Safety & Security (Prepare and Be Aware)
Architects and engineers are incorporating innovative methods and systems into designing buildings to withstand extreme weather.
- By Sherrie Negrea
- 05/01/14
Maintaining Buildings Grounds
How do you schedule necessary maintenance projects when school facilities are being used year-round for a variety of purposes?
Maintenance: Staffing, Methods & Practice
Administrators share compelling reasons to consider organizing your maintenance department into zones.
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
Rethinking the good, the bad, and the ugly of flexible learning spaces.
- By Rose Mary Su, Julia McFadden
- 05/01/14
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
Performing arts spaces are evolving into acoustically advanced, interdisciplinary hubs of campus activity.
- By James Matson, Tim Carl
- 05/01/14
Building Blueprints (Facilites in Focus)
Not your parents' lunchroom!
- By Jeffrey K. Elliott, Deborah Marai
- 05/01/14
Maintenance: Staffing, Methods & Practice
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.
- By Brandon Barrett
- 05/01/14
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
Expert advice on sorting through flooring options for food preparation and service areas.
Technology (Enhancing + Engaging + Connecting)
Interactive projectors, monitors and whiteboards provide new teaching and learning tools.
- By Michael Fickes
- 05/01/14
Safety & Security (Prepare and Be Aware)
Developing, practicing and planning protocols used to prepare and respond to natural disasters.
- By Stephen Satterly
- 05/01/14
Maintenance: Staffing, Methods & Practice
Bring facility departments to the next level with solid training and preparation of supervisory personnel.
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
Experts share their preferences and decision-making processes for choosing the right flooring.
Technology (Innovations for Education)
The digital delivery of information across campus is facilitated by the proliferation of innovative video screens.
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
There are many factors involved in making sure our students get to and from school safely.
Business (Managing Higher Ed)
Here are success stories and insights as to what makes for a successful transportation program.
Safety & Security (Prepare and Be Aware)
Creating a culture of fire safety and survivability.
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
It's hard to overstate the importance of effective campus lighting. At institutions of all types and sizes, lighting is a key consideration.
Technology (Enhancing + Engaging + Connecting)
Schools need to be innovative with staff and time to use technology effectively.
Technology (Innovations for Education)
Adaptive technologies help students with disabilities fully engage in campus life.
- By Sherrie Negrea
- 04/01/14
Safety & Security (Prepare and Be Aware)
Tips on keeping the actions and message of fire prevention and safety in the forefront of campus communications.
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
Best practices and benefits of optimizing lighting and HVAC control.
- By Craig Hall, Neil Maldeis
- 04/01/14
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
...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?
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
Sustainable, teachable roofs are beginning to replace asphalt and black membrane roofs.
- By Michael Fickes
- 03/01/14
Safety & Security (Prepare and Be Aware)
Basic approach looks like natural surveillance.
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
Today's options for building exteriors vary widely from traditional brick. An expanded palette of materials offers vivid color and texture choices to architects and designers.
Safety & Security (Prepare and Be Aware)
Integrating Crime prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) concepts into master planning and design is one demonstrated way to create an overall safe campus.
Technology (Innovations for Education)
A variety of technology options are ensuring that science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) students receive the best training and real-world experience before embarking on their careers.
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
What's new in building products and materials?
- By William Atkinson
- 03/01/14
Technology (Enhancing + Engaging + Connecting)
Using technology in a way that is advantageous to the students and teachers.
- By Danielle Przyborowski
- 03/01/14
Technology (Innovations for Education)
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.
- By Brandon Barrett
- 02/01/14
Safety & Security (Prepare and Be Aware)
Are you using mass notification and emergency communications systems to clearly instruct students, parents, faculty and staff?
- By Michael Fickes
- 02/01/14
Building Blueprints (Facilities In Focus)
Three strategies are essential when creating successful classrooms and collaborative spaces.
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
School systems can benefit from a holistic approach to facilities management and maintenance.
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
In just over a decade, Nashville's Belmont University has undergone measured and successful change and growth.
- By David W. Minnigan
- 02/01/14
Technology (Enhancing + Engaging + Connecting)
Enabling BYOD and other mobile strategies.
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
Manchester, Conn.'s school consolidation plan shows where facilities, student achievement and state reimbursements intersect.
Business (Managing K-12 Education)
Cooperative purchasing allows districts and schools to stretch their limited dollars. Here's how.
Business (Managing Higher Ed)
Don't believe there is strength in numbers? Then you don't know about purchasing cooperatives. These purchasing powerhouses save time, money and headaches. Are they right for your school?
Safety & Security (Prepare and Be Aware)
In an emergency, flawless communication saves lives.
- By Michael Fickes
- 02/01/14
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
When it comes to protecting campus assets, it really shouldn't... "It" being maintenance. The deferred maintenance conundrum is unfortunately still alive and well across the country.