Mark Gallman

Mark A. Gallman, SMA, SMT, LEED GA, Regional Maintenance Manager at Highwoods Properties, received the 2015 BOMA Georgia President’s Award.

“The description of the President’s Award states that it is given at the discretion of the association president to a deserving BOMA Georgia member or staff member who has served beyond the call of duty,” said Mark Dukes, 2015 BOMA Georgia President. “That description describes a lot of our members, but one person came to mind immediately – Mark Gallman.”

Mark went on to say, “When you have an opportunity like I have to serve in a leadership role, you often find yourself in a conference with your peers, thinking of those who would be terrific in committee leadership, or on a task force, or to develop curriculum for a particular seminar or course. Every time we mention Mark’s name, we take assurance that not only is he gifted and able to accomplish the task at hand, we also know from experience that he will step up to the plate and give of his talents and his time. It is because of this, and with great pride, that I selected Mark Gallman as recipient of the 2015 President’s Award.”

Mark joined BOMA Georgia in 2006 as a BOMA Technical Organization member, a category of membership created specifically for building engineers. Mark served as chair of the BTO Council in 2011 and chair of the Editorial Board in 2015. He served as a member of the BOMA Georgia Board of Directors from 2012 to 2013.

Mark has also been an active member of several other committees, including the BOMA Technical Organization, High Performance Building Summit Task Force, Foundation Fundraising Task Force, and Building Engineering Development Task Force. Mark has also served as a local TOBY Awards judge.

In 2011, Mark received the BOMA Atlanta Engineer of the Year Award.

Mark started his career in commercial real estate after working as a machinist for more than 20 years at companies such as Lockheed Martin, American Standard, Amoco, and Siemens. As a machinist, he acquired many trade skills, including welding; tool and die making; CNC machining; automation and controls; and fluid power technology.

Mark started his career in commercial real estate in November 2001, joining Childress Klein Properties as a Maintenance Mechanic Level II. While at Childress Klein Properties, Mark was part of the management and operations team that won the 2003-2004 BOMA Atlanta TOBY Award in the 100,000 to 249,999 Square Feet Category for the Dupree Building.

In February 2005, Mark joined the staff of Trammel Crow Company, where he worked as a Lead Operating Engineer through January 2007. He was recruited by Trammell Crow to manage operations for Behringer Harvard’s first Atlanta project, Ashford Perimeter, a 288,000 square feet, Class A multi-tenant office building in Atlanta.

From January 2007 to May 2009, Mark worked for Pope and Land Enterprises as an Area Chief Engineer, where he was directly responsible for engineering and maintenance for three main properties: City View, Cumberland Center 1, and Cumberland Center 4. He was also responsible for capital improvements oversight and project management of $5 million for Cumberland Center 1.

Mark then joined the staff of Tishman Speyer Company as a Chief Engineer in May 2009, where he remained until September 2012, where he was primarily responsible for Alliance Center, a 1,044,000 square feet, Class A office complex in Atlanta. There, he maintained LEED Gold Certification for Two Alliance Center and maintained ENERGY STAR certifications for both One Alliance Center and Two Alliance Center.

Mark then joined Highwoods Properties in September 2012 as Regional Maintenance Manager, a position he continued to hold when he received this award. At Highwoods Properties, his primary responsibilities have included oversight of maintenance teams for 2.9 million square feet of Class A commercial high-rise and mid-rise office assets in metropolitan Atlanta’s submarkets of Buckhead and Cumberland, including managing an engineering staff of 14 individuals.

Mark graduated from Chattahoochee Technical College, earning an Air Conditioning Technology Diploma. He earned the Systems Maintenance Technician (SMT) and Systems Maintenance Administrator (SMA) designations from the Building Owners and Managers Institute International. He earned the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Associate (LEED GA) from the U.S. Green Building Council. And he was one of the inaugural graduates of the BOMA Atlanta/Chattahoochee Technical College’s Commercial HVAC Certificate Program.