On Tuesday, March 4, 2014, President Obama announced his proposed 2015 Fiscal Year Budget. In recent years, the President’s budget has become more of a ritual than a reality. Maybe better described as a White House wish list. Though required by statute, these budgets are usually dead on arrival and until last year, nothing was ever resolved quickly or on time.
...out of mind. That's what most people -- facility managers included -- think about their roofs, until there’s a problem. Informed choices and diligent maintenance could extend the usefulness of one of your school's biggest assets. Can you stretch the life your roof 20 years or beyond?
Shared use practices support a growth mantra that active children learn better.
What's new in building products and materials?
Sustainable, teachable roofs are beginning to replace asphalt and black membrane roofs.
A case study in business service consolidation.
An EMS should be part of a comprehensive communications strategy.
A complete maintenance plan extends well beyond your facilities' walls.
What to do with the growing body of research documenting the benefits of healthy schools.
Using technology in a way that is advantageous to the students and teachers.
Basic approach looks like natural surveillance.
Higher education is being reshaped by technology. A growing number of digital learning institutes are emerging on campuses across the country, and both students and instructors are adjusting to the new ways of teaching and learning they offer.
Are you using mass notification and emergency communications systems to clearly instruct students, parents, faculty and staff?
Three strategies are essential when creating successful classrooms and collaborative spaces.
Congress has begun the second session of the 113th Congress with lots of things to do. First and foremost was to raise the debt ceiling before the end of February. Congress met the deadline with days to spare before it went out on the President’s Day recess.
Congress has begun the second session of the 113th Congress with lots of things to do. First and foremost was to raise the debt ceiling before the end of February. Congress met the deadline with days to spare before it went out on the President’s Day recess.