David Stymiest P.E., CHFM, FASHE, CEM, GBE

Senior Consultant Smith Seckman Reid, Inc.

Thursday, September 13th at 11:30am - 12:45 pm
Crowne Plaza Hotel S. 610 Loop
8686 Kirby Drive, Houston, 77054

Program:

This high-level overview covers major revisions and conceptual changes in NFPA 99-2012, Health Care Facilities Code. Because NFPA 99-2012 is a mandatory reference from the 2012 NFPA 101 Life Safety Code®, the changes in this edition will have a major impact on health care facilities as soon as CMS and other accrediting bodies adopt the 2012 NFPA 101 Life Safety Code®. The major changes in Electrical Systems and in Gas and Vacuum Systems will be included. The new NFPA 99 risk assessment approach is also covered. The presentation also includes a review of the extra content included within the 2012 Health Care Facilities Code Handbook.

About the speaker:

David Stymiest is a nationally recognized speaker, trainer and author. He is presently a Senior Consultant at Smith Seckman Reid, Inc. (SSR) responsible for Environment of Care Reviews and Mock Surveys, Compliance Consulting, and electrical facilities engineering and management consulting for SSR's healthcare clients. Before joining SSR, he was Senior Electrical Engineer for more than 10 years for Massachusetts General Hospital and the other hospitals of Boston-based Partners HealthCare System.

David has 39 years intensive professional experience in facilities and electrical engineering for health care, institutional, industrial, commercial, civil works, transportation, and electrical utility projects. He has spent almost half of his career as an Owner and hospital engineer, and half his career as a consulting engineer. He is acknowledged as a forward-thinking leading industry expert in the management, operation, testing, and application of emergency power systems in health care facilities.

He is an AHA Certified Healthcare Facility Manager (CHFM), a Fellow of ASHE (FASHE), a Registered Professional Engineer (PE) in three states, and an AEE Certified Energy Manager (CEM) and Green Building Engineer (GBE).

David is presently the Chairman of the NFPA Technical Committee on Emergency Power
Supplies, which has responsibility for NFPA 110 and NFPA 111. David is also presently the Chair of the ASHE Education Committee's Task Force on Power Distribution Systems. He has spoke at almost 100 national and state conferences over the past 20 years.

About the Organization:

HAAHE is a non-profit group organized specifically for the benefit of the Healthcare Facilities Management team. Membership is focused on Hospital Facilities and Safety Management staff.  In addition, Engineering Consultants, Contractors, Vendors, and Architects whose primary function is to provide consulting, design services, and products to the hospital engineering environment are welcomed.

The purpose of HAAHE is to provide a forum for continued improvement of hospital engineering in the greater Houston area. The venue for improvement will be through education, sharing of experiences between members, and presentations by experts in their respective field on a bi-monthly basis. If you are already a HAAHE member, please get involved by attending our meetings every other month.  If you are not yet a member, you may join by completing a membership application at the next meeting.

Lunch is included and will be free for paid members and $15 for non‐members. For the Calendar year 2011, we are now ENCOURAGING membership renewals.

Membership fees will be:

• Hospital employees: $50.00 annually
• Vendors/Associates: $100.00 annually

Location:

The Crowne Plaza Reliant Park/Medical Center is located at 8686 Kirby Drive, Houston, TX 77054.

It is physically located at the northwest intersection of Loop 610 and Kirby Drive, across from Reliant Park.

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