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John Oualline and Carl Rabenaldt
How do you identify and address deferred-maintenance issues--and cope with unrelenting capital renewal? Phased facility assessments may be your answer....
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States urged to remove obstacles to online business; Penn goes online with BEN; Online message board for school surpluses...
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Joe Agron
Colleges are spending a smaller percentage of total budget on maintaining and operating their physical plants....
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Joe Agron
Spending by school districts on maintenance and operations as a percentage of net current expenditures drops to a 30-year low....
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Mike Kennedy
Tempered by the collapse of the dot-com boom, schools are taking a more guarded approach to purchasing online....
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Private firm to overhaul maintenance program; Online maintenance-management site launched; ASP programs level playing field for small districts...
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By Mike Kennedy
Despite the collapse of the dot-com boom, administrators say technology eventually will help schools improve purchasing practices....
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By Joe Agron
Schools and colleges are reducing their use of outsourced non-educational services....
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By Ted Fitzemeyer
Schools should design buildings that allow workers to repair and maintain systems efficiently....
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By Philip E. Geiger
With more than $2 billion already invested, Arizona is moving ahead with a massive capital-improvements program for school facilities....
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By Mike Kennedy
Faster, more efficient machines help maintenance staffs keep schools and universities clean....
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By Mike Kennedy
Rising facility costs have school facility managers taking a closer look at performance contracting to help reduce waste and save money....
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By Joe Agron
Colleges are spending more per student--and allocating a larger percentage of their total budgets--on M&O this school year....
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Joe Agron
School districts continue to allocate a smaller percentage of expenditures to maintenance and operations of their facilities....
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By Richard Shaw
The viability of a chemical safety program cannot be overrated. ...
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By Mike Kennedy
Colleges and universities are scrambling to catch up on deferred maintenance before the backlog overwhelms them....
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By Joe Agron
With enrollment rising, colleges are spending less per student, but more per square foot, on M&O in the 1999-00 school year....
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By Joe Agron
While school districts are spending more on maintainence and operations, it continues to account for a smaller percentage of net current expenditures....
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By Richard Shaw
Look at all of the options, and more important, look at the true usage the various pieces of equipment are getting....
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Joe Agron
When it comes to the use of privatized non-educational services, school districts increasingly are opting to keep operations in-house. Colleges and universities,...
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Andy Clement
School maintenance concerns are an ongoing problem and are not expected to lessen anytime soon. The U.S. Department of Education reports record levels...
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Maybe it is just human nature, or maybe it is a sign of the times, but the tendency for people to break rules seems to be increasing. We watch as others...
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Joe Agron
As competition grows on the higher-education front, more institutions are improving their position by focusing on an aspect that typically is the first-and...
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Joe Agron
Growing demands placed on school districts continue to stretch thin available dollars, and maintenance and operations (M&O) budgets remain a prime target...
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In light of the recent focus on identifying solutions to increasing problems associated with school buildings, the Association of School Business Officials...
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