Calendar

University of Michigan 1855

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.

Monthly review of all consensus, consortia and open source codes, standards and regulations the set the standard of care for security of education facilities.   Send [email protected] an email for an advance agenda.

“Composition in red, yellow, blue and black” (1921) / Piet Mondrian

Status check on open source consensus products — and practical applications —  evolving around distributed ledger technologies for financing, planning, design, operation & maintenance of the #WiseCampus.

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

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

“Snow at Argenteuil” | Claude Monet (1875)

Overview of the status of consensus documents that set the standard of care for the safety and sustainability of the campus outdoor environment during the coldest months.

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.

Thomas Edison’s Menlo Park Laboratory

Because so much of the #SmartCampus transformation involves electrotechnologies, we walk-through of public commenting opportunities on electrical power, telecommunication, information and communication technology standards twice per month.  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.

Electrical engineer/inventor Guglielmo Marconi with the spark-gap transmitter (right) and coherer receiver (left) he used in some of his first long distance radiotelegraphy transmissions during the 1890s.

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.

“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.

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.

“Prometheus creating Man in the presence of Athena” (1802) / Jean-Simon Berthélemy

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.

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 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

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.

Food Science & Technology / University of California Davis

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.

“The Country School” | Winslow Homer

Today at 11 AM EDT we review the status consensus products (codes, standards, guidelines, recommendations and safety legislation) that set the standard of care for the design, manufacture and maintenance of interior fixtures such as carpet, furniture, bookshelves and ceiling tiles, plumbing fixtures.  Waste management, laboratory fixtures, recycling amenities — i.e. things are not nailed down — are on the agenda.   Also we track elevated interest and market-making by conformity interests in the manufacturing and material recycling far up the value chain.

In large research universities, it is common for building service personnel engaged in keeping facilities clean and tidy to constitute the largest proportion of permanent employees; thus some consideration must be given to occupational safety.

Use the login credentials at the upper right of our home page.

Thomas Edison’s Menlo Park Laboratory

Because so much of the #SmartCampus transformation involves electrotechnologies, we walk-through of public commenting opportunities on electrical power, telecommunication, information and communication technology standards twice per month.  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.

Electrical engineer/inventor Guglielmo Marconi with the spark-gap transmitter (right) and coherer receiver (left) he used in some of his first long distance radiotelegraphy transmissions during the 1890s.

116th Congress

Today we walk-through of ANSI-accredited consensus, open-source and consortia consensus products incorporated by reference into federal regulations of the real assets of the US education industry.  Send a request to [email protected] for an advance agenda.

https://standardsmichigan.com/standing-agenda-federal-state-regulations/

CLICK ON IMAGE FOR INTERACTIVE MAP

Today we walk-through of consensus, open-source and consortia codes and standards incorporated by reference into state regulations of the real assets of the education industry; including how they are financed through municipal bond offerings.  Send a request to [email protected] for an advance agenda.

A walk through the status of the various consensus documents that set the standard of care for safety and sustainability in the education facilities built for the seven lively arts.  Open to everyone.  Use the login credentials at the upper right of our home page.

Tottenham Court Road station Central line platform mosaic art. Original design by Eduardo Paolozzi.

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

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]