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WSSHE

5727 Baker Way, Suite 200

Gig Harbor, WA 98332

253-265-3042

wsshe.org

WSSHE ANNUAL CONFERENCE

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TECHNICAL EXHIBITION

October 6 - October 9, 2015

Conference Brochure Sponsored by: Säzän Group

WASHINGTON STATE SOCIETY

FOR HEALTHCARE

ENGINEERING

Annual Conference & Technical Exhibition

October 6 - October 9, 2015

Hilton Vancouver Convention Center Hotel

Vancouver, Washington

“WSSHE: Corps of Health Care Discovery”

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***Other Meeting & Events***

CHFM Review Course (Pre-Registration Required)

Hilton Vancouver - Pine & Spruce Room

Tuesday, October 6, 8 AM - 5 PM - Designed to give you an edge in preparation for

the CHFM Exam, this course will help you gain confidence in the five key competen-

cy areas of the CHFM test. Through a combination of lecture, CHFM-formatted prac-

tice test questions, and study materials, you will feel more prepared to take the CHFM

exam and also learn best practices for taking a computer-based test.

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Optional Tours of PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center

Tuesday, October 6 - 1 PM - 5 PM: Tour the award winning facilities – the Firsten-

burg Tower (FBT) and the central plant – both opened in 2006. The central plant is

every Facility Managers dream with state of the art equipment, generous layout and

lots of user amenities. The FBT features one stop shopping for all patient services,

single occupancy rooms, and beautiful views.

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DOH Construction Review Services - Alder Room

Wednesday, October 7 & Thursday, October 8, 2015 - 10 AM – 4 PM: Ask DOH

Construction Review Services: Questions about rules and regulations? Got a project

you want reviewed? Want to discuss future plans of your facility? Just want to get to

know your plan reviewer?

Construction Review Services will have a room set aside and timeslots at 30

minute intervals to discuss topics of your choice. Timeslot reservations will be on a

first come first service basis,. Spots will be limited. Please reserve your time now by

contacting Marlei' Brenna LaChance at 360-236-2944. Application and fee not re-

quired for this event.

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Dinner/Networking Event - Sponsored by: Säzän Group

Pre-Registration Required

Wednesday, October 7th - 7 PM - 9:30 PM: Portland Spirit Dinner Cruise on the

Willamette River - See pages 4 & 5 for details.

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Spouse Events - Sponsored by: Johnson Controls

Pre-Registration Required

Wednesday, October 7th - 10 AM – 2 PM: Explore the Columbia Gorge - See

page 3 for details.

Thursday, October 8th - 9:30 AM - 1 PM: Tour of Cedar Creek Grist Mill - See

page 6 for details.

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Walk, rollerblade, or just people watch on the river-

front Renaissance Trail.

Photograph the heirloom garden at the historic Fort Vancouver.

Hike Moulton Falls and then enjoy a picnic at the base of

the bridge.

Catch your own dinner on the Washougal River.

Check out the demonstrations of edible goodies at the

130-year-old operating Cedar Creek Grist Mill.

Points of Interest for Vancouver Washington

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Bike over the mighty Columbia on two dif-

ferent bridges in a round-trip along the riv-

er.

A five-acre gem in the heart of Vancouver, Esther

Short Park is the oldest public square in the state of

Washington. The park is now a jewel in the heart of

downtown Vancouver and the city's backyard - home

to great public events and family activities through-

out the year.

Spot the elusive western finch and

other native birds at the Ridgefield

National Wildlife Refuge.

Walk among history at Officers Row at Fort Vancouver.

Learn about stewardship and the importance of water

in our daily life at the Water Resources Education

Center.

Points of Interest for Vancouver Washington

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Conference Agenda

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

7:00-9:00 PM President’s Welcoming Reception - Heritage Ballroom

Sponsored by: Wood Harbinger

Technical exhibitors and family are encouraged to join

attendees inside the exhibiting area, at this conference

kick-off reception including a hosted bar and appetizers.

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

8:00-9:00 AM Breakfast Buffet - Discovery CDE

Sponsored by: SR Building Services, LLC

8:00-10:00 AM Registration & Beginning of Technical Exhibition -

South Lobby/Heritage Ballroom

Join the Northwest’s largest exhibition of new technolo-

gies, products and services for healthcare facilities man-

agement. Visit all exhibits, complete your signature card

(pages 15 & 16), and become eligible to win an out-

standing prize at the close of the conference.

10:00-10:30 AM Conference Opening Ceremony - Discovery AB

Eric Rodgers, WSSHE 2015 President

Eric will open the conference and will provide us with an

overview of WSSHE 2015 - another successful year un-

der his leadership!

10:00 AM-2:00 PM Spouse Event - Explore the Columbia Gorge - Bus

pick up in front of Hilton Hotel Lobby at 9:45 am

Sponsored by: Johnson Controls

Visit magnificent waterfalls of the Oregon Columbia

Gorge and enjoy lunch at the historic Multnomah Falls

Lodge.

10:30-11:30 AM Mergers and Acquisitions - From a Facilities

Perspective - Discovery AB

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Speaker: Gerry Kaiser, Senior Director, Facilities

Resource Group, Ascension

With health care reform, the number mergers and

affiliations (including challenges and opportunities

presented) are increasing at a rapid pace. Mr. Kaiser

will discuss his experience with integrating into health

care systems and offer advice to facility team mem-

bers to respond positively.

11:30-1:30 PM Technical Exhibition and Luncheon Buffet -

Heritage Ballroom/Discovery CDE

Sponsored by: Notkin Mechanical Engineers

1:30-2:30 PM Best Practice in Health Care Engineering: A Case

Study of Excellence; Daily Operations Brief - Dis-

covery AB

Speaker: Tom Kinman, PE, SASHE - Vice presi-

dent Facilities Management, Cincinnati Children’s

Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

In 2010, Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center estab-

lished a daily briefing as a means to become a high

reliability hospital. Tom will share how this improved

means of communication helped establish a safer hos-

pital and how the Facility Department responded to

the challenges posed by this initiative.

2:30-3:00 PM Technical Exhibition and Beverage Break -

Discovery CDE

Sponsored by: Stantec

3:00-4:00 PM “WSSHE Feud”: State Chapters Compete in Code

Knowledge - Discovery AB

Hosted by: DOH

Emcee by: Phil Kercher

We kick off a fun evening early with a code

knowledge competition between the three WSSHE

State Chapters. The event will be emceed by “Red

Shoes” Kercher and “regulated” by DOH Construction

Review Services.

4:00-5:00 PM Technical Exhibition - Heritage Ballroom

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Kelly-Mincks ______________________________________________

Kontrol Kube by Fiberlock _____________________________________________

Linde/Lifegas/NA LLC _____________________________________________

LiquiTech Environmental Solutions ________________________________________

LSS Life Safety Services _____________________________________________

MacDonald-Miller ______________________________________________

Mannington Commercial ______________________________________________

McKinstry ______________________________________________

Mechanical Sales Inc. ______________________________________________

Medical Gas Services, LLC ______________________________________________

MI Controls ______________________________________________

Modular Services Company ______________________________________________

Nalco, an Ecolab Company ______________________________________________

NorthWest Engineering Service, Inc. ________________________________________

OAC Services, Inc. ______________________________________________

Oberon, Inc. ______________________________________________

Pacific Power Generation ______________________________________________

Patcraft ______________________________________________

Performance Systems Integration LLC ______________________________________

PG Life Link ______________________________________________

PlumbMaster, Inc. ______________________________________________

PNCI ______________________________________________

Powerex, Inc. ______________________________________________

PPI Group ______________________________________________

Primex Wireless ______________________________________________

Rice Fergus Miller ______________________________________________

S F Griggs & Associates ______________________________________________

Säzän Group ______________________________________________

Schulz Associates/Follett ______________________________________________

Servpro ______________________________________________

Shannon Specialty Floors ______________________________________________

Siemens Industry, Inc. ______________________________________________

SimplexGrinnell ______________________________________________

Southwest Solutions Group ______________________________________________

Superior Cleaning & Restoration ___________________________________________

T&A Supply / Roppe Corporation __________________________________________

The Mohawk Group ______________________________________________

The Part Works ______________________________________________

The Sherwin-Williams Company ___________________________________________

Total Filtration Services ______________________________________________

Trane Commercial Systems ______________________________________________

Tremco ______________________________________________

TSIG Consulting, Inc. ______________________________________________

U.S. Water Services ______________________________________________

VECA Electric ______________________________________________

Watertiger ______________________________________________

Wildan Abacus ______________________________________________

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5:15 PM Travel to Dinner Cruise - Shuttle between Hilton and

the private cruise ship dock (Caruthers Landing) in

Portland. Shuttle leaves promptly at 5:30pm and the

ship boards beginning at 6:30pm. Parking is available

to cruise participants at Caruthers Landing.

7:00-9:30 PM Portland Spirit Dinner Cruise on the Willamette

River!

Sponsored by: Säzän Group

Enjoy WSSHE friendships as you cruise on the

Willamette River from Portland to Lake Oswego, Ore-

gon (http://www.portlandspirit.com). Dinner is pro-

vided on the cruise. One admission for this cruise is

permitted for each registrant and for each booth.

Additional cruise tickets will be available at the begin-

ning of the conference for purchase (150 total at $25

per ticket) at a first come basis.

Thursday, October 8, 2015

8:00-9:00 AM Technical Exhibition & Breakfast Buffet -

Discovery CDE

Sponsored by: PSF Mechanical

9:00-10:00 AM Harnessing the Power of Sustainability: Green

Fluff or Green Backs in Your Pocket (efficiency

and waste avoidance) - Discovery A

Speakers: Stephen Chapel, Project Manager & Jeff

Yirak, Commissioning, Wood Harbinger, Bellevue,

Washington

Sustainable design is about more that energy efficien-

cy and earth-friendly materials. It’s about creating

resilient and healthy conditions for people, communi-

ties, and the environment. Achieving real sustainabil-

ity requires a life-cycle approach with up-front consid-

erations and ongoing commitments.

9:00-10:00 AM Benefits of Wireless Temperature Monitoring &

Asset Tracking - Discovery B

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Speakers: Pater Smeltz, Engineering / Maintenance

Supervisor & Bud McIrvin, Clinical Engineering

Services Manager, Providence Everett Medical

Center

Looking for your boss? Want to keep tabs on your

regulatory surveyors? Missing clinical equipment?

Providence Everett Medical Center has built a robust

system of temperature / humidity monitoring and asset

tracking. Learn from their experience of the opera-

tional benefits and costs of implementing a wireless

asset tracking system.

9:30-1:00 PM Spouse Event - Tour of Cedar Creek Grist Mill -

Bus pick up in front of Hilton Hotel at 9:15 am

Sponsored by: Johnson Controls

Enjoy a relaxing outing at a National Historic Land-

mark – the Cedar Creek Grist Mill in Woodland,

Washington. Your tour will include lunch and a

“working tour” of the mill operations.

10:00-10:30 AM Technical Exhibition and Beverage Break -

Discovery CDE

Sponsored by: Olympia Sheet Metal, Inc.

10:30-11:30 AM Plastic Piping in Healthcare - Our Future? -

Discovery AB

Speaker: Paul Idzik, Senior Engineer, University

Mechanical contractors, Mukilteo, Washington

Paul will discuss current and future practices of piping

systems in healthcare facilities including design, prod-

uct lifespan, maintenance, and repair.

11:30-1:00 PM Technical Exhibition, Lunch & Exhibitor Prize

Drawings - Discovery CDE/Her itage Ballroom

Sponsored by:

1:00 PM Close of Technical Exhibition

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Technical Exhibitor Signature Card

AAtronics, LLC _________________________________________________

Advanced Technologies Group __________________________________________________

Advanced Entry System By Dorma _______________________________________________

Aleddra LED Lighting ___________________________________________________

ALLEGION ___________________________________________________

`Altro ___________________________________________________

American Technologies, Inc. ____________________________________________________

Anacom Medtek ___________________________________________________

Apollo Solutions Group ___________________________________________________

Architectural Elevators Consulting _______________________________________________

Armstrong Commercial Flooring _____________________________________________

ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems _____________________________________________

ATS Automation ___________________________________________________

ATS Facility Solution ___________________________________________________

BeaconMedaes ___________________________________________________

Belimo Americas ___________________________________________________

Building Operator Certification _____________________________________________

CH2O, Inc. ___________________________________________________

Chem-Aqua, Inc. ___________________________________________________

Chicago Faucet ___________________________________________________

Clima-Tech Corporation ___________________________________________________

Coffman Engineers, Inc. ___________________________________________________

Cole Industrial, Inc. ___________________________________________________

Columbia Roofing & Sheet Metal _____________________________________________

CoMedical ___________________________________________________

Commercial Filter Sales & Service _______________________________________________

Convergint Technologies ___________________________________________________

Cook Security Group ___________________________________________________

Cummins Northwest, LLC ___________________________________________________

Dampers West, Inc. ____________________________________________________

Degenkolb Engineers ___________________________________________________

DOH Construction Review Services ______________________________________________

Electrocom ____________________________________________________

EQ2 ____________________________________________________

Extra Effort Consulting & Supply ______________________________________________

Flow Control Industries, Inc. _____________________________________________________

FluidTEK ____________________________________________________

G & W Commercial Flooring ____________________________________________________

Garratt Callahan ____________________________________________________

Gem-Loc Premier Edge ____________________________________________________

Hill-Rom ____________________________________________________

InControl ____________________________________________________

Interior Technology ____________________________________________________

Johansen Mechanical ____________________________________________________

Johnson Controls, Inc. ______________________________________________________

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1:00-2:00 PM Inspiring Customer Service and Communication

Skill in Frontline Staff while Motivating Long Term

Maintenance Staff - Discovery A

Speaker: Scott Ummel, Organizational Development

Consultant, Nash Consulting, Redmond, Washing-

ton

Scott will discuss the importance of employee morale

and management tips to build adaptive skills for front

line staff.

1:00-2:00 PM Lighting and Patient Outcomes: LED Lighting and

Controls in Healthcare Facilities - Discovery B

Speaker: Robert Blakey, Senior Operations Manag-

er, CBRE Group Health, Seattle, Washington

Speaker: Joe Schuler, Project Manager, Prime Elec-

tric, Bellevue, Washington

LED lights and advanced (state of the art) controls were

recently installed at Group Health’s Northshore Clinic.

This lighting solution offered innovative advantages for

the staff and patients in addition to being extremely

energy efficient at a modest cost increase. The contrac-

tor was able to take advantage of “LEAN Construction”

techniques to significantly reduce the cost of installa-

tion. Come and hear why this may offer benefits for

your next lighting project!

2:00-2:30 PM Beverage Break - Discovery CDE

Sponsored by: Mas Architecture

2:30-3:30 PM From Survive to Thrive: Doing More with Less -

Discovery A

Speaker: Rod Price, Process Improvement Special-

ist, LEAP Performance Improvement, Spokane,

Washington

As a 30 year veteran in business leadership and certi-

fied Lean process improvement professional, Rod will

lead an interactive and educational discussion on sever-

al of his focused process improvement projects which

have helped healthcare and utility leaders cope with

providing increased service with shrinking resources.

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Participants will come away with ideas they can imple-

ment immediately.

2:30-3:30 PM Healing Gardens and Landscape Design ( connect-

ing gardens to patient outcomes) - Discovery B

Speaker: Liesel Zappler, Landscape Coordinator,

Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, Washington

This fun filled workshop will address how to create

sustainable healing gardens using proper design,

drought tolerant plants and Integrated Pest Manage-

ment (IPM). Topics will include plant selection, pesti-

cide reduction and the use of alternative methods, as

well as how to reduce water usage. Learn how to save

costs by decreasing chemical inputs and irrigation, and

have increased aesthetics!

3:30 PM Evening on Your Own

Friday, October 9, 2015

7:30-8:30 AM Breakfast Buffet - Discover CDE

Sponsored by: Blue Architecture & Buffalo Design

8:30-9:30 AM Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery: What Can

We Learn from Their Journey - Discovery AB

Speaker: Roger Wendlick, Lewis & Clark Histori-

an

Roger is a long term Board Member of the Oregon

Chapter of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Founda-

tion and a respected historian who has been educating

and entertaining for over 20 years. Roger will share

interesting stories of the Corps of Discovery including

how we can learn from this journey to develop our

own leadership skills.

9:30-10:00 AM Beverage Break - Discovery CDE

Sponsored by:

10:00-11:00 AM Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery: What Can

We Learn from Their Journey (part 2) - Discovery

AB

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Linde/Lifegas/NA LLC LiquiTech Environmental Solutions

LSS Life Safety Services MacDonald-Miller Facility Solutions

Mannington Commercial McKinstry

Mechanical Sales Inc. Medical Gas Services, LLC

MI Controls Modular Services Company Nalco, an Ecolab Company

Northwest Engineering Service, Inc. OAC Services, Inc.

Oberon, Inc. Pacific Power Generation

Patcraft Performance Systems Integration LLC

PG LifeLink PlumbMaster, Inc.

PNCI Powerex, Inc.

PPI Group Primex Wireless

Rice Fergus Miller S F Griggs & Associates

Säzän Group Schulz Associates / Follett

Servpro Shannon Specialty Floors

Siemens Industry, Inc. SimplexGrinnell

Southwest Solutions Group Superior Cleaning & Restoration T&A Supply / Roppe Corporation

The Mohawk Group The Part Works Inc.

The Sherwin-Williams Company Total Filtration Services

Trane (2 booths) Tremco

TSIG Consulting, Inc. U. S. Water

VECA Electric Watertiger

Wildan Abacus

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TECHNICAL EXHIBITORS

Aatronics, LLC. Advance Technologies Group, Inc. Advanced Entry System By Dorma

Aleddra LED Lighting ALLEGION

Altro American Technologies, Inc.

Anacom MedTek Apollo Solutions Group

Architectural Elevator Consulting Armstrong Commercial Flooring ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems

ATS Automation ATS Facility Solutions

BeaconMedaes Belimo Americas

Building Operator Certification CH2O, Inc.

Chem-Aqua, Inc. Chicago Faucet

Clima-Tech Corporation Coffman Engineers Cole Industrial, Inc.

Columbia Roofing & Sheet Metal CoMedical

Commercial Filter Sales & Service Convergint Technologies

Cook Security Group Cummins Northwest Dampers West, Inc.

Degenkolb Engineers DOH Construction Review Services

Electrocom EQ2

Extra Effort Consulting & Supply, LLC Flow Control Industries, Inc.

FluidTEK. G & W Commercial Flooring, Inc. (2 booths)

Garratt Callahan Gem-Loc Premier Edge

Hill-Rom InControl

Interior Technology Johansen Mechanical, Inc.

Johnson Controls, Inc. (2 booths)

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11:00-12:00 AM Annual Membership Meeting & Installation of

2016 State Officers - Discovery AB

Eric Rodgers will recap 2015 for WSSHE and pass the

baton to the incoming WSSHE State President, Rob Pe-

witt.

12:00-1:00 PM Lunch and Door Prize Giveaway - Discovery CDE

Sponsored by:

Phil “Red Shoes” Kercher does the door pr ize dance!

1:00 PM Conference Adjourns

Thank You for Attending!

See You in Chelan for the Spring Semiannual

April 20 - 22, 2016

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