Features


Food service floors

Five-Second Rule

Expert advice on sorting through flooring options for food preparation and service areas.

Interactive Visuals as a learning tool

Inter-Actions Speak Louder Than Lectures

Interactive projectors, monitors and whiteboards provide new teaching and learning tools.

Natural Disaster and Preparation

A Primer: Natural Disaster and Preparation

Developing, practicing and planning protocols used to prepare and respond to natural disasters.

facility supervisor

Preparing the Supervisors

Bring facility departments to the next level with solid training and preparation of supervisory personnel.

choosing the right flooring

Flooring: Putting Your Foot Down

Experts share their preferences and decision-making processes for choosing the right flooring.

Video Screens on Campus

Big Screen on Campus

The digital delivery of information across campus is facilitated by the proliferation of innovative video screens.

School Transportation

School Transportation

There are many factors involved in making sure our students get to and from school safely.

successful transportation program

Transportation Tales

Here are success stories and insights as to what makes for a successful transportation program.

Fire Safe Schools

Fire Safe Schools

Creating a culture of fire safety and survivability.

Lighting the Way

Lighting the Way

It's hard to overstate the importance of effective campus lighting. At institutions of all types and sizes, lighting is a key consideration.

Collaborating with Technology

Collaborating with Technology

Schools need to be innovative with staff and time to use technology effectively.

Adaptive technologies

Access for All

Adaptive technologies help students with disabilities fully engage in campus life.

fire prevention and safety

First, Get Their Attention

Tips on keeping the actions and message of fire prevention and safety in the forefront of campus communications.

lighting and HVAC control

Creating a Brighter Future

Best practices and benefits of optimizing lighting and HVAC control.

exterior and interior of campus buildings

The Finished Product

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.

Designing for Safety

Designing for Safety

Integrating Crime prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) concepts into master planning and design is one demonstrated way to create an overall safe campus.

science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)

Plugging In to STEM

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.

School Roofs

Out of Sight...

...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?

school building products and materials

Pleasing and Green

What's new in building products and materials?

School Roofs Aren

School Roofs Aren't What They Used To Be

Sustainable, teachable roofs are beginning to replace asphalt and black membrane roofs.

The Wired Classroom

The Wired Classroom

Using technology in a way that is advantageous to the students and teachers.

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