During office hours today we pull together the results of over ten years of tracking the best practice literature for management of an feature of educational settlements, in any season. Grass and turf management on school and college campuses is crucial for several reasons:
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Several trade associations are involved in campus lawn care and exterior environment management. These organizations provide resources, education, and networking opportunities for professionals in the field. Key associations include:
Professional Grounds Management Society – Focuses on grounds management in various settings, including educational institutions.
Sports Turf Managers Association – Dedicated to advancing the profession of sports field management.
National Association of Landscape Professionals – Represents landscape professionals and offers resources for lawn care and landscaping.
International Society of Arboriculture – Promotes the professional practice of arboriculture. (An ANSI accredited standards developer)
Golf Course Superintendents Association of America – Provides education and support for turf management professionals, including those managing campus golf courses.
American Society of Landscape Architects – Supports landscape architecture professionals, including those involved in campus planning and design.
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Today we dwell on titles that inform management of the education industry in the United States specifically; but also more generally in global markets where the education industry is classified as a Producer and a User of human resources. It is an enormous domain; likely the largest.
Human Resources 100 covers skilled trade training in all building construction disciplines.
Human Resources 200 covers the range of skills needed to manage an educational setting — school districts, colleges and universities
Human Resources 300 covers higher level management of these settings. (Representative Organization Charts)
Estate Services | University of Oxford
Harvard University Finance Administration
Human Resources 500 covers everything else
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The construction industry is one of the largest employers in any community. Many labor unions in the United States support construction of education facilities. The so-called “multiplier effect” cited by economists means that when you add one person working in the construction industry you create two additional jobs in other sectors. With an annual construction spend of $75-10 billion, the education industry contributions mightily to the economy of host communities. Any spend at that rate — the largest non-residential building construction in the United States — presents opportunity higher effectiveness and better profitability for all sides involved in a construction project just by doing a few simple things well:
A paradigm shift is is well underway in the use of building information. Improved capital efficiency can be achieved with better data handling and information flows between project actors; falling into the wheelhouse of ISO TC 59; described in the links below:
STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLAN ISO/TC 59
CLICK ON IMAGE | Norway is the Global Secretariat | ASTM International is ANSI’s US Technical Advisory Group Administrator
While parts of the scopes of various subcommittees may already be familiar to construction professionals — Building Information Modeling (BIM), for example — the bulk of the work product remains fairly high-level. We will keep an eye on it.
You may do so on your own by communicating directly with ANSI’s ISO Team and/or either of ANSI’s US Technical Advisory Group Administrators:
For TC/59/SC 8 (Sealants)
ASTM International
David Lee / 2128 W Evergreen Ave / West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959 / Phone: (610) 832-9585 / Email: dlee@astm.org
For TC/59/SC 13 (BIM)
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc.
Brian Cox / Training & Safety Office / 30 Hart Street Room 301 / Atlanta, GA 30329 / Phone: (404) 636-8400 / Email: bcox@ashrae.org
Because this topic cuts across all building industry disciplines we maintain this committee’s titles on standing agendas of several colloquia; Construction Spend, E Pluribus Unum, Model Building Code and Global teleconferences. See our CALENDAR for the next online meeting; open to everyone.
Issue: [15-211]
Category: Management
Colleagues: Mike Anthony, Christine Fischer, Jack Janveja, Richard Robben
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