TAHFM Welcomes TAMU Summer Interns for 2015

Please help TAHFM recognize the second year of our partnership with the Construction Science Department of Texas A&M University and the 2015 summer interns from Dr. Sarel Lavy’s Facilities Management class. Our student interns include Oasis Wentworth, a senior architectural student, and Render Villalta, a junior business major – both of them with a minor focus in facilities management.  The interns are employed by Memorial Hermann in Houston, Texas and are actively involved in learning healthcare facilities management, capital project management, plus hands on experience with construction project management – both with Memorial Hermann’s Cypress and Pearland greenfield campus locations, and with major hospital expansions at Katy, Sugar Land, and the Texas Medical Center locations.   Render and Oasis are actively participating in this very large capital expansion program; the combined value of construction activities currently in progress totals over $ 2.5 billion.

Oasis hails from a large family in Nebraska and is quickly coming up to speed on the design and project management aspects of capital project management and construction.  Render, from Houston, is quite skilled at reading construction documents, and is gaining a lot of experience with the many facets that comprise the daily tasks of a healthcare facility manager.   Both Oasis and Render have retail and customer service experience and list AutoCAD and Sketch Up as some of their many technical skills – all of which are valuable to a facility manager. 

On task for both Render and Oasis this summer will be the official topping out of the Sugar Land campus bed tower, witnessing the drying in and interior build out of the Katy bed tower, plus the commissioning of Memorial Hermann’s new hospital campus in Pearland.  In addition, a major interiors renovation project is underway at Memorial Hermann Northwest that will transform the campus from its current dated aesthetics to a modern healthcare facility.   

Both Render and Oasis will be attending the July, ASHE annual educational conference in Boston, to further their understanding of the various skill sets involved with a healthcare facilities management career.

Please help us welcome Render and Oasis to the TAHFM family!