Making early and thorough plans to replace their antiquated telephone system helped administrators at the University of Minnesota meet specific requirements.
While academic buildings serve a specific and necessary mission, it's important to remember that they also help define your campus image
Chair designer Richard Holbrook shares his thoughts about the process of creating an ergonomic chair series.
Administrators at Tuskegee University are choosing standing seam metal roofs because they are durable, long lasting and weathertight.
Planning and design decisions are critical for developing your campus, but a successful master plan also nutures the campus legacy for generations to come.
In this facility, the romantic old and the modern new complement and graciously contrast with one another, creating a sense of community.
A master plan helps community college administrators stay prepared for change and ready for immediate action as unexpected funding becomes available.
Statistics show a decline in fires in college and university residence halls. But experts warn against complacency, saying that the only sure way to prevent fires is constant vigilance.
Maintaining today's college and university libraries requires a big-picture approach and extensive communication among all users.
The dos and don'ts of protecting property and privacy at the same time.
Need a Web service that is a little bit smarter? Check out this one.
No digital technology so far has replicated paper's usability and familiarity.
What are today's students doing, and how should facilities change to accommodate their activities?
Administrators at Mars Hill College had many historic buildings that needed leaky roofs replaced without damaging the facilities.
Administrators are realizing the benefits of upgrading their energy infrastructure and using outsourcing energy management functions to outside experts.
How do you get donors to make lasting contributions to your institution?
It's easier than you think!
Aluminum-clad wood windows can mean a bright future for your school's maintenance and energy bills.
The guys buried in your warehouses know a thing or two about saving money. Take a look at how some campuses are shaping up how they ship out.
Sometimes sticking to a budget becomes a sticky situation. Ask the officials behind LSU's Reilly Theatre, who discovered audiences couldn't sit
in their seats.
Everyone talks about safety on campus during these dangerous days. Now here's what to do about it.
The application of new technologies is improving lighting on campus.
This CSU-Fullerton administrator discovered that, with a little research and a lot of elbow grease, it is possible to improve efficiency in classroom allocation and scheduling.
Cool roofs reduce electricity costs for air conditioning, along with the price of air conditioning units. Here is how cool
roofs work.
Successful smart card programs require comprehensive planning, support from the top and an eye toward the future.
Handheld pen computing devices and specialized software put educational facility condition assessments in the palm of one's hand.
University planners and donors often express a desire for facilities that do more than provide usable space. These design-intensive buildings can help the institution convey its unique vision of higher education.
Here's a quick look at elements you must consider when planning your campus's technology infrastructure.
Need some professors? Climb out from under the reams of curriculum vitae and into the World Wide Web, as California State University-Channel Islands did with their online-only process.
The cabling installed in the new ACES Building at the University of Texas-Austin supports desktop applications that aren't even on the market yet.
Cornell University is using old-fashioned lake water to cool 40 percent of the space in its central campus. Here's how.
Administrators at Indiana University wanted one software package that would integrate the MMS, CAD, CAFM and GIS, yet realized that individual systems were more practical than one integrated package. Here's what they did.
Facility managers at Ohio University used a performance contracting consultant to assist them in hiring an energy services company that could implement an energy conservation project.
During the past decade, colleges and universities have relied on time-tested strategies to return to the fundraising well more and more often.
The stadium is a tradition that doesn't have to be replaced. Master plan renovations are key to facility updates that accommodate more fans and generate additional revenue.
Traditional boundaries between campuses and their communities are blurred when academic institutions take on projects that revitalize downtown areas as well as provide new facilities.
Now that digital signatures and other innovations are giving them increased functionality, smart cards are finally poised to take on mag-stripe cards.
With a good business plan in place, building a new campus becomes less painful. But what should that good plan include?
It appears that administrators aren't planning and building to accommodate the demand for space needed through the next two decades.