Maintenance & Operations


Maintaining School Facilities

Maintenance

U.S. Public School Facilities In Trouble

Investment levels in all but three states will not meet the standards.

Ask the Expert: High-Performance Cleaning

Why Is Measurement Important?

composite product mapping

Maintaining Buildings & Grounds

What's In Your Janitorial Closet?

A system called composite product mapping can help you select the most price-friendly and best-performing products for your maintenance needs.

campus water crisis

Maintaining Buildings & Grounds

Bad Water

The water crisis in Flint, MI, has many colleges and universities taking a critical look at their water supplies. What are schools in Flint and around North America doing to ensure their drinking water is safe?

Ask the Expert: Maintenance

Why should we invest in cleaning?

Floor Maintenance

Case Histories (Real-World Solutions)

Floor Maintenance Made Easy

Sustainable Solutions for College Maintenance and Management

Impact on Learning

University of New Mexico

Cleaning for Health First

Impact on Learning

Drake University

Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy

Impact on Learning

Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy

roof management

Facilities (Learning Spaces)

The End of Worst First - Roofs in Transition

Just like everything else in education, technology and new methodologies are changing the traditional approach to roof management.

Cleaning for Healthy Schools

Impact on Learning

East Greenwich Public Schools

Roofs That Last

Facilities (Campus Spaces)

Roofs That Last

From extreme weather to the passage of time, campus roofs take a beating. Keeping your roofs in prime condition is key to maintaining secure, comfortable facilities.

Facilities Management (Managing Assets)

Wheels and Hoverboards

Travel time remains an integral part of facilities budgeting concerns.

Maintenance & Operations (Managing the Physical Plant)

Things I've Learned 2015

Reflections on planning, communication, attentiveness and remembering what matters.

Hot Tips: Floor Maintenance

Preventing Moisture-Related Flooring Issues

Ask the Expert: Waste Disposal

Can I Recycle Lamps and Bulbs?

Ask the Expert

Trash Disposal

Managing an aging fleet of service vehicles

Maintenance & Operations

An Often Overlooked Component

Managing an aging fleet of service vehicles.

Sustainable Schools

Winning with Onsite Generated Solutions

Producing cleaning chemicals onsite using the building's water supply.

service provider for school repairs

Facilities (Learning Spaces)

Meeting the Challenge

How The Department of General Services used a non-profit service provider to assist in monitoring and verification of school repairs during a short timeframe.

Facilities Management (Managing Assets)

How Our Buildings Are Viewed

Attention to detail is a sometimes burdensome part of the job.

Facilities Management (Managing Assets)

FM and ISO

By what standards should FM be measured?

Appearances

Facilities (Campus Spaces)

Keeping Up Appearances

On all corners of a campus, facility managers must pick and choose where to put resources to protect physical assets. Three professionals speak up about how they keep everything looking great while staying on budget.

Preparing Your Building for Winter From Roof to Foundation

Routine inspections in the fall can prevent costly repairs in the future.

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