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PAGE 1 Jingle Bell Wine Walk Recap Event Highlights Photo Collage PAGE 2 Upcoming Event Student Conference PAGE 3 Upcoming Event Student Conference Top 10 Underwriters PAGE 4 Upcoming Event Student Conference Dress For Success Project Tour + Suit Drive Product Runway PAGE 5 Upcoming Event Product Runway PAGE 6 J Tyler Project Highlight PAGE 7 J Tyler Project Highlight
Jingle Bell Wine Walk
Once again the IIDA Community rocked the night away at the annual Jingle Bell Wine Walk! On December 19th, the Pictures Plus Art Gallery was the place to be. In addition to 20 different kinds of California wine, seasonal sounds, delicious food, and great friends, this year guests were also treated to tables decorated each using a different Christmas song as the theme. Prizes for Crowd Favorite Wine and Best Table Decor were awarded at the end of the night. The IIDA Houston City Center would like to extend a warm holiday thank you to all of our generous underwriters for their support of this event: CRG/Allsteel, McCoy Workplace Solutions/Steelcase, Skyline Art Services, Harvey Construction, Mannington, KC Rep Source, OM Workspace, American Olean, Crossville Tile, Humanscale, Invision/Emser Tile JCS, Teknion, J. Tyler, Johnson Simon Resources, Karndean, KI, The Kip Co., LESCO Architectural Lighting, LG Hausys Hi-Macs, Mohawk Group, Office Pavilion, Quality Service Flooring Covering, Tandus/Centiva, T+L Distributing.
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DIRECTOR Joanna Prazak, IIDA, RID, LEED AP CRG PrazakJ@crgoffice.com DIRECTOR ELECT Amanda Meininger, Assoc. IIDA Gensler Amanda_meininger@gen sler.com PAST DIRECTOR Kristy Emmrich, IIDA, RID, LEED AP Gensler Kristy_Emmrich@gensler. com PROGRAMS CO CHAIR Steavie Cain Quality Floor Covering scain@qservice.com PROGRAMS CO CHAIR Necia Bonner, IIDA, LEED AP Inventure Design Group Necia.bonner@invdesgro up.com PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CHAIR Jessy Fuller, IIDA, RID, EDAC, LEED AP J Tyler fuller@jtyler.com GRAPHICS CHAIR Daphne Yuanidis
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UPCOMING EVENT: Student Conference
UPCOMING DEADLINES Underwriting closes Friday January 31st Registration closes Friday January 31st NOTE: We can accept only 150 attendees for full conference ADDITIONAL OPTIONS: -‐EXPO ONLY -‐KEYNOTE -‐LUNCHEON -‐MEET & GREET Late Registration Closes Friday February 14th NOTE: ADDITIONAL FEE OF $25 FOR ALL LATE REGISTRATIONS
Daphne_yuanidis@gensler. com
COMMUNICATIONS CHAIR Sarah Waltisperger, Assoc. IIDA, LEED AP JMC Associates
sarah@jmcassociates.com
CAMPUS CENTER LIASON Duraiya Khan duraiya.khan@outlook.co m
MEMBERSHIP CHAIR Charlotte McFadden, Office Pavilion cmcfadden@ophouston.co m
UNDERWRITING CHAIR Margot Prestel CRG PrestelM@crgoffice.com
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GRA/TAID CHAIR Shannah O’Neill, IIDA, RID Mustang Engineering Shannah.Oneill@mustang eng.com INDUSTRY CHAIR Kip Altstaetter The Kip Co kip@thekipco.com Community Service Chair Sean Pantin PBK Architects Sean.pantin@pbk.com Community Service Chair Heather Rogers, IIDA, RID McCoy hrogers@mccoyinc.com SUSTAINABLE CHAIR Stacy Dobbs Corporate Floors sdobbs@corporatefloors. com SUSTAINABLE LIAISON Kimberly Phipps-‐Nichol, LEED AP O+M, CREW, IIDA Abel Design Group Kphipps-‐ nichol@abeldesigngroup. com STUDENT CONFERENCE LIAISON Stephanie Fallon, MS, Assoc. IIDA, RID FKP Architects sfallon@fkp.com STUDENT CONFERENCE LIAISON Jennifer T renta Contract Resource Group trentaj@crgoffice.com
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UPCOMING EVENTS th st February 20 & 21 Student Conference th March 20 Dress For Success Project Tour + Suit Drive th April 25 Product Runway th May 15 Credits & Cocktails th June 1 9 Project Tour (TBD) th July 17 Barrier Free CEU September 2014 Leader’s Breakfast Houston
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The IIDA Texas Oklahoma Chapter welcomes John Czarnecki, editor in chief of Contract magazine, as Keynote Speaker for the 14th annual IIDA Student Conference. UPCOMING EVENT: March Tour- Dress For Success + Suit Drive Join us March 20, 2014, 6-8pm for the Dress for Success Project Tour! Doing some Spring cleaning in your closet? Don’t forget the wonderful people at Dress for Success who could use your fabulous suits, shirts, skirts, shoes, handbags and other accessories to help women in need look great for their job interviews and career development! IIDA will be pairing with Ziegler Cooper to host a tour of the Dress for Success space on March 20th. Bring your cleaned and ready-to-wear items the night of the event. More info to follow soon! Free for IIDA Members / $35 for non-members / Non-members will get in free with a donated clothing item Location: Dress for Success, 3310 Eastside Street, Houston, Texas 77098
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Monday January 27 - 6pm at McCoy- Volunteer Meeting Monday February 3rd – Team Registration Closes Thursday February 6th – Garment Label Registration Closes th Thursday February 13 – Garden Party Team Reveal / Q + A Event Thursday March 6th – Fashion 101 Event th Friday April 4 – Team Portfolio’s are Due th Monday April 7 – Underwriting Closed th Thursday April 17 - Garment Judging th Thursday April 24 – Product Runway setup at BMC th Friday April 25 – IIDA Product Runway Fashion Show Contact Heather at hrogers@mccoyinc.com or Sean at sean.pantin@pbk.com for more info! January 2014 2013 | iida-tx-ok.org
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Free Membership Winners! January Project Highlight J Tyler Services Shares TGS-‐NOPEC Headquarters Project Project: TGS-‐NOPEC Headquarters Location: Houston, Texas Scope: 97,500 sf, 3 story, build-‐to-‐suit Developer: Patrinely Contractor: Harvey Builders Architect: Gensler Furniture Dealer: J. Tyler Services Furnishings and services: Herman Miller Canvas workstations, Herman Miller Mirra task seating, Herman Miller Classics Collection, Charles Eames and George Nelson, Bernhardt, Skyline Art, CF Group/Falcon December saw the opening of a dynamic new headquarters facility in Houston of TGS-‐NOPEC, a leading international provider of multi-‐ client geoscience data to oil and gas exploration companies. A manda Meininger, designer for Gensler states, “The building was designed to meet the company's current needs, but also allow for growth in the future. The workplace environment was designed to transition the employees from a 75% closed office/25% open office ratio to a 25% closed office/75% open office ratio. One of the goals for the design of the project was to create a progressive work environment that would attract and retain young talent, stimulate productivity, and increase employee satisfaction. Working closely with the Gensler team, the J. Tyler product application and specification team lead by Project Designer/Manager Paulette Sullivan, assisted with developing workstation and office typicals using the Herman Miller Canvas system. The objective was to focus on supporting and facilitating Gensler’s workplace program design and transform TGS’s work environment to state-‐of-‐the-‐art. The workspace was opened up flipping private offices to the core and workstations to the glass perimeter walls. Panel heights were lowered and there was extensive use of glass to allow everyone to benefit from the natural light. “In keeping with Gensler’s design program we were charged with assisting in the specification of furniture system solutions utilizing the broad range of functional components of Herman Miller’s Canvas system.” states Gary Longbotham of J.Tyler. “Our Project Designer/Manager, Paulette Sullivan, produced dozens of configuration options. High priority was placed on functionality, efficiency, comfort, ergonomics and supporting the recognition of the importance of expanded communication among TGS teams.
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January Project Highlight Cntd J.Tyler developed pre-‐project “thought starters” and budgetary pricing which also provided the m eans of demonstrating that by embracing space saving features and improved functionality in the workstation design TGS would recover costs through ongoing cost savings. Lead by the vision of CEO, Robert Hobbs and his project team lead by Genie Erneta, VP of Human Resources and Candy Grimm, Facility Manager, TGS recognized the long term benefits of tools such as m onitor arms to support the five monitors needed in every station, articulating keyboard trays and highly functional task seating. They understood that healthy and comfortable work environments improve employee performance which translates into profitability and measurable return on investment (ROI). As stated by Amanda Meininger, Project Designer for Gensler, a top priority of TGS was to create a work environment that would not only m aximize performance of its teams, but be an employee recruiting and retainage asset. In order to do this, a comprehensive program had to include the ability to support the full spectrum of today’s workforce which includes up to five generations of workers with varying styles, needs and wants. From Baby Boomers to Millennials, there needed to be functionality, amenities, aesthetics and technology to satisfy all work styles now and into the future. Keeping these objectives in m ind Meininger explains, “Using ultra-‐saturated colors can be very scary for some clients, we tried to be very smart about how we incorporated them. We contained the colors to specific features like the phone rooms, workstation panel fabrics, and a custom carpet designed to fade from dark gray to chartreuse and back. I love using bright colors when I get the chance because I feel like color carries so much energy with it. It can be really stimulating.” “We used some special tricks to add value architecturally as well. In lieu of lacquer panels in the elevator lobbies, panels were fabricated from glossy plastic laminate. There are several wood feature walls through the project including one in the lobby, the visualization room, and at the connecting stairs. We used prefabricated hickory floor planks. They had the perfect earthy look with their hand-‐scraped finish, were well-‐priced, and easy to install.” “I am very proud of our team at J.Tyler,” states Longbotham. “We are absolutely committed to keeping everyone’s eye on the ball for ROI. The old saying “It takes money to make money” is true in the sense that by educating our clients on the ROI of embracing good functional design, efficiency improving ergonomic tools and improved workplace communication, the client can not only afford to invest in these tools, but they cannot afford not to invest in them….because many of their competitors are. In this sense we are able to help our customers become more profitable versus simply selling them furniture and do our part to help place them in a more competitive performance posture over their competitors. TGS is a terrific example of smart design.”
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