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University of the West of Scotland: Facilities and Services
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Whatever time it is where you are, the countdown is on! ⏰🌍
Swipe to see what time you’ll be tuning in from some of our previous host cities – Vancouver, Kingston, Delhi, Perth and Auckland – all part of the Commonwealth Games family. pic.twitter.com/WX7HOEXZ24
— Glasgow 2026 (@Glasgow_2026) July 23, 2026
Well Water
Michigan Central | Water 330 | 2021 Michigan Plumbing Code
Protect the water quality of your water well
One of the first activities upon waking is interacting with water. Approximately 25% of households in the state of Michigan rely on private well water as their primary drinking water source. This figure comes from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), which estimates nearly 1.12 million households use private wells out of a total of roughly 4.1–4.6 million households statewide (based on U.S. Census data and population estimates of about 10 million residents, with an average household size of 2.5).
Other sources, such as Michigan State University Extension and the Michigan Water Stewardship Program, report slightly higher figures of 44–45% for overall groundwater reliance (including public systems drawing from aquifers), but the specific share for private household wells aligns with the 25% estimate from EGLE. Rural and southeastern areas of the state have the highest concentrations.
“Pythagoreans Celebrate the Sunrise” (1869) by Fyodor Bronnikov
The University operates its own public water utility, supplied by 18 potable water wells located within the campus footprint. The wells draw from the Saginaw Formation aquifer at depths ranging from approximately 285 to 435 feet. The university maintains wellhead protection areas, groundwater monitoring, and comprehensive water-quality testing as part of its continuing commitment to safe and reliable drinking water. (Reference: AWWA Groundwater Resources & Standards)
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Michigan State was recently named a “dream school” in the nation, a university that’s not focused on prestige, but on value, access and outcomes. pic.twitter.com/ZMnO5szPMd
— MSU (@michiganstateu) November 7, 2025
Michigan State University Alumni Chapel
Michigan State University | Ingham County
Most non-Midwesterners have no idea how violent and deadly the Great Lakes get 🙏🙏 pic.twitter.com/25coVuUjaM
— G-PA INDY (@GPAIndiana) November 8, 2025
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Michigan Central | Active Construction Projects
The former Ulrich’s Bookstore* operates interstitially on Central Campus in the South University commercial district.
Opens 6 AM most days for the University Grounds Crews and construction contractors starting before the heat arrives.
South University Commercial District
* It happened slowly, then all at once…
The quiet eclipse of Washtenaw’s Swabian roots by the University’s borderless ambition
Brasenose College Cold Brew
Selections from the Tatler, Spectator and Guardian
Bundy, Edgar; The Coffee House Orator; Rochdale Arts & Heritage Service
Legislation.gov.uk: Online Safety Act of 2023
Hope you are all excited for the Open Day on September 20th! Use the link here to check out what we have on at Brasenose, including when you can meet our wonderful tutors!https://t.co/7HdzEZmjxq@brasenosejcr @UniofOxford #OxOpenDays pic.twitter.com/QNWG2cFb2n
— Brasenose News (@BrasenoseNews) September 4, 2024
— JerichoCoffeeTraders (@JeriCoffTraders) June 29, 2017
We are back! Loving being back at the @EastOxMarket and our High Street café. Come and say hi! #coffeeoxford #independent #happynewyear pic.twitter.com/RRXcEkfABC
— JerichoCoffeeTraders (@JeriCoffTraders) January 7, 2017
Cafes at Saint George
University of Toronto Asset Management Corporation Report | $8.2B
Today we welcome #UofT‘s 17th president, Melanie Woodin. An internationally recognized neuroscientist and double graduate of U of T, Woodin starts a new chapter on her first day in office. ➡️ https://t.co/m7LbcVmGyt pic.twitter.com/f1pr0fussI
— University of Toronto (@UofT) July 2, 2025
Jordan Peterson was a Professor at the University of Toronto St. George
“The Discovery of Insulin” 1921
At the beginning of the 20th century, a diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes was a death sentence. Scientists on the faculty of the University of Toronto discovered insulin; thus saving millions of lives around the world.@UofT https://t.co/EG6fHVQKPK pic.twitter.com/yweLJiNDI4— Standards Michigan (@StandardsMich) July 2, 2024
#UofT and its hospital partners are celebrating the life and legacy of Professor Emeritus James Till, whose research demonstrated the existence of stem cells and fundamentally transformed the field of medical science. https://t.co/1l3w4XdUwP pic.twitter.com/lLPKXkjGAp
— University of Toronto (@UofT) June 4, 2025
Facilities & Services | Campus Master Plan | 2025 update to U & T building design standards
Ædificare & Utilization
New Construction Release Schedule: https://www.census.gov/construction/c30/release.html
Reports are usually released at 10 AM EST the first day of every month except this month. (May 2026)
There’s been a significant redesign of the look and feel of the monthly Census Bureau reports construction activity. Today we sort through the rather more granular statistics that inform our recommendations for facility spend.
Total #construction activity for May 2026 ($2,210.2 billion) was 0.1% above the revised April 2026 estimate ($2,207.1 billion).
Learn more: https://t.co/vO6ZkjBJMY#CensusEconData #ConstructionSpending pic.twitter.com/0YZyIxT3F7
— U.S. Census Bureau (@uscensusbureau) July 1, 2026
Total #construction activity for October 2025 ($2,175.2 billion) was 0.5% above September 2025 ($2,164.3 billion).
Learn more: https://t.co/vO6ZkjBJMY #CensusEconData #ConstructionSpending pic.twitter.com/CYux8HXJ3W
— U.S. Census Bureau (@uscensusbureau) January 21, 2026
December 1, 2025
It has been 20 years since we began tracking educational settlement facility spend. Starting this month we will examine federal government data together with the best available data about space utilization to enlighten our response to the perfectly reasonable question: “Are we over-building or under-building or building ineffectively”. Use the login credentials at the upper right of our home page.
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The Society for College and University Planning (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
National Center for Education Statistics
The Financial Impact of Architectural Design: Balancing Aesthetics and Budget in Modern Construction
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2022 International Existing Building Code
University College London
University of Toronto
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University of Waterloo Ontario
California Polytechnic University | San Luis Obispo County
Oulun yliopisto | Pohjois-Pohjanmaa
Tulane School of Architecture Louisiana
University of Michigan | Washtenaw County
Auburn University | Lee County Alabama
University of Kansas School of Architecture | Douglas County
As reported by the US Department of Commerce Census Bureau the value of construction put in place by August 2025 by the US education industry proceeded at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $137.604 billion. This number does not include renovation for projects under 50,000 square feet and new construction in university-affiliated health care delivery enterprises. Reports are released two months after calendar month. The complete report is available at the link below:
MONTHLY CONSTRUCTION SPENDING August 2025 (released two months after calendar month)
Total construction activity for June 2025 ($2,136.2 billion) was 0.4 percent below the revised May 2025 estimate ($2,143.9 billion).
Learn more: https://t.co/ljpaYyKjuX#CensusEconData pic.twitter.com/TS6ewzZhc4
— U.S. Census Bureau (@uscensusbureau) August 1, 2025
This spend makes the US education facilities industry (which includes colleges, universities, technical/vocational and K-12 schools, most university-affiliated medical research and healthcare delivery enterprises, etc.) the largest non-residential building construction market in the United States after commercial property; and fairly close. For perspective consider total public + private construction ranked according to the tabulation most recently released:
$137.604 billion| Education Facilities
$155.728 billion | Power
$69.625 billion | Healthcare
Keep in mind that inflation figures into the elevated dollar figures. Overall — including construction, energy, custodial services, furnishings, security. etc., — the non-instructional spend plus the construction spend of the US education facilities is running at a rate of about $300 – $500 billion per year.
LIVE: A selection of construction cameras at US schools, colleges and universities
We typically pick through the new data set; looking for clues relevant to real asset spend decisions. Finally, we encourage the education facilities industry to contribute to the accuracy of these monthly reports by responding the US Census Bureau’s data gathering contractors.
Reconstruction of Ancient Agora
As surely as people are born, grow wealthy and die with extra cash,
there will be a home for that cash to sustain their memory and to steer
the cultural heritage of the next generation in beautiful settings.
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A new Cowboy Code: No one sleeps til the pomp is done 💤 pic.twitter.com/7CsMzWaxyQ
— Oklahoma State Univ. (@okstate) October 17, 2025
“The War on the West” Jordan B. Peterson & Douglas Murray
It’s that time of year 🎄#RoadToOcala | #GoPokes pic.twitter.com/NNN03IAPEV
— OSU Cowgirl Equestrian (@OSUEquestrian) December 4, 2024
New update alert! The 2022 update to the Trademark Assignment Dataset is now available online. Find 1.29 million trademark assignments, involving 2.28 million unique trademark properties issued by the USPTO between March 1952 and January 2023: https://t.co/njrDAbSpwB pic.twitter.com/GkAXrHoQ9T
— USPTO (@uspto) July 13, 2023
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