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    Steve Manning

    Steve Manning is a journalist based in Idaho. When he's not writing, he can usually be found at the theater or taking his dog on a hike. If he could only go to one restaurant for the rest of his life, it would be Al's Place in San Francisco.
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    How Red Shoes Living Can Transform Your Facilities Organization

    After spending more than 20 years as a corporate turnaround executive, Lonnie Mayne invested in a small tech startup. After his first couple weeks at the 14-person company, his children gave him some tough news: “Dad, you can’t wear a suit and tie...

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    How to Protect Connected Campus Buildings from Cyber Attacks

    The connected campus isn’t exactly a new phenomenon. After all, it’s been the better part of a century since the earliest precursors of the Internet connected researchers at UCLA with their counterparts at Stanford. The years since have seen...

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    How to Create a Culture of Excellence in Your FM Department

    As Executive Director of Capital Project Delivery at the University of Chicago, Kerry Galbraith has a lot on his plate: about $100 million in work each year, roughly 85 percent of which is deferred maintenance projects under $2.5 million. It’s a...

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    Why Design Matters on Campus

    When the University of Toronto started designing a new academic tower out of cross-laminated timber in 2019, Gilbert Delgado, then its Chief of Planning, Design and Construction, noticed something interesting. “All of a sudden, other ones started...

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    Adaptability and Flexibility: How to Design for an Unpredictable Future

    When the University of South Florida started construction on the Morsani College of Medicine and Heart Institute in 2017, the sum total of medical knowledge in the world doubled every 75 days. By the time the 13-story, $173 million building opened...

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    Why a Strong Facilities-Finance Connection is So Important

    Three of the buildings at Thomas Jefferson University used to have a major water problem. Every time a storm hit the campuses, rainwater would inevitably find its way in, requiring closures and cleanups and all the operational headaches that follow....

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