout his career, Dr. Broaddus has emphasized improving the project process through innovation, and has conducted extensive research on the effect of pre-project planning on ultimate project success. As the Director of Facilities Planning and Construction for the 15-campus statewide University of Texas System from 1994-1998, he completed $1.4 billion of a wide variety of projects for health research, academic, athletics, utilities and infrastructure. From 1970-1990, Dr. Broaddus served in 11 different assignments with the U. S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps and the Seabees (the Navy’s military construction forces), which included project management responsibilities on a wide variety of major contract design and construction work. Key positions included: (1) responsibility for the $500 million per year engineering and construction program in the Navy’s 11-state southern region, (2) major project planning and budgeting for the Chief of Naval Operations in the Pentagon, and (3) a unique assignment as Commanding Officer of the Presidential Retreat at Camp David, Maryland. In the Seabees, he directed a 700-man construction work force overseas in the Pacific and Europe, accomplishing a wide variety of projects. While in the Navy, he conducted research for his graduate degrees that provided innovative options to the Navy to improve project delivery and pre-project planning. During his 20-year Navy career, he received seven personal decorations, including the Legion of Merit, and retired at the rank of Commander. Dr. Broaddus holds a Ph.D. in Project Management, a Masters in Engineering, and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin.
David J. Bowlin Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer David J. Bowlin, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer with Broaddus & Associates, brings over 20 years of diverse experience from the perspective of both the Owner and Design/Builder. In addition to his operations role, Mr. Bowlin leads the firm’s constructability review process, utilizing his extensive background in construction implementation and best practices. Early in his career he served in the U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps, including a special assignment for the White House Military Office at Camp David during President Reagan’s second term. He has additional Owner experience with the University of Texas System, where he managed a $300 million program for the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Mr. Bowlin holds a BS in Civil Engineering from North Carolina State University and a Masters Degree in Construction Engineering and Management from Stanford University.
History
Dr. Broaddus provided a historical photo collection showing the history of Camp David. He discussed the history, mission, facilities and his personal experience during the Reagan years.
Dr. Broaddus was at Camp David from 1985-1988. Camp David is located on top of a mountain in Catoctin Mountain Park, Maryland, 75 miles north of Washington, D.C.
Camp David was developed in 1942 and was comprised of 200 acres inside of a 5,000-acre National Park. President Roosevelt wanted a secure location to retreat to during World War II in the event of an attack. He coined the phrase Shangri-La, but renamed the site Camp David. All of the buildings on the site were named after trees. He would drive to Camp David with no press following – much different than today.
There were one dozen sleeping cabins and other miscellaneous buildings, and a helicopter pad. The area was wooded and rustic. There were also barracks and family housing three-four miles down the mountain.
During Roosevelt’s tenure, there was only one phone line. President Roosevelt slowly began upgrading the facility using the engineering side of the navy.
Dr. Broaddus was there during the ground breaking of the chapel. One of his duties was to greet President Reagan at the helicopter. He reminisced that President Reagan was an avid horseback rider.
Dr. Broaddus’ wife was in charge of the camp wives.
Photo Exhibits
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Air Force 1 flying over Mount
Rushmore
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Original front gate of Camp David
along with a log cabin
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Winston Churchill with President
Roosevelt
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Nikita Khrushchev
with President Roosevelt
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John F.
Kennedy with kids Carolyn and John
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President Lyndon B. Johnson,
Brezhnev
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President Ford and President
Carter
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President Ronald Reagan with Nancy
doing a radio broadcast
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President and First Lady Barbara
Bush with their family
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President Clinton
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George W. Bush working in his Camp
David office
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President and First Lady Nancy
Reagan in the fitness facility
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President Bush, Sr. shooting Skeet
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Photo views of Aspen cabin in May
show the grounds covered in tulips, chrysanthemums, a swimming pool and golf
course.
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President Reagan eating with the
troops and telling stories of his life
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President Reagan in his golf cart
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Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
at a State Dinner with President Reagan
Facilities
Wood cabin with carport was built out of Cypress
trees. Logs were split and painted an Aspen green color.
The Presidential Lodge was named “Aspen” and was
comprised of 3 smaller cabins that were attached and was air-conditioned. It
was comfortable, yet understated and sat at an elevation of 2,000 ft.
The conference lodge was called “Laurel” which
held the Presidential office.
There was one set of housing for the Commanding
Office of the camp.
There was a fitness facility. President Reagan
was an avid exerciser.
The cabinet room was called Laurel Lodge.
During Dr. Broaddus’ tenure, they installed an
electrical grid with back-ups; a phone system, and security upgrades. All
projects were covered with netting so no satellite surveillance could be done.
He was to be ready to receive the President
within 30 minutes at all times.
President Reagan brought his own valet to Aspen
unless there was a State Dinner. Gallery cooks would cook for the troops.
Charles Carpenter provided a
synopsis of his presentation.
Every business has a concern for
its costs. Nearly all companies’ second highest expenditure after employees is
their facility. Most facility decisions are based on capital, whether it is
cost per square foot, lease rates, or purchase price; however, there are many
factors about a location that affect profitability which can be easily
overlooked. The presentation looked at many aspects that make a facility
profitable, with profitability being defined as cost containment, relative to
the ongoing use of a facility, without an examination of individual business
cycles. There are many details about a property that are not easily revealed,
such as its relation to potential natural disasters. The community where a
facility is located can carry a certain status; however, that community has
consequences on a facility such as its crime rates, potential property taxes,
cost-of-living for potential employees, and the availability services. Even
when two properties fall within the same desirable area, there are many
considerations that a facility manager must make including age of building
systems, nearby businesses and other features that could either be on the other
side of a wall or just out of sight a few miles away. While many of these
facility factors are not assigned a monetary value, they can control to the
profitability of a location through the uptime for a location, the costs
occurred in maintaining a facility and the ability to retain the best
employees. Every business has its core functions and those functions will
dictate which factors are impact the profitability of a facility. The
presentation covered several sources of information for researching a property.
A list is available in the IFMA Austin website. The Association of Energy
Engineers (AEE) is returning to Austin, TX, March 19 – 20, 2008 with
host, Austin Energy for our GLOBALCON Event (Energy, Power, Facilities
Management Strategies and Technologies show) at the Austin Convention Center. We are inviting The IFMA
Austin Chapter to participate as a non-financial sponsor. We will display your
logo on our prospectus and website (at no cost). If you would like to
participate, please email over a high-resolution logo by March 9, 2007. Thank you! Ashley Clark Exhibit Manager Association of Energy
Engineers 770-279-4392 (Direct) 770-381-9865 (Fax)
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