Maintenance/Operations
For everything you need to know on the maintenance side, look below for the latest on operations and facilities management, grounds maintenance and transportation. Subcategories |
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One Flu OverBy Susan Lustig (slustig@asumag.com) This spring, many people across the country were scrambling for masks and hand sanitizer. The National Pork Producers Council was trying to do damage control (and maybe still is).... |
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Healthful CleaningBy Charles P. Gerba The importance of infection control in education institutions.... |
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Aid for FacilitiesBy Mike Kennedy (mkennedy@asumag.com) Economic stimulus funds from the federal government provide numerous avenues for schools and universities to improve facilities.... |
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Median square footage of building maintained per FTE student
Additional information from the 38th Annual Maintenance & Operations Cost Study for Schools and Colleges, including the amount of square feet of building maintained per full-time-equivalent (FTE) student at colleges over the past decade (in median square feet).... |
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More Schools M&O data
Additional information from the 38th Annual Maintenance & Operations Cost Study for Schools and Colleges, including the number of students, total M&O expenditure, amount spent annually on energy (gas, electricity and other fuels), number of buildings, amount spent annually on transportation, and amount spent annually on custodial and maintenance supplies by responding school districts.... |
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More Colleges M&O data
Additional information from the 38th Annual Maintenance & Operations Cost Study for Schools and Colleges, including the mean FTE enrollment of survey respondents, total M&O expenditure, square feet maintained per custodian, square feet maintained per maintenance worker, square feet of building maintained per student, amount spent annually on energy (gas, electricity and other fuels), and number of motor vehicles by responding colleges.... |
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Measured ResultsBy Frank N. Wiley Teachers have the jobs in America. That's what Charles Gerba, a microbiologist at the University of Arizona, has concluded. Alongside more than 50 million... |
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38th Annual Maintenance & Operations Cost Study for CollegesBy Joe Agron (jagron@asumag.com) The nation's colleges are feeling the pinch of the economic downturn, and maintenance and operations budgets especially are under pressure.... |
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38th Annual Maintenance & Operations Cost Study for SchoolsBy Joe Agron (jagron@asumag.com) Despite the worst economic environment in generations, spending by K-12 institutions on maintenance and operations held its own — defying historical trends that have shown M&O spending among the most affected in times of budget tightening.... |
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Green Cleaning: On ScheduleBy Stephen Ashkin How does a four-day work week affect the environment? A few ways: drastic reductions in crude-oil imports, greenhouse-gas emissions, employee exposure to pollutants, traffic congestion and auto accidents.... |
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M&O expenditures over the past 20 years
Additional information from the 38th annual Maintenance & Operations Cost Study for Schools and Colleges, including spending by school districts on maintenance and operations as a percentage of total district expenditures over the past two decades.... |
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Median amount of square feet and acreage maintained
Additional information from the 38th Annual Maintenance & Operations Cost Study for Schools and Colleges, including square feet maintained per full-time custodial worker, square feet maintained per full-time maintenance worker, acres maintained per full-time grounds worker, square feet maintained per building, and square feet of building maintained per student.... |
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Amount spent annually on transportation
Additional information from the 38th Annual Maintenance & Operations Cost Study for Schools and Colleges, including the median cost of transportation per student and as a percentage of total district expenditures.... |
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Salary data for custodial and maintenance personnel
Additional information from the 38th Annual Maintenance & Operations Cost Study for Schools and Colleges, including the median salary for custodial and maintenance personnel at school districts.... |
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Number of full-time maintenance, custodial and grounds staff
Additional information from the 38th Annual Maintenance & Operations Cost Study for Schools and Colleges, including the mean number of full-time custodial, maintenance and grounds personnel at school districts.... |
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Median amount of square feet and acreage maintained
Additional information from the 38th Annual Maintenance & Operations Cost Study for Schools and Colleges, including square feet of buidings maintained per student, square feet maintained per custodial employee, square feet maintained per maintenance employee, acres maintained per grounds employee, and total reported maintenance & operations budget.... |
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M&O expenditures over the past 10 years
Additional information from the 38th annual Maintenance & Operations Cost Study for Schools and Colleges, including spending by colleges on maintenance and operations as a percentage of total college expenditures over the past 10 years.... |
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M&O salaries and number of employees
Additional information from the 38th Annual Maintenance & Operations Cost Study for Schools and Colleges, including the median M&O salaries and number of employees at colleges... |
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Trayless Dining Cuts Waste, Conserves Resources
Food waste is reduced by 25 to 30 percent per person when colleges and universities stop using trays in their dining halls.... |
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More Students in Federal Lunch Program
The number of students taking part this school year in free and reduced school lunch programs has increased by 425,000, the School Nutrition Association... |
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Soft Drink Calorie Intake Drops in Schools
Beverage companies have reduced shipments of full-calorie soft drinks to schools by 65 percent, the American Beverage Association says.... |
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Changing Beverage Patterns in High School
Students are making different choices.... |
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Product Solutions
New products/case studies, including: quality counts with athletic center roofs; prefabricated booth; emergency phones; dual-motor vacuum; mobile display; bird control; and more.... |
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Stimulus Tug of WarBy Joe Agron (jagron@asumag.com) When the dust cleared and the compromise economic stimulus package was finalized, school construction funding lost.... |
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Outlook 2009By Mike Kennedy (mkennedy@asumag.com) What's ahead for education facilities and business in the new year and beyond.... |
