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September Meeting Main Speaker

Posted by jen on 08/31/2011 12:00 am  /   Keynote Session

September 12th, Dallas/Addison Marriott Quorum Hotel

Main Speaker: Mr. Walter B. Jones, Jr., AIA, LEED, IFMA - Senior Vice-President, Facilities, Parkland Health & Hospital System

Topic: “Parkland Renovation Updates”

 

 

 

 Mr. Jones has been with Parkland since 2003 and provides the strategic vision, leadership of the Parkland Hospital’s Facilities division.  He oversees the operation and management of 600 plus employees in the division made up of the departments of engineering, planning, design and construction, clinical engineering, environmental services, linen services, hospital police, public safety, real estate, and facilities capital contract administration.  He is also specifically responsible for the development, management, design and construction of Parkland’s estimated $1.3 billion new 862 bed hospital and medical campus project. 

 
 
Prior to joining Parkland, Mr. Jones was an associate with Howell, Rusk, Dodson Architects in Atlanta, Georgia where he oversaw renovation, master planning, design and construction projects for several hospitals in Alabama and Georgia.  Significant projects included the major renovation and expansion of Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, and the Northside Hospital Women’s Center in Atlanta which delivers 18,000 births annually.  He received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University and his Master’s Degree in Architecture from Clemson University.  He is a registered architect, has been practicing architecture since 1979, and has been a healthcare architect since 1990.  He is a member of the American Institute of Architects, the Texas Society of Architects, US Green Building Council, International Facility Management Association, and the Center for Healthcare Design.