Waiting until the last minute and scrambling to execute campus improvement projects can lead to disastrous results. All construction programs are unique and present their own challenges for the team. Start planning for your summer projects as early as pos
Like role-specific emergency preparedness plan components, drills, and exercises, role-specific training sessions can go a long way towards improving compliance with policies and procedures while also building support for safety initiatives. This approach
When it comes to video surveillance, what do you truly need? How do you make that determination? Here's how Chicago Public Schools is doing it.
In order to make selection, service, and use more efficient, and easier, colleges and universities often adopt a standard classroom setup for AV, presentation, and projection systems. This means that a professor can go to any classroom or lecture hall and
- By Christine Beitenhaus
- 03/01/12
It can be easy to be lulled by the expediency of repairing buildings each summer as issues come up, when the overall condition of residential facilities should be considered. Replacing bathroom fixtures in Residence X because it will reduce water consumpt
In the wake of the Ohio school shooting, ASIS International organized a webinar on reducing risks of school violence. Paul Timm, a certified physical security professional (PSP), proposed seven measures designed to reduce the risk of school violence.
- By Michael Fickes
- 03/01/12
What does mechanical system maintenance mean today? It means conducting assessments that identify various maintenance needs such as recommissioning, carrying out inspections as well as preventive and corrective maintenance and, finally, training and retra
- By Michael Fickes
- 03/01/12
Everywhere you look throughout campuses there's a feeling of community and transparency, fostering an unending flow of ideas and information. Yet sometimes a little privacy goes a long way. In those sensitive rooms and spaces, four walls aren't
While there are a lot of AV, presentation and projection systems out there, research and experimentation can help you select the correct products for your school, as well as ensure these tools are actually integrated into classrooms. Try selecting a few p
- By Christine Beitenhaus
- 03/01/12
Sectional and overhead doors, large partitions, as well as rolling gates, grilles and shutters of various types are common fixtures performing various functions in K-12 school buildings, including providing security or defining spaces in gymnasiums, hallw
Industry observers say that safety directors with successful campus video analytics and surveillance programs selected appropriate applications, set up the cameras properly, held out realistic expectations and, perhaps most important, shifted the public s
- By Michael Fickes
- 03/01/12
Today, CERT's basic training program covers eight elements: disaster preparedness, fire safety, disaster medical operations (two parts), light search and rescue operations, CERT organization, disaster psychology, and terrorism and CERT. In addition t
While Congress could never provide dollars to fix buildings, its members have plenty of time to determine how schools should teach. And that, in my view, is not a good thing.
Purchasing cooperatives romise to lower cost, save time, and reduce redundancy for their members. While their popularity and potential profitability has caused their numbers to skyrocket in the last few years, buying co-ops may not always be
While Congress could never provide dollars to fix buildings, its members have plenty of time to determine how schools should teach. And that, in my view, is not a good thing.
Whether computers are in a lab, in the classroom or in students' hands, districts are turning to wireless networks to help integrate technology into education. With this decision comes the need not only for the right equipment and space, but also con
- By Christine Beitenhaus
- 02/01/12
The college residence hall is an artificial reality perhaps America's biggest "reality show." Students who are strangers to each other are required to live together. Residence hall advisors are there to help them. But, RA burnout is
STEP, as a complement to LEED, introduces ways of using technology to manage building systems, such as HVAC and lights, in order to make the building more energy-efficient during operation. Moreover, the existence of STEP stands to spur major end users of
The designs of campus performance spaces and their interiors are important on various levels. First, there's the crucial need to have attractive, well-equipped facilities well suited for academics and productions. Then, there's also the prestige
A four-phase emergency management plan, coupled with NIMS, is a good place to begin building an emergency management plan. And you don't have to do it alone there are plenty of resources to aid you on your journey.
PCHS is about empowering the school, preserving jobs and protecting the health of students and staff. It does not receive sponsorship or claim allegiance to any brand or system, but is free to change as better cleaning practices come around. It brings a m
- By Kelly Robinson
- 02/01/12