Facility Focus: Campus Housing
For students of all ages, carefully planned outdoor learning areas and features can become an integral component of education.
- By Sean Sanger, Andrew Arbaugh
- 03/01/20
Issues impacting the ability and training of cleaning contractors vary in different settings and situations. However, all of them must be overcome, and urgently, if we are going to get on top of the COVID-19 situation.
COVID-19
Custodial workers must modify cleaning practices and behaviors to help reduce COVID-19 risks, not only for a building’s occupants, but especially for themselves.
- By Eugene C. Cole
- 03/01/20
Planning & Design
Just as Winston Churchill once said, “we shape our buildings and thereafter they shape us,” designers must consider how education environments of the next decade will shape student behavior.
FACILITIES
facilities
How can good design contribute to better campus life? The opening of the Carl H. Lindner College of Business at the University of Cincinnati unlocked a new view to the future.
OPERATIONS
Parking guidance also offers tremendous administrative benefits to colleges and universities by keeping track of how their parking assets are being utilized.
- By Chris Scheppmann
- 02/21/20
STEM & STEAM
Science, technology, engineering and mathematics are crucial parts of today's curriculum. When it comes to maximizing learning outcomes, many schools focus on the equipment and technology available. However, design also has a significant impact.
Components & Materials
The 333,606-square-foot high school includes the addition of railing infill panels made by Banker Wire, a manufacturer of woven and welded wire mesh for architectural and industrial applications.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- 02/14/20
Safety & Security
Despite the name, panic buttons are designed to take the panic out of a situation. As instincts kick in, a trained employee can have direct and easy access to alert or summon people for help quickly and discreetly with the push of a button.