Date/Time
Date(s) - Thursday, April 13, 2017
5:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Location
Viscount Gort Hotel
Distinguished Lecturer Mitchell Swann will join us to share his presentation on Green Design & Sustainability.
Green Design & Sustainability – Un-definable Success in a Defined World
The marketplace has embraced ‘sustainability’ as a value-added feature in design, construction and operations. However, sustainability is not necessarily a ‘line item’ technology which can be added or deleted at will like the substitution of ceramic tile for sheet vinyl. If sustainability is value-added, then it is desirable and as such, would be designated as a term of the project contract. If so, what parameters should be used to measure compliance with that portion of the contract? Given the interrelationship of design, construction and operation on actual building performance, how are these interrelationships factored into the issues of contract compliance? If sustainability does have a value, a failure to achieve ‘it’ in a completed project should diminish the project value relative to the contract. A loss of value relative to the contract could establish grounds for compensation for that loss. How is that value to be measured and how is the loss of same to be compensated for? The program will identify and analyze the typical issues which impact the achievement of sustainable design and operation and provide a framework in which to assess value for those issues.
Speaker Bio
E. Mitchell Swann, P.E.
Mr. Swann has over 20 years of experience in the areas of management, engineering and construction for a wide array of clients in diverse industries in the USA and abroad. Mr. Swann’s career has included dispute resolution, consultation, forensic analysis, engineering design, construction, commissioning, validation and troubleshooting for complex mechanical, instrumentation, electrical and control systems for high-tech industrial, institutional and commercial clients. Mr. Swann’s experience has included system design from concept development through construction, operations troubleshooting, master planning and expert witness consulting. He has served as liaison between the design and construction team during multiple projects and has been responsible for the successful field execution of the design intent, the start-up of critical building systems. He is well versed in the various types of project execution approaches from traditional bid\spec to design\build and has prepared proposals and scope documents for all types of projects.
Mr. Swann has authored several articles on issues in professional practice including the “Standard of Care and Consequential Damages” and is a co-author of the “ASHRAE Survival Guide to Design\Build.” Mr. Swann is active in several Technical Committees within ASHARE, including TC 1.7-General Business, Management and Legal Education, TC 2.8-Sustainable Design, TC 9.10-Laboratory Systems and TC 9.11-Clean Spaces where he served as Chair for two terms. He is also a member of ISPE and the ABA where he is vice-chair of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section Committee on Construction.