For many technology managers, working with their institutional facilities team can be extremely challenging.  With tight budgets, tight schedules, and differing priorities, successful collaboration can seem elusive.  Furthermore, capital projects can be additionally daunting with additional stakeholders such as the general contractor and audiovisual contractor further complicating successful communication.

This session aims to provide some tips and tricks on how to make friends with your facilities team and start the process toward more successful capital project implementations.  Filled with real-world examples of failure and success, this practical session provides insights to improve communication and ultimately lead to more successful projects.  The class will cover concepts such as:

• Rebuilding trust with your facilities team
• Setting up a recurring monthly status meetings with the capital projects team
• Developing standard room data sheets that can be used in early new-building programming
• Developing infrastructure and contractor standards to support the institutional facilities team, outside consultants, and outside contractors.
• The clear expectations that need set between AV and facilities