Holistic Building Assessment, Tracking Tools, and Techniques

This article includes case studies from Florida State University and the University of Rochester, as well as a checklist of important issues to present to campus leaders:

New campus buildings get celebrated - except in one particular office. 'The maintenance department just cringes. They know they just went in the hole,' says Matt Munter, senior vice president of facility assessment firm EMG, which conducts facility condition audits. After all, rarely does an older building go away (or maintenance staff increase) when a new one opens.