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January 12 Events
Posted: December 28, 2011
Register now for the conference and chapter meeting scheduled for Thursday, January 12. Visit the Events webpage for complete details.
December 8 Events
Posted: November 23, 2011
Register now for the seminars and chapter meeting schedule for Thursday, December 8. Visit the Events webpage for complete details.
Washington State Floor Covering Association Event
Posted: October 26, 2011
The Market: NW Design Showcase of Interior Solutions
Date/Location: February 29, 2012 (Leap Day)/Lynnwood
Time: 9am – 5pm
Cost: Free admission and parking
Description: This trade show is open to designers, architects, builders, and everyone in the floor covering industry. There will be approximately 90 vendors exhibiting new floor and other interior finish products as well as demonstrations throughout the day.
For registration and further information, please visit our website: http://www.wsfca.org (425-885-0012 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)).
Events Listing
Glass
Date: Thursday, February 9, 2012, 2:00-3:30 pm
Location: Mirabella, 116 Fairview Ave N, Seattle WA 98109, 1st Floor Conference Room
Details to be announced.
Register OnlineCurtainwall
Date: Thursday, February 9, 2012, 3:30-5:00 pm
Location: Mirabella, 116 Fairview Ave N, Seattle WA 98109, 1st Floor Conference Room
Details to be announced.
Register OnlineChapter Meeting: What’s New in Building Interiors
Date: Thursday, February 9, 2012
Location: Mirabella, 116 Fairview Ave N, Seattle WA 98109
Lean Design for Healthcare Interiors
Our February dinner meeting speaker will be Anita Rossen, the lead interior designer for ZGF. Since joining ZGF Architects in 2004, Anita has had extensive experience designing sustainable, patient-centered healing environments that incorporate Lean design principles.
For years, lean management systems (often referred to as the Toyota Way) have been transforming the way hospitals and healthcare organizations approach their work, helping deliver patient-centered care with greater efficiency, less waste and a reduced environmental footprint. But it has been only recently that these principles are increasingly being utilized by the healthcare design community to create physical environments that support and enhance the evolving lean organizational culture in healthcare facilities. The lean design process, with a methodical focus on reducing excess and waste while improving human experience, typically results in more flexible and efficient buildings that consume fewer resources over time.
The goal of lean, to minimize waste and maximize value by constantly adapting, is similar to the concept at the root of sustainability, which aims to increase the long term viability for humans to continue to inhabit this planet. Lean and green empower each other when considered together.
Please join us to learn more about this exciting approach to integrating the design and operation of healthcare facilities.
Register OnlinePaint
Date: Thursday, March 8, 2012, 2:00-3:30 pm
Location: Mirabella, 116 Fairview Ave N, Seattle WA 98109, 1st Floor Conference Room
Details to be announced.
Register Online