Technology affects square footage allocations, furniture, spatial relationships and infrastructure program requirements, and has a huge impact on the overall cost of your facility.
If kindergarten is going to be just another place where children are taught to read and write, if there is no longer time and space for play, for sharing, for experiencing art and music and just having fun, when will children learn these really important
Here are 11 things to consider when hiring a design professional for your next facility project.
School projects require that design professionals look for opportunities to link indoor and outdoor space in ways that encourage active use and socialization.
Campuses are developing ways to profit from students' caffeine cravings.
Whether driving force or emerging opportunity, sustainable design influences many academic projects.
Building green is an opportunity to use resources efficiently while creating healthier buildings.
Portable room dividers make it easy to manage educational spaces that need to be able to adapt to different venues and changing teaching methods.
In the world of facilities maintenance, showing up without the proper tools can be costly in many ways.
American society is in dire need of heroes. We need them in our military, our public safety agencies and our government, and we need them in institutions of higher learning.
Designing campus sports facilities that meet the needs of disabled patrons requires careful and detailed attention from the day planning begins.
Schools need to be safe, but they also must be welcoming for students and other members of the community. So, what constitutes reasonable access control for schools?
UFAD differs from conventional overhead systems. Included here is information on what it is, how it works, the costs and benefits, and helpful hints for installation.
Neglect is the worst enemy of our school buildings and the budgets for maintaining them. With proper planning the enemy can be defeated. It is a matter of priorities.
Closed-circuit television technology can now be used for surveillance in conjunction with your campus data communication network... all without expensive cabling.
There is little chance that overextended staff members will be able to manage the level of data that are being generated. Therefore, we will soon all need a new type of team member — one with the skills to manage, interpret and communicate the infor
Adopting a strategy to make institutional real estate produce as much return as possible can improve an institution's financial outlook.
There are many challenges we must meet when it comes to providing a quality education for all students, and the condition of our school facilities must not be ignored.
Campuses are finding new numbers to throw into the life cycle costing analysis of basic building elements.
Are there inescapable pressures from senior administrators or other weighty stake-holders ro do a certain project?
Precast concrete structures provide fast construction, eliminate trades and lower lifetime maintenance, while meeting tight deadlines for design, fabrication and erection speed.