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2023
B RIEF
FACILITIES &
CONSTRUCTION
8 18 26 30 34 42
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COVER PHOTOGRAPH
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COLUMNS
EDITOR’S NOTE 6
DRURY UNIVERSITY’S ENTERPRISE
CENTER CREATED AS CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY HUB 14
HOW ESSER FUNDS CAN HELP WITH HVAC UPGRADES 38
THREE ADAPTABLE SPACES WE’LL SEE MORE OF IN SCHOOLS 40
DEPARTMENTS
FACILITYFOCUS 22 ADVERTISER INDEX 44 BUILDING BLUEPRINTS 46
K–12 FEATURES
BRINGING STEAM TO LIFE
􏰀􏰁 TH􏰂 K–12 CL􏰃SSROO􏰄 30
What if you could apply crucial STEAM concepts in a way that engages students like never before?
USING PARTICIPATORY DESIGN
TO CR􏰂􏰃T􏰂 􏰃 ST􏰅􏰆􏰂􏰁T􏰇C􏰂􏰁T􏰂R􏰂􏰆 LIBRARY 34
What does a 21st-century teenager want out of a library these days, anyway?
GREEN ROOFS EXPAND MINDS AND OPPORTUNITIES 42
Every green roof is unique to its intended purpose, size, local climate, budget, and maintenance constraints.
COVER STORY
2023 FACILITIES
& CONSTRUCTION BRIEF 8
This brief will give you an overview of what we know—based on available data and
a survey of our readers—about trends in overall construction spending.
K-12 & HIGHER ED FEATURE
FIVE CONSIDERATIONS FOR YOUR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS PLAN 26
Communication is the lifeblood of any emergency response.
HIGHER ED FEATURE
ACHIEVING SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH HISTORIC PRESERVATION AT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
IN ST. LOUIS 18
Constructed in 1922 to house the School of Law, January Hall is a three-story granite and limestone building that helped shape the identity of the Danforth Campus at Washington University in St. Louis.
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