PM Springfest Spotlight Sessions

Thursday, May 9th | 8:30am

Safety is a priority when accessing elevated work areas. Building owners, facility maintenance teams and OHS professionals across Canada want to create safer environments when accessing and working on commercial, industrial and multi-unit residential rooftops. In this session, safety experts will provide participants with best practices in creating safe elevated work areas. Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of the importance of elevated safety in such work areas, stay informed about trends impacting the emergence of new hazards, navigate safety requirements and regulations affecting their businesses, and explore strategies for identifying and eliminating potential hazards at roof access points. Most importantly, this session will equip participants with the knowledge to self-assess their elevated working environments for potential hazards and match them with compliant safety solutions.

Speaker:

• Vernon Ghinn, Vice President - Project Consultant, Skyline Group International

Thursday, May 9th | 11:00am

For many, net-zero is a multi-decade journey involving a phased approach. Energy conservation is an integral step and should be a consideration in decarbonization initiatives, both for reducing GHG emissions and operating costs. Enbridge Gas offers incentives and limited-time bonuses to offset the implementation cost of high-efficiency equipment such as condensing and high efficiency boilers, control systems, dual-fuel rooftop units with heat pumps, air-to-water heat pumps, and more. In addition, we provide complimentary expert advice from our team of Energy Solution Advisors to identify and prioritize energy efficiency upgrades. Join us to learn more about the Enbridge Gas commercial energy efficiency offers in Ontario and how you can take advantage of bonus incentives to support your initiatives. We will also showcase real-life projects that have benefitted from the incentive program, followed by live Q&A.

Speaker:

• Scott Bullock, Supervisor, Commercial Energy, Enbridge Gas

Thursday, May 9th | 11:00am

The session on the relevance of accurate insurable values for Ontario Condominium Corporations and building owners will provide insights into the importance of accurate and up-to-date replacement cost values. The session will delve into why accurate insurable values matter in the regulatory context, specifically within the Ontario Condominium Act, and from an insurance and risk management perspective. Additionally, our presentation aims to elucidate current regional construction cost trends, along with the pivotal role of property managers and the intricacies of the appraisal process and methodology. The session will conclude with Q&A.

Speaker:

• Natalia Szubbocsev, Executive Vice President, Appraisals International Inc.

Thursday, May 9th | 12:30pm

Join for an engaging success story that delves deep into the triumphs and pivotal strategies employed by Rimrock Property Management. During this presentation, the speaker will explore how Rimrock, a small property management business, leveraged innovative solutions to streamline their operations, enhance tenant satisfaction and drive substantial growth. 

Within this 30-minute session you will learn how Yardi Breeze Premier supported Rimrock to: streamline rent collection, maintenance requests and tenant communications; automate reporting and turn 30-40 minutes of work into a click of a button; provide owners full access to their data from anywhere; easily train and onboard new team members at any property; double their portfolio size with fewer administrators; function like a large organization without increasing costs.

Speaker:

• Eric Butler, Account Executive, Sales, Yardi Canada Ltd.