The document lists various universities and their facilities data. It then provides a summary of key trends in facilities for Midwestern universities:
- Over 60% of space is over 25 years old, posing reliability risks as components age past their lifecycles.
- Enrollment has remained flat while space has increased, resulting in a 22% decline in student density and raising questions about space management.
- Capital funding recovered in 2013 after cuts in 2010 but remains below inflation-adjusted levels, forcing campuses to do more with less in operations and maintenance.
- Shifting investments to building envelopes and systems over space upgrades extends the lifespan of renovations. However, backlogs continue rising due to limited funding
Take Control of Your Facilities: Explore the Tools for Aligning Space, Capita...Sightlines
With the expansion in college and university square footage, physical assets make up a greater portion of institutional wealth than ever before with values several times most endowments. However, with the ongoing needs brought about by a larger footprint, and challenges to operating and capital funding alike, it has never been so important to have an effective partnership between the CFO and Chief Facilities Officer.
Learn how institutional leaders are utilizing a new breed of facilities intelligence solutions to provide the same level of analytical rigor to facilities that most institutions already have for financial assets.
Webinar attendees will leave with an understanding of national trends affecting physical plant; insight into aligning space, capital, and operations; and how a new conversation can be created on your campus to assess performance, discover opportunities, and create lasting change.
2017 State of Facilities in Higher EducationSightlines
Join Sightlines as we shine a spotlight on the trends and best practices that dominated 2017 and will continue to influence campus facilities nationwide in 2018.
Is Your Facilities Data Fact, Fiction, or Crap? - Creating Facilities Intelli...Sightlines
In this session, Abilene Christian University, University of Nebraska at Kearney, and New Mexico State University will share with you the steps they have taken to harness vast amounts of facilities and financial data to create facilities intelligence. Additionally, they will share how they have used this knowledge to provide strategic decision making support not only within their respective facilities organizations but also with senior administration and across the broader campus community. In a time of limited resources and competing demands, the value of validated data has never been greater.
Through a process of independent third party validation, benchmarking, and analysis they have been able to position their organizations for success. The creation of a common vocabulary allows information to be communicated effectively from the boiler room to the board room, thus helping their institutions understand both the impact of historic decisions and what the impact of future decisions may be on campus facilities. Much like institutions analyze the ROI of their endowments, this data-driven, fact-based analysis allows campuses to understand the interrelation of annual stewardship, asset reinvestment, operating effectiveness, and customer service; and how decisions in one of these areas can either positively or negatively impact other areas.
Put Your Facilities Data to Work: 5 Steps for Strengthening Your Case on CampusSightlines
When it comes to obtaining funding, nothing generates greater impact than clearly visible benefits. The data is at your fingertips…but how do you create the compelling context needed to secure that much-needed funding?
Join Sightlines for a revealing look at the power of benchmarking data and how to harness five key components to accurately convey the value that Facilities brings to your institution and make a stronger case for affecting change on campus.
The State of Facilities at cIcu InstitutionsSightlines
cIcu institutions are not immune to the issues facing finance and facilities leaders across higher education, including: constrained capital and operating budgets; aging campus buildings; and growing backlogs. However, there are strategies that can allow institutions to survive and thrive despite these challenges.
In this exclusive hour-long webinar for cIcu institutions, Sightlines:
- Explores current national trends,
- Shows how our cIcu clients have been affected, and
- Discuss the proven strategies for success
The State of Facilities in Higher Education: An In-Depth Look at the 2015 Tre...Sightlines
In Sightlines’ State of Facilities in Higher Education report, in both 2013 and 2014, we cited warning signs of new challenges for colleges and universities. These trends have accelerated in 2015 and suggest that for many institutions the recovery, if it ever really occurred, was a temporary situation. Our 2015 report shows that enrollment and financial pressures require finance and facilities leaders to yet again find new ways to address the latest challenges.
In this webinar, we delve deeper into the trends that informed our analysis and provide insight into aligning space, capital, and operations. We also offered an opportunity for attendees to "Ask Sightlines" about the key facilities challenges they face and learn about innovative solutions at campuses across the country designed to address them.
Taming Deferred Maintenance Before the Roof Caves In (2016 Sightlines NACUBO ...Sightlines
The growing need for capital renewal on both U.S. and Canadian campuses threatens to overwhelm many institutions. Business officers and facility managers have figured out strategies to break down deferred maintenance (DM) into smaller portfolios of work to manage over time, thereby mitigating the risk of building failures and buying time to acquire resources to address campus deficiencies. Hear how several campuses have set priorities, applied limited funding, evaluated whether to demolish or renovate buildings with high levels of DM, and won the confidence of stakeholders and funders to successfully address deferred maintenance.
Speakers:
Mike Gower, CFO, Rutgers University
Harold Hewitt, CFO, Chapman University
Mark Schiff, President, Sightlines
Hugh Warren, AVP, Operations & Maintenance, University of Alberta
Focusing a Campus Investment Strategy - NCAPPA 2016Sightlines
Focusing a Campus Investment Strategy - Creating a focused facilities plan aimed at sustaining the future of an institution
Thursday, May 19 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Presenters:
John Shenette, Associate Vice President for Facilities, Wake Forest University
Dan Starr, Senior Analyst, Sightlines
Creating a focused facilities plan aimed at sustaining the future of an institution can be a daunting task. Wake Forest University worked with Sightlines to first establish where they stood among their peers; then build a database of information to identify 10 years' worth of facility’s needs. The end goal for Wake Forest was to bring evidence to finance leaders of the need to establish a sustainable, forward-facing facilities plan. During this session facilities leaders will learn the steps Wake Forest took to establish a clear need for this plan, and how they have begun to build buy-in from the financial leaders at the University to start moving forward with the plan.
Take Control of Your Facilities: Explore the Tools for Aligning Space, Capita...Sightlines
With the expansion in college and university square footage, physical assets make up a greater portion of institutional wealth than ever before with values several times most endowments. However, with the ongoing needs brought about by a larger footprint, and challenges to operating and capital funding alike, it has never been so important to have an effective partnership between the CFO and Chief Facilities Officer.
Learn how institutional leaders are utilizing a new breed of facilities intelligence solutions to provide the same level of analytical rigor to facilities that most institutions already have for financial assets.
Webinar attendees will leave with an understanding of national trends affecting physical plant; insight into aligning space, capital, and operations; and how a new conversation can be created on your campus to assess performance, discover opportunities, and create lasting change.
2017 State of Facilities in Higher EducationSightlines
Join Sightlines as we shine a spotlight on the trends and best practices that dominated 2017 and will continue to influence campus facilities nationwide in 2018.
Is Your Facilities Data Fact, Fiction, or Crap? - Creating Facilities Intelli...Sightlines
In this session, Abilene Christian University, University of Nebraska at Kearney, and New Mexico State University will share with you the steps they have taken to harness vast amounts of facilities and financial data to create facilities intelligence. Additionally, they will share how they have used this knowledge to provide strategic decision making support not only within their respective facilities organizations but also with senior administration and across the broader campus community. In a time of limited resources and competing demands, the value of validated data has never been greater.
Through a process of independent third party validation, benchmarking, and analysis they have been able to position their organizations for success. The creation of a common vocabulary allows information to be communicated effectively from the boiler room to the board room, thus helping their institutions understand both the impact of historic decisions and what the impact of future decisions may be on campus facilities. Much like institutions analyze the ROI of their endowments, this data-driven, fact-based analysis allows campuses to understand the interrelation of annual stewardship, asset reinvestment, operating effectiveness, and customer service; and how decisions in one of these areas can either positively or negatively impact other areas.
Put Your Facilities Data to Work: 5 Steps for Strengthening Your Case on CampusSightlines
When it comes to obtaining funding, nothing generates greater impact than clearly visible benefits. The data is at your fingertips…but how do you create the compelling context needed to secure that much-needed funding?
Join Sightlines for a revealing look at the power of benchmarking data and how to harness five key components to accurately convey the value that Facilities brings to your institution and make a stronger case for affecting change on campus.
The State of Facilities at cIcu InstitutionsSightlines
cIcu institutions are not immune to the issues facing finance and facilities leaders across higher education, including: constrained capital and operating budgets; aging campus buildings; and growing backlogs. However, there are strategies that can allow institutions to survive and thrive despite these challenges.
In this exclusive hour-long webinar for cIcu institutions, Sightlines:
- Explores current national trends,
- Shows how our cIcu clients have been affected, and
- Discuss the proven strategies for success
The State of Facilities in Higher Education: An In-Depth Look at the 2015 Tre...Sightlines
In Sightlines’ State of Facilities in Higher Education report, in both 2013 and 2014, we cited warning signs of new challenges for colleges and universities. These trends have accelerated in 2015 and suggest that for many institutions the recovery, if it ever really occurred, was a temporary situation. Our 2015 report shows that enrollment and financial pressures require finance and facilities leaders to yet again find new ways to address the latest challenges.
In this webinar, we delve deeper into the trends that informed our analysis and provide insight into aligning space, capital, and operations. We also offered an opportunity for attendees to "Ask Sightlines" about the key facilities challenges they face and learn about innovative solutions at campuses across the country designed to address them.
Taming Deferred Maintenance Before the Roof Caves In (2016 Sightlines NACUBO ...Sightlines
The growing need for capital renewal on both U.S. and Canadian campuses threatens to overwhelm many institutions. Business officers and facility managers have figured out strategies to break down deferred maintenance (DM) into smaller portfolios of work to manage over time, thereby mitigating the risk of building failures and buying time to acquire resources to address campus deficiencies. Hear how several campuses have set priorities, applied limited funding, evaluated whether to demolish or renovate buildings with high levels of DM, and won the confidence of stakeholders and funders to successfully address deferred maintenance.
Speakers:
Mike Gower, CFO, Rutgers University
Harold Hewitt, CFO, Chapman University
Mark Schiff, President, Sightlines
Hugh Warren, AVP, Operations & Maintenance, University of Alberta
Focusing a Campus Investment Strategy - NCAPPA 2016Sightlines
Focusing a Campus Investment Strategy - Creating a focused facilities plan aimed at sustaining the future of an institution
Thursday, May 19 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Presenters:
John Shenette, Associate Vice President for Facilities, Wake Forest University
Dan Starr, Senior Analyst, Sightlines
Creating a focused facilities plan aimed at sustaining the future of an institution can be a daunting task. Wake Forest University worked with Sightlines to first establish where they stood among their peers; then build a database of information to identify 10 years' worth of facility’s needs. The end goal for Wake Forest was to bring evidence to finance leaders of the need to establish a sustainable, forward-facing facilities plan. During this session facilities leaders will learn the steps Wake Forest took to establish a clear need for this plan, and how they have begun to build buy-in from the financial leaders at the University to start moving forward with the plan.
Facilities Investment Analysis for Small CampusesSightlines
Since the recession, the sustainability of higher education has been threatened by a number of converging issues.
Pressures are more significant at small campuses on both operating and capital budgets due to sensitivity to fluctuating enrollment. More than ever it is imperative that institutional leaders speak a common language regarding facilities from the boiler room to the board room.
Learn how a new breed of facilities intelligence solutions designed for small institutions can provide the same level of analytical rigor to facilities that most institutions already have for financial assets.
Using Metrics for Facilities Resource Advocacy at the University of North Tex...Sightlines
All higher education facilities management professionals have a story to tell campus leadership. This story focuses on facility needs in both physical asset management and facilities operational management, and it can be crucial to an institution’s future. How can facilities managers tell their story to have the most influence on key decision makers and gain their support?
This presentation, entitled "Using Metrics for Facilities Resource Advocacy," featured the University of North Texas (UNT) and highlighted how they have effectively used metrics to tell their facilities story. Armed with third-party verified data and associated metrics, facilities leaders were able to help senior decision makers better understand the campus’ facilities. Specifically, UNT was able to accurately inform their leadership of their space profile and financial challenges making the case for additional funds to reduce their backlog. They were also able to gain support from the UNT Board of Regents for a system-wide application of the data gathering and management model. Going forward, UNT is considering ways metrics can be used to help improve their current space utilization on campus.
Exploring the State of Sustainability in Higher Education 2016Sightlines
This presentation explores the latest trends and achievements in higher education sustainability and features a review of the 2016 findings by highlighting each stage of the building life cycle.
Don't Leave Your Facilities Needs to Chance - APPA 2015Sightlines
On Wednesday, August 5, Sightlines was joined by a few of our outstanding member institutions to present “Don’t Leave Your Facilities Needs to Chance – From Game Plan to Master Planning: Using Data to Load the Dice” during the APPA 2015 Annual Meeting & Exposition. This session offered attendees insight into how two facilities manager have tied deferred maintenance studies to program needs by incorporating that data into space utilization and master planning initiatives.
This presentation demonstrates how to:
Maximize the value of a deferred maintenance assessment
Integrate DM data with space utilization and master planning
Optimize institutional resources to mitigate risk
Be a partner in program success rather than a follower
2016 State of Facilities in Higher EducationSightlines
Get an exclusive look at the 2016 facilities trends in higher education and explore some key insights into the challenges - and opportunities - that face campus facilities managers and finance leaders.
From Boiler Room to Board Room: Creating Alignment with Non-Facilities Profes...Sightlines
Learn how Lebanon Valley College and the University of Georgia are creating alignment from the boiler room to the board room using Sightlines' third-party data and analysis.
When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It: Rutgers & Sightlines ERAPPA 201...Sightlines
In this presentation, Rutgers University discussed their process for establishing best practice policies during the largest merger in Higher Education’s history.
On July 1, 2013, the largest merger in the history of U.S. higher education occurred when Rutgers University and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) created a super-sized Rutgers with 67,000 students, 27 million gross square feet of space and 1,100 additional employees. The merger was only the beginning. In addition to the UMDNJ integration, the facilities departments for housing and satellite campuses were restructured under one facilities umbrella as a unified organization.
As Yogi Berra, a long time New Jersey resident, once said: “When you come to a fork in the road – take it.” Faced with having to manage and deploy over 1,700 people, an annual facilities operating budget of $227 million, and a capital budget of $150 million, consolidation brought Rutgers leadership to that fork in the road.
Since the merger, Rutgers facilities leaders have been navigating in a climate of change and closely examining every aspect of their facilities across multiple campuses, using data-driven, comparative metrics and analysis provided by Sightlines. An expert panel will discuss the process used to engage stakeholders (including administration, faculty, students and staff) and change the philosophy about managing space, operations and capital planning.
Attendees will learn:
How to engage campus leadership and facilities staff about using data and analysis during a time of major change;
How to standardize policies and procedure to maximize quality of services within budgetary constraints;
How to change and manage expectations of the campus community about levels of service for maintenance, custodial and grounds;
How data and analysis can lead to changes in campus philosophy regarding use and interaction of space, capital planning and operations to improve capital investments and facilities operations in significant ways.
How UMass is reducing its deferred maintenance backlogSightlines
With enrollment swelling over 70,000 students, facilities and finance leaders at the University of Massachusetts system and its individual campuses knew they must implement a plan to address this growth while properly maintaining their facilities. Using a comprehensive strategy, the University of Massachusetts system is on track to reduce its deferred maintenance backlog by nearly 30% over the next three years. One representative from the UMass system discussed the benefits of a system-wide approach for handling deferred maintenance, and how Sightlines’ data helped provide the necessary tools.
Prepping for the President: Planning Rutgers' 250th CommencementSightlines
Imagine the President of the United States chooses to make a commencement address at your institution. It’s a big deal, right? What if this ceremony also marked your institution’s 250th anniversary, and you expect more than 50,000 attendees, rain or shine? Then it’s a huge deal. And what if your commencement task force had less than a month to finalize plans? Talk about a perfect storm.
This was situation that Rutgers University faced this spring, when they learned on April 14 that President Obama had decided to make a speech during commencement on May 15.
This presentation explores the historic visit and the massive preparation effort involved in its execution from Tony Calcado, Senior Vice President, Institutional Planning and Operations, who served as chair of the commencement task force. Hear about logistics challenges including transportation, public safety and off-site locations.
Sightlines Membership Update - The Value of Integration with GordianSightlines
This presentation explores recent Sightlines membership updates and the value of our integration with Gordian. As part of a new, larger organization, Sightlines is now able to offer enhancements and added value to those with whom we work. Examples include:
- Improvements to our current Facilities Intelligence Solutions leveraging RSMeans cost estimation data and technical expertise
- Enhanced strategic reviews of capital project management processes
- Integration with Gordian's offerings across the full lifecycle of construction including Job Order Contracting procurement solutions.
Facilities Investment Analysis for Small CampusesSightlines
Since the recession, the sustainability of higher education has been threatened by a number of converging issues.
Pressures are more significant at small campuses on both operating and capital budgets due to sensitivity to fluctuating enrollment. More than ever it is imperative that institutional leaders speak a common language regarding facilities from the boiler room to the board room.
Learn how a new breed of facilities intelligence solutions designed for small institutions can provide the same level of analytical rigor to facilities that most institutions already have for financial assets.
Using Metrics for Facilities Resource Advocacy at the University of North Tex...Sightlines
All higher education facilities management professionals have a story to tell campus leadership. This story focuses on facility needs in both physical asset management and facilities operational management, and it can be crucial to an institution’s future. How can facilities managers tell their story to have the most influence on key decision makers and gain their support?
This presentation, entitled "Using Metrics for Facilities Resource Advocacy," featured the University of North Texas (UNT) and highlighted how they have effectively used metrics to tell their facilities story. Armed with third-party verified data and associated metrics, facilities leaders were able to help senior decision makers better understand the campus’ facilities. Specifically, UNT was able to accurately inform their leadership of their space profile and financial challenges making the case for additional funds to reduce their backlog. They were also able to gain support from the UNT Board of Regents for a system-wide application of the data gathering and management model. Going forward, UNT is considering ways metrics can be used to help improve their current space utilization on campus.
Exploring the State of Sustainability in Higher Education 2016Sightlines
This presentation explores the latest trends and achievements in higher education sustainability and features a review of the 2016 findings by highlighting each stage of the building life cycle.
Don't Leave Your Facilities Needs to Chance - APPA 2015Sightlines
On Wednesday, August 5, Sightlines was joined by a few of our outstanding member institutions to present “Don’t Leave Your Facilities Needs to Chance – From Game Plan to Master Planning: Using Data to Load the Dice” during the APPA 2015 Annual Meeting & Exposition. This session offered attendees insight into how two facilities manager have tied deferred maintenance studies to program needs by incorporating that data into space utilization and master planning initiatives.
This presentation demonstrates how to:
Maximize the value of a deferred maintenance assessment
Integrate DM data with space utilization and master planning
Optimize institutional resources to mitigate risk
Be a partner in program success rather than a follower
2016 State of Facilities in Higher EducationSightlines
Get an exclusive look at the 2016 facilities trends in higher education and explore some key insights into the challenges - and opportunities - that face campus facilities managers and finance leaders.
From Boiler Room to Board Room: Creating Alignment with Non-Facilities Profes...Sightlines
Learn how Lebanon Valley College and the University of Georgia are creating alignment from the boiler room to the board room using Sightlines' third-party data and analysis.
When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It: Rutgers & Sightlines ERAPPA 201...Sightlines
In this presentation, Rutgers University discussed their process for establishing best practice policies during the largest merger in Higher Education’s history.
On July 1, 2013, the largest merger in the history of U.S. higher education occurred when Rutgers University and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) created a super-sized Rutgers with 67,000 students, 27 million gross square feet of space and 1,100 additional employees. The merger was only the beginning. In addition to the UMDNJ integration, the facilities departments for housing and satellite campuses were restructured under one facilities umbrella as a unified organization.
As Yogi Berra, a long time New Jersey resident, once said: “When you come to a fork in the road – take it.” Faced with having to manage and deploy over 1,700 people, an annual facilities operating budget of $227 million, and a capital budget of $150 million, consolidation brought Rutgers leadership to that fork in the road.
Since the merger, Rutgers facilities leaders have been navigating in a climate of change and closely examining every aspect of their facilities across multiple campuses, using data-driven, comparative metrics and analysis provided by Sightlines. An expert panel will discuss the process used to engage stakeholders (including administration, faculty, students and staff) and change the philosophy about managing space, operations and capital planning.
Attendees will learn:
How to engage campus leadership and facilities staff about using data and analysis during a time of major change;
How to standardize policies and procedure to maximize quality of services within budgetary constraints;
How to change and manage expectations of the campus community about levels of service for maintenance, custodial and grounds;
How data and analysis can lead to changes in campus philosophy regarding use and interaction of space, capital planning and operations to improve capital investments and facilities operations in significant ways.
How UMass is reducing its deferred maintenance backlogSightlines
With enrollment swelling over 70,000 students, facilities and finance leaders at the University of Massachusetts system and its individual campuses knew they must implement a plan to address this growth while properly maintaining their facilities. Using a comprehensive strategy, the University of Massachusetts system is on track to reduce its deferred maintenance backlog by nearly 30% over the next three years. One representative from the UMass system discussed the benefits of a system-wide approach for handling deferred maintenance, and how Sightlines’ data helped provide the necessary tools.
Prepping for the President: Planning Rutgers' 250th CommencementSightlines
Imagine the President of the United States chooses to make a commencement address at your institution. It’s a big deal, right? What if this ceremony also marked your institution’s 250th anniversary, and you expect more than 50,000 attendees, rain or shine? Then it’s a huge deal. And what if your commencement task force had less than a month to finalize plans? Talk about a perfect storm.
This was situation that Rutgers University faced this spring, when they learned on April 14 that President Obama had decided to make a speech during commencement on May 15.
This presentation explores the historic visit and the massive preparation effort involved in its execution from Tony Calcado, Senior Vice President, Institutional Planning and Operations, who served as chair of the commencement task force. Hear about logistics challenges including transportation, public safety and off-site locations.
Sightlines Membership Update - The Value of Integration with GordianSightlines
This presentation explores recent Sightlines membership updates and the value of our integration with Gordian. As part of a new, larger organization, Sightlines is now able to offer enhancements and added value to those with whom we work. Examples include:
- Improvements to our current Facilities Intelligence Solutions leveraging RSMeans cost estimation data and technical expertise
- Enhanced strategic reviews of capital project management processes
- Integration with Gordian's offerings across the full lifecycle of construction including Job Order Contracting procurement solutions.
http://www.scenic.com/ | Grand Canyon National Park is home to a huge diversity of plants and wildlife that live in ecosystems ranging from desert to pine forests. Learn about the fascinating animals that call the Grand Canyon home.
Według grupy Aberdeen marketing treści generuje o prawie 8 razy więcej wejść na stronę internetową niż inne działania w sieci, co przekłada się na sprzedaż i budowanie trwałych relacji z naszymi klientami. Na tym spotkaniu pokażemy Ci jakie jeszcze korzyści przynoszą regularne działania content marketingowe oraz jak i czy marka powinna zostać wydawcą.
This is a talk I gave at Data Science MD meetup. It was based on the talk I gave about a month before at Data Science NYC (http://www.slideshare.net/DonaldMiner/data-scienceandhadoop). I talk about data exploration, NLP, Classifiers, and recommendation systems, plus some other things. I tried to depict a realistic view of Hadoop here.
Changing the Conversation in Facilities Management - A Step Towards Total Cam...Sightlines
As a result of increasing demands for capital renewal investments at a time when resources are limited, we need a new conversation around facilities at our campuses. This conversation needs to engage stakeholders and force a dialogue regarding institutional priorities and facilities initiatives that support them. An institution-wide understanding of space priorities and capital needs must drive operating changes that stick.
Facilities leaders need to use a language that creates alignment throughout the institution and drives effective policies. They need to create constituency for a multi-year capital plan. They need to communicate results to drive credibility and maintain support. During this presentation, participants will learn different strategies for engaging with various constituencies on campus in order to create facilities plans that are technically sound and tie to mission and finance. Working together, we can create a dialogue that resonates from the board room to the boiler room.
Doing More with Less: Solutions for Managing Facilities on a Limited BudgetSightlines
Sightlines shares how using verifiable data helped three very different institutions successfully create new spaces, reduce maintenance backlogs, and achieve higher levels of efficiency - all without the need to increase funding.
Change the Conversation to Address Deferred Maintenance - NACUBO 2015Sightlines
Sightlines latest conference presentation, Change the Conversation to Address Deferred Maintenance, offers four perspectives (the national view, a university system, a campus CFO, and campus facility operations) on how to employ data, analysis, and focused communications to strategically plan for success.
This presentation demonstrates how to:
- Use data to document and package deferred maintenance projects and set priorities to fund projects that support the institutional mission and strategic focus.
- Review actual facility metrics, data, and presentations used with leadership, boards, and external constituents to prioritize projects that remove deferred maintenance.
- Communicate the payoffs of deferred maintenance projects (reduced energy consumption, lowered operating costs, improved programs, etc.) versus the additional costs of waiting to fund projects.
7 Essential Questions Highly Effective Facilities Leaders Must Answer_SRAPPA ...Sightlines
This session focuses on how Louisiana State University was able to answer the most essential questions surrounding Facilities Services on their campus. Attendees learned how a campus space profile can drive both capital needs and daily operations, in addition to exploring the tool LSU is using to predict their building needs for the next 10 years, the future indicators they’ll be choosing from to track operational performance, and how to engage financial leadership in the discussion.
Take Control of Your Facilities: Explore the Tools for Creating a New Convers...Sightlines
With the expansion in college and university square footage, physical assets make up a greater portion of institutional wealth than ever before with values several times most endowments. However, with the ongoing needs brought about by a larger footprint, and challenges to operating and capital funding alike, it has never been so important to have an effective partnership between the CFO and Chief Facilities Officer.
Learn how institutional leader are utilizing a new breed of facilities intelligence solutions to provide the same level of analytical rigor to facilities that most institutions already have for financial assets.
Webinar attendees will leave with an understanding of national trends affecting physical plant and how a new conversation can be created on your campus to assess performance, discover opportunities, and create lasting change.
The State of Facilities: Preventing Your Biggest Asset from Becoming Your Big...Sightlines
In this presentation, Sightlines experts explore the trends facing facilities and finance leaders in higher education across the country, facilities challenges facing Ohio institutions, and strategies for success that help improve physical asset management and mitigate risk.
Out with the Old - Creating a New Paradigm Around the Fate of Your BuildingsEric Nolan
Does your campus maintain too many small or outdated buildings? Have a growing backlog due to limited resources? Deal with a strained operations budget? You might also be struggling to make key decisions about when to renovate, replace, or knock down buildings on your campus. Thankfully, you're not alone, and there are solutions.
Rutgers University has been there too. Yet, with proper planning and data support, they were able to make major policy changes that have improved their situation.
In this webinar, Jim Kadamus of Sightlines and Tony Calcado of Rutgers University discuss:
- Why facilities must secure a seat at the table to engage campus leadership in a new, more focused conversation about space allocation
- What data made the case that a paradigm shift was needed and how it affected institutional policies
- How strategic divestment decisions can have a broad impact on campus and what it means for the future.
Out with the Old - Creating a New Paradigm Around the Fate of Your BuildingsSightlines
Does your campus maintain too many small or outdated buildings? Have a growing backlog due to limited resources? Deal with a strained operations budget? You might also be struggling to make key decisions about when to renovate, replace, or knock down buildings on your campus. Thankfully, you're not alone, and there are solutions.
Rutgers University has been there too. Yet, with proper planning and data support, they were able to make major policy changes that have improved their situation.
In this webinar, Jim Kadamus of Sightlines and Tony Calcado of Rutgers University discuss:
- Why facilities must secure a seat at the table to engage campus leadership in a new, more focused conversation about space allocation
- What data made the case that a paradigm shift was needed and how it affected institutional policies
- How strategic divestment decisions can have a broad impact on campus and what it means for the future.
Changing the Conversation: Making the Case for Funding Deferred Maintenance [...Sightlines
We are at a unique point in the history of managing higher education campuses. Two historic waves of building construction, 1955-1975, and 1995-2010 are increasing demands for capital investments at a time when resources available are limited. Traditional strategies for funding deferred maintenance (DM) will not work in the future. There is just too much backlog to be addressed at the time life cycles of newer buildings are coming due.
Facilities leaders know that there is a cost of waiting to fund DM projects: higher capital costs, program disruption and higher operational costs. But making the case to senior management for funding facilities sooner rather than later is a challenge as they try to balance funding facilities vs. funding faculty salaries and increase student financial aid.
In this session, participants learn from facilities leaders from California public and private campuses who have worked with Sightlines to package the DM needs into investment portfolios and successfully make the case for funding.
Exploring the State of Facilities - Your Chance to "Ask Sightlines"Sightlines
How does a campus turn back the clock on their facilities? How do we address growing backlog needs with limited or shrinking funds? What energy projects can reduce consumption and boost our bottom-line?
These are a few of the questions answered by Sightlines experts in this informative and engaging webinar as we offer an in-depth discussion of the benchmarks, trends, and best practices introduced in our 2014 report The State of Facilities in Higher Education.
Additionally, this interactive presentation:
- Explores the analysis that serves as the basis for our industry-leading database and the report it informs
- Shows data that goes beyond the broad trends
- Offers strategies for success and case studies showing innovative solutions to common facilities challenges
ERAPPA Webinar on Facilities Trends and Challenges - Co-hosted by SightlinesSightlines
National and Regional Trends for Facilities: What They Mean for Your Campus - learn about key national and northeast college and university data trends with regard to age profile, backlog of deferred maintenance, operating costs, and energy costs. And, with the partnership of Sightlines, how these campuses are responding to the trends and challenges from both a public and private campus perspective.
Leveraging New Analytics to Change the Conversation around Facilities on Campus Sightlines
Presenters:
Bruce Meyer, Assistant VP Campus Operations, Bowling Green State University
Brendon Martin, Account Manager, Sightlines
Learn how Bowling Green State University has used comparative data and predictive analytics to make courageous decisions about the future of their campus. They are able to empirically analyze the effect of demolition and renovation of certain buildings and project the impact of future capital requirements and deferred maintenance. In addition, you will see how peer benchmarking and best practice analysis helped to make the case for centralizing multiple facilities organizations on campus and creating large savings over a five year period.
Unleash the Power of Prediction with ROPA+Sightlines
With today's capital and operating budget pressures, effectively communicating past success is important, but to continue to thrive, you must be able to look into the future.
What if you had the tools to...
Forecast life cycles, capital needs, and facilities risks?
Create operational and investment goals and continually track performance?
Re-balance your facility strategy and make mid-course corrections to become a "Best in Class" performer?
To give you these tools, Sightlines proudly introduces the next evolution of our facilities benchmarking and analysis service: ROPA+
Planning for the Future: Adapting Facilities to Tomorrow's NeedsSightlines
Facilities plays a key role in managing campus growth in ways that support the institution’s overall mission without over-extending available resources. Being able to prepare for the best while planning for the worst, while no easy feat, is essential in today’s rapidly changing marketplace. In this webinar, Sightlines outlines how using data-driven planning to create and communicate a clear vision of your campus facilities can ensure approval for the maintenance and capital projects required to set your campus ahead.
What you'll learn:
- How to better prioritize projects by using a portfolio framework
- A new approach for performing facility assessments that institution stakeholders can act on with confidence
- How to plan to meet future workforce challenges
- Strategies for creating long-term facility plans that account for market volatility
University of Tennessee Knoxville Facilities Exposed - The Story Behind the F...Sightlines
Come take a look behind the orange curtain as UTK tells their facilities story. With a new university plan to become a Top 25 Research Institution the facilities organization is faced with the incredible challenge: show that facilities service can lead the University’s drive to top 25. This shifts the discussion about facilities from being a cost center that should be minimized to being a key contributor in creating an outstanding student and faculty experience.
With so much change forthcoming where would you start? For the facilities organization it begins with a little introspection. In order to build a house you must begin with a good foundation. Over the last 2 years, the facilities services group at the University of Tennessee has undergone a reorganization designed to achieve 3 core goals:
Target resources to shift from a reactive to proactive maintenance department;
Align resources to improve customer service;
Preserve the strengths of their current facilities service team.
A critical step to creating buy in from senior leadership for these changes was to show that facilities service knew where their strengths and opportunities were and that they had a plan. Together with Sightlines, UTK has utilized data and benchmarking to establish a baseline from which they can evaluate their successes and target future areas.
University of Tennessee, Knoxville will demonstrate how these baselines were created, what they are, and how they are being used to engage campus leaders to make the case for appropriate resource allocation.
State of Sustainability in Higher Education 2017Sightlines
Join Sightlines and the UNH Sustainability Institute as we analyze campus efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change, provide an update on higher education's progress with energy efficiency, and introduce new data and discussion surrounding space management and mechanical upgrades.
Developing the Capital Plan is Only Half the Battle [ERAPPA 2017]Sightlines
Discover the latest facilities trends in higher education and how Penn State was able to develop a capital plan utilizing advanced "facilities intelligence."
Making the Case for Campus SustainabilitySightlines
Sightlines looks at the interplay between enrollment trends, financial success metrics, and operational success metrics to help build the business case that sustainability is an integral component to a successful facilities operation.
Data & Sustainability: How the Right Data Creates SuccessSightlines
Many sustainability officers are stretched thin by their duties, which includes a heavy workload of measuring and reporting data, both internally and externally. Despite this potential drawback, data is not the enemy of sustainability leaders. In fact, data and sustainability can go hand-in-hand as you build your case and outline opportunities for future improvements.
In this presentation, you'll learn:
- How data can help you overcome industry trends and make a difference on campus
- Ways data can build constituency around sustainability goals
- The value of verified data & peer context
- How reporting burdens can be eased
Creating Alignment with Non-Facilities Professionals - APPA 2016Sightlines
How does the facilities manager create alignment with non-facilities professionals and up the reporting ladder? How do you assure yourself a seat at the table where you can communicate past successes and future investment requirements to drive the institution forward and deliver best-in-class service? You can use data, like many facilities leaders nationwide, who are arming themselves with validated longitudinal data, peer comparisons, and predictive analytics. By creating a common vocabulary that can be understood and communicated from the boiler room to the boardroom, you become a better partner to all constituents at your institution.
Presenters:
Ralph Johnson, AVP, Facilities Management Division, University of Georgia
Don Santostefano, Senior Director, Facilities Management, Lebanon Valley College
Kevan Will, Account Manager, Sightlines
Don't Leave Your Facilities Needs to Chance: From Game Plan to Master PlanSightlines
This presentation explores what facilities leaders can do when rolling the dice doesn't work regarding the management of deferred maintenance. You'll also learn how to:
- Maximize the value of a deferred maintenance assessment
- Integrate deferred maintenance data with a master plan
- Optimize institutional resources to mitigate risk
- Be a partner in program success rather than a follower
Plan More, React Less: Building & Expanding Your Planned Maintenance ProgramSightlines
Presented by Paul Armas, Director of Maintenance Operations, Brown University, Steve Maruszewski, Associate Vice President for Physical Plant, The Pennsylvania State University, and Kevan Will, Account Manager, Sightlines.
"We cannot afford to be in the reactive maintenance business!" - Steve Maruszewski, Penn State University
You understand that planned maintenance is the best means of prolonging the life of your building systems. But after you've replaced the filters and changed belts, how does your campus take the next step towards proactively addressing building needs? How do you establish a path towards reliability focused maintenance by changing the culture among your facilities organization? How do you put a plan in place that allows you to reap the cost and time savings of planned maintenance in the face of affordability pressures?
Steve Maruszewski, Assistant Vice President for Physical Plant at The Pennsylvania State University, and Paul Armas, Director of Maintenance Operations at Brown University, will join Kevan Will of Sightlines to discuss:
The implemented and projected planned maintenance strategies that have placed them among the leaders in proactive investment within the Sightlines database.
The importance of securing "buy-in" from both management and staff by developing a strategic plan that focuses on increasing value, reducing waste, and respecting people.
How to establish a cultural shift from valuing the extreme to valuing the routine.
How Sightlines Can Change the Conversation on Your CampusSightlines
What if you had the tools to create a common vocabulary at your institution that enables stakeholders to get the most from campus space, invest capital dollars strategically to support mission, and reduce the overhead of daily facilities operations?
Explore this presentation to learn how finance and facilities leaders are using Sightlines' facilities intelligence solutions to:
* Unite the often disjointed policies surrounding space management, capital allocation, and operations,
* Forecast and mitigate facilities risks to reduce both failures and backlog,
* Identify key metrics and target changes to save money and become a best practice institution, and
* Tell their story and build constituency for change across campus.
See how our strategic solutions, specifically ROPA+ and Building Portfolios, can make the case for change on your campus.
Exploring the State of Sustainability in Higher Education 2015Sightlines
This webinar is an extension of a recent Sightlines-UNH report, “The State of Sustainability in Higher Education 2015,” which assessed the impacts of sustainability initiatives by taking the first comprehensive look at emissions and energy trends from a nationally representative set of schools. The report and webinar explore key sustainability in higher education questions, such as:
Are campus conservation, efficiency, and fuel-switching initiatives succeeding?
Have campuses used the “hierarchy” to guide their efforts and are its assumptions being borne out?
How have changes in enrollment, and a national campus building boom, impacted these efforts?
How much does progress depend on the amount and type of campus capital investment?
How can campuses be more strategic and effective in managing carbon and energy footprints?
How much impact do external factors (e.g. public policies, energy costs, etc.) have?
How complete is the available set of campus sustainability metrics? Is anything missing?
This webinar provided an in-depth analysis of the trends that comprise the report, and answered pressing sustainability questions.
Embracing GenAI - A Strategic ImperativePeter Windle
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This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
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June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
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This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
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http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
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The State of Facilities at Midwestern Institutions
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University of Missouri – Columbia
University of Missouri – Kansas City
University of Missouri – St. Louis
University of Nebraska at Kearney
University of Nebraska at Lincoln
University of Nebraska Medical Center
University of Nebraska Omaha
University of New Brunswick
University of New Hampshire
University of New Haven
University of New Mexico
University of North Texas
University of Northern Iowa
University of Notre Dame
University of Oregon
University of Ottawa
University of Pennsylvania
University of Redlands
University of Rhode Island
University of Rochester
University of San Diego
University of San Francisco
University of Southern Maine
University of Southern Mississippi
University of St. Thomas
University of Tennessee Health
Science Center
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
University of Texas at Dallas
University of the Sciences in
Philadelphia
University of Toledo
University of Vermont
University of Washington
Vanderbilt University
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Department of General
Services
Wagner College
Wake Forest University
Washburn University
Washington University in St. Louis
Wellesley College
Wesleyan University
State of Facilities in Higher
Education: 2015 Benchmarks, Best
Practices, & Trends
Midwestern Institutions
2. 16%
24%
33%
27%
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20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
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Midwest Region
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2015 Age Profile
Under 10 10 to 25 25 to 50 Over 50
High Risk
% of Space Over 25 Years Old Continues to Rise
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Roughly 60% of space is over 25 years old, which is a critical age threshold that threatens the reliability of program delivery. While
some Midwestern institutions have been able to renovate their 25 to 50 year old space, others have had to watch their facilities age
without significant renovation and are now crossing over into the over 50 year old category, significantly compounding the challenge
of finding money to address the preponderance of needs coming due.
10-25
25-50
Focus on PM:
Significant need for PM in
young systems.
Low Risk:
“Honeymoon” period –
little need for capital
reinvestment.
Medium Risk:
Lower cost space
renewal updates needed.
Higher Risk:
Life Cycles coming due in
core building
components.
React as Needed:
Issues in components
past the end of their
lifecycles will demand
reactive maintenance.
Highest Risk:
Life cycles of major
components past due –
end of building life cycle
approaching.
Operational
Demands:
Capital Risk:
Under
10
Over
50
Balance PM and Reactive
Maintenance:
Younger components still
require PM.
Aging components require
reactive maintenance.
3. 0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
12%
14%
16%
Space Growth Enrollment Growth
Declining Enrollment Adds to Challenge of Managing Density
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In addition to older space, Midwestern institutions are dealing with flat enrollment rates while experiencing some of the highest
percentage increases in space since 2008. To the point where the increase in space is practically double the increase in
enrollment. As a result, Midwestern campuses are experiencing steady declines in student density (22% decrease since
2008), which raises questions about how space will be managed with fewer students. With future enrollment projections
difficult to determine, managing campus density will be a critical strategy in the future as rightsizing decisions may become a
reality.
Central Eastern Midwest Rocky Mountain Southern Pacific Coast
4. Capital Funding Slow to Recover; Hitting Highs in 2013
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Midwestern institutions took a sizable cut in capital funding in 2010 and it took until 2013 for these institutions to make
a full recovery. While facing several years of stagnant investment levels, Midwestern institutions realized that they had
to reexamine their funding strategies. Although total capital spending was slow to recover, annual capital spending has
been on the rise since 2011 as campuses have begun to look at institutional sources of funding more seriously in
recent years. This funding type enables leaders to be proactive about pending critical needs and flexibly apply
appropriations to preserve physical assets. This becomes increasingly important when institutions are unable to rely
on large one-time infusions of capital to address major needs.
5. Mix of Capital Spending on the Right Track
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42% 39% 38% 38% 38% 37%
41% 38%
40%
43%
49% 48% 46% 46% 41% 44%
18% 18%
13% 14% 16% 17% 18% 18%
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10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Space Renewal & Safety Code Envelope & Building Systems Infrastructure
In addition to total spending and funding sources, project selection must also be taken into account to fully understand the
impact of historical investment patterns. To counteract the limited capital dollars available, Midwestern institutions have
recently made strong efforts to invest a greater portion of their capital into high priority project needs that affect building
reliability (envelope and mechanical systems) rather than space upgrades. Sightlines has found that space renewal
projects last about 12 years while envelope and buildings systems investment last 30 years or more. So, while
funding remains limited, the shift of that funding to more durable, high ROI investments is an important strategy.
6. Facilities Operating Budgets Slowly Rising
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3.53 3.64 3.58 3.53 3.56 3.65 3.67 3.7
0.25 0.27 0.27 0.28 0.30 0.32 0.31 0.34
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2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Daily Service Planned Maintenance
Facilities operating budgets are starting to grow at Midwestern institutions, but at very modest rates. When
compared to steady state adjusted levels, campuses are funding their facilities operations approx. 13% less than
the rate of inflation. This is forcing campuses to try to do more with less.
$/GSF
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Steady Increase in Staffing Coverages
Maintenance staff coverage rates
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Central Eastern Midwest Rocky Mountain Southern Pacific Coast
Due to the increase in space and flat operating budgets, Midwestern institutions are experiencing significant increases in
maintenance staff coverage rates. Essentially, many institutions are adding additional square footage, but not adding
additional maintenance workers. This approach may work in the short term while buildings are new, but as buildings age,
fewer maintenance staff could reduce the number of repairs and actually add to the deferred maintenance backlog.
ServiceScores(1to5scale)
8. Facilities Asset Reinvestment Needs Continue to Grow
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65
70
75
80
85
90
95
100
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
While funding shifts to more durable, high ROI investments have helped to mitigate some risk, overall funding
reductions have caused facilities backlogs to increase by almost 21% since 2008. Finance and Facilities leaders
at Midwestern institutions will need to look into implementing strategies that make the problem smaller and more
manageable, which will help build confidence among decision makers and lead to a greater commitment of capital
and operational resources for facilities.
$/GSF
9. 9
Changing the Conversation
Strategies for success
Understand
and
communicate
that not all
buildings are
created equal
Use
building
portfolios
Invest over
time
Reallocate
savings
Visit our website at Sightlines.com to download a
free copy of our 2015 State of Facilities in
Higher Education report for further insight into
the four strategies for success.
12. Who Partners with Sightlines?
Robust membership includes colleges, universities, consortiums, and state systems
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* U.S. News 2016 Rankings
Sightlines is proud to
announce that:
• 450 colleges and
universities are
Sightlines clients
including over 350
ROPA members.
• Consistently over 90%
member retention rate
• We have clients in
over 40 states, the
District of Columbia
and five Canadian
provinces
• More than 125 new
institutions became
Sightlines members
since 2013
Sightlines advises state
systems in:
• Alaska
• California
• Florida
• Hawaii
• Maine
• Massachusetts
• Minnesota
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• Nebraska
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• Pennsylvania
• Texas
Serving the Nation’s Leading Institutions:
• 70% of the Top 20 Colleges*
• 75% of the Top 20 Universities*
• 34 Flagship State Universities
• 14 of the 14 Big 10 Institutions
• 12 of the 14 SEC Institutions
• 9 of the 12 Ivy Plus Institutions
13. Sightlines Creates a Common Vocabulary
A vocabulary for Facilities Measurement, Benchmarking, and Analysis
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Asset Value Change
The annual
investment needed
to ensure buildings
will properly
perform and reach
their useful life
“Keep-Up Costs”
Annual
Stewardship
The accumulation
of repair and
modernization
needs and the
definition of
resource capacity
to correct them
“Catch-Up Costs”
Asset
Reinvestment
The effectiveness
of the facilities
operating budget,
staffing,
supervision, and
energy
management
Operational
Effectiveness
The measure of
service process,
the maintenance
quality of space
and systems, and
the customers
opinion of service
delivery
Service
Operations Success
14. Sightlines Drives a New Conversation
Facilities intelligence toolkit that connects the dots between space, capital, and operating policies
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A new conversation around
facilities management…
• Treats physical plant like a core
business
• Uses concepts of endowment
management to contextualize
investment decisions;
• Aligns facilities operations and
capital investment with institutional
mission and finance;
• Uses predictive analysis to focus
on outcomes and not inputs.
• Lets you tell your “facilities story”
as effective as possible.
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Sightlines’ Impact on Capital Spending
2011 new members’ capital spending before vs. after joining Sightlines
$0.72
$1.11
$3.29
$3.30
$0.00
$0.50
$1.00
$1.50
$2.00
$2.50
$3.00
$3.50
$4.00
$4.50
$5.00
Before After
$/GSF
54% Increase
This chart is based on a sample of 30 campuses that began working with Sightlines on our ROPA+ process for the first time in 2011.
We examined each institution’s capital spending pattern prior to engaging in the ROPA+ process and then after having been engaged
in the process for three years. The data above speaks for itself. This is a very positive trend based on Sightlines analysis that $1 of
annual capital or stewardship investment can enable a campus to avoid as much as $3 in future capital renewal investment.
17. Connect with Sightlines
Get in touch with us to start a new facilities conversation on campus
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We’re eager to discuss your needs and answer any questions you may have
about our Facilities Intelligence Solutions or these latest trends.
Call us at
(203) 682-4950
Email us at
insights@sightlines.com
Website:
www.sightlines.com/
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