Seth Cohen is highly experienced in the design and renovation of academic, civic, cultural, and institutional facilities. Seth recently managed design and oversaw construction for the new South Philadelphia Community Health and Literacy Center, a combined clinical care, education, research, library, and recreation facility for the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the City of Philadelphia. Seth has worked with VSBA Architects & Planners, formerly Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, for almost 20 years.
Cheryl has 33 years of experience working with the City of Philadelphia and currently oversees its 8 health centers. She worked closely with the Health Center 2 Clinical Director, Dr. Nino Vittorio, CHOP and the VSBA team led by Seth Cohen to develop the Health Center 2 design within the South Philadelphia Community Health and Literacy Center.
Michael DeLacey is principal and CEO of Microdesk, an enterprise-level Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Operations and Maintenance (AECO) industry consultancy. He has 28 years of experience in integrating technology into the planning, design, construction and operations and maintenance process, specializing in Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Enterprise Asset Management (EAM).
Alex Genna is an Architectural Solutions Specialist at Microdesk with expertise in providing technical support, training, implementation and consulting services for firms and organizations interested in using BIM, facilities management and enterprise project portfolio management technologies. He worked closely on the South Philadelphia Community Health and Literacy Center.Â
NAVIGATING PUBLIC + PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, MANAGING CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAMS, AND UTILIZING BIM TO CONSTRUCT THE SOUTH PHILADELPHIAÂ COMMUNITY HEALTH AND LITERACY CENTER
Explore the journey to construct the South Philadelphia Community Health and Literacy Center.
Connect with fellow industry leaders as we delve into the key management decisions essential to completing Philadelphia’s newest state-of-the-art children’s medical facility and community hub. Discussion topics will include strategically facilitating public + private collaboration, navigating organizational challenges in managing cross-functional teams, and knowledge transfer over the lifetime of a project. Additionally, we will demonstrate how executing BIM deliverables for construction and facilities management provided day-one operational readiness.
The event will take place on site in the center’s library, featuring a panel of the project’s major players, and ending with a tour. Don’t miss this opportunity to network with peers and learn from the challenges and success of this endeavor!
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Microdesk was founded in 1994 with a simple mission – to assist Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Owner/Operators (AECO) and GIS firms with overcoming the challenges of implementing and utilizing design, construction and geospatial technology. Today, that mission still holds true, and Microdesk remains a cutting edge technology consultancy with 12 offices worldwide.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is the nation's first hospital devoted exclusively to the care of children. Since our start in 1855, CHOP has been the birthplace for countless breakthroughs and dramatic firsts in pediatric medicine. Today, families facing complex conditions come to CHOP from all over the world, and our compassionate care and innovation has repeatedly earned us a spot on the U.S. News & World Report's Honor Roll of the nation's best children's hospitals.