Forge Symposium Agenda

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Day 1 – Wednesday, March 12

4:30 PM – Registration and Check-In Open


5:00 PM – 7:00 PM – Welcome Reception

Day 2 – Thursday, March 13

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM – Breakfast


9:00 AM – 9:10 AM – Symposium Opening and Welcome


9:10am - 10:00am

Jacob Terry
CxAlloy

Join us during Forge Symposium 2023’s Opening Session where Jacob will take us back to what has been accomplished in 2023 and the many ways CxAlloy’s customers shaped the work that was done.

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10:00am - 11:00am

Jesse Sycuro, PE, CCP
McKinistry

Join us for our keynote session with Jesse Sycuro, President of the Building Commissioning Association and National Operations Director of Technical Services for McKinstry, as he shares a fresh perspective on our industry and how when we define commissioning as a systematic, intensive quality assurance process we’re missing the point.

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11:00 AM – 11:15 AM – Morning Break


11:15am - 11:45am

Ruairi Barnwell
DLR Group

Commissioning is the only formal process and profession engaged to focus on building performance throughout the design, construction and delivery phases of a typical project. To that end, the commissioning process and profession is uniquely positioned to advance decarbonization and building performance efforts, as we collectively grapple with the impact that our built environment’s carbon footprint is having on our climate.

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11:45am - 12:15pm

Thane Vajda, C.E.T., CBCP, CRE
Introba

The Introba team has long been working with Owner’s Groups, General Contractors, and large construction teams to help execute a detailed commissioning process. As part of this project experience, the Introba team has been working to ensure that the information captured through meetings and conversations can be captured efficiently and made available to the team as quickly as possible. The Introba Team is looking to share how the CxAlloy Meeting tab as well as Tasks tab can be leveraged by a Commissioning Provider to ensure a smooth and efficient commissioning meeting every time.

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12:15 PM – 1:15 PM – Lunch


2:45 PM – 3:00 PM – Afternoon Break


3:00pm - 3:30pm

Brandon Pieczynski
Baumann Consulting

This presentation will focus on lessons learned in performing commissioning, retro-commissioning, and monitoring based commissioning activities across 17 buildings on a college campus.

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3:30pm - 4:00pm

Brent Hornilla
CxAlloy

Help us help you as we share some best practices for using CxAlloy and interacting with CxAlloy Support. Gain valuable insight into some of our internal processes, such as feature requests, what considerations we make when reviewing them, and how to leverage those considerations to maximize the chance that your own requests are approved.

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4:00pm - 4:30pm

Ben Talbot, PE, LEED AP
Engineering Economics, Inc.

Starting with importing the projects commissioned equipment list from CxAlloy into the analytics program, we will walk through a sample project and discuss how we use analytics software to support commissioning agents.  We will then share our thoughts on various related topics such as controls spec language, asset onboarding, controls networks, balancing digital/physical testing, and seasonal reporting.

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4:30 PM – 5:20 PM – Evening Break


5:00 PM – 6:00 PM – Travel to Georgia Aquarium


6:00 PM – 7:00 PM – Tour the Georgia Aquarium


7:00 PM – 10:00 PM – Dinner in Ocean Voyager

Day 3 – Friday, March 14

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM – Breakfast


9:00am - 9:30am

Brent Hornilla
CxAlloy

Help us help you as we share some best practices for using CxAlloy and interacting with CxAlloy Support. Gain valuable insight into some of our internal processes, such as feature requests, what considerations we make when reviewing them, and how to leverage those considerations to maximize the chance that your own requests are approved.

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9:30am - 10:00am

Zach DeLuke, PE, CxA
Engineering Economics, Inc.

Two years ago Engineering Economics, Inc. (EEI) began the process of evaluating Commissioning (Cx) management software platforms in order to modernize their delivery. Now, one year into a slow rollout of CxAlloy they have approximately thirty active projects with more coming soon.

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10:00am - 10:30am

Jean-Francois Pelletier, P.Eng., LEED AP BD+C, RCx
Akonovia

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10:30 AM – 10:45 AM – Morning Break


10:45am - 11:25am

Darren Draper, PE, CxA
Epsten Group

Automated functional performance testing is vital to a modern commissioning team. In this section, we will walk through how scripts can be imported and the deployment of automated functional testing across various project types. Darren will also take us through the manner in which The Epsten Group has integrated connected commissioning through OTTO with the commissioning workflows of CxAlloy.

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11:25am - 11:55am

Matthew Keating, PE, BCxP
Affiliated Engineers

CxAlloy is a powerful tool for managing external projects, but what about using CxAlloy as a means to track internal items for the Cx Provider? This presentation will detail how Assets can be managed through CxAlloy with interoffice collaboration and customized Statuses so no piece of equipment goes missing or uncalibrated.

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11:55 AM – 1:00 PM – Lunch Break


1:00pm - 1:30pm

Steve Alschuler
Bath Group

Bath Group’s commissioning team will share how they have maximized efficiency and profits by customizing their process around the CxAlloy platform! Bath Group customized the ASHRAE Guideline Zero standard commissioning process to revolve around the CxAlloy TQ platform.

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1:30pm - 2:00pm

Clint Martin
CxAlloy

Get a tour of the past and future of our mobile apps. We’ll look at app enhancements we’ve made over the past year and upcoming updates. We’ll also share the first look at our fully native Android app currently in development!

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2:00pm - 2:30pm

Jacob Terry
CxAlloy

Jacob has been working on CxAlloy software for over 12 years. A self-taught programmer, he has a BA in Print Journalism, and an MBA from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Jacob spends most of his free time wrangling his four children, and occasionally finds time to play Nintendo.

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