Beyond the Cold: Plan Ahead for Equipment Disruptions

IFMA Chesapeake January Membership Meeting & Tate Tour

Equipment failure can mean much more than an uncomfortable building. For some facilities, maintaining specific environmental conditions is essential to protecting occupants, sustaining production, preserving materials, and keeping critical operations running. When those conditions cannot be maintained, the result may be interrupted services, lost production, damaged products, or a facility that cannot remain operational.

For facility managers, proactive contingency planning means understanding those consequences—and preparing a workable response before heat is lost.

Join IFMA Chesapeake for a practical discussion and tour focused on preparing your facility for a rental boiler. We’ll connect the technical requirements of temporary heat with the operational decisions that support business continuity.

Topics will include:

·         Identifying critical heating needs: Which spaces, systems, or processes depend on heat, and what happens if required conditions cannot be maintained?

·         Understanding heat load requirements: How those requirements inform rental boiler sizing and configuration.

·         Preparing the building: What needs to be evaluated in advance so a rental boiler can be connected and placed into service.

·         Planning the response: Coordinating resources, responsibilities, and logistics to reduce avoidable delays during a heating disruption.

Included: a tour of Tate Engineering : A closer look at rental boiler systems, and how they are built to meet specific heating demands. Air supply and demand for compressor systems will be included in the tour.

See the value of IFMA Chesapeake in action.

Practical education, access to industry expertise, and connections with fellow facility professionals help members prepare for challenges that affect their buildings and their businesses.

Speaker: Josh Plitt, Director of Operations at Tate Engineering

Josh oversees service operations, technician development, and operational performance across multiple regions. With nearly two decades of experience, Josh began his career at Tate as a welder’s apprentice and advanced through various technical and leadership positions, bringing firsthand field experience to his role.

Josh holds a Maryland HVAC Master license and a 1st Grade Stationary Engineer license. He is passionate about developing technicians, improving operational efficiency, and ensuring customers receive dependable, high-quality mechanical services. His career reflects Tate’s commitment to developing talent and promoting from within.

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