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Know Your Data

Don't just collect fire-prevention data; use it.

Summer Maintenance

Summer Is No Vacation When It Comes To Maintenance

How do you schedule necessary maintenance projects when school facilities are being used year-round for a variety of purposes?

WOW!

How some schools are spending taxpayer's dollars.

Zone Maintenance

Reaping the Rewards of Zone Maintenance

Administrators share compelling reasons to consider organizing your maintenance department into zones.

Classroom Design

Do Classrooms Have To Be Designed A Certain Way?

Rethinking the good, the bad, and the ugly of flexible learning spaces.

performing arts centers

Elevating the Arts

Performing arts spaces are evolving into acoustically advanced, interdisciplinary hubs of campus activity.

School Cafeterias

School Cafeterias 2.0

Not your parents' lunchroom!

Residence Life

facilities managers

The Next Generation

Today's up-and-coming class of new facilities managers must combine practical knowledge of established methods of maintenance with increased technological options, leadership skills and a customer-focused mindset. It's a challenging balance, and one that current professionals say takes time and focus to achieve.

Instilling Opportunities

Instilling Opportunities

Innovative E-12 campus targets early childhood development.

Food service floors

Five-Second Rule

Expert advice on sorting through flooring options for food preparation and service areas.

Options in Stormwater Management

UNH futures flow with porous approaches to pavements.

Interactive Visuals as a learning tool

Inter-Actions Speak Louder Than Lectures

Interactive projectors, monitors and whiteboards provide new teaching and learning tools.

Regenerative Education

Regenerative Education

Improving outcomes and changing destinies.

The President and Advancement

Advancement success depends on being an effective CEO.

Four Mistakes Universities Make When Expanding Their Campus

Certain colleges and universities across the country are making plans in 2014 to expand their campus footprint and acquire more real estate. The question is, how do they carefully manage the potential challenges and risks, and implement a successful and efficient plan?

Natural Disaster and Preparation

A Primer: Natural Disaster and Preparation

Developing, practicing and planning protocols used to prepare and respond to natural disasters.

The Faster You Go, The Behinder You Get

Unless your district is a one-room schoolhouse, every capital improvement brings a corresponding disparity.