El Paso Workshop Scheduled

Choice Facility Partners offers building relief workshop
[HOUSTON– Jan. 12,2010] School district, city and county facility services directors, public works directors, and business managers are invited to attend the BUILDING RELIEF: Improve Finances and Facilities workshop from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Jan. 15, at the Region 19 Education Service Center, 6611 Boeing Drive, El Paso.

Speakers include Stephen Ross, State Energy Conservation Office; Allen Henderson, Job Order Contracting expert and author; and Choice Facility Partners staff and contract partners. Topics include Energy Conservation, Management and Mandates; Renovation and Remodeling When Budgets are Stressed; and Extending Staff through Cooperative Purchasing.

Lunch and three Continuing Education Units will be provided to attendees. To RSVP, contact joann@choicefacilitypartners.org or call 877-696-2122.

This workshop is sponsored by Choice Facility Partners and resource partners Basic IDIQ, Centennial Contractors Enterprises, Inc., Johnson Controls and Rayco Construction.

Choice Facility Partners is a purchasing cooperative specializing in facility needs from the tap up through the roof. The more than 130 legal, competitively-bid contracts include construction (e.g. Job Order Contracting, modular buildings, roofing, flooring); energy conservation and purchase (including HVAC); disaster recovery and restoration (including public adjuster services, building digital plan sets, power generators and more); furniture, fixtures and equipment; and building exterior and grounds (from signage to playgrounds). [ See all the contracts at www.choicefacilitypartners.org ].

School districts, colleges and universities, cities, counties and hospitals may access these legal, competitively-bid facility contracts after signing an interlocal agreement. Choice Facility Partners is a division of Harris County Department of Education. For more information, contact 877-696-2122 or go to www.choicefacilitypartners.org .