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<strong>While recovery from a disaster is not something you can perfectly plan for, Hurricane Isabel's ability to produce high winds, knock out electricity and cause flooding offers disaster preparedness lessons for all campus administrators.
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<strong>As campuses change, lack of space and the blending of academic and nonacademic life are making multifunctional buildings more common. </strong>
With inside crime increasing, controls that worked so well before may not apply any longer.
<strong>Campus cards open doors to new applications -- and revenue -- for colleges and universities.</strong>
<strong>Carpet is piling high in our nation's landfills, and students are taking notice. What can you and your university do to reduce, reuse and recycle?</strong>
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<strong>Green roofs have long played an aesthetic role in college and university landscapes. Modern green roofs are adding functional benefits.</strong>
<strong>Disasters lead to more innovations in glass and window designs - even beyond what universities need today.</strong>
<strong>From being "green" to being clean, from campus planning to design/build trends, interior design, safety/security and more- here's what's ahead for colleges and universities as they make plans to finance and meet the ever-changing de
<strong>To keep projects on track, UC Irvine found a better system to automate and track the flow of information in the design-build process.</strong>
<strong>Colleges and universities are looking to bridge the gap between themselves and their communities by building facilities that are mutually beneficial.</strong>
<strong>The University of North Carolina at Greensboro needed a roof that could stand up to the elements, heavy foot traffic and paint used by interior design students.</strong>
<strong>There are several factors to consider when it's time to choose the best long-term investment solutions for your campus buildings.</strong>
<strong>Once dark, dingy and seemingly dangerous, laundry rooms are coming out of the basement and into the light. How does today's laundry room design affect your school's bottom line?</strong>
<strong>A little careful research helps determine which consultants to turn to for advice you can depend on.</strong>
A pilot project conducted at Montclair State University demonstrates how wireless technology has taken higher education beyond the classroom.
Will claims made during the policy period be "claims first made?"
With the right approach, you can sell your cleaning services as a way to improve and protect people's health.
Three architectural firms share the challenges they faced on adaptive reuse projects and the solutions that made them successful.
With foreign students and scholars facing delays, several school groups are petitioning the State Department for help. Will it come in time to save the fall semester?
Administrators and their design teams can use proven approaches to create sustainable washrooms and locker rooms.
When the Acoustical Society of America's (ASA) new standards for educational classrooms were upheld on February 28, 2002, the celebration marked the end of five years of concentrated efforts. In 1997, professionals from HVAC, facilities planning, aco
Technology can repair administrative delays and improve the productivity of maintenance departments.
The last several years, a few of us have had the privilege of working with dozens of students in a totally different relationship. A full-time professor and chair of his department was responsible for developing a learning process for his students that us
In the wake of the Enron and Arthur Andersen scandals, we are more aware than ever of the dishonest bookkeeping and back-room deals made by big-business CFOs. Such abuses of power, revealed by external audits and independent research, have marred public p
With budget crunches and enrollment increases, privatization is a viable option for administrators needing affordable student housing.
How can you be sure that privatized housing is a deal that works for you and your students?
Clear and accurate information is not only a top commodity during a crisis, it is a prerequisite to successful resolution. Unfortunately, the information needed during a critical incident may be located in an area that is not safe to enter. For example, a
College construction reached an all-time high in 2002: $11 billion. Indications are that colleges will be doing at least that much construction in the years to come. About 36 percent of that number is going into fixing up and adding to existing structures
Motivating faculty to plunge into e-learning is a lot like motivating students to learn, because when it comes to e-learning, faculty are students
The abuse that furniture took in the movie ‘Animal House' isn't an accurate portrayal of what happens on most campuses. Rather, abuse comes from misuse, and student involvement turns
misuse into better care.
An emphasis on student recruitment, combined with deferred maintenance backlogs and
maintenance budget cuts, suggest that further study needs to be done on the intrinsic value
of campus maintenance.
Struggling to regain investment momentum, college and university endowment managers are adjusting portfolios, investigating new methods of asset management and researching new giving programs.
Ready or not, paperless procurement has arrived. What should you know before you make the leap into the cyberspace shopping mall?
To keep the public research university thriving in the face of many changes is requiring the
evolution of a hybrid public research university, one with roots in the public and private spheres.
Interested in using bridging as a project delivery method? Following appropriate procedures ensures stellar results
Access control systems can improve convenience, define service needs, provide liability protection and, of course, enhance security
The only way that effective cleaning can be accomplished is through people. It is the facility manager's responsibility to provide his people with the best equipment to drive the process.
Team cleaning has allowed administrators at this university to save on labor costs while improving cleanliness overall.