Green Team Southwestern Hosts Speakers in the Green Construction Field

On September 23, Green Team Southwestern hosted Blaine Kohpay and Clint Fiechtlas a part of the annual Lunches with Leaders seminar series. Both Kohpay and Fiechtl shared of their extensive work in the rebuilding process of Greensburg, Kansas following the devastating tornado in May of 2007. They have been instrumental in the reconstruction of at least a dozen buildings in Greensburg and most have been built to LEED (Leadership in Energy and Enviornmental Design) standards.

E. Blaine Kohpay has over a decade of experience as a Construction Administrator, and has extensive experience in the LEED Certification process. He is part of the team helping to rebuild Greensburg, Kansas, having provided construction administration services for the Greensburg Business Incubator (LEED-NC Platinum Certified), the Kiowa County Courthouse (seeking LEED-NC Gold Certification) and the Greensburg Public Works facility (seeking LEED-NC Gold Certification), as well as Kiowa County Commons (seeking LEED-NC Platinum Certification), currently under construction. In addition, Blaine is currently providing construction administration for the City of Wichita Transit Facility (seeking LEED-NC Silver Certification), upgrades for the Kansas Air National Guard at Smoky Hill in Salina (seeking LEED-NC Silver Certification) and the Army Reserve Center in Sinton, Texas (seeking LEED-NC Silver Certification).

Clint Fiechtl, P.E., a mechanical project engineer, is a Senior Associate of Professional Engineering Consultants, P.A., (PEC), a multi-discipline engineering firm located in Wichita. In addition to design and project management, Mr. Fiechtl is involved with management of the Test and Balance Department (TAB) and is a NEBB qualified Building Systems Commissioning Administrator. He is trained for technical commissioning. Prior to joining PEC, Mr. Fiechtl served as a Controls System Specialist at Building Controls and Services, Inc. (BCS), and as a project manager at a local mechanical contracting firm. He has more than 19 years of mechanical systems experience.