Book Review

Book Review

Articles and Discussion
The recent tragic events in the United States are causing just about every institution to re-examine its emergency preparedness and response protocol. FM DATACOM has opened a special discussion area to assist with this effort.

Rice University
Originally built in 1925, the four-story Chemistry Building at Rice University in Houston was suffering from age as well as a series of renovations that had concealed many of the elements of this ?landmark? building. The University has restored the brick and stone on the exterior and has redesigned and renovated the interior to serve the biophysics and bioengineering departments.

Maximizing e-Business Strategies for Facilities Management
Facilities management at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is taking a significant step forward with the implementation of two computer-based initiatives--the transition to a new online work management system and the integration of several legacy facility databases into a single Web-compatible format.

Making the Campus a Place Where Contractors Like to Work
It is no mean feat to improve capital project management at a public university, where state law mandates acceptance of the lowest bid. Conventional wisdom holds that the intense emphasis on cost often drives high-quality contractors away.