Industry Experts Explore Value of Building ``Commissioning'' at Society for Marketing Professional Services' Program, on March 20.

Business Editors

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 6, 2003

Increasingly complex and interdependent mechanical, electrical and energy management systems, plus demand for lower design and construction costs have propelled "commissioning" to the forefront of successful facility design and construction. The Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS), Michigan Chapter, has asked three well known local industry leaders to explain the value of this newly accepted practice at its March program, Thursday, March 20 at the Glen Oaks Country Club, Farmington Hills.

Peter Basso, Founder and President of Peter Basso Associates, a full service engineering firm; John Stoner, Director of Physical Plant Services for Bloomfield Hills Schools, and Kenneth Reynolds, Chief Engineer of Mechanical Systems and Plant Operations at the Highland Lakes campus of Oakland Community College, will share their experiences and advocate the value of a well thought-out and applied commissioning program to aid in the sustainable design and construction of a building that possesses the lowest life-cycle cost of ownership.

Registration for this afternoon meeting begins at 3:00 p.m. Program runs 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The meeting cost is $45 for SMPS members (and guests accompanied by a SMPS member) and $55 for nonmembers. After March 17, there is an additional $10 fee for late registrations and walk-ins. To register, fax Susan Arneson of Albert Kahn Associates, Inc. at [phone] or email to [e-mail]. The Glen Oaks Country Club is located at 30500 W. 13 Mile Road, Farmington Hills.

The Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS) is a non-profit, national organization devoted to the needs of professional service marketers in the areas of architecture, engineering, planning, interior design, landscape architecture, and construction management.