Posts from February, 2011
- 26 Feb
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No commentsChange in Blog Location
Hello RSS and other subscribers to COOL CONVERSATIONS….I want to thank you for all the follows and input…it has been great.I have just posted a new blog at comperio C3 that will explain some changes in our business model…which are all VERY exciting
Given these changes, I will be blogging from C3 versations effective immediately…so check it out and join the conversations…..
- 19 Feb
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No commentsDo your facilities meet CODE? The 3 “other” Codes.
I am a weird duck…most of you who know me would agree (but not so quickly, please). I love to work with churches at a 30,000 foot “visioning” level, and yet I am very detailed and process driven. There have been times when I would
travel by air, that I would copy sections of the Building Code’s and read them on the plane…weird, huh? I wanted to know everything there was to know about the “codes” that applied to church and ministry construction. How many parking spaces did you need based on occupancy? How was a facilities occupancy determined? When was a fire sprinkler system required? What are the required fire ratings? What materials could be used in different size buildings? - 12 Feb
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No commentsDo you have a Facility Stewardship Plan?
For months now you have heard me talk about Facility Stewardship. I have hounded you all with the concept that our facilities were entrusted to us by God to steward over…just like money. I am a firm believer in this concept as a physical and spiritual principle, reality and mandate. Period.
So….what is your Facility Stewardship Plan? If you have been blessed to have facilities (remember, we are not “entitled” to our ministry facilities…they are a gift to be used to facilitate worship, education, discipleship and reaching people far from God) then what is you plan to maintain them….set up reserves…”green up” the facility….reduce operational costs…etc?
- 5 Feb
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No commentsAnother One Bites The Dust – 3 Lessons to Learn
This week I was doing a site inspection for one of my clients, Elevation Church, when I was informed that the
contractor that build the Elevation Blakeney Campus (a new $9M facility in Charlotte, NC) was closing their doors. This is/was a large commercial general contractor….performing ten’s of millions of dollars of good quality construction each year. This was not a contractor doing shabby work…or functioning in a fraudulent manner. They did very good work…had a solid reputation and had done a very good job on the construction of this new facility. This was somewhat shocking…and yet not completely.
Integrated Project Delivery Association
International Facilities Manager Association (IFMA)
National Assoc. of Church Business Administration (NACBA)
National Assocaition of Church Facility Managers (NACFM)