Small Campus Facilities Framework: Space Utilization Strategies For Cost Reduction
To remain viable, small colleges and universities are having to make particularly tough choices about how best to utilize their
Blog: Higher Education
Students, Funding and Facilities: A Balancing Act of Priorities
Faced with challenging enrollment trends and ever-shrinking public contributions, higher educational leadership must focus on what uniquely creates that quality experience for their institution. Pete Zuraw, VP of Market Strategy and Development for Sightlines, a Gordian company and former facilities manager, explores the balancing act institutions face between students, funds and facilities.
Top 7 Blog Posts of 2017
Read through our best blog posts from the past year, as we count down the top seven topics of 2017, including industry best practices, success stories and solutions for common construction challenges and concerns.
Are You Preparing For Turnover In Facilities Management Services?
As you plan for the future of your facilities management services you need to look beyond the bricks and mortar to your people. As facilities professionals across your campus retire or move into new positions, they can take critical information with them. What’s your plan to preserve the institutional knowledge these individuals have cultivated over years on the job?
Paths to Campus Enrichment
With colleges and universities competing to recruit students, a campus with a greenway enhances curb appeal and becomes increasingly attractive to potential applicants.
​Q and A from Create & Maintain High-Performing Education Facilities
On a recent webinar, speakers Henry L. Green, HON. AIA, President of National Institute of Building Science; Jay Pearlman, Associate Vice President of Marketing from Sightlines, a Gordian company; and Dwayne Pierre-Antoine, Director of Operations for the Great Lakes Region at Gordian gave spoke on the funding challenges facing schools today, and how best to plan, design, prioritize and manage building repair and updates to maintain high-performing education facilities. Viewers asked questions after the webinar to gain a greater understanding of facility assessments, prioritizing deferred maintenance and more.
What’s on the Green Horizon for Schools and Universities?
Schools and universities are beginning to utilize green building concepts recognizing that not only is green building beneficial to the environment, but it may also lead to improved student performance.
Shrinking Budgets, Growing Needs
Lower budgets have become a reality for many in the public and private sectors. Local and state government agencies, school districts, universities, hospitals and others have struggled with trying to accomplish as much as possible with fewer financial resources. Making sure that you’re using the most efficient methods possible is one way to stretch dollars without sacrificing quality.
Job Order Contracts for Emergency Response
Natural disasters and mechanical failures, such as a water line break or a bridge bearing failure, can create an emergency event that requires an immediate response to stabilize the building, site or impacted area, to clean up, and to make the required repairs.
