Building Value

This week on Building Value we have Emmy Award winner, Olympic gold medalist, and Director of engineering and maintenance for NRG Park, Al Whaley. He tells us about his journey as an Olympian and how he translated his experience into building operations.

Building Value is back! Our second season starts today with a special appearance of Scott Magee, VP of Sales and Marketing at Cougar USA. He shared with us how he started in the industry, how he met Mike Zacharias and what new plans they have for Cougar USA in 2021.

On this episode of Building Value, we are in Downton Houston joined by Tyler Garrett, Senior Vice president of Transwestern. 

We will be discussing Covid-19’s impact on commercial real estate, its long-term effects and the challenges from working from home. 

More information on the listing mentioned: https://transwestern.com/property/north-tower

On this episode of Building Value, we are joined by Boxer Properties' Senior Chief Engineer, Mike Shreve. We discussed Mike’s background, the Executive Manager of the Year award he received from BOMA, as well as COVID-19’s effect on building operations.

On  this episode of Building Value, we are joined by Gareth Koogle from STH at the 2020 AHR Expo back in January. We went over STH’S history, their   plans going forward, as well as their fire and plumbing pump services. Additionally, we talked about STH’S partnership with Cougar Systems on top   of giving advice to those who are starting in the industry.

On this episode of Building Value, we are joined by Travis Glover from Southeast Pump & Equipment at the 2020 AHR Expo back in January. We talked about their history as a family business, the dangers of finding Legionella in your building, and about Southeast Pump and Equipment’s partnership with Cougar Systems.

On   this episode of Building Value, Devin Carle from Hurley Engineering joined us at the 2020 AHR Expo back in January. We discussed Hurley   Engineering’s history and their relationship with Cougar Systems.   Additionally, Devin gives advice to people who are starting in the HVAC industry.

In this episode of Building Value, we are joined by Terry Teach Executive Vice President of Grundfos. We will be discussing Grundfos’s mission against the water crisis and their partnership with Water Mission to create Walk for Water. Additionally, we will cover Terry’s and Tim’s experience with the Walk for Water event and the impact it has had on their lives and their communities.

On part   two of this Building Value episode, we will be talking about the benefits of   Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality, as well as, how it can be used as a   training method.

On part one of this Building Value episode, we are joined by Brian Bogus from Abstract and returning guest Kyle Hunter from KCI Technologies. We will be talking about Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality and how we can use them as a training method. Additionally, we will discuss how Virtual Reality can also be applied to the construction design phase as well as the actual construction phase.