Guide to EAB’s Facilities Research Presentations
In partnership with Strategic Leaders, EAB’s Research Advisory Services experts work actively with partners to find best practices that suit your institution, and to help you make sound decisions that attract institutional support. We can bring our research to your team, for a single focused session or multiple sessions adapted to different audiences.
The Facilities Forum offers presentations for diverse audiences, including Facilities leadership, business affairs leadership, academic leadership, maintenance and operations directors, and planning, design, and construction leaders.
If you are interested in having EAB experts present to a group on your campus or facilitate a discussion, we recommend reaching out to your Strategic Leader at least a month or two before a virtual session. For some especially popular times of year (e.g., the start of the semester, around spring and fall board retreats) we recommend reaching out three months in advance, or as early as you can.
Presentations on construction and maintenance challenges
Increasing the impact of limited deferred and preventive maintenance dollars
Shifting the Balance from Reactive to Preventive Maintenance and Addressing Increasingly Complex Deferred Maintenance Decisions
Presentation Overview
- Tactics to communicate true deferred maintenance needs to stakeholders, as well as creative funding strategies
- Best practices to eliminate preventive maintenance (PM) time sinks and effectively utilize asset data
- Staffing options and engagement methods to ensure systematic completion of PM tasks
Suggested Audience: Facilities Leadership, Maintenance and Operations Directors, Business Affairs Leadership, Frontline and Shop Supervisors
Presentation Length: 2 to 3 hours
Building a total cost of ownership mindset
Pre- and Post-Occupancy Tactics to Optimize Capital Investments and Minimize Operating Costs
Presentation Overview
- Evidence-based design standards that ease future maintenance work and minimize total cost of ownership
- Best practices to help academic and administrative leaders understand the total cost of ownership and the long-term tradeoffs of renovating versus building new
- No-regret analyses to better approximate the total cost of ownership and improve planning and communication efforts
Suggested Audience: Facilities Leadership, Capital Planning Leadership, Business Affairs Leadership
Presentation Length: 2 to 3 hours
Presentations on campus spaces
Working with academic leaders to improve space utilization
Best Practices for Inflecting Behavior Change and Improving Utilization Rates
Presentation Overview
- Guidance on establishing effective space governance committees
- Incentives, policy changes, and other strategies for partnering with academic leaders to increase productive use of classrooms, faculty offices, and research labs
Suggested Audience: Facilities Leadership, Academic Leadership
Presentation Length: 1.5 to 2 hours
Presentations on Facilities staffing and org structure challenges
Tackling the Facilities talent crunch
Tactics to Address Staffing Needs in an Era of Widening Skills Gaps and Shrinking Labor Pools
Presentation Overview
- Enhanced recruitment and grow-your-own strategies for skilled trades roles
- Best practices for engaging and retaining frontline service staff
- New opportunities for preparing and training supervisors
Suggested Audience: Facilities Leadership, Operations and Maintenance Directors, HR Partners
Presentation Length: 2 to 3 hours