Tis the Season!

With 2009 winding down, we at CraigMichaels wanted to take the time to wish all of our friends and clients a very Joyous Holiday Season and a Healthy New Year! Keep on an eye on this blog in 2010 for more exclusive content from our Summits and Forums!

Christine Malcolm on Building Great Hospitals for Less at HFS09

We have been very fortunate over the years to have Christine Malcolm speak at numerous CraigMichaels summits. Christine is currently an independent consultant, but from 2004 until the summer of 2009 she lead Kaiser Permanente’s National Facilities Services department, and was responsible for managing the company’s real estate portfolio, facility operations, and the design and construction of their medical facilities. During Christine’s tenure at KP she oversaw a $24 billion capital development and replacement program, making it the largest hospital construction program in the nation.

At the 2009 Healthcare Facilities Summit Christine gave a great presentation titled: How to Build Great Hospitals for Less: Proven Methods that Deliver Value. At a time when construction costs were soaring and the cost of green buildings was described as 20-50% higher than conventional design, Kaiser Permanente delivered 5 hospitals that an independent benchmarking organization showed cost 13% less than the prevailing standard. The presentation unveiled the key success factors that made this all possible and why all of these ideas can be implemented at health systems large and small.

Check it out!

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What are the Upsides to a Down Economy?

At the 2009 Retail Facilities Summit we presented a number of questions to some of the industries leading minds. The question asked in this clip was "Have you Seen Any Upsides to the Down Economy"?



This video was recorded on June 9th, 2009 at the Retail Facilities Summit in Carlsbad, CA

Getting your Sustainability Strategy off the Ground

Rohit Aggarwala the Director of Long Term Planning & Sustainability for the City of New York and Suzanne Malec- McKenna the Commissioner of the Environment for the City of Chicago were both featured speakers at the 2009 Sustainable Operations Summit.

In this video, Rit and Suzanne share some pointers on How to Get A Sustainable Initiative Off the Ground.

A Tale of 2 Green Cities (NYC & Chicago)- Where Do You Start? from CraigMichaels, Inc. on Vimeo.

The Sustainable Operations Summit is an annual invitation-only event produced by CraigMichaels, Inc. These interviews were recorded between June 8-9th, 2009 in Austin, TX.

Howard Dean Predicts that a Public Option will be Included in the Healthcare Reform Bill

At our Healthcare Facilities Summit, Governor Howard Dean MD predicted that a Healthcare Reform Bill will pass and that it will include a public option. Watch the clip below: