January Chapter Meeting
featuring an
ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer
Tuesday, January 13, 2026
11:30 aM - 1:00 PM
This Month’s Presentation:
Design Build – Executing the Project (based on the ASHRAE Design Build Survival Guide)
In this presentation, you will learn:
Long ago in a land not too far away, TC 1.7 published the ASHRAE Survival Guide to Design-Build. Well, since that time, the Design Build (DB) delivery method has exploded. The TC has listened to members in Forums and meetings as they’ve asked questions and shared their joys and sorrows with DB. This program takes a look a Design-Build as an execution system and a provides an overview of the Design-Build Survival Guide. The program will:
Identify key elements of the Design-Build execution strategy
Present project risk considerations in Design-Build execution.
Present discuss selected business considerations in Design-Build execution.
Present emerging industry trends and technologies and their impact on Design-Build projects and practitioners.
About the Speaker:
E. Mitchell Swann, P.E., ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer
Mr. Swann has over 30 years of experience in the areas of engineering design, project management and consulting for a wide array of clients in diverse industries in the USA and abroad. Mr. Swann’s career has included engineering design of HVAC, Piping and Control systems; Project & Department Management, Commissioning, Forensic Engineering & Expert Witness engagements; Dispute Resolution and Project Execution Consulting. He has worked for clients on commercial, institutional and high-tech\\industrial projects. He has worked in A/E, E\\A and Design-Build firms and Construction Management and as liaison between the design and construction team.
Mr. Swann has authored several articles on several subjects in project execution and professional practice including the “Standard of Care”, Substantial Completion and Project Risk Management. Mr. Swann is active in several Technical Committees within ASHRAE, including TC 1.7-General Business, Management and Legal Education, TC 2.8-Sustainable Design, TC 7.1 – Integrated Design, TC 7.2 HVAC Design-Build and TC 9.11-Clean Spaces.
He served as President of the Engineers Club of Philadelphia from 2012 – 2014 and still sits on the Board of Directors. He is currently a Director on the Board of the Philadelphia Energy Authority where he serves as Treasurer. He is also on the PA State Uniform Construction Code Review and Advisory Council. In addition to ASHRAE, Mitch is a member of the USGBC, The Delaware Valley GBC, ISPE and the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Construction Forum. He previously was vice-chair of the ABA’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Section Committee on Construction.
He is a graduate of Drexel University in Philadelphia with a BSME with a concentration in Thermal Fluid Sciences (aka “Energy”).