2016 CFTA Monthly Webinar Series

The Facilities Geospatial Technologies Showcase was created to serve as a mechanism of information exchange on the advances of geospatial technologies within Facilities Management.  This webinar series runs from February through June, 2016 and features five one-hour LIVE webinars by 5 campuses.  View Printable PDF

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Webinar Listing:

[MichiganState] - Streamlining Field Operations--> View

[WashingtonState] - CrowdCartography: Mobile Crowdsourcing of University Facilities Mapping  --> View

[UColoradoBoulder] - The University of Colorado Boulder GIS Solutions  --> View

[BrownU] - Mobile Work Order Management and Preventive Maintenance  --> View

[UArizona] - The University of Arizona Enterprise GIS  --> View

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Michigan State - Streamlining Field Operations

Date: February 9, 2016
Time: 1pm - 2pm ET 

Presenter: 

Jade Freeman
GIS Manager
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Infrastructure Planning and Facilities (IPF)
[email protected]

Summary:

The presentation will cover how MSU is streamlining field crew operations using ArcGIS Server, Portal for ArcGIS and ArcGIS Collector and Explorer. Representatives from MSU's Landscape Services department will talk about how these tools are changing ingrained habits in front line crew and are doubling productivity almost overnight.

The presentation will also cover some of the other areas we are exploring applying these tools to such as mapping building equipment locations and other building systems, how we are integrating the tools with other information systems as well as some of the challenges we've encountered rolling the tools out.

Click here for a recent MSU Infrastructure Planning and Facilities news article detailing how these tools are impacting our crews.

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Washington State University - CrowdCartography: Mobile Crowdsourcing of University Facilities Mapping

Date: March 8, 2016
Time: 1pm - 2pm ET 

Presenter: 

Bob Nichols
Geographic Information System Developer/Analyst
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
Facilities Services
[email protected]

Summary:

After 40 years rapidly expanding its 1700+ acre campus, Washington State University found its primarily paper-based facilities maps were inaccessible and inaccurate. Leveraging GIS and Silverlight, we built a crowdsourcing web app that enables everyone in the 375 person Facilities Department to look at the same maps and data and, importantly, update this data as they work in the field. We will share lessons learned designing a crowdsourcing user experience with GIS that has saved the university time and money.

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Moving from Data to Solutions: Integrating GIS, Document Management and FAMIS

Date: April 12, 2016
Time: 1pm - 2pm ET 

Presenter: 

Elizabeth Goetz
CAD/GIS Technician
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER
Facilities Management
[email protected]

Summary:

This presentation will cover the GIS FM solutions at UC Boulder, focusing on the ongoing process of bridging the gap between GIS and other Facilities Management databases. The goal of this process is to integrate existing database resources with our GIS solutions to prevent redundancy and improve transparency of information within the organization. The demonstration will focus on using Open Spatial’s Enlighten webmap as a tool for viewing GIS data combined with data from other sources and linking to other online resources. The University of Colorado Boulder uses Open Spatial’s Munsys GIS platform and Enlighten Bi web map, Blue Cielo Meridian Document Management System, and FAMIS asset/work management system. We are also working to integrate existing systems with Esri Enterprise solutions.

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Brown University - Mobile Work Order Management and Preventive Maintenance 

Date: May 10, 2016
Time: 1pm - 2pm ET 

Presenter:

Monty Combs
Director of Systems & Services
BROWN UNIVERSITY
Facilities Management
[email protected]

Summary:

In this presentation Monty will present Brown's Mobile application used for work order management, focusing on the Preventive Maintenance program. The demonstration will show how both equipment information and important documents (Stored in Meridian Document Management) are accessed via mobile devices. Lessons learned will be covered as well as challenges overcome while deploying new technology.

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The University of Arizona Enterprise GIS

Date: June 7, 2016
Time: 1pm - 2pm ET 

Presenter: 

Grant McCormick
GIS Manager
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
Planning, Desing & Construction
[email protected]

Summary:

Several Enterprise GIS projects underway at the University will be presented, including development of a number of high-level public facing web maps (such as the UA Public Map and a Sustainability Web Map), along with several more inwardly focused projects, including development of data and related web maps for campus utilities and interior room-level mapping.