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Writing Boards

Liebfrauenschule Cloppenburg

The central element in any educational space is the writing board; sometimes a “blackboard”, “chalkboard” or a “dry-erase board” — all used for teaching.  During today’s session we survey the product and the installation standards with special attention to optics, illumination, mounting heights and distances.

EN 14434: Writing boards for educational institutions. The primary European standard specifically for school whiteboards and chalkboards. Covers safety requirements (no sharp edges, stable frames, non-toxic surfaces), magnetic performance, writability/erasure, durability, fire resistance, and hygiene (easy-to-clean surfaces).
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ASTM F2957-13 (2021): Standard Specification for Whiteboards. American standard for dry-erase whiteboards.  Defines requirements for surface gloss, erasability, stain resistance, scratch resistance, and color fastness.

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Some state level  procurement and installation standards — Kansas and Connecticut, for example — are de facto standards for visibility, accessibility and mounting hardware.

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Legal Context: Writing Boards

Happening Now: Groups A&B Public Comment Hearings

2024 / 2025 / 2026 Code Development | Calendar

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The hearings officially run from April 19–24 (or up to April 28 in some references), with daily sessions typically from morning into the evening.  This is part of the 2024–2026 code development cycle for the 2027 editions of the International Codes (I-Codes). Stakeholders discuss and testify on public comments submitted for proposed changes to building, residential, mechanical, plumbing, fire, energy, and related codes.  It is the first combined Public Comment Hearing under ICC’s updated process.

Complete Monograph for this week’s hearings

 


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The International Code Council (ICC) Group B Committee Action Hearings — soon to take place in Albuquerque New Mexico, April 28 through May 8 —  signals the beginning of a new (every three year) revision cycle for its Group B suite of consensus products detailed in the link below:

ICC Group B Code Development Schedule

The Group B suite now under consideration is listed below: .

  • International Energy Conservation Code
  • International Building Code – Structural Only
  • International Existing Building Code
  • International Green Construction Code
  • International Residential Code

We have covered noteworthy concepts  in all of the foregoing codes and standards in previous posts and during our daily and monthly coverage of commenting opportunities the ICC makes available to its stakeholders.  Today we are simply providing a link to the webcast of the hearings that will take place for the better part of 10 days for about 10 hours per day.   The webcasts proceed on two tracks and may be accessing by clicking on the image below:

USE TRACK 2

The agenda of the hearings generally proceeds according to the core document for this phase of the Group B consensus product development; linked below:

2019 GROUP B PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE I-CODES ALBUQUERQUE COMMITTEE ACTION HEARINGS

We encourage education industry facility managers (especially those with operations and maintenance data) to participate in the ICC code development process.   The business models of education industry trade associations as “opinion aggregators” is limited by many factors so we encourage direct participation by workpoint experts involved with individual school districts, colleges, universities, university-affiliated healthcare systems and trade schools.

“Efeito de Sol” | Lucílio de Albuquerque (1877-1939)

Issue: [19-Various]

Category: Architectural, Facility Asset Management

Colleagues: Mike Anthony, Jack Janveja, Richard Robben

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Kahn Health Care Pavilion

Our tenure in the 2026 National Electrical Code will result in at least a 10 percent reduction in the cost of building premise wiring — (mostly in the feeder power chain) — in healthcare facilities; based on the results of last month’s meeting of Code Making Panel 15.

Assuming electrical power infrastructure is 15 percent of in a $920 million facility like this (excluding interior moveable fixtures), that would have meant an approximate $14 million reduction in cost.  That cost savings cannot be realized because it was designed to an earlier version of the National Electrical Code.

Facilities and Operations

National Electrical Code CMP-15

Healthcare Facilities Code

Hospital Plug Load


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Evensong “Lullabye (Goodnight, my angel)”

Goodnight my angel, time to close your eyes
And save these questions for another day
I think I know what you’ve been asking me
I think you know what I’ve been trying to say
I promised I would never leave you
Then you should always know
Wherever you may go, no matter where you are
I never will be far away
Goodnight my angel, now it’s time to sleep
And still so many things I want to say
Remember all the songs you sang for me
When we went sailing on an emerald bay
And like a boat out on the ocean
I’m rocking you to sleep
The water’s dark and deep, inside this ancient heart
You’ll always be a part of me
Goodnight my angel, now it’s time to dream
And dream how wonderful your life will be
Someday your child may cry, and if you sing this lullaby
Then in your heart there will always be a part of me
Someday we’ll all be gone
But lullabies go on and on
They never die
That’s how you and I will be

— Billy Joel

Evensong: Lullabye (Goodnight My Angel)

Briar U

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O lux beata Trinitas

O Trinity of Blessed Light” (St. Ambrose of Milan, c. 340-397) has evolved as a bridge to American Christianity: It connects the Episcopal Church’s direct Anglican inheritance to a wider ecumenical appreciation of Trinitarian worship. On Trinity Sunday, it quietly reinforces the unity of Christians praising the same Triune God, even as American expressions range from formal choral Evensong to contemporary choral concerts.


History of Western Civilization Told Through the Acoustics of its Worship Spaces

"Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up." -- Ecclesiastes 4:9-10

Baylor University Paul W. Powell Chapel

David H. Zysman Hall

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Spring Break

Michigan Central

 

One MSU Professor Singlehandedly Started Spring Break

Hillsdale to Hilltop: The Story of Michigan Lass Kat Timpf

🐦Homophily Michigan 🐦

“You’d get married? Well, what about school?”

“Girls like me weren’t built to be education. We were made to have children. That’s my ambition: to be a walking talking baby factory”


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