About our Site: AAR Corporate Headquarters, Wood Dale, IL The next generation workplace challenge is facing every corporation today. Legacy facilities that are obsolete for today's workforce must be abandoned or radically transformed to attract and retain talent. After a year-long effort planning a new "ground-up" headquarter facility, AAR considered alternate direction. Disruption to existing workforce due to a relocation and the magnitude of significantly higher capital investment for ground-up alternatives led AAR to rethink exten-sive renovations of their existing facility. Their dark, cluttered 40-year-old was obsolete on all levels. They needed a fresh layout that supported the current work flows. At the same time, they needed to increase the density by adding 100 seats within the existing 4 walls. To accomplish this, the workstation was completely reinvented and designed around an exist-ing 20' x 20' column grid that now disappears in a fully utilized, collaborative team environ-ment. Open spaces were created around a more effective density plan, adding skyline atrium and a central full service cafe that creates a company plaza. The design supports a democratized community where CEO and plant worker whose path had seldom crossed before in the past, can now sit together and catch up on the last 15 years of working toward a common goal. PROJECT SCOPE 90,000 SF Corporate Office Façade Enhancement Building access and Fresh Landscape Design COMPLETION - Spring 2016 About our Presentation: We will learn about: A. Initial goals of the repositioning project B. Design concept incorporating workplace strategy C. Occupancy challenges during construction D. Culture shift About our Speaker:

Karl Heitman, AIA is the Founder and President of Heitman Architects, specializing in corpo-rate office, commercial, and industrial development design including corporate build-to-suit and design-build projects. The Firm’s focus is on planning and the design of corporate headquarters, R & D laboratories, manufacturing facilities, and logistics facilities. Interior design and corporate branding ser-vices are also core competencies of the firm. Heitman Architects just received CoreNet Global 2016 Sustainable Leadership Award, and were designated NAIOP Chicago Design Firm of the Year in 2014.

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T H I S I S S U E :

President’s

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Survey for

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Boost Creativ-

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“Spring is nature’s way of saying, ‘Let’s Party!’” – Robin Williams

I think it’s safe to say that Punxsutawney Phil screwed it up this year. I’m not saying there will be no more cold or no more snow, but by and large, it’s hard to deny that there’s a sense of spring in the air. Is it just me, or does spring feel like New Year’s part II? Only better? To me, New Years can seem a little forced at times. The resolutions we feel com-pelled to make. The expectation for change. So much pressure! And I don’t know about you, but that New Year’s resolution I made….I haven’t legitimately even started on it. I was actually thinking earlier today that I would start it tomorrow. No joke. How clichéd does that sound?? But to me the beginning of spring is different. It’s less forced. The change in weather itself is inspiring in and of itself. In fact, I’ve already done my spring cleaning in my office. I needed it badly. The part that amazed me was how much better I felt after it was done. It was like my life (well, office life at least) was back in order and therefore so was my mind. It was my own new beginning. And it only took two days to do. I might have even opened the windows (which felt so good!), turned on some music and even did a little dance. But I didn’t sing. I just don’t do that. It’s for everybody’s own good. A little rejuvenation is good for the soul. I think about this a lot, as the work/life balance is something I often struggle with. But I’ll certainly take any opportunity I can to find inspiration and peace.

I hope the start of spring will bring you inspiration and a motivation to start anew. By the way, I hear that attending monthly meetings and taking the oppor-tunity to mingle with peers is very inspiring! (Hint, hint!) This month’s phrase that pays is “Let’s Party!” Warmest wishes, Laura Ingram

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Mark your Calendars!!!!!

Our program committee has been working hard. Below are the upcoming dates and places for the Northern Illinois Chap-ter.

April 4: The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

9400 West Higgins Road

Rosemont, IL May 2: Fountaindale Public Library District 300 W. Briarcliff Road

Bolingbrook, IL June 27: Networking Event—Chain O Lakes Jul 11: Elmhurst College

190 S Prospect Ave

Elmhurst, IL July 27: Networking Event with IFMA Chicago White Sox game at US Cellular Field. 7:05 game August 8: Associate Showcase and IFMA Bucks Raffle Chandlers in Schaumburg Speakers and presentation information will be coming soon. Make your 2017 new year’s resolution to attend more NI IFMA meetings!!

Northern Illinois University

Facility Management Professional (FMP) & Sustainability Facility Professional (SFP) Information and Registration: http://www.fm.niu.edu

Location: Virtual Classroom Questions? Contact: dmann@niu.edu or 815-732-6249

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The snow may be on its way but it’s never to early to think about GOLF!!! NI IFMA’s 2017 golf date will be September 14th at Seven Bridges Golf Club in Woodridge. Sponsors from 2016 will be offered the chance to sponsor again at the 2016 prices. Contact our chap-ter administrator for more information.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is conducting research on owner’s representatives in the construction industry. This research focuses on why owners decide to hire representatives or not, and if they do, the roles and responsibilities of the owner’s representatives. We are request-ing your participation in this study because we believe our findings will give insight to both the owner and construction industries, and your participation will allow for a more thorough ex-amination of owner’s representatives. We would like as many owners, facility managers, and planners to participate as possible. The questionnaire is anonymous, and the information that you provide will be held in the strictest of confidence. The survey will take approximately 15 minutes to complete and asks questions re-garding recently completed projects. If you are unable to answer this survey, it would be great-ly appreciated if you could pass it on to someone who can. Thank you for your time and commitment to our research. Below is the attached link for the survey. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Dr. Awad Hanna or Tia Endres with the information provided below. If you would like to receive the results from this research, please indicate so at the end of the survey, and you will be sent a copy of the report when com-plete. https://uwmadison.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_3VR2k5FNQGt5ba5 Sincerely, Awad S. Hanna Tia Endres Professor, Program Chair Graduate Student 608-263-8903 608-438-0485

ashanna@wisc.edu tendres2@wisc.edu

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32 Easy Exercises to Boost Creativity For a lot of people, creativity is a talent that few

people have.

For me, creativity is a skill we all have and can

improve with regular exercise.

"Creativity is not just for artists. It's for busi-

nesspeople looking for a new way to close a

sale; it's for engineers trying to solve a prob-

lem; it's for parents who want their children to

see the world in more than one way."--Twyla

Tharp

Here are 32 simple, daily exercises you can

choose from to enhance your creativity. They

are short workouts for your right brain, often

with nothing more than a pen and some paper

(my tools are the Pilot Bravo! pen and a Mole-

skine sketchbook) and playfulness.

To make it into a habit, schedule "15 minutes of

creativity" into your calendar and try a different

exercise each day.

1. Draw something--fruit, your coffee cup,

your dog, cat, children--for 5-10

minutes. Just draw, don't judge and don't

erase.

2. Draw an apple a day using a different tech-

nique each day, for a week.

3. Buy a set of color pencils. Draw parallel

lines freehand or with a ruler. Color them

in.

4. Use a drawing program on your i-Pad, my

favorite is SketchPad, to draw half of some-

thing and have the mirror effect draw the

other half. Try symmetrical things like bot-

tles, vases, forks, pencils.

5. Take your sketchbook to a concert and

sketch or write ideas that pop into your

head as you're listening to music.

6. Make something new, funny or weird with

objects lying on your desk.

7. Collect a bunch of things from your recy-

cling bin. Combine them together to make

an abstract sculpture. Use a hot glue gun

or lots of tape to hold it together.

8. Look up a word in the dictionary, and then look up

the word before and after. Make up a short story

using the three words (loosely inspired by Twyla

Tharp, from her book The Creative Habit).

9. Make new things with paper clips (earrings, letters

of the alphabet, a heart). See how many things

you can make in 5 minutes.

10. Find one thing that starts with the first letter of

your first name and another with the first letter of

your last name. Mash them together to make a

new thing: Apple for Ayse + Bus for Birsel = Apple

shaped bus. Draw it.

11. Draw something on your desk, i.e. your stapler,

without looking at your hand in 5 minutes. Cover

your hand and drawing with a paper towel to not

cheat. When done, take away the towel. Tadaaa!

You'll be amazed.

12. Pick a song you love and sing it with new lyrics.

13. Write a poem about your day in the style of your

favorite poet (Maya Angelou for example).

14. Take a photo, or a selfie, open it in Photoshop or

PowerPoint and write HELLO! in large letters in a

fun font, save as PDF and attach it to your emails

for the day.

15. Take a compound word made up of two words.

Separate them. Replace one of the words with a

new word to make up new compound word. List

as many combinations as you can.

16. Go to a museum with your sketchbook and draw a

painting or a sculpture that inspires you (if you

can't take the time, go outside your door and draw

a tree or a mailbox). It doesn't matter how crude or

crooked your drawing and I guarantee that you will

never forget what you just drew.

17. Write something you want to solve in your note-

book before you go to sleep. Sleep on your prob-

lem and let your subconscious do the work. When

you wake up, ideate in your notebook.

18. Look at clouds and imagine them as things, just

like when you were a kid.

19. Borrow your kid's Playdo and make a sculpture for

15 minutes.

20. Next borrow your kids Legos and make a plan for

your dream house, pool included. You can also do

this virtually on Minecraft.

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21. Cover your table completely with large easel paper. Draw on it large, free style, stream of con-

sciousness, using a Sharpie (make sure Sharpie doesn't seep through) for 10 minutes or until

the whole table is covered. Tape it all together and tack it on your wall.

22. Take 5 minutes to write a haiku (Japanese style 3 line poem with a 5-7-5 syllable structure)

about your day or night.

23. Next time you're cooking, change a key ingredient and experiment.

24. Gather materials (foil, q-tips, wire pipe cleaners, colorful paper or post-its, paper clips, some

string, buttons, pushpins, and any other odds and ends) and glue them together to make

something. If you have young kids, do this together.

25. Channel Stefan Sagmeister, the graphic designer and author of Things I have learned in my

life so far. Formulate your life's motto and write it in sugar or salt, or with flowers, or make a

sketch of how you'd like to write it in a forest or across a pool.

26. Mash up very new and very old technology and play with new ideas. Uber + Horse Carts. Ap-

ple Watch + Sun dial. Write and draw them.

27. Do any page of Keri Smith's Wreck This Journal. My favorite: FIGURE OUT A WAY TO AT-

TACH THESE TWO PAGES.

28. Print a portrait of someone you love or admire. Put tracing paper over it and redraw their face.

Don't judge and don't erase. Try this with your own face for a self-portrait.

29. Collect branches that look like letters on one of your hikes and write your name with them

when you're home. Take a photo and post on Instagram.

30. Draw something without lifting your pen.

31. Learn how to draw something realistically, like an eye on this YouTube tutorial (this will take

more than 15 minutes).

32. Take a different route home and take photographs of the new things you see along the way.

Author: Ayse Birsel via Linked In Submitted by Ann Del Fiacco – Trendway Corporation

Creativity Exercises

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April Meeting—AAOMS About our Presentation: This presentation will address an all-hazards approach that focuses on emergency preparedness. An all-hazards approach prepares for all kinds of emergencies since emergency plans rarely cover everything that might be required for an incident. Because the evacuation requirements for a fire may differ significantly from those for a hazardous materials spill, the plan needs to be adaptable to circumstances, innovative, and, when necessary, improvisational. An all-hazards plan provides a basic framework for responding to a wide variety of emergencies. About our Speaker: Mike Verden draws on his experiences as owner of The Lake Forest Group, Director of Security for the NBA, and as an agent in his 21-year career with the United States Secret Service. He has led security pro-jects with property management firms, commercial properties, entertainment venues, gaming operations, educational institutions, pharmaceutical facilities, utility companies, , financial services, manufacturing and distribution plants, and professional sports. Watch your email for further details.

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Schedule of Events

March 7—AAR in Wood Dale

March 14—Board Meeting at Chan-

dlers in Schaumburg

April 4—American Academy of Or-

thopaedic Surgeons in Rosemont

May 2—Fountaindale Public Library

District in Bolingbrook

June 27—Networking event on the

Chain ‘o Lakes

July 11—Elmhurst College in Elmhurst

July 27—Networking event with IFMA Chicago—White Sox Game at US

Cellular Field. 7:05 game

August 8—Associate Showcase and

IFMA Bucks Raffle

Directions to AAR From Chicago:

Take I-90 West to Elmhurst Road. Take

Elmhurst Rd North. Turn right on Devon.

Turn left on Wood Dale Rd.

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Northern Illinois IFMA

PO Box 4893

Buffalo Grove, IL 60089-4893

Phone: 847-821-8243

Fax: 847-821-8248

E-mail: chapteradministrator@ifmani.org

To provide exceptional education, networking, ca-

reer development, and leadership opportunities that

support and advance the Facility Management pro-

fession in Northern Illinois.

Sponsorship opportunities are available, please con-

tact our chapter administrator at the e-mail listed to

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2016—2017 IFMA NI BOARD

President

Laura Ingram

Ingram Enterprises

847-821-1075

Archivist

Mike Jurczykowski

Chicago Records Management

847-678-0002

Education

Joe McCarthy, CFM

Pareto Building Improvement

708-344-4355

Program

Kathy Eddy-MacIntosh

Phoenix Systems & Services

630-480-8607

Vice President

Kevin Boyd, CFM, FMP

Chicago Food Depository

773-843-6703

Associate

Hospitality

Kevin Tiernan

Rose Paving

708-459-5538

Council Liaison

Secretary

Kevin Tiernan

Rose Paving

708-459-5538

Awards

Doug Kettel, CMPP, LEED AP

Schaumburg Park District

Membership

Bob Ditsch

Securitas

630-751-9840

Sustainability Liaison

Kevin Boyd, FMP

Chicago Food Depository

773-843-6703

Treasurer

Brett Ratajczak, FMP

Robert Half

847-719-4321

Career Services

Dianna Rudd

The Rudd Executive Search

847-776-0900

Networking

Jim Idstein

Kayhan International

847-843-5072

Webmaster

Gerard Zawislak, FMP, SFP

Cummins Allison Corp

847-299-9550 x 6460

Advisor

Ann Del Fiacco

Trendway Corporation

847-997-5168

Community Services

Linda McInerney

CVS Caremark

847-559-3909

Newsletter

Jan Wemple

Moore Landscape

847-564-9393