Presentation:  Design vs. Facilities Maintenance

Presented by: Mrs. Heather Platt Gulledge, PE, CHC

Design firms are being pushed by clients to save time and money, but in doing so we run the risk of providing the code minimum design or not spending the right amount of time investigating current conditions. This leaves projects that end up costing a lot more time and money for both the engineer and owner. The presentation digs into some of these issues based on actual project results.

• Understand the downstream operational impacts of code minimum design
• Develop an understanding of some facility operational issues
• Improve design practices from lessons learned

Heather Platt Gulledge, PE, CHC | Senior Project Manager, Dewberry

Heather L. Platt has spent the past 25 years helping buildings operate (and perform) better, improving energy efficiency, and enhancing ease of use for the facility staff.  She has spent the majority of her career in the healthcare sector.

Heather earned her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at the University at Buffalo and her M.B.A. at Medaille College.  She has worked as a contractor, design engineer, and as an Associate Director of Engineering and Maintenance in Buffalo, NY; where she cultivated her passion for building operations.  Heather is a licensed professional engineer in multiple states.  She is certified with FEMA’s Incident Command System for Healthcare/Hospitals levels 100 and 200, ASHE Certified Health Care Physical Environment Worker, and ASHE Certified Healthcare Constructor.

Heather is an active 20+year member of ASHRAE, participating in Standards and Code development through various subcommittees.  Heather currently serves on ASHRAE’s Technology Council, Standard 170 Ventilation of Health Care Facilities, Standard 188 Legionellosis: Risk Management for Building Water Systems, and Standard 514P Control Measures for Building Water Systems to Reduce Illness and Injury, and is the ASHRAE representative on the FGI HGRC.  She is also a member of ASHE and NCHEA.

Heather is a contributing author for various publications with ASHRAE and ASHE, including HVAC Design Manual for Hospitals and Clinics, Second Edition, (ASHRAE), Water Management in Healthcare Facilities: Complying with ASHRAE Standard 188, (ASHE).  She also speaks regularly at industry events, domestically and abroad.

Continuing Education: ASHRAE 1 PDH;

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