Webinar: Sustaining Healthcare Infrastructure to Support Patient and Family Care
Healthcare facilities operate in environments where infrastructure reliability directly impacts patient care, staff effectiveness, and overall service delivery. As healthcare systems continue to face aging assets, increasing demand, and evolving regulatory expectations, facility professionals must balance operational efficiency with the need to provide safe, resilient, and patient-centred environments.
This session will examine strategies for sustaining healthcare infrastructure through proactive asset management, maintenance planning, and operational best practices. Participants will explore how facilities management contributes to improved patient and family experiences while supporting long-term organizational resilience.
Speakers
Ian McDermott – VP Mount Sinai Hospital
Ian Rogers – Director Dynacare
Brennan Ficko – Health Care Lead Pinchin Ltd.
Webinar: ‘Going To Market’ – Buying goods, services and construction – The FM Procurement Advantage
Organizations spend multimillions on buying goods, services and construction in the management of their physical assets annually. While purchasing contracts may not be the most exciting aspect of FM, it is the start of most success stories. All organizations have mandates, policies and directives that guide the purchasing process as well as being guided by case law, legislation and trade agreements. (Oh, No!!). This landscape is ever changing while managing properties is challenged to do more with less and stretch budgets while meeting organizational commitments such as ESG and tariff challenges.
Presentation Outline:
This presentation takes a holistic view of the process for goods, services and construction procurement with a mind to obtaining best value. It focusses on planning for the various stages of procurement and the contract management cycle laying the foundations for best outcomes. The FM role in procurement is critical to ensuring accurate information, principles of fairness, due diligence and innovation are at the core of the documents issued to the marketplace to attract the best suppliers and contractors to contribute to successful contract and project outcomes – for all. While there are numerous ways to approach the market, this presentation will focus on choosing the most appropriate methods for the various needs in FM and note advantages/disadvantages of types of contract structures supported by examples from the field and accompanied by a Book recommendation written by a procurement lawyer and a series of courses to improve procurement practices.
Learning outcomes for practical procurement in FM:
• Understanding the different types of procurement approaches used for goods, services and construction;
• The value of clear, concise procurement documents;
• Articulating risks and the value of risk sharing;
• Best methods for avoiding contract performance failures
Webinar: Emergency Preparedness: Building a Resilient Workforce
Explore practical approaches to strengthening workforce readiness through effective communication, training, and engagement.
Unlocking AI in Building Management Systems
Discover practical ways to reduce operating costs, optimize HVAC performance and spend less time firefighting.
Holiday FM Gathering
Happy holidays everyone! Join your community at Tailgunner Brewing at 4:00 pm
Revitalizing the Workday: Cultivating a Mindset for Well-being in Times of High Stress and Uncertainty
Since the onset of the pandemic workers everywhere have become familiar with what it is like to deal with high-stress, uncertainty, fear, and more during their workdays. The very foundation of our workdays has been tested and put under new pressures, often while demanding more from us when we have less to give. As a result, fundamentals like physical comfort, stress management, and work/life balance have become more elusive and difficult to maintain. Without this strong foundation, the workday becomes far less enjoyable while negatively impacting performance and our ability to show up for those who depend on us.
FMP IV - Project Management
This is the fourth of the in-person FMP courses provided be the Calgary Chapter. Save $1,000 when you register for all four courses at once. Save an additional $700 by becoming a Calgary Chapter member.
FMP III - Finance and Business
This is the thirds of the in-person FMP courses provided by the Calgary Chapter. Save $1,000 when you register for all four courses at once. Save an additional $700 by becoming a Calgary Chapter member.
FMP I - Operations & Maintenance
This is the first of the in-person FMP courses provided by the Calgary Chapter. Save $1,000 when you register for all four courses at once. Save an additional $1,000 by becoming a Calgary Chapter member.
COVID-19 - Reflections in FM
Join the IFMA Calgary Chapter as we recount, share, and investigate how some are returning to work during the COVID-19 pandemic. We have a panel of experts on the call to help answer all our questions about preparing your workspace, workforce, keeping them safe, and reducing risk in light of how Calgary’s, Alberta’s, and Canada’s governments respond.
Agenda
3:00 - 4:15 pm - Panelist and audience panel discussion
Panelist Bios
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FMP IV - Leadership & Strategy
This is the fourth of the in-person FMP courses provided by the Calgary Chapter. Save $1,000 when you register for all four courses at once. Save an additional $700 by becoming a Calgary Chapter member.
FMP I - Operations & Maintenance
This is the first of the in-person FMP courses provided by the Calgary Chapter. Save $1,000 when you register for all four courses at once. Save an additional $1,000 by becoming a Calgary Chapter member.