APPA Standards
and Codes Council
LEADERSHIP
and the
PATH FORWARD
A Progress Report on
Standards and Codes Development
for Educational Facilities
and Infrastructure
2015-16
April 2016
Dear Colleague,
The APPA Standards and Codes Council is pleased to
share with you its 2015-16 Progress Report on Standards
and Codes Development for Educational Facilities and
Infrastructure.
For more than a century, APPA has successfully served as
the gathering place for educational facilities professionals
to share information, network, and advance our
institutional mission. It is one of APPA’s core beliefs
that higher performing facilities are an enhancement
to learning and integral to the ability of an educational
institution to achieve its mission.
The APPA Standards and Codes Council (ASCC) was initially
established out of a need to educate our membership
about codes and standards, and in turn advise the code
and standards-development community of the needs of
educational institutions. The respondents to APPA’s most
recent APPA Member Survey ranked codes and standards
activities among the top programs and services provided
by APPA, with 83 percent rating standards compliance
as an extremely important or important area for future
services supplied by our association.
Since the Council’s creation in 2012, APPA has built strong
relationships within the standards community to ensure
the needs of education institutions are communicated,
particularly in the areas of fire and life safety systems,
construction, campus security systems, energy efficiency, and
sustainability. The ASCC is strategic in its approach and is now
the proactive voice for educational facilities in the standards
and codes development arena. We wish to promote costeffective, efficient and pragmatic solutions that strengthen
our facilities and campuses as a whole.
In April 2015, and under the ASCC’s direction, APPA
received approval by the American National Standards
Institute (ANSI) to become an ANSI Standards Developer.
This is a significant milestone for APPA, as it is the only
membership-based organization of facilities professionals –
and the only facilities membership organization within the
education sector – that holds the ANSI accreditation.
Last November, APPA announced its intention to develop
ANSI standards that support the application of Total Cost
of Ownership (TCO) principles and practices to facilities and
infrastructure. With the formation of the APPA TCO Work
Group, we have now begun work this spring on our first
standard, APPA 1000, Total Cost of Ownership for Facilities
Asset Management. It is our intention that APPA 1000 will
enable owners of facilities assets in education and other
sectors to implement standardized TCO principles and
practices within their building and infrastructure portfolio
from “cradle to grave.” APPA 1000 will serve as a much
needed blueprint for facilities owners to more effectively
execute strategic cost planning and decision-making at
every stage of a building through its lifecycle.
It is our hope this progress report will educate you
about the standards work that the ASCC is successfully
accomplishing on behalf of education. If you have any
questions, please contact us.
Sincerely,
Brooks Baker, III, Chair
APPA Standards & Codes Council
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Mission and Purpose
Established by the APPA Board of Directors in 2012, the APPA Standards and Codes Council (ASCC) monitors standards
and code activities among national and international standards-setting organizations impacting education; educates
APPA member institutions on standards compliance; and influences the development and creation of standards and
codes to ensure that the interests of educational institutions are realized in the standards-setting process.
APPA Standards and Codes Council
MISSION STATEMENT
• Promote codes and standards AWARENESS and EDUCATION among members.
• Determine the IMPACT of existing and proposed standards and codes on educational institutions.
• INFLUENCE standards and code development process and outcomes.
• Set parameters and display APPA’s LEADERSHIP on standards and codes and seek pragmatic solutions to
the needs and requirements of educational institutions.
• Identify broad CONSENSUS among APPA’s institutional members and seek appropriate representation in
standards bodies at local, state, national, and international levels.
The Influence of Standards and Codes
APPA’s membership is comprised of over 15,000
educational facilities professionals from more than 1,300
APPA member learning institutions throughout the
United States, Canada, and Mexico. The results of APPA’s
2014 membership survey ranked standards, codes, and
compliance among the top ten most important services
and programs made available through APPA. Eighty-three
percent of the survey respondents ranked codes and
standards as either an extremely important or important
component of future APPA programming and services.
The impact of national and international standards and
codes development bodies is significant to educational
facilities and infrastructure, and that impact is growing.
This is readily apparent, as standards development
organizations increasingly turn their attention to pressing
issues facing the education sector. These issues include
school security, and the growing frequency of active
shooting incidents; emergency preparedness; energy
management; “green” building construction and
maintenance; sustainability practices; and more.
Standards and codes impact every facet of campus
facilities, including planning, design, and construction;
energy and utilities management; operations and
maintenance; and renovation. These standards, or portions
thereof, are often adopted at the state and municipal
levels, resulting in codes compliance obligations — some
unnecessarily costly, others less so — for educational
institutions and their facilities and infrastructure. At
a time when educational institutions are facing the
continuing reality of reduced funding, increased tuition
rates, and rising operating costs, it is critical for APPA
International to engage and align efforts with other
national and international membership organizations
and peer standards development organizations within
the facilities and infrastructure communities. This ensures
that the collective voice and unique needs and interests
of educational institutions are heard and properly vetted
as part of the standards and codes decision-making and
development process.
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APPA Standards and Codes Council
Chair
Brooks Baker, III
APPA Past President
University of Alabama
at Birmingham
(retired)
Richard J. Davis
The Evergreen
State College
David Handwork
Arkansas State
University
Clint Lord
Arizona State
University
Dana Peterson
University of
New Hampshire
Staff Liaisons
Alan Sactor
University of Maryland,
College Park
Theodore Weidner
Purdue University
John Bernhards
Associate Vice President
APPA International
Sam Waymire
Codes Administrator
APPA International
Billie Zidek
Codes Administrator
APPA International
One Voice, from Many
Engaging the education sector in standards and codes
activities requires a consensus-based process that
is impartial and brings together a diverse range of
stakeholders and subject matter experts. The APPA
Standards and Codes Council establishes Work Groups to
develop APPA standards and to make recommendations
and propose changes to codes and standards established
and maintained by other standards development
organizations. The ASCC works on behalf of APPA’s
members to ensure the needs of educational institutions
are heard by the International Code Council (ICC), the
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), and other
standards developers on an as needed basis. When
developing APPA standards, the ASCC Work Groups
utilize established procedures to maintain and manage
their Work Group activities. As an Accredited Standards
Developer, APPA uses Accredited Procedures for the
Development of American National Standards, approved by
the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), when
engaged in ANSI standards development activities.
Consulting Services to the APPA
Standards and Codes Council
Bill Koffel, president of Koffel & Associates,
is an independent consultant and advisor
to the ASCC on emerging and current
standards and codes issues impacting
the educational facilities sector. Koffel &
Bill Koffel
Associates is a fire protection and life safety
engineering design and consulting firm, and is widely
recognized for its expertise in the fire protection and life
safety aspects of codes and standards. Mr. Koffel is active in
the development process of the industry’s governing codes,
standards, and design guidelines including those undertaken
by the International Code Council (ICC) and the National Fire
Protection Association (NFPA), the Society of Fire Protection
Engineers (SFPE) and Underwriters Laboratories (UL). A
former code official with the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s
Office, he is a past president of the SFPE.
APPA International is an ANSI Accredited Standards Developer
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Leadership
& Collaboration
The ASCC collaborates with leading
standards bodies to represent the concerns
of educational facilities.
School and Campus Security
At the invitation of the National Fire Protection Association
(NFPA), representatives of the ASCC participated in the NFPA
School Safety, Codes, and Security Workshop, held December 2014
at the University of Maryland’s College Park campus. More than 60
NFPA fire and life safety professionals, campus and school public safety
officials, and representatives from national and international standards
setting bodies and public interest groups were present for the event.
The findings of the workshop are posted on the NFPA web site
at www.nfpa.org.
Among the key observations and areas of discussion among stakeholders at the December
NFPA Workshop were the following:
Multiple Hazard Planning Concepts in Schools: Approximately 70 percent of school
campus fires take place within K-12 school buildings while approximately twelve percent
occur on college and university campuses. When it comes to school life safety however,
many schools and campuses are now implementing not only fire drills, but lockdown drills
as well. Additionally, where schools are prone to natural disasters and related risks, there
is a growing mandate for “shakeout” or earthquake drills, not to mention flood drills.
Some jurisdictions are paring back the frequency of fire drills as required under NFPA 101
to accommodate these other drill requirements. The workshop revealed that there is
growing concern that different and multiple drill procedures may lead to confusion among
students and other occupants and therefore compromise safety in the event of an actual
emergency.
Locking Hardware: A growing concern among fire and life safety professionals is the
increasing number of “lockdown” door locking mechanisms and systems that are entering
the marketplace and which fail to meet egress compliance requirements, or may be
unintentionally designed to obstruct such requirements. Workshop participants identified the
need to ensure that innovations and new approaches to locking hardware are encouraged
but thoroughly evaluated to ensure fire and life safety is not compromised. This issue is now
an area of key focus for NFPA Technical Committees.
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Leadership & Collaboration
Fire Alarm Activation and Delayed Response:
Another area of concern is whether allowances should
be made within current fire and life safety codes to
support delayed response for evacuation, in the event
a school building fire alarm is pulled or activated. The
argument for allowing “delayed response” is that
it would enable public safety personnel on school
property to substantiate that a fire or related conditions
exist, and to do so prior to sounding the audible alarm
and evacuating occupants from the school building.
This topic is of great debate among fire and life safety
officials and security professionals – and deservedly so.
Tools, Procedures and Resources Required of
First Responders When Facing an Armed Intruder
Situation: The workshop sought to identify the basic
building/fire code provisions that must be understood
by first responders, as well as first responder protocols
that must be understood by fire and life safety codes
and standards developers. There was consensus
among participants that greater clarity and adoption
of general procedures were needed with regard
to responder communications technologies, school
building entry and access, and student evacuation
safe areas, among other considerations.
ASIS International/NFPA Active
Shooter Stakeholder Meeting
As a follow-up to the December 2014 NFPA School
Security Workshop, APPA staff represented the ASCC at the
ASIS International and NFPA Active Shooter stakeholder
meeting in January 2016. The stakeholder meeting
brought together representatives of more than 50 industry
groups; standards development organizations; and
members of the law enforcement, fire, EMS, government,
and academic communities for the purpose of considering
“what and where are the existing resources to address
active shooters,” and to examine “the crossover between
security and fire safety discipline intersections.” Breakout
sessions addressed the topics of:
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• The budgetary constraints of implementing policies
relating to “active shooter” preparedness and
awareness;
• The role of management and leadership;
• The role of technology solutions; and
• Key players and different roles of the public and
private sectors.
A next step by organizers may be to compile a “road
map” of existing documented procedures and policies,
in order to deliver a suite of best practices in a unified
format. Participants also agreed that any solutions
developed as a part of this activity represent a unified
approach between the public and private sectors, avoiding
informational silos if at all possible.
Addressing Fire Sprinkler Safety
On July 12, 2015, firefighters in Oviedo, Florida, responded
to a sweeping three-alarm fire at the Tivoli Apartments, a
privately-owned off-campus residential complex adjacent
to the University of Central Florida. The Tivoli Fire has
become, in recent months, a focal point for discussion
among sprinkler manufacturers, the insurance industry, fire
and life safety personnel, APPA, and other stakeholders
who are now evaluating the overall effectiveness of the
NFPA 13 sprinkler system installation standards.
At NFPA’s invitation, APPA represented the education
facilities sector in a two-day Sprinkler System Workshop
held December 14-16, 2015, in Orlando, Florida. More
than 70 subject matter experts, NFPA 13 committee
leaders, and other stakeholders were in attendance for
the event to offer observations and recommendations for
improvement to the 2016 editions of NFPA 13, Standard
for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems, and NFPA 13R,
Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems in Lowrise Residential Occupancies. The findings of the Workshop
will be published by NFPA in early summer 2016 and be
considered for comment and potential incorporation in
edits in the 2019 edition of NFPA 13/13R.
Leadership & Collaboration
ANSI: The American National
Standards Institute
The ASCC coordinates
APPA’s representation and
participation within ANSI,
a non-profit membership
organization that oversees
the development of voluntary consensus standards for
products, services, processes, systems, and personnel in
the United States. APPA is a full voting organizational
member of ANSI and participates as a stakeholder in
the development and review of standards relevant to
educational facilities. It is also an active participant in
the ANSI Organizational Member Forum (OMF).
APPA and the Center
for Campus Fire Safety
Through the efforts of the
ASCC, APPA and the Center for
www.campusfiresafety.org
Campus Fire Safety (CCFS), a
US-based member organization of fire and life safety
professionals in higher education, signed a Memorandum
of Understanding (MoU) in December 2015. The ASCC
liaison to CCFS is Alan Sactor (University of Maryland), a
member of the CCFS Board of Directors. Under the MoU,
both organizations will work together for the betterment
of the educational facilities sector and to enhance fire and
life safety knowledge and best practices. As an advocate of
campus fire safety, the CCFS’s services to the educational
community include conferences, webinars, training
classes, data collection, publications, and the sharing of
best practices. The majority of the Center’s members are
employees of higher education colleges and universities
that are APPA member institutions.
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In April 2015 APPA was approved as an ANSI Accredited
Standards Developer (ASD). In its first activity as an ANSI
ASD, APPA will develop and publish American National
Standards, supporting the application of Total Cost
of Ownership (TCO) to facilities and infrastructure, as
applicable to the education sector, and as they relate to
the following four core competencies as identified by the
education sector:
1.
2. 3.
4. General Administration & Management
Maintenance & Operations
Energy & Utilities
Planning, Design & Construction
ASCC held a public convener’s meeting of interested
stakeholders in July. Following stakeholder input,
an ANSI Project Initiation Notification (PIN) and call
for participation within the TCO Work Group (the TCO
standards writing committee) was then released in
October through ANSI and other media, including the
APPA web site and press news wire announcements.
The TCO Work Group launched in March 2016. More
information about TCO, the Work Group’s launch, and the
proposed work program is found further in this report.
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Leadership & Collaboration
ASHRAE: HVAC, Green Building Design
and Energy Management Standards
The American Society of Air Conditioning, Heating and
Refrigerating Engineers (ASHRAE) is an ANSI Accredited
Standards Developer and an APPA Strategic Alliance
Partner. ASHRAE is the developer and publisher of over
4,000 ANSI standards for the design and maintenance
of indoor environments. Among the ASHRAE standards
most impacting educational institutions and all of facilities
management are Standard 189.1 - Standard for the Design
for High-Performance Green Buildings and Standard 90.1 Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential.
APPA and ASHRAE renewed their ongoing strategic alliance
partnership agreement in February 2016, leading to a
meeting between ASCC representatives and various ASHRAE
committee leaders to discuss a variety of opportunities and
issues pertaining to ASHRAE standards and their impact
to educational institutions. As a result, APPA and ASHRAE
are examining cross education opportunities, to include
webinars as well as presentations on ASHRAE standards
to be shared at the APPA Annual Conference in Nashville,
Tennessee, in July 2016.
At ASHRAE’s invitation, ASCC has appointed David
Handwork (Arkansas State University) to serve as APPA’s
liaison to ASHRAE Technical Committee 7.3 Operation
and Maintenance Management. TC 7.3 provides general
guidance in the area of operation, maintenance and
commissioning of air conditioning, heating, ventilating
and refrigeration systems and equipment. David
Handwork’s role supports information sharing between
TC 7.3 and the APPA Total Cost of Ownership Work Group,
as APPA develops APPA 1000, Total Cost of Ownership for
Facilities Asset Management.
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Additionally, as a member and representative of the APPA
Standards and Codes Council, David Handwork provides
support, advice and recommendations to APPA as a
member of other ASHRAE Technical Committees of critical
interest to APPA and the educational facilities sector, while
serving in the following capacities:
• ASHRAE SSPC (Standing Standard Project Committee)
90.1 and voting member of the Mechanical Committee
responsible for ongoing development and maintenance
of Standard 90.1 - Energy Standard for Buildings
Except Low-Rise Residential.
• ASHRAE SSPC 189.1 and non-voting Member on
maintenance of Standard 189.1 - Standard for the
Design for High-Performance Green Buildings.
• TC 7.06 Building Energy Performance - Provisional
Corresponding Member
• TC 9.07 Education Facilities - Voting Member and Secretary
APPA and the Better Buildings Alliance
The ASCC has provided support
to APPA as its liaison to the US
Department of Energy’s Better
Buildings Alliance, of which APPA is an Affiliate Member
Organization. The Better Buildings Alliance is a platform
for building owners, sustainability directors, facilities
managers, and engineers to collaborate with other experts
and work together to accelerate adoption of innovative
energy efficiency solutions nationwide. Through its Affiliate
membership and collaborative efforts, APPA expects to
launch a Building Energy Retuning Training program for
APPA member institutions in 2016. The retuning training
program curriculum was developed by the U.S. Department
of Energy with input from APPA and the Building Owners
and Managers Association, which both organized “beta”
deliveries of the retuning training program to their
respective members in 2015. Additionally, APPA and the
Better Buildings Alliance have coordinated on the delivery
of presentations at the APPA 2015 Annual Conference and
GREENBUILD 2015, and will coordinate on additional events
in 2016, to include the 2016 Better Buildings Summit.
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ISO Facilities Management
Technical Committee 267
The International Standards Organization (ISO) established
Technical Committee 267 (ISO TC 267) in 2011. It is
the first ISO technical committee authorized to create
international standards for the discipline of facilities
management. The ASCC seeks to ensure that vantage
points, expertise, guidelines, standards, and best practices
established by APPA and its membership are considered
for inclusion in the ISO TC 267 standards development
process and resulting ISO standards.
The ISO TC 267 committee is awaiting approval by ISO on its
first two ISO standards, presently in final draft form: Facilities
Management – Part I: Terms and Definitions, and Facilities
Management Part 2: Guidance on Strategic Sourcing and
the Development of Agreements. It is anticipated that both
standards will be approved by ISO in 2016.
A framework document for a third proposed standard,
to be entitled Facilities Management – Integrated
Management System – Requirements (with Guidance
for Use), was approved by TC 267 in June 2015. ASCC
representative Ted Weidner chairs the Technical
Committee’s Work Group 3 (WG3), which is responsible for
developing the systems standard. Members of WG3 also
include Brooks Baker (ASCC Chair), and APPA Associate
Vice President John Bernhards. All three WG3 members
also serve on the ANSI-established U.S. Technical Advisory
Group (US TAG) to TC 267, which determines U.S. positions
and contributions for submission and approval by the ISO
Technical Committee.
The “System Management” standard will address
facilities management leadership, performance metrics
and evaluation, and other areas in which APPA’s own
programs and services are widely known and used.
The ASCC believes it is important to monitor and
participate where possible in the development of the
Management System standard – as part of future Work
Group delegations and as active participants on the U.S.
Technical Advisory Group to ISO. This will ensure that the
educational facilities practice developed by members
and embodied in APPA’s programs are consistent with
internationally recognized practices, and enable APPA to
demonstrate leadership in facility practices globally.
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Forging Consensus:
The APPA
Work Groups
The ASCC Work Groups convene stakeholders
to focus on specific topic areas that impact
educational facilities.
APPA NFPA Work Group
In September 2015, the ASCC approved the
formation and scope of work for the APPA NFPA
Work Group (NFPA WG); its first meeting was held
in December 2015. The NFPA WG is tasked with the
following responsibilities on behalf of APPA:
Chair:
•Track and monitor the revision cycle for all NFPA standards
and codes relevant to APPA member institutions,
to include the NFPA 70, the National Electric Code (NEC).
• Using the ASCC Work Group Operating Procedures, prepare
proposed changes during the public comment periods as
supported by APPA membership.
Brooks Baker III
APPA Past President
• Review, propose changes and, where necessary, solicit, collect, and analyze input
received from APPA members prior to an established deadline on proposed changes to
the NFPA standards and codes.
• Make recommendations to the Council on any changes recommended for formal proposal
to the NFPA.
• Publish information through APPA to raise awareness of current requirements and
pending changes found within the NFPA standards and codes.
• Provide representation and oral comments, where needed, on NFPA standards
committees, public hearings, task forces and workshops.
• Report unsatisfactory outcomes to the ASCC for further direction.
• Work in collaboration with the Center for Campus Fire Safety’s standards program to
develop joint positions where possible.
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APPA Work Groups
In its first meeting, the Work Group identified 22 key or
“Most Critical” NFPA standards impacting the education
sector and its facilities and infrastructure. Subject Matter
Experts from the APPA membership are being invited to
participate as leads for each of the 22 standards and to
coordinate information and action recommendations back
to the Work Group members.
1. NFPA 1 – Fire Code
2. NFPA 3 – Recommended Practice for Commissioning
of Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems
3. NFPA 4 – Standard for Integrated Fire Protection
and Life Safety System Testing
4. NFPA 13 – Standard for the Installation of
Sprinkler Systems
5. NFPA 20 – Standard for the Installation of Stationary
Pumps for Fire Protection
6. NFPA 24 – Standard for the Installation of Private Fire
Service Mains and Their Appurtenances
7. NFPA 25 – Standard for the Inspection, Testing, and
Maintenance of Water-Based Fire Protection Systems
8. NFPA 30 – Flammable and Combustible
Liquids Code
9. NFPA 45 – Standard on Fire Protection for
Laboratories Using Chemicals
10. NFPA 70 – National Electrical Code
11. NFPA 72 – National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code
12. NFPA 80 – Standard for Fire Doors and Other Opening
Protectives
13. NFPA 90A – Standard for the Installation of
Air-Conditioning and Ventilating Systems
14. NFPA 96 – Standard for Ventilation Control and Fire
Protection of Commercial Cooking Operations
15. NFPA 99 – Health Care Facilities Code
16. NFPA 101 – Life Safety Code
17. NFPA 110 – Standard for Emergency and Standby
Power Systems
18. NFPA 150 – Standard on Fire and Life Safety in
Animal Housing Facilities
19. NFPA 211 – Standard for Chimneys, Fireplaces, Vents,
and Solid Fuel-Burning Appliances
20. NFPA 1600 – Standard on Disaster/Emergency
Management and Business Continuity Programs
21. NFPA 1616 – Standard for Mass Evacuation
and Sheltering
22. NFPA 5000 – Building Construction and Safety Code®
NFPA Work Group
Chair: Brooks Baker
Griffin L. Avin, East Carolina University
Richard Clark, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Ronnie Gilley, Arkansas State University
Don Goosman, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates
Michael Gramza, University of Michigan
Jacob Guter, Michigan Technical University
Bill Koffel, Koffel & Associates
Chuck Parker, University of Virginia
Dana Peterson, University of New Hampshire
John Ramirez, California State University Fullerton
Jeffrey Schiller, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Gregory Weigle, Medical University of South Carolina
Paul Wuebold, University of Alabama
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APPA Work Groups
APPA Total Cost of Ownership
Work Group
Co-chairs:
Doug Christensen
APPA Past President
Brigham Young University
(Retired)
In October 2015, through actions undertaken by the APPA
Standards and Codes Council (ASCC), APPA announced its
intention to develop an ANSI standard that supports the
application of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) principles and
practices within the facilities sector. The TCO standard will
be entitled APPA 1000, Total Cost of Ownership for Facilities
Asset Management. As an ANSI Accredited Standards
Developer (ASD), APPA will develop APPA 1000 using
standards development procedures crafted by the ASCC,
and approved for use by ANSI.
TCO provides an opportunity for facilities professionals to
accomplish one or more of the following:
• Recognition of when to mitigate future excessive
costs based on current maintenance and repair costs;
• Knowledge on how to lengthen the life of the
investment;
• Wisdom to determine which assets are most
economical in their business environment;
Dana Smith
DKS Information
Consulting, LLC
Ana Thiemer
The University of
Texas at Austin
An ongoing challenge facing educational facilities – and
the facilities industry in general – is the ability to define,
quantify, and consistently manage a building or facility by
following the principles of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
through all stages of a building’s life: project delivery
(design and construction phase); maintenance and
operations; and recapitalization. Maximizing the efficiency
and use of the built environment requires a holistic
approach, monitoring closely each of these three phases
and accurately projecting costs over a building’s full life.
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• Intelligence on future cash flow projection over any
length of time;
• Knowledge to create a virtual annual plan for new
and existing investments; and
• Insight on both unnecessary expenditures and
resourceful expenditures.
Three Key Attributes of TCO
Provides Certainty of Delivery and Inventory
Using the Operations and Maintenance (O&M)
organization as an example, to perform most effectively,
optimally you have in place an accurate listing and
database of all building assets. It enables the O&M
organization to more accurately assess needs and
to establish preventive and predictive maintenance
requirements.
APPA Work Groups
Certainty of Just In Time Decisions
TCO implementation requires a full accounting of a
building’s assets and tracked performance throughout
the building’s life. Such collected information can be used
to make “just in time” decision-making for existing and
future buildings.
TCO Work Group
Co-chair: Doug Christensen, APPA Past President
and Director of Facilities, Brigham Young University
(Retired)
Co-chair: Dana Smith, DKS Information Consulting, LLC
Certainty of Best Design and Build
With data collected from existing facilities, including the
life of building materials and systems, it is possible for
owners, designers, and planners to make informed and
cost-efficient decisions with regard to future refurbishing
or new building design and construction projects. In short,
performance data of existing facilities provides a blueprint
for best in class design.
Co-chair: Ana Thiemer, The University of Texas at Austin
The APPA TCO Work Group formally launched in March
2016, and is comprised of 27 stakeholders and leading
TCO subject matter experts, including facility owners
and managers in education as well as other sectors.
Also among those serving on the TCO Work Group are
knowledgeable facilities, design, and engineering
professionals; operations experts from architectural firms,
equipment and software manufacturers; and volunteer
leaders from other industry facilities organizations, the
International Standardization Organization (ISO) and ANSI
standards development organizations.
Cameron Christensen, Brooklyn Academy of Music
APPA 1000 will enable owners of facilities assets in
education and other sectors to implement standardized
TCO principles and practices within their building and
infrastructure portfolio from “cradle to grave.” It will
serve as a much needed blueprint for facilities owners
to more effectively execute strategic cost planning and
decision-making at every stage of any given building and
throughout the building’s life.
Charles Anderson, Brigham Young University – Idaho
Bob Askerlund, Salt Lake Community College
Darryl Boyce, Carleton College
William Brodt, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA)
Greg Ceton, Construction Specifications Institute
Mike Dell’isola, Faithful + Gould
Jack Dempsey, Jacobs
Mike Gebeke, University of Alabama – Birmingham
Roger Grant, National Institute of Building Sciences
David Handwork, Arkansas State University
Tom Harkenrider, Soka University of America
Stephen Harris, University of Texas at Austin
Duane G. Hickling, Hickling & Associates
William Hunt, U.S. General Services Administration,
PBS Office of Design and Construction
Nancy Johnson, Facility Matters LLC
Richard Keane, Cummins Inc.
Randy Ledbetter, R. Ledbetter & Associates
Glenda Mayo, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
Chuck Mies, Autodesk
Robert Quirk, RJ Quirk, FMC
Tom Smith, University of Wisconsin
Wayne Stoppelmoor, Schneider Electric
Jim Whitaker, International Facility Management
Association/Facility Engineering Associates, P.C.
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APPA Work Groups
Informatics Work Group
Co-Chairs:
The ASCC has tasked the Work Group to establish an APPA
standard that identifies needed Informatics terms and
definitions, as well as other documentation that would
support FI applications. Examples of FI applications include
the design, development, implementation, maintenance,
and evaluation of:
• Communication protocols for the secure transmission
of facilities data;
Chris Smeds
University of Virginia
Markus Hogue
University of Texas at Austin
• Electronic facilities record systems (regionally,
provincially, territorially, or nationally);
The Informatics Work Group conducted its inaugural
meeting in October 2015.
• Evidence-based decision support systems;
As defined by the Work Group, Facilities Informatics (FI)
is the intersection of facilities, information management
and technology, and management practices to support
better facilities. It involves the application of information
technology to facilitate the creation and use of facilitiesrelated data, information, and knowledge. It draws on
expert knowledge from a variety of fields, including
computer science, information management, cognitive
science, communications, facilities management, and
management sciences.
• Work management systems;
• Classification systems using standardized
terminology and coding;
• Facilities monitoring systems (e.g., computer
controlled BAS systems);
• Digital imaging and image processing systems;
• Geospatial systems;
• Telework and mobile technologies to facilitate and
support remote diagnosis and treatment;
• Internet technology for engaging customers;
• Methodologies and applications for data analysis,
management and mining;
• Facilities information data warehouses and reporting
systems;
• Business, financial, support and logistics systems.
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APPA Work Groups
At its October meeting, the Informatics WG identified the
following four key delivery areas and established four
subgroups to further concentrate and refine the overall
WG activities and deliverables:
1. The Data Subgroup is exploring creation of a
delivery system whereby institutional facilities
data, including specific building data, can be
aggregated across different institutions in “real
time” and deposited into a common, searchable
database maintained by APPA. It is anticipated
that a beta test of a proposed system will be
established by the subgroup at some juncture
among volunteer institutions participating in the
WG, and perhaps others external to the WG.
2. The Living Labs Subgroup is exploring opportunities
to expand understanding of and engagement
within FI among university and college students.
Among the discussions held to date are (1)
possible development of an interactive app
developed by students; and (2) a Facilities
Informatics/Living Labs “contest” whereby higher
education students can share and exhibit FI
projects they have led on behalf of their campus.
3. The Informatics Maturity Subgroup is creating a
“maturity index” that a college campus can use
to assess its adoption and use of FI in business
processes and decision making. The health care
sector has advanced the concept of a health
informatics maturity index that the WG will
reference to determine the value of a similar
approach for the education sector.
4. The Business Case Subgroup will evaluate ways to
use business case studies and other vehicles to
enhance visibility and adoption of FI among higher
education administrators, business officers, and
regents.
Informatics Work Group
Data Subgroup
Lalit Agarwal, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Markus Hogue, University of Texas at Austin
Rob Pawliuk, University of Alberta
Paresh Thakkar, University of Kentucky
Living Lab Subgroup
Andrew Blues, University of Kentucky
Douglas Corkery, Simon Fraser University
Jon Gibb, Dixie State University
Sue Van Cleve, University of New Mexico
Sam Waymire, APPA International
Informatics Maturity Subgroup
Erik C. Backus, Clarkson University
Roy Christian, Kent State University
Chris Smeds, University of Virginia
Ana Thiemer, University of Texas at Austin
Mark Webb, University of Virginia
Business Case Subgroup
John Bernhards, APPA International
David Handwork, Arkansas State University
Jeri King, University of Iowa
Ted Weidner, Purdue University
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APPA Work Groups
ICC I-Codes Work Group
Chair:
The I-Codes Work Group
monitors activity within the
International Code Council
(ICC) concerning the ICC Group
A and Group B Codes. During
the review of Group A Codes in
2015, the changes proposed by
the Work Group recommended
reducing the number of
regulations with which buildings
Dana Peterson
with laboratory fume hoods
University of
must comply. The Work Group
New Hampshire
now turns its attention to the
Group B Codes review in 2016, in particular the
International Fire Code and the International Energy
Conservation Code. APPA’s position statements regarding
proposed changes to both the IFC and the IECC will be
prepared in April 2016 and shared with members and
with the ICC as it deliberates changes during its public
hearing and consensus process.
I-Codes Work Group
Chair: Dana Peterson, University of New Hampshire
Shehadeh Abdelkarim, Cleveland State University
Sam Bertolino, Pennsylvania State University
Glenn Carey, Johns Hopkins University
Applied Physics Laboratory
Andrew Cieslinski, University of Michigan
Ed Conklin, Pennsylvania State University
Richard J. Davis, The Evergreen State College
Sal DiCristina, Rutgers University
Ed Gannon, Urban Engineers
Rick Hinson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University
Don Holland, Linfield College
Mark Krueger, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates
Felipe Meza, California State University Fullerton
Tim Overgaauw, California State University Stanislaus
Wayne Reisdorf, California State University Fullerton
Rich Robben, University of Michigan
Dave Schulz, Rutgers University
Kris Zimmerman, University of Houston Downtown
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Educating
the Membership
Codetalkers
Priority projects and critical codes and standards issues
facing educational institutions are regularly posted in Facilities
Manager, the official magazine of APPA International. Areas of
focus for the previous twelve months (April 2015 – March 2016)
included the following:
January/February 2016
Fire Sprinkler System Standards: Are They Meeting Our Expectations?
Overview of a recent workshop to discuss NFPA 13 and NFPA 13R fire sprinkler
system standards and potential next steps.
November/December 2015
ISO 18480—International Standards for Facility Management
The International Standards Organization is nearing publication of its first two Facilities
Management standards, and work has begun on the framework for its third, which will develop a
standard on Facilities Management Systems within two years.
September/October 2015
The APPA Standards Initiative – Creating ANSI Standards for Total Cost of Ownership
An overview article about APPA’s new venture into the creation of ANSI standards. The article
touches on the process and a high-level explanation of TCO.
May/June 2015
The Future for Gender-Neutral Restrooms
Report on results of a survey designed to gather information about gender-neutral or “all-gender”
restroom facilities in campus buildings and potential future impact renovations may have on
meeting code requirements for the number of fixtures in a building.
March/April 2015
APPA Welcomes the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
Joe Bhatia, the CEO of the American National Standards Institute, presented at an APPA Executive
Board meeting and outlined opportunities for APPA to increase its areas of engagement.
Previous and current Codetalkers columns can be found on ASCC page of the APPA website,
http://www.appa.org/standards.cfm.
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Educating the Membership
Educational Programming
Each year, the ASCC organizes a codes educational track at
the APPA Annual Conference. At APPA 2015 the following
sessions were presented:
Campus Lockdown Policies vs. Fire
and Life Safety Codes: Are they Compatible?
This informative session explored the evolving challenges
facing college campuses and K-12 schools as they seek the
best balance for ensuring school fire and life safety and
security, and the impacts of such challenges on current
NFPA fire and life safety standards.
Presenters: Alan Sactor, University of Maryland, College
Park; Robert Solomon, NFPA and Bill Koffel, Koffel &
Associates
The Better Buildings Alliance:
How Your Institution Can Benefit
This session provided an overview of the benefits of the
Better Buildings Alliance, a program of the US Department
of Energy. The Alliance provides the opportunity for
educational institutions to share their best practices and
identify cutting-edge innovations for energy conservation
and cost savings. Alliance members and DOE technical
experts collaborate on Technical Solutions Teams to
develop energy-saving performance specifications.
Presenter: Holly Jamesen Carr, of the US Department of
Energy/Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
The APPA Standards Initiative:
Creating ANSI Standards for Total Cost of Ownership
The session provided an overview of APPA’s proposed
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) standards program,
supporting the application of TCO principles in planning,
design, construction, operations, and maintenance of
educational facilities.
Presenters: APPA Past President Doug Christensen;
Dana Smith, DKS Information Consulting;
and Ana Theimer, University of Texas at Austin.
ASHRAE 188 and Water Safety:
Addressing the Threat of Legionellosis
This first of two, related breakout sessions explained the
compliance requirements, in layman’s terms, of ASHRAE
188P, Legionellosis: Risk Management for Building
Water Systems.
Presenter: Bob McNaney, PadillaCRT.
Addressing Legal Risks Associated with Legionnaires’
Disease (LD) and Other Waterborne Pathogens
This session on ASHRAE 188 addressed, among other
issues, the legal and insurance considerations arising
from outbreaks of LD and other waterborne pathogens,
proactive risk management strategies, as well as
incident response and crisis management protocols that
are triggered in the event of a suspected outbreak and
associated public health investigation.
Presenter: Susan Smith Esq., Segal, McCambridge, Singer
& Mahoney, Ltd.
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Participating Organizations
The ASCC has experienced tremendous success since it was established in 2012. The Council owes a debt of gratitude to
APPA institutional members, business partners, and outside partner organizations for their support and participation in
APPA Standards and Codes Work Groups.
Appalachian State University
Koffel & Associates
University of Alabama – Birmingham
Arizona State University
Linfield College
University of Alberta
Arkansas State University
Maryville University
University of Colorado – Boulder
Autodesk
Medical University of South Carolina
University of Guelph
Brigham Young University – Idaho
Michigan State University
University of Houston Downtown
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Michigan Technical University
University of Iowa
California State University, Fullerton
University of Kentucky
California State University, Stanislaus
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA)
Carleton College
National Institute of Building Sciences
University of Michigan
Clarkson University
New Paltz College
University of Nebraska – Kearney
Cleveland State University
Northern Michigan University
University of Nebraska – Lincoln
CSI
Pennsylvania State University
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Cummins Inc.
Philips Exeter Academy
University of New Hampshire
Dixie State University
Purdue University
University of New Mexico
East Carolina University
R J Quirk FMC
Evergreen State College
R. Ledbetter & Associates
University of North Carolina –
Charlotte
Facility Engineering Associates, P.C.
Rutgers University
University of North Dakota
Facility Matters LLC
Salt Lake Community College
University of Southern Mississippi
Faithful + Gould
San Diego Community College District
University of Texas at Austin
Georgia Southern University
Schneider Electric
University of Virginia
Hickling & Associates
Sealed Air/Diversey
University of Washington
Hillyard
Simon Fraser University
University of Wisconsin – Madison
International Facility Management
Association
Soka University of America
Urban Engineers
SSC Service Solutions
Jacobs
State University New York (SUNY)
System Administration
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University (Virginia Tech)
Johns Hopkins University Applied
Physics Laboratory
Kent State University
U.S. General Services Administration,
PBS Office of Design and
Construction
University of Maryland – College Park
Washington State University
Western Michigan University
Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.
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