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In engineering and construction, assumptions can be catastrophic. This keynote explores how assumptions, misunderstandings, and miscommunications affect relationships with clients, employees, friends, and family. Attendees will learn how to challenge assumptions, ask better questions, and resolve interpersonal issues before they escalate. The session includes engaging stories, a simple framework, interactive elements, and practical takeaways designed to help each participant identify their own next steps.
Jimmy Pelezo, TBE, Engineered Air Balance, Co., Inc.
Paul Janus, TBE, Engineered Air Balance, Co., Inc.
This session provides insight into setting a project up for success through TAB preparedness, tracking project progress, clearly communicating deficiencies, substantiating scope changes, and managing project closeout effectively.
Many systems meet TAB requirements yet fail to perform as intended. This panel explores the gap between compliance and performance, focusing on how late-stage TAB often reveals issues tied to coordination gaps, controls integration, installation quality, and inherent design or testing limitations. Through the perspectives of TAB professionals and general contractors, the discussion will examine how a more proactive GC–TAB partnership—built on early engagement, system readiness, and defined validation checkpoints—can reduce rework and improve closeout outcomes. Emphasis will be placed on practical best practices that position TAB as a quality assurance tool supporting commissioning and functional performance, rather than a final-stage verification step.
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John Gross, IREN (invited).
This session introduces the new AABC guideline, certification program, and technician training, while connecting fume hood performance to the broader critical environment in healthcare, laboratories, pharmacies, and cleanrooms.
This session introduces the new AABC guideline, certification program, and technician training, while connecting fume hood performance to the broader critical environment in healthcare, laboratories, pharmacies, and cleanrooms.
Knox Hardy, TBE, Augusta Air Balance
Dennis Karatzias, Air Balance Co., Inc.
Pat Young, TBE, CxA, Test & Balance Corporation
Session description to be announced
