Changing the Facilities Backlog Conversation in Higher Education

Background. Deferred renewal backlog is an old subject for higher education facilities leaders, but one that, in our current reality, requires new emphasis. In ...

Changing the Higher Education Facilities Backlog Conversation

APPA released an estimate that U.S campuses are saddled with a facilities backlog north of $112 billion. This report from Gordian and APPA delves deeper ...

APPA Library - APPA | Leadership in Educational Facilities

"Changing the Facilities Backlog Conversation in Higher Education" Author: Pete Zuraw and E. Lander Medlin Published In: Facilities Manager Date: July ...

State of Facilities in Higher Education - Gordian

APPA estimates, with the help of Gordian's data, a facilities backlog of $112 billion. Source: Changing the Higher Education Facilities Backlog. Conversation ...

Changing the Conversation in Facilities Management

450 colleges, universities and K-12 institutions are. Sightlines clients including over 325. ROPA members. • 93% of ROPA members renewed in. 2014. • We have ...

Innovative solution to deferred maintenance costs - Inside Higher Ed

Many public universities face a costly backlog of facilities maintenance and renewal projects. The University of Nebraska is trying a new ...

University Facilities Leaders Tackle their Toughest Challenges

Higher Education facilities leaders are up against an unprecedented set of challenges, fueled by aging buildings, rising backlogs of ...

3 Strategies to Help Colleges Prioritize Deferred Maintenance Post ...

Why R&R Backlogs are Detrimental · How to Prioritize and Plan for R&R Projects · 1. Strategic Planning · 2. Working with the Market · 3. Leveraging ...

Combatting the Deferred Maintenance Crisis in Higher Ed

With a staggering $112 billion backlog of deferred maintenance across US higher education campuses, facility leaders are under immense pressure to manage ...

The Essential Guide to Cost Containment Strategies for Higher ...

... academic affairs, technology, and facilities. Interested in the top ... Given these challenges, many senior Facilities officers are considering changes ...

Higher Ed facilities management is at a crossroads

As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, higher education is confronting its history of questionable facilities investment decisions and an ...

5 strategies to keep up with facilities construction backlogs

Properly align spending: Through necessity, the pandemic amplified conversations and influenced new ways of learning, teaching and working. We ...

Gordian Partners with APPA to Estimate Higher Education

The modeled and validated calculation estimates the higher education industry is facing an infrastructure backlog of $112.3B, with public and ...

Higher Ed Facilities, why are we still doing more with less? - LinkedIn

In most instances this date is when the system experiences a critical and unrecoverable failure. Steep deferred maintenance backlogs is a ...

7 Ways to Overcome Deferred Maintenance Issues in Higher Ed

Some scholars on the issue are even labeling the problem a crisis. According to a talk given at the Higher Education Facilities Forum event in ...

Tackling the Deferred Maintenance Crisis | EAB

... higher education can begin to turn the tanker and address the deferred maintenance backlog. ... of Facilities in Higher Education: 2016. Benchmarks, Best ...

Higher Education Facilities Trends for 2024 - Aramark

Emerging from these waves of changes is another story: one of resilience, innovation and a steadfast commitment to student success. As higher education ...

Survey: Campus facilities' impact on student success

The survey, conducted in mid-October by Inside Higher Ed and College Pulse and presented by Kaplan, captured student opinion on the quality and condition of ...

The Backlog That Could Threaten Higher Ed's Viability - CSUDH News

This week, Gordian, a company that tracks facilities' conditions in higher education and advises colleges on strategy, released its 10th ...

The Backlog That Could Threaten Higher Ed's Viability

The Backlog That Could Threaten Higher Ed's Viability. A big bill for deferred maintenance is coming due. Aging Facilities. By ...