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A walk through the status of the various consensus documents that set the standard of care for safety and sustainability in performance art and special event facilities.  Advance agenda to our subscribers.  Send bella@standardsmichigan.com a request for access.

University of Wisconsin

Overview of transportation standards relevant to large research university campuses — from micro-mobility to parking.  Send bella@standardsmichigan.com an email requesting an agenda.

This video shows a robot in Liverpool removing an illegally parked Volvo XC60 from a disabled parking spot before delivering the SUV to a nearby tow truck.pic.twitter.com/PkaDAq0if3

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) February 12, 2024

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 bella@standardsmichigan.com for an advance agenda.

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

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.

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.

Many research universities have large medical research and clinical delivery enterprises that provide significant revenue; in some cases over 50 percent of nominal (nameplate) revenue.  Pure non-medical academic megaprojects (e.g., new classroom/research buildings) tend to be smaller than university-affiliated hospital towers in 2026, with many in the $100–300M range. Healthcare expansions dominate due to population growth and funding priorities.  Rankings can vary by exact metric (cost, sq ft, beds).

Nearly every month we scan for information about such projects in as many stages as publicly available; with particular interest in public commenting opportunities; coordinated with the IEEE Education & Healthcare Facilities Committee which meets online every other Tuesday.

Feel free to join us with the login credentials at the upper right of our home page.

Monthly walk-through the status of consensus documents that set the standard of care for the safety and sustainability of the campus outdoor environment.