Education Interiors
Education Interiors
Corporations are taking workspace design cues from higher education, and vice versa, as integrating the best of both worlds improves environments for all.
Business (Managing Higher Ed)
Making the decision to outsource janitorial services should not be undertaken without giving careful attention to the pros and cons. If you're considering this step, here is some advice.
- By Robert Kravitz
- 11/01/16
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
Dealing with deferred maintenance in our schools.
- By Mike Raible, Andrew LaRowe
- 10/01/16
Facilities (Campus Spaces
Designers face challenges when selecting residence hall flooring. It must be attractive, durable enough to withstand regular move-ins and move-outs, as well as being safe and easy to maintain. What options are working?
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
More than 50 percent of respondents to a recent CP&M survey indicated that the deferred maintenance backlog on their campus is critical — and getting worse. Here’s a look at one institution that is treading water with its deferred maintenance backlog and another that is beginning to make headway.
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
Five tips for choosing the best flooring solutions.
Business (Managing Higher Ed)
A unique public-private partnership between Clemson University and Adobe has resulted in a model that has carried over to more than 40 schools throughout the country.
- By David R. Moore II
- 10/01/16
Safety & Security (Prepare and Be Aware)
It is important to plan ahead for emergencies so that your mass notification efforts will reach the right people at the right time. Here’s what you need to know to develop, maintain and manage a mass notification and communication system.
Safety & Security (Prepare and Be Aware)
A well-crafted, well-rehearsed crisis communications plan can keep people, property and your school's reputation safe.
Montgomery County Community College, with the help and participation of its surrounding community, has transformed a former energy generating station into a vibrant and green learning facility.
- By Theresa Katalinas
- 09/01/16
Safety & Security (Prepare and Be Aware)
In response to violent incidents at schools, access control at many K-12 schools is being tightened up.
- By Michael Fickes
- 09/01/16
Business (Managing Higher Ed)
Delivering a finished building is a difficult, complicated process. From innovative financing to construction management partnerships, colleges and universities have tools to make project delivery a little easier.
Safety & Security (Prepare and Be Aware)
The challenge of access control security on college and university campuses is a daily concern for administrators.
- By Michael Fickes
- 09/01/16
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
- By Allen P. Rathey, David Mudarri
- 09/01/16
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
The benefits for students, teacher and other occupants are too compelling to ignore.
- By Lowell Tacker, Kate Mraw
- 09/01/16
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
Facilities managers must often consider green options for dealing with common indoor hazards and contaminants, including mold, asbestos, lead, pests and more.
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
Hampshire College opens one of the greenest buildings in the world.
- By Michael Medeiros
- 09/01/16
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
Now that projects are finished and occupied, it is time to review the lessons learned and the process by which capital projects are planned, budgeted, funded and delivered.
- By Mike Raible, Andrew LaRowe
- 09/01/16
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
The effects of design, lighting, and color in learning environments.
- By Tomas Jimenez-Eliaeson
- 07/01/16
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
No facility has so rapidly evolved in purpose in recent years than the campus library. Here's a look at the role light, color and design have on these changing spaces.