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As business districts struggle to fill office buildings, owners get creative to fill spaces It’s the business of Dan Colombini to know where business is going — and how to get it there. Colombini, a principal at the New York City-based engineering consulting firm Goldman Copeland, has seen cities with high-rise business districts struggle in…

Photo credit: Richard Barnes Adaptive reuse project at UC Davis features collaborative spaces, high-tech classrooms and energy-efficiency Walker Hall at the UC Davis campus is an adaptive reuse project that transformed a vacant, seismically unsafe building into a graduate and professional student center with meeting rooms, a lecture hall, and sophisticated active-learning classrooms that serve…

Without planning ahead of time, patient lives could be at risk during construction projects. When it comes down to it, hospitals and other healthcare facilities are designed specifically for patients. With vulnerable lives at stake, there is a lot to consider before taking on a healthcare facility project. Something as simple as flipping a switch…

School districts could choose to take the money in a lump sum or annually over 10 years March 26, 2024 As school districts nationwide struggle against rising tides of deferred maintenance in their facilities, maintenance and engineering managers in one state are on the verge of receiving a huge infusion of funds designed to help…

  What do today’s college students want in housing options? The answer might surprise facility managers. Students say they’re not looking for five-star, off-campus resorts where they can major in fun. “They are the no-BS generation,” says Cindy Schaumberg, principal at Ankrom Moisan, a Portland, Oregon-based architecture and design firm that surveyed 360 college students…

Facility managers should understand the specific features and benefits of MRLs and make sure the product and design matches the needs for their facility Over the years the term “mid-rise” has changed to refer to different types of buildings, but the term always has the same connotation: Buildings that are “in-between.” That is, buildings with…