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Facilities Management

Events

Sustainability Focus Group for Senior Facilities Officers and Sustainability Directors

February 17, 2023

This standing monthly session will provide a space for EAB to share our latest research on sustainability, as well as for participants to ask questions and share successes with one another. Sessions are best suited for Senior Facilities Officers and Sustainability Directors.

Compassionate Leadership: Building Skills and Behaviors to Lead in a Disillusioned Era

February 14, 2023

Cabinet leaders are ready to lead their teams forward with bold ideas to adapt to a post-COVID world. How can you reinvigorate your leadership and re-engage your teams to move forward in this era? This session is limited to Chief Business Officers and Senior Facilities Officers.

Research and Services

Campus 2030: Harnessing the Power of Campus Space to Advance Strategic Goals On-Demand Materials

December 7, 2022

In this session, EAB walked through the innovative ways institutions are using space to drive important strategic priorities forward, including student experience, interdisciplinary innovation, and diversity and inclusion.

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Three Questions Every Facilities Leader Must Ask (and Answer) to Achieve Ambitious Green Goals

October 18, 2022

EAB held a working session where we discussed the various approaches institutions around the world have deployed to pursue carbon net-zero status, analyzed the costs and benefits of various next-gen efficiency efforts, and considered new stakeholders to engage in sustainability efforts across campus.

Making the Most of Your EAB Facilities Partnership: On-Demand Materials

September 22, 2022

In the spirit of back to school, EAB hosted a (re)orientation to what’s in store for our facilities partners within their 2022-2023 EAB Research memberships.

2022 Roundtable for Senior Facilities Officers

September 1, 2022

EAB convened senior higher ed Facilities leaders for in-person executive roundtables to discuss how transformational change can be sustained in the coming year.

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Quick Reads

Are you asking the right questions on your space request form?

January 27, 2016

Include four targeted questions on your new space request form to prompt units to think more critically about their space needs—and help you better evaluate competing requests.

Creating gender-inclusive restrooms on campus

January 14, 2016

Student demand for a more inclusive and open climate has brought the discussion of gender-inclusive restrooms to the forefront. Over 150 colleges and universities have already created these facilities, but before you follow suit, review five lessons early movers learned from their own campus conversions.

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Roadmaps

Modernize Research Lab Design and Management

September 30, 2020

Enhance Your Capital Project Planning Process

January 8, 2020

Optimize Your Facilities Outsourcing Arrangements

December 10, 2019

Grow Your Facilities Talent Through Upskilling Programs

December 2, 2019

Improve Preventive Maintenance Performance

December 2, 2019

Address Critical Deferred Maintenance Backlogs

September 18, 2019

Create a Compelling Facilities Dashboard

September 18, 2019

Design Better Workflows with Five Process Improvement Steps

September 17, 2019

Boost Process Improvement Success by Starting with the Right Projects

September 17, 2019

Experts

Ann Forman Lippens

Managing Director

Michael Fischer

Director, Research Advisory Services

Lisa Berglund

Associate Director

Evaluate Your Facilities Organizational Chart

Participate in EAB’s Facilities Organizational Chart Assessment and Evaluation to audit your unit's current structure and compare it with peer institutions.

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Facilities Forum

Providing senior facilities officers with the research, tools, and strategies needed to more effectively rationalize space use, improve utilization rates, shift towards preventative maintenance, and more.

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