Michael Dreidger, CEO of IAQ tech startup Airsset speaks with BD+C's John Caulfield about how building owners and property managers can improve their buildings' air quality.

While student and faculty health and well-being should be a top priority in all spaces within educational facilities, this article will highlight some key considerations.

Building envelope choices for campus, cultural, and infrastructure projects are shaped by particular conditions. Today, institutions place greater value on how buildings relate to their ensemble: how historic buildings fit next to new ones, how massing forms fit with their neighbors, and how a building cladding contributes to the campus context. Concurrently, enclosure assemblies and construction methods have undergone changes due to values of sustainability, science, durability, and maintenance. In this context, mastering the building envelope on college and university campuses requires addressing both cultural concerns and technical performance, honoring traditional buildings while exploring the potential of new materials and forms. 

At ProConnect events, building product manufacturers meet with AEC professionals and real estate developers to discuss upcoming building projects, new products, and technical solutions.

Dan Boggio and Melissa Turnbaugh of PBK, the largest K-12 design firm in the U.S.,  discuss the favorable market conditions and the latest trends in K-12 school design with BD+C's Rob Cassidy.    

PBK, Gilbane, AECOM, and DLR Group head BD+C's rankings of the nation's largest K-12 school facilities sector architecture, engineering, and construction firms, as reported in the 2021 Giants 400 Report.

The Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute for Neuroscience at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena wins a Gold Award in BD+C's 2021 Building Team Awards.

If a campus is not as efficient as it could be, end users will use their feet to let designers know about it.