Schedule

Conference | Golf | Campus Tours | Spouse/Guest Tours | Wildflower Center Tour

Conference Agenda

Below are the exciting programs we have planned for you at TAPPA 2008. We encourage you to check this site prior to your arrival as some session locations and topics are subject to change.

Saturday, April 26, 2008

9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Optional Pre-Conference Workshop: Greenhouse Gas Inventory, presented by Joshua Skov, Research Director and Principal Good Company Room: Austin
4:30 pm - 8:30 pm	TAPPA Board Meeting (Double Tree Hotel) Room: Robertson

 

Sunday, April 27, 2008

10:00 am - 2:00 pm	Exhibitor Move-In at Erwin Center For Shipping Information click here.
10:00 am - 6:00 pm	Onsite Registration (DoubleTree Hotel) - Neck wallets sponsored by ChemCal - Volunteer shirts sponsored by SHW Group Room: Hotel Lobby
11:30 am	Bus leaves DoubleTree for Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
12:30 pm	Bus leaves DoubleTree for Golf Tournament at Star Ranch
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Hospitality Suite Open, DoubleTree Hotel -Sponsored by Centennial and Jacobs Carter Burgess Room: 286/288
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Golf Tournament at Star Ranch Tournament sponsored in part by: - Amtech Building Sciences Inc. and ServiceMaster Clean - Golf towels sponsored by Brandt Service Company - Golf balls sponsored by Composite Cooling Solutions, L.P.
TIME - TBA	Bus returns from Wildflower Center to DoubleTree Hotel
6:30 pm	Bus returns from Golf at Star Ranch
6:00 pm - 7: 00 pm	Opening Reception with live music by Mr. Fabulous Room: Ballroom
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm	Casino Night with live entertainment by Mr. Fabulous - Sponsored in part by SchoolDude, Inc., Sebesta Blomberg, - ServiceMaster Clean, and Western States Fire Protection Co. Room: Ballroom

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Monday, April 28, 2008

7:30 am - 8:30 am	Late registration (DoubleTree Hotel) Room: Hotel Lobby
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Welcome Breakfast and Announcements Special Guests:  -Dr. Steve Kraal, Sr. Associate Vice President Campus Planning and Facilities Management The University of Texas at Austin -Texas State Representative Mark Strama -Breakfast sponsored by Alpha Building Corporation
7:00 am - 9: 00 am	Exhibitor Move-In at Erwin Center
8:30 am - 9:00 am	Buses depart for Erwin Center - Sponsored in part by Spirotherm, Inc. and TAC
9:00 am- 12: 00 pm	Business Partner Fair, Erwin Center
10: 00 am	Guest Tour bus departs DoubleTree Hotel for Texas Capitol Tour
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm	Lunch at Erwin Center (Concourse) with live entertainment by: Austin Symphonic Band Saxophone Quartet
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm	Campus Tours AT&T Executive Conference Center Campus Architecture Power Plant and Chilling Station Facilities Services Compound Football Stadium Landscape/Campus Forestry
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm	Refreshment Break (Erwin Center)
3:00 pm - 4:15 pm	Campus Tours LBJ Presidential Library Custodial Team Cleaning Football Stadium Landscape/Campus Forestry Power Plant and Chilling Station AT&T Executive Conference Center
3:30 pm (Approximately)	Guest Tour bus departs Bob Bullock Museum to return to DoubleTree Hotel
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm	Business Partner Fair Social Hour, Erwin Center - Sponsored in part by SpawGlass Contractors, Inc. and VFA, Inc.
5:30 pm - 6:00 pm	Buses depart Erwin Center to return to DoubleTree Hotel
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm	Exhibitor Move-Out at Erwin Center For Shipping Information click here.
6:00pm - 10:00 pm	Hospitality Suite Open, DoubleTree Hotel - Sponsored by Centennial and Jacobs Carter Burgess Room: 286/288

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Tuesday, April 29, 2008

7:30 am - 9:00 am	Breakfast and TAPPA Business Meeting
9:00 am	Guest Tour bus departs hotel for quaint historic towns
9:00 am - 10:15 am	Technical Sessions, DoubleTree Hotel (Doors prizes given for each session) A special thank you to: -American Seating Company and -Siemens Building Technologies for sponsoring these prizes! Cleaning, The World Ahead John Walker, ManageMen, Inc. Room: DeWitt University Sustainability: From Ideas to Actions Shere Abbott, Center for Science and Practice of Sustainability The University of Texas at Austin Room: Robertson Sustainability Programs That Save Energy Glen Heikkinen, NALCO Room: Austin Fostering Sustainable Leadership Darlene Grant, The University of Texas at Austin Room: DeZavala The University of Texas at Austin’s Carbon Footprint: Methods,Boundaries and Implications for Action Josh Skov, Good Company Room: Ballroom North
10:15 am -10:45 am	Refreshment Break
10:45 am - 12:00 pm	Technical Sessions, DoubleTree Hotel Campus of the Future: Creating a Culture of Sustainability Glin Jany, Sebesta Blomberg Room: DeWitt Engineering Ethics Virginia Quinn, City of San Antonio Room: Robertson Tree in the Landscape or The Rants of an Outdoor Janitor Larry Maginnis The University of Texas at Austin Room: Austin    Audit of Facilities – A Self-Audit Protocol for Texas Higher Education Facilities Jeff D. Treichel Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Room: DeZavala From Pledge to Practice: Implementing a Cliamte Commitment on a Growing Campus Barbara White Bryson and Richard R. Johnson, Rice University Room: Ballroom North
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch (DoubleTree Hotel) with live entertainment by Le Jazz Hot! Special Guest:  - Lander Medlin, Executive Director, APPA
1:30 pm - 2:45 pm	Technical Sessions, DoubleTree Hotel Nondestructive Testing for Building Envelopes Bruce McIntyre, ICC Thermal Mapping & Surveying Room: DeWitt Sustainability Sites Initiative: Standards & Guidelines for Landscape Sustainability Heather Venhaus, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Room: Robertson  Panel Discussion Ernest R. Hunter, Sr., Hunter Consulting and Training Bob Casagrande, Southern Methodist University Lalo Gomez, Alamo Community College District Dave Irvin, University of Houston Les SwickTexas A&M University Room: Austin Building Towards a Sustainable Campus Richard Gentry, Texas A&M International University Room: DeZavala Renewable Energy in Texas: What COlor is Green? Pam Groce, State Energy Conservation Office Room: Ballroom North
2:45 pm - 3:15 pm	Refreshment Break
3:15 pm - 4:45 pm	Technical Sessions Elevator Operations Sustainability Mac Shipley Lerch Bates, Inc. Room: DeWitt Environmental Footprints of Products: What Does It Mean To Be Green? David T. Allen, The University of Texas at Austin Room: Robertson Common Mistakes in Access Kristi J. Thomas Accessology Room: Austin Pressure Independent Control Vlaves - Are They Really Better? Mark Harris, Belimo Air Controls Room: DeZavala Wild Texas Weather! Severe Weather Hazards and Safety Troy Kimmel, The University of Texas at Austin Room:  Robertson
5:00 pm	Guest Tour bus returns
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Cocktail Reception, DoubleTree Hotel, with live entertainment by -The Studebakers Room: Dover
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm	Closing Banquet, DoubleTree Hotel, with live entertainment by -The University of Texas at Austin Students Room: Ballroom

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Golf

Sunday, April 27

Golf Tournament at Star Ranch Golf Club

Join your favorite TAPPA members and vendors in a "scramble shot gun" golf tournament at the Star Ranch Golf Club! You will enjoy Star Ranch's pristine golf course along with the good company of friends and colleagues, as you golf, eat lunch and win great prizes. Registration spots are limited, so check out the registration fees now and register early! Register for golf when you register for the conference. Click here to register for the conference and golf.

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Campus Tours

Monday, April 28

The following tours of the University of Texas at Austin campus will take place the afternoon of Monday, April 28, and will be available to all conference participants.  Tours will depart from the Business Partners’ Fair at the Frank Erwin Center.

Participants will be admitted on a tour based on space availability.  Once tour capacity is reached, conference attendees will be given the opportunity to go on one of the other tours offered

Tours Available from 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center

Campus Architecture

Hal C. Weaver Power Plant /CHW #6

Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium

Landscape/Campus Forestry

Facilities Compound

AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center (Tour Capacity – 50)

Soon to become the facility of choice for large executive programs, intimate meetings, and professional conferences, the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center is preparing to open in August 2008. You will get a sneak peek at the center's four-tiered classrooms, eight breakout and case study rooms, three conference areas of various sizes, 300-seat amphitheater, 800-seat ballroom, and boardroom.

Campus Architecture (Tour Capacity – 50)

Enjoy a leisurely walking tour and experience great architecture that captures Spanish Mediterranean style core campus.

Hal C. Weaver Power Plant /CHW #6 (Tour Capacity – 50)

Take a behind-the-scenes tour of the largest combined heat and power plant of any university in the nation. The 85 megawatt power plant provides the campus with electricity, steam, compressed air, and purified water.

Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium (Tour Capacity – 50)

Tour the Moncrief/Neuhaus Athletic Center at the south end of the stadium. Expanded and improved, the state-of-the art facility was completely redone to include coaches’ offices, a players’ lounge and academic center and a trophy room plus totally renovated strength training area.  Also tour a stadium luxury suite.  Construction is currently taking place at the north end of the stadium. Once the project is complete, seating capacity will rise from 85,123 to more than 90,000.

Landscape/Campus Forestry (Tour Capacity – 50)

Enjoy a walking tour of the central campus area with a strong emphasis on the campus forestry program. Observe a cutting edge technology used to improve growing conditions on trees in an urban setting and view large trees in the process of being relocated due to a current construction project.

Facilities Compound (Tour Capacity – 50)

Visit Facilities Services and Project Management and Constructions Services, and witness shop operations. This tour will include looks at the carpenter shop, cabinet shop, general construction, plumbing, automotive shop, furniture shop, transportation, central stores, sheet metal shop, greenhouses and more.

Tours Available from 3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.

AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center

LBJ Presidential Library

Facilities Services Custodial Team Cleaning

Hal C. Weaver Power Plant /CHW #6

Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium

Landscape/Campus Forestry

AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center (Tour Capacity – 50)

Soon to become the facility of choice for large executive programs, intimate meetings, and professional conferences, the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center is preparing to open in August 2008. You will get a sneak peek at the center's four-tiered classrooms, eight breakout and case study rooms, three conference areas of various sizes, 300-seat amphitheater, 800-seat ballroom, and boardroom.

LBJ Presidential Library (Tour Capacity – 50)

Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Library and Museum is one of eleven presidential libraries administered by the National Archives and Records Administration. At the library, you will have the opportunity to view permanent historical and cultural exhibits as well as take an exclusive tour of the facility.

Facilities Services Custodial Team Cleaning (Tour Capacity - 20)

Observe the award-winning training program and learn about the team cleaning approach used at the university.

Hal C. Weaver Power Plant /CHW #6 (Tour Capacity – 50)

Take a behind-the-scenes tour of the largest combined heat and power plant of any university in the nation. The 85 megawatt power plant provides the campus with electricity, steam, compressed air, and purified water.

Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium (Tour Capacity – 50)

Tour the Moncrief/Neuhaus Athletic Center at the south end of the stadium. Expanded and improved, the state-of-the art facility was completely redone to include coaches’ offices, a players’ lounge and academic center and a trophy room plus totally renovated strength training area.  Also tour a stadium luxury suite.  Construction is currently taking place at the north end of the stadium. Once the project is complete, seating capacity will rise from 85,123 to more than 90,000.

Landscape/Campus Forestry (Tour Capacity – 50)

Enjoy a walking tour of the central campus area with a strong emphasis on the campus forestry program. Observe a cutting edge technology used to improve growing conditions on trees in an urban setting and view large trees in the process of being relocated due to a current construction project.

 

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Spouse/Guest Tours

 

Sunday, April 27

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

In addition to golf on Sunday, we are offering an optional tour of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center for TAPPA participants and their guests. In the Wildflower Center, you will walk among North America's native flora and natural landscapes, and see the nation's largest rainwater collection and storage system. You will also learn about the history and mission of the Wildflower Center and the legacy of Lady Bird Johnson in a guided walking tour. Cost: $25 per person (price includes lunch.)

Monday, April 28

Texas Capitol Tour

Take a guided tour of the historic Texas Capitol, followed by lunch and an afternoon of exploring Austin. There are no structured activities after lunch, so you will be free to enjoy Austin at your own pace. You may choose to take in attractions near the Texas Capitol, such as The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum or the Harry Ransom Center, or you may elect to venture to other sites in the Live Music Capital of the World. Cost: $10 per person (to give you flexibility, this price covers transportation only-admission to the Texas State Capitol is free).

Tuesday, April 29

Quaint Historic Towns Tour

Step back in time as we take a trip to the delightful towns of Gruene and Wimberley, Texas. These towns are nestled between Austin and San Antonio, and offer pleasant surroundings and eclectic shopping with an authentic Texas flavor. For lunch, we'll dine at the Gristmill River Restaurant and Bar in the Gruene historic district. We encourage you to join us for this charming distraction from all the hustle and bustle of daily life! Cost: $35 per person (price includes lunch).

 

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