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 November
Meeting will be at the Trigen Plant in St. Louis.
January meeting will host by the Danforth Science
Center.
Upcoming Joint Meeting with other local Engineering
organizations such as the Healthcare Engineers Association. A
total of four Engineering groups will be represented at that meeting.
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This
Month:
"We
need those survey forms completed and sent back so we can tally the
results."
Thanks
VP Terry Bremer
The
dates for next years Facilities America are - September 12-17 2003 in
Baltimore Maryland - They still are finalizing things so that's all we
have right now.
Thanks
Mikie
This
Month's Featured Book
National
Electrical Code 2002 Handbook
by Mark W. Earley
(Editor), et al (Hardcover)
Avg. Customer Rating: 
An essential reference
for students and professionals, this Handbook is the equivalent of an
annotated edition of the 2002 NEC. A valuable information resource for
anyone involved in electrical design, installation and inspection, the
NEC« 2002 Handbook is updated every three years and provides 100% of
the information needed to  "meet
Code" and avoid costly errors.
Give a copy out to
all your employees to insure they work to meet the code.
AFE
St. Louis Christmas Party
We would like to invite all Engineers, Maintenance
Managers, and Building energy Directors to our A.F.E. Christmas Party.
The
annual AFE Christmas party will be held on December 11, 2002, 5:30pm at
the Noonday Club in the Metropolitan Square Building.
The Noonday Club is one of St. Louis's most exclusive
restaurants. There will also be an open bar from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM. Last year
the view from the top of the Metropolitan Square Building was fantastic and the
food was excellent. Please RSVP by December 6, 2002. Payment can be made at the
door, by cash or check.
Click
here to RSVP
(Click
above for RSVP form)
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Case for Green Design
In the past, one
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as numerous facilities show: A building designed and built with a
sustainable approach does not have to cost more per square foot than
what might be called a status quo project. But sustainable design does
require the facility executive to create a business case to justify an
approach that is very different from the traditional approach.
Read
more in the November issue of Building Operating Management.
New
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The
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debt, insufficient capacity or throughput, insufficient availability or
uptime, inaccurate bill of materials and related inventories, and cost
overruns in plant operations and maintenance. Even if capital projects
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duplicating the same problems for new facilities. So what happens? They
both flounder, and manage to keep operations alive for five to seven
years until Company C starts to emerge. You see, company C invested in a
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reliability program. Please view this informative tutorial by Dennis
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to make your own business case for reliability. This program is
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AFE St. Louis Online Bookstore !
We Have an
additional Corporate Sponsor !
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2320 Marconi Avenue
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314-772-8311 or Fax 314-772-1313
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AFE
Members: We
exist because of the continued support of our Sponsors. When you
have needs, please show your appreciation by contacting them.
 Our
August meeting was more special than we realized at the time. Our two
guest dignitaries (Reed Lilliard and John Scheuch) on January 2003, will
officially moved up
in the ranks of our AFE organization to hold national positions.
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Reed Lilliard |
John Scheuch |
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New AFE Title |
New AFE Title |
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President Elect.
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AFE Vice President of Membership
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Do
you want to be an AFE St. Louis Chapter Officer?
Next
year we have four positions available, President, Vice President,
Secretary & Treasurer.
Please contact president@afestlouis.org
or use the feedback form on this site to let us know.
Need
Help or Advice?
Please check
out our new discussion area "Chuck's Corner".
50%
Discount on ALL Ebooks till the end of November!
In conjunction with Feed Forward Publications,
BIN provides these high quality educational Ebooks and CDs specifically aimed at increasing the engineering knowledge of plant operators, maintainers and managers.
Click
here for free online sample!
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Learn,
Lead, and Influence
 Want
to learn more about CPMM Online? Click here
More
than ever before the roles of plant and facilities maintenance
management professionals involve diverse issues and concerns as
organizations work diligently to improve profit margins and grow their
market shares. As more plant and facilities maintenance professionals
assume leadership roles in these activities, they find they must clearly
demonstrate their expertise. The CPMM credential is designed to validate
that you, as a certified individual, possess the professional expertise
and knowledge required to successfully perform plant and facilities
maintenance management activities. Becoming a Certified Plant
Maintenance Manager will leave no doubts about your ability to manage a
profitable maintenance organization. This presentation is 12 minutes.
Please forward this to your members.
Hurry
for CPE Review Course - Dec 2-6 in Madison Wisconsin
Our
October Meeting:
We
want to thank Jerry Feagans - St. Louis City, Assistant Chief Electrical
Inspector for the great presentation and Guarantee
Electrical Contracting Company for hosting our meeting. Also a special thanks for the dinner and door
prizes! For those who could not make it, you can read about the
meeting in this news letter and online.
(Click
to read about October meeting.)
We exist
because of the continued support of our Sponsors. Chapter 26 thanks ALL
of them for their continued support!
AFE
National:
Please
visit our National site for More National News
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AFE works!
Click
here or the AFE logo to learn the inter-workings of AFE and the
organizational structure.
This is a great
place for all our new members to view responsibilities of our AFE-St.
Louis Officers.
Potential
members, see how we serve you.
for
help ...
Help finding an
engineering job
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expert
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More help with
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or search our site
Now
is a great time to join
the AFE St. Louis chapter.
Thanks to those who sponsored our 2002 golf
tournament!
We had 36
golfers (participants). Steve Cornish and Chuck Mueller volunteer
for Course detail and they handled the Charity Hole where we raised $161
for the 9/11 Victims Fund. The Winning Team was from Guarantee
Electrical. We raised a total of $1,720 for our St. Louis chapter.
PLEASE SHOW YOUR PATRONAGE TO OUR GOLF SPONSORS ...
Automatic Controls Equipment Systems, Inc.(636) 677-6697
City Lighting
Cooling Components
C & R Mechanical
Crescent Parts
Fabick Power Systems
French-Gerleman
Grainger Industrial Supply
Guarantee Electrical
ISC Contracting(314) 533-1888
Jarrell Mechanical
Ondeo-Nalco
Trizec Office Properties
Please visit
the online calendar at ...
www.afestlouis.org/Calendar/Calendar.htm
to see more great events AFE has in store for you.
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