Calendar

We follow the construction spend rate of the US education industry; using the US Census Bureau Construction Spending figures released the first day of every month.  We encourage our colleagues in the education facilities industry to respond to Census Bureau-retained data gathering contractors in order to contribute to the accuracy of the report.

Today we provide an overview of the titles, scopes, revision cycles and public commenting opportunities on leading practice documents presented by accredited consensus standards developers, trade associations and government agencies involved in the finance of the US education industry.  Use the login credentials at the top right of our home page.  For an draft agenda, send a request to [email protected]

Thomas Edison’s Menlo Park Laboratory

Monthly walk-through of public commenting opportunities on electrical power, telecommunication, information and communication technology standards.  Coincides with the day of two IEEE Education & Healthcare Facilities Committee teleconferences at 15:00 Central European time and 3:00 PM Eastern time in the Americas.

Famous People Discussing the Divine Comedy with Dante

Monthly walk-through of consensus products developed for labor markets generally; and units within the education facility industry specifically.   For an advance agenda send a request to [email protected].   Use the credentials at the upper right of our home page to log in.

Monthly review of safety and sustainability advocacy action among education industry trade associations.

https://standardsmichigan.com/trade-associations-for-the-us-education-industry/

Louis entering Kallimarmaron at the 1896 Athens Olympics

An overview of public commenting opportunities on proposed standards for sports and recreation equipment and athletic facilities.   Send email to [email protected] for access to the agenda.

Sketches for Boadacre City project from Frank L. Wright.

Monthly walk-through of all proposals for International Code Council consensus documents affecting the safety and sustainability agenda of the US education facility industry.

University of Wisconsin

Overview of transportation standards relevant to large research university campuses — from micro-mobility to parking.  Send [email protected] an email requesting an agenda.

Many research universities have large medical research and clinical delivery enterprises that provide significant revenue.   Every month we run through public commenting opportunities for consensus documents that set the standard of care for the facilities and technologies in these enterprises.

Review of all consensus, consortia and open source codes, standards and regulations regarding energy production and conservation relevant to the education facility industry.

Faculty and staff in the education industry in all nations provide basic research, application research in energy technologies.  The “cities-within-cities” we call the #SmartCampus” also provide crucibles for new testing new technologies as well as provide energy load for utilities operating under all ownership regimes.

Send [email protected] an email for an advance agenda.

“The Great Fire of London” | Artist Unknown (4 September 1666)

Our monthly review of the ever-expanding constellation of safety and sustainability risk management standards open for public comment; or ahead of prospective comment periods.  This will be the final breakout session for risk management consensus product status review.  We will move risk management standards onto the monthly Finance & Management agenda starting in December.

Monthly walk through of redlines of consensus standards open for public comment and proposal preparation.   Use the login credentials at the upper right of our homepage.  For an advance agenda send [email protected] an email.

https://standardsmichigan.com/mechanical-engineering-monthly/

Thomas Edison’s Menlo Park Laboratory

Monthly walk-through of public commenting opportunities on electrical power, telecommunication, information and communication technology standards.  Coincides with the day of two IEEE Education & Healthcare Facilities Committee teleconferences at 15:00 Central European time and 3:00 PM Eastern time in the Americas.

“Reading Boy” | Eastman Johnson (1863)

Monthly review of all consensus, consortia and open source codes, standards and regulations the set the standard of care for security of education facilities.   We group them with fire protection standards because most of the compliance and enforcement expertise originates with fire safety expertise.  Send [email protected] an email for an advance agenda.

Trinity College / Toronto

Monthly walk-through of code and standards revisions that are incorporated by reference in state and local regulations, into education facility design guidelines and construction contracts.  Use the login credentials at the top right of our home page.

Travels of Marco Polo

An update on our collaboration with other like-minded units in the education industry in the US and other nations.  In most cases we conform to participation requirements set by ANSI US Technical Advisory Groups but we also have liaison with other universities in the European Union — particularly in The United Kingdom, The Netherlands and Italy — who conform to the participation requirements of their own national standards bodies.  Use the login credentials at the upper right of our home page.  Because a great deal of content is copyright protected by the ISO, IEC and the ITU, please contact [email protected] for an advance agenda.

ISO, IEC, and ITU October Listings of Work Items Published

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Monthly walk through the status of consensus documents that set the standard of care for interior furnishing and fixtures; surface hygiene and tidiness.

https://standardsmichigan.com/agenda-interior-fixture-hygiene-custodial/

Baylor University

Monthly walk-through of water management codes and standards that affect the safety and sustainability of education facilities.  Use the login credentials at the upper right of our home page.

Ranchview High School

Overview of codes and standards relevant to the food service enterprises in K-12 schools, college and university student housing, athletic venues and university-affiliated healthcare systems.

https://standardsmichigan.com/agenda-food-safety-sustainability/

https://youtu.be/RSCxTskJN3E

116th Congress

Today we walk-through of consensus, open-source and consortia codes and standards incorporated by reference into federal and state regulations of the education industry; including #StandardsState.  Send a request to [email protected] for an advance agenda.