Lessons learnt the hard way

The seminar will bring together engineers, facilities professionals, contractors, consultants, and industry experts to share real-world project experiences – about what worked, what didn’t, and how outcomes can be improved across the built environment.

It is also a multi-location event that will be delivered across Australia in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney; and in New Zealand at Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington.

The seminar will explore issues within the industry, including:

• Building performance
• Commissioning and tuning
• Operational outcomes
• Healthcare facilities
• Data centres
• Complex buildings and cultural facilities
• Soft Landings and post-occupancy performance.

The technical sessions will include presentations on:

• Complex systems – Cultural buildings and landmark offices: Lessons from architecturally significant and technically complex projects
• Critical systems – Healthcare and other mission-critical environments: Insights into reliability, commissioning, resilience, and operational performance
• Independent perspective: Perspectives from commissioning specialists and independent reviewers on common project challenges and opportunities for improvement.

Confirmed speakers include:

• Steve Hennessy (WT Partnership)
  Soft Landings – The Application of Common Sense
• Mark Crawford (MxC)
  What Commissioning Reveals – Lessons from Real Projects
• Chris Bird (RCP)
  Central Plant – Auckland Hospital
• Rohit Sharma (Downer Professional Services)
  Hospital Systems: Compliant, Yet Underperforming
• Chris Arkins, M.AIRAH (Steensen Varming)
  Beyond Setpoints: Balancing Conservation, Public Access and Environmental Performance in Cultural Buildings
• Lucy Cole (VIDA Health)
  Lessons from Footscray Hospital

The full speaker list and program is available here. For more information or to register, please click here.

Feature image by xiSerge from Pixabay.

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