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The steady shift from pens and pencils to keyboards has led many schools to play down writing by hand and other fine motor activities. But a major new review of research suggests that may be a mistake. The study, published in Educational Research Review, brings together evidence from 118 previous studies involving almost 80,000 children…

When stepping into a new facilities management role, managers are inheriting buildings they didn’t design, systems they didn’t choose, teams they’ve never met, vendors with longstanding relationships and a workload already in motion. Brandon McCullough, the facilities manager for Charter Township of Northville, Michigan, and a Livonia, Michigan, city council member, believes that the foundation…

  A federal judge on Dec. 11 denied George Harms Construction Co.’s request to stop bidding on the Hudson River tunnel project’s New Jersey surface alignment package, finding no irreparable harm from the Gateway Development Commission’s project labor agreement while the lawsuit continues. In the 11-page opinion reviewed by ENR, the U.S. District Court in…

By Tea Rajic Across buildings large and small, digital tools are becoming powerful assistants to facility managers, from tracking equipment performance to indicating when parts of a building are in use or idle. As AI sweeps through facility management, it’s clear that these systems still need a guiding human hand. AI can interpret patterns faster…

  New York can more aggressively target its carbon emission reduction goals by reducing the number and scope of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative carbon allowances it issues to the power sector, according to proposed regulations announced Wednesday by state authorities. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, or DEC, and the New York…

  Researchers have long assumed ancient engineers used a slaked lime-and-ash solution to manufacture the concrete that continues to stand in Rome, some 2,000 years later. But findings from a newly discovered work area, preserved under layers of ash, appear to confirm a theory introduced three years ago by MIT researchers that the slaked-lime concrete…