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Ask a Professor: Pumpkin Spiced Latte
Karthikeya Easwar, Associate Teaching Professor in the McDonough School of Business, explains the history and appeal of the ubitquitus seasonal favorite.
Elevators & Lifts
Education communities--specifically research colleges and universities--are stewards of 100's of elevators. The first cost of building them--$50,000 to $150,000 per floor-- is outpaced by the life cycle cost of maintaining licensed mechanics, inspection fees and software upgrades. Today we update our understanding of the moment in regulations; taking time to examine state-level exceptions and adaptations of generally accepted best practice.
Methods of Building Measurement
To paraphrase Lord Kelvin: "If you can measure it you can improve it". From this inspiration BOMA initiated the process of revising its square-footage measurement standard for retail spaces; fairly common now within publicly owned education facilities such as student unions, hospitals and athletic venues. Getting square-footage right is essential for securing an organization's sustainability and "green" claims for example. With links to 2024 title updates.
Postsecondary Education Facilities Inventory & Classification Manual
The federal manual has gone approximately 20 years without a comprehensive revision. Some settlements have gone ahead and made modifications of their own. Today at 3:00 4:00 PM EDT the Campus FM Technology Association is hosting a "Water Cooler" discussion about organizing an update. Registration links herein.
Quadrivium: Autumn
Educational settlements should be magical places. The stack informing the beauty of these "cities-within-cities" changes 100 to 1000 times per day globally. We monitor the action continuously to formulate response to public consultations. Topics appear on our CALENDAR and explored every day at 15:00 UTC.
Bulletin Board
Curated list of open consultations and calls for information from state, federal and global agencies.
Elevator Safety Code
Elevators, lifts and moving walks make the urban environment possible. Many large educational settlements have 100 to 1000 elevators to operate and maintain according to the minimum standards set in the A17.X tranche of titles. Today we explore the reasons and the remedies for elevator passengers trapped in elevators during power outages -- with consideration for passenger need to communicate with the outside world. Public consultation on redlines run at a brisk pace.
Current Issues & Recent Research
We are tooling up for the NFPA 2029 National Electrical Code Technical Committee Meetings in September and the IEEE Industrial Applications Society Meetings in October.
Temporary Construction Elevators
The Warren Tower renovation project uses a two-car personnel and materials hoist to move construction workers, equipment and materials. Tower A is complete. Tower B is scheduled for completion in August 2027. Tower C is scheduled for completion in August 2028. Construction update images attached herewith.