Greg, I saw you poll on Fac Management and I vote yes and no. Yes it is the time for FM's to shine but will you be appreciated, No. If FM's are lucky they will endear themselves to the Management above but I am not confident that will lead to additional monies in the FM's pocket or budget. As for LEED AP, my opinion is that is a moniker that helps give me credibility in consultanting but the certification will not help a FM. The concept obtained by reading and learning LEED issues will be helpful to a FM but costly to implement. LEED construction projects help a Contractor because callbacks are reduced by Commissioning. And Commissioning helps an FM understand that his/her systems will function properly once we reach Substational Completion of a project. Hope this helps. Call me or email me if you wish. Larry Schultz, PE, LEED AP 410-746-6768 larry.schultz@kci.com

ljschultz376 — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:29:58 GMT

Greg, I saw you poll on Fac Management and I vote yes and no. Yes it is the time for FM's to shine but will you be appreciated, No. If FM's are lucky they will endear themselves to the Management above but I am not confident that will lead to additional monies in the FM's pocket or budget.

As for LEED AP, my opinion is that is a moniker that helps give me credibility in consultanting but the certification will not help a FM. The concept obtained by reading and learning LEED issues will be helpful to a FM but costly to implement. LEED construction projects help a Contractor because callbacks are reduced by Commissioning. And Commissioning helps an FM understand that his/her systems will function properly once we reach Substational Completion of a project.

Hope this helps. Call me or email me if you wish.

Larry Schultz, PE, LEED AP

410-746-6768

larry.schultz@kci.com

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