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Alysha Newman | University of Miami | World Athletic Championships
Today we review the literature informing the safety and sustainability agenda of sport enterprises in education communities; in the United States at least — one of the last, if not the last, meritocracies in academia at large. School districts have hundreds of playgrounds, gymnasiums and playgrounds. Athletic departments are very visible enterprises; particularly at large colleges and universities with varsity teams that have long been “farm clubs” for professional sport companies.
This facility class is far more complicated (technically) than classroom facilities; closer to research and healthcare delivery enterprises in risk aggregation when you consider how many people are involved as spectators. This facility class resides proximate to the actuality of rehabilitated or additional sanitary facilities which we cover in our periodic Water 200 colloquia.
Throughout 2024 we will break down our coverage thus:
Field sport
Court sport
Water sport
We will also explore best practice codes and standards for recreational activity:
Rock Climbing: In the sport of rock climbing, technical skills, grip strength, and body positioning are crucial for both indoor and outdoor climbing. Climbers must navigate a variety of challenging terrains and routes.
Fencing: Fencing requires quick thinking, precise footwork, and precise blade work. Fencers need to anticipate their opponent’s moves and respond with well-timed and accurate attacks and parries.
Quidditch: Once a fictional sport; now widely played as “Quadball”.
Internal Revenue Service Non-Profit Tax Filing 990: National Collegiate Athletic Association
There are no fewer than 25 ANSI-accredited standards-setting organizations with a catalog of titles in this domain. We expanded the detail to some of the titles to enlighten understanding the complexity of these spaces:
Acoustical Society of America
American Institute of Steel Construction
Structural Steel Cantilivers for Sport Facilities
American Iron and Steel Institute
American Society of Civil Engineers
Athletic Field Lighting Standards Committee
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc.
Standard 90.1-2019, Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings
Annex G
Standard 189.1-2020, Standard for the Design of High-Performance Green Buildings
ASTM International (ANSI’s US TAG to ISO/TC 83)*
Committee F08 on Sports Equipment, Playing Surfaces, and Facilities
American Society of Safety Engineers
American Water Works Association
Swimming advisories for Microcystins and Cylindrospermopsin
Association for Challenge Course Technology
Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International
Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association
Building Industry Consulting Service International
Building Performance Institute
IAPMO Group
2021 IAPMO Solar, Hydronics and Geothermal, Swimming Pool, Spa and Hot Tub Codes
Illumination Engineering Society
RP-6-20: Sports and Recreational Area Lighting
Institut für Sportbodentechnik
Criteria for the Development of Guidelines/Standards for Sports Surfaces
International Code Council
International Building Code
§ Section 302 Occupancy Classification and Use Designation
§ Section 303 Assembly Group A
§ Section 305 Educational Group E
International Energy Conservation Code
Class IV facilities consisting of elementary school and recreational facilities; and amateur league and high school facilities without provisions for spectators
§ 301 Climate Zones
§ C405 Electrical Power and Lighting Requirements
§ 405.3 Interior lighting power requirements
ICC 300-2017: Standard for Bleachers, Folding and Telescopic Seating, and Grandstands
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
National Center for Biotechnology Information
National Fire Protection Association
National Electrical Code
Article 518 Assembly Occupancies
Chapter 7 Special Conditions
Chapter 8 Communications Systems
National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment
NSF International
Recreational Water / Pools / Spas
Synthetic Turf Council
….And so on. We approach federal regulations during a separate colloquium.
Facilities of this type are among the most visible physical assets of any school district, college or university.
Our daily colloquia are open to everyone. Use the login credentials at the upper right of our home page.
*ASTM activity in this domain involves more product conformance and less facility integrated systems (our primary interest)
* Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy (1888-1973) was a German-American philosopher, social thinker, and linguist. He was born in Berlin, Germany, and was raised in a Jewish family. Rosenstock-Huessy studied law, theology, and philosophy in Berlin, but his studies were interrupted by World War I. During the war, he served as a lieutenant in the German army and was taken prisoner by the Russian army.
After the war, Rosenstock-Huessy continued his studies and became a professor of law and sociology at the University of Breslau. He was forced to leave Germany in 1933 because of his opposition to the Nazi regime, and he emigrated to the United States. In the United States, Rosenstock-Huessy continued his academic work and became a professor of social philosophy at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire.
Rosenstock-Huessy’s work focused on the role of language in shaping human culture and social institutions. He believed that language was not just a means of communication but was also a way of creating and organizing social relations. His ideas had a significant influence on the development of linguistic phenomenology and hermeneutics.
Some of his notable works include “Out of Revolution: Autobiography of Western Man”, “Speech and Reality”, and “The Christian Future, or the Modern Mind Outrun”.
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Paper Cleaner
Centrifugal paper cleaners are used in the pulp and paper industry to remove unwanted contaminants from pulp or paper stock. These contaminants can include dirt, sand, shives, small fibers, and other impurities that can affect the quality of the final paper product. Centrifugal cleaners work on the principle of centrifugal force and are typically installed in the stock preparation stage of papermaking processes. Here’s how they work:
Inlet: The pulp or paper stock containing contaminants is fed into the centrifugal cleaner through an inlet. The inlet is designed to create a tangential flow of the stock, which imparts a swirling motion to the mixture.
Centrifugal Force: Once inside the cleaner, the stock and contaminants are subjected to centrifugal force due to the rapid rotation of the cleaner’s inner drum or rotor. The centrifugal force causes the heavier contaminants to move toward the outer wall of the cleaner, while the cleaner stock moves toward the center of the drum.
Separation: The contaminants, being heavier, are forced against the outer wall of the cleaner by the centrifugal force, and they accumulate there. The clean stock, which is lighter and free of contaminants, moves toward the center of the cleaner.
Outlet: The cleaned stock exits the cleaner through the center outlet, while the accumulated contaminants are removed from the outer wall. The contaminants can be periodically purged from the cleaner to maintain its efficiency.
Adjustment: Centrifugal cleaners often have adjustable settings to control the separation efficiency. Operators can vary the cleaner’s operating parameters, such as the feed rate, drum speed, and cone angle, to optimize the separation process for different types of contaminants and pulp or paper stocks.
They can operate continuously and provide high efficiency in removing heavy contaminants such as coffee filters. They are often used in conjunction with other cleaning processes, such as screening and flotation, to achieve the desired quality and cleanliness of the pulp or paper stock before it is used in the papermaking process.
Facilities: North Carolina State University
Readings / Secular Excess
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Reconditioned Electrical Equipment
We have been following an international conversation on the safe and effective application of reconditioned electrical equipment (RCEE) for the better part of ten years now. Threads of the conversation originating in consensus documents developed by the International Electrotechnical Commission, the CSA Group, the National Association of Electrical Equipment and Medical Imaging Manufacturers (NEMA) and others. The safe and practical application of reconditioned electrical equipment — though not necessarily economical — is debated in detail in the National Electrical Code (NEC); a document in which we have advocated for the education facilities industry since 1993.
Not all electrical equipment is suitable for reconditioning but enough of it can such that specification of RCEE significantly lowers #TotalCostofOwnership for the $300 billion education facilities industry in the United States; the primary goal of Standards Michigan and its 50-state affiliates. According to the National Electrical Manufacturers Association, the following RCEE is suitable:
- Industrial and commercial panel boards
- Low and medium voltage power circuit breakers
- Low and medium voltage replaceable link fuses
- Low voltage switchgear
- Manual and magnetic controllers
- Medium voltage switchgear
- Metallic conduit, tubing, raceways and fittings
- Motor control centers
- Motors
- Switchboards
- Uninterruptible Power Supply Equipment
The length of this list is a topic upon which good minds disagree; especially internationally. Whether or not the largest non-residential building construction market in the United States (with new construction running at a clip of $80 billion annually) takes advantage of developments in technology that help manufacturers effectively “re-cycle” the largest components of a building power chain is a discussion for another day. The IEEE Education & Healthcare Facilities Committee drills down into details of this nature and is now soliciting comment on the proposed actions of IEEE SCC-18; the IEEE committee which, by charter, is aligned with user-interests in the US standards system. As we explain in our ABOUT, the general public — and even many industry insiders — are not aware of the economic consequences to all industries when regulatory products are written only by incumbent interests.
Suffice to say that even if the US education facilities industry does not apply RCEE to reduce the cost of a new building (by about 1 percent) its competitors internationally will and are.
The 2020 NEC is nearing the completion of its revision cycle. A milestone was completed in early November when all of the 20-0dd technical committees in San Diego. Dozens of breakout task groups are forming to sort through public response to proposed changes to the 2017 NEC which will become the 2020 NEC this time next year. Proposals regarding RCEE landed on the agenda of nearly all 20-odd NEC technical committees. Standards Michigan has tenure in Code Making Panel 1, the committee with oversight about how all other technical committees determine the safe and practical application of RCEE.
Cutting to the chase then, linked below is the first of several transcripts that track CMP-1 debate:
NFPA 70 National Electrical Code Workspace
Admittedly, very technical stuff. Few will pay attention to these specifics until something bad happens (perhaps six years from now) so, to avoid something bad happening, we pay attention to it now. We always collaborate with IEEE JTC/PES/IAS and IEEE E&H Committee which meets online twice every month.
Issue: [16-102]
Category: Electrical, #SmartCampus
Colleagues: Mike Anthony, Robert G. Arno, Neal Dowling, James R. Harvey, Richard Robben
2023 Student Paper Competition
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Guy Fawkes Day
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Autumn Syllabus Week 45 | November 4 – November 10
Jordan Peterson and Douglas Murray – The Importance of Gratitude
Monday | November 4 | Colloquium 16:00 UTC
Tuesday | November 5 | Colloquium 16:00 UTC
Wednesday | November 6| Colloquium 16:00 UTC
In recent years, the term “health” has become as contentious as the word “democracy”
Thursday | November 7| Colloquium 16:00 UTC
Friday | November 8 | Colloquium 16:00 UTC
Saturday | November 9
Sunday | November 10
Día de los Muertos
Día de los Muertos, also known as the Day of the Dead, is celebrated primarily on November 1st and 2nd. These dates coincide with the Catholic holidays of All Saints’ Day (November 1st) and All Souls’ Day (November 2nd). The celebration is most strongly associated with Mexico but is also observed in other Latin American countries and among Hispanic communities in the United States and elsewhere.
It is a time for families to come together to celebrate the lives of those who have passed away. Altars, or ofrendas, are typically set up with offerings that can include food, marigold flowers, candles, sugar skulls, photographs of the deceased, and other items with personal significance. These ofrendas are often displayed at homes, in cemeteries, and in public places.
While Día de los Muertos is a multi-day celebration, the specific customs and traditions can vary by region and community. In some places, celebrations begin on October 31st and extend through November 2nd. The holiday is a unique blend of indigenous beliefs and Catholicism, resulting in a colorful and vibrant celebration that focuses on honoring the memory of the deceased rather than mourning their loss.
Construction Spend
“The Ideal City” (c. 1480) Fra Carnavale
Today at 15:00 UTC we run a status check on regulations, accredited consensus products, and consortia standards that inform the safety and sustainability of the real assets of education communities. It is a large topic and we generally only have time to skim the surface of most of a few of them. Of the few, we locate the highest priority then place it on the agenda of the corresponding daily colloquia.
Some of the stars to steer by:
- Tax-free bond markets that provide financing for new square-footage and renovated square-footage; operations and maintenance
- Status of the movement in codes and standards for labor and material; safety and sustainability
- Expansion of building premise safety and sustainability consensus product scopes onto the spaces between buildings
- The renovation-versus-new construction conundrum
- Construction activity data points for education and university-affiliated healthcare facilities
According to IBISWorld Market Research the Educational Service market in the United States runs through about $1600 billion annually. and includes all the soft costs (i.e. nonreal, which is our primary focus) of sustaining civilization.
This is a kludgey number but, when used with other data points collected by government agencies, non-profit trade associations, construction market participants and anecdotes, provides perspective on how to build and maintain the architecture of education communities.
We pick through one or two prospectuses of educational bond offerings uploaded onto the Electronic Municipal Market Access website to see how the money will be spent; particularly how ongoing operation and maintenance expenditures are distinguished (if at all) from capital outlays intended to seed community growth. There are many parties and counterparties involved in the money flow through tax-free education bonds. In some cases, interest groups (such as labor unions) promote school bond referenda in order to secure work for their members.
More
National Center for Education Statistics
May 23: Report on the Condition of Education 2023
School Infrastructure Report Card
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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