National Education Association Offers Guide on School Gun Violence

National Education Association Offers Guide on School Gun Violence

The National Education Association (NEA), in partnership with the Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, has released the “NEA School Gun Violence Prevention and Response Guide.” This comprehensive guide provides resources, tools, and practical recommendations to equip educators and others in the school community to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from gun violence in Pre-K–12 schools and institutions…

Pros and Cons of Cooling System Water Sources and Treatment Options

Pros and Cons of Cooling System Water Sources and Treatment Options

Cooling towers play a critical role in both indoor climate control and process cooling systems. Ensuring a high-quality water supply for these components enhances their efficiency, extends their lifespan, and simplifies maintenance. Municipal-supplied or well water has historically been the most common source of makeup water for evaporative cooling systems. However, concerns related to water…

Austin Regional Clinic to Add Two-Story Medical Office Building

Austin Regional Clinic to Add Two-Story Medical Office Building

The 63,000-square-foot project is slated to begin construction in July. Austin Regional Clinic (ARC) has embarked on a transformative project to replace a prefabricated metal building at its Ben White Boulevard location with a two-story medical office building. The Central Texas healthcare provider hired Lawrence Group Architects to perform a feasibility study and design for…

Effective Signage Enhances Wayfinding in Senior Care Facilities

Effective Signage Enhances Wayfinding in Senior Care Facilities

Signage can make it easier to navigate a space for seniors. It seems like nearly everyone has a memory of one of their parents refusing to stop to ask for directions, causing tension and embarrassment for everyone in the family as they continued to get more and more lost. As time passes, this could be…

Building a superpower: What can we learn from the Magnificent Seven?

Building a superpower: What can we learn from the Magnificent Seven?

The stock market offers daily lessons in animal spirits and, occasionally, something more. Every so often, investors become obsessed with a small group of companies, and clever analysts give them a name that resonates with the investing public. In the ’60s, we had the Nifty 50; in the 2010s, we had the FAANGs; and today…

The importance of explicit expectations

The importance of explicit expectations

  How many of you are not 100% crystal clear about what your boss and organization expect of you? Who has been surprised by negative or critical feedback on something on/about which you thought you were doing well and according to agreed-upon parameters? Who has been blindsided by performance review comments that were never brought…