After an unprecedented year for the commercial construction industry in Michigan, Builders Exchange of Michigan asked local project owners about the future of planning construction projects. Contributors Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR) Stephen Clark,...
Places of education accounted for 20.6% of active shooter incidents between 2000 and 2018, according to statistics from the Federal Bureau of Investigations. Over the last 20 years, realizing the need for updated security measures and the importance of keeping...
Builders Exchange of Michigan: What updates have you recently made to your school’s facilities? How have these changes impacted the staff and students? Mark Greathead, Woodhaven-Brownstown Public Schools: We renovated and updated all our schools, which consisted of...
By Jeff Hoag, AIA, LEED AP BD + C, GMB Architecture + Engineering It wasn’t very long ago that each room in a school building had a singular purpose: instruction happened in the classroom, research and reading happened in the library, and the cafeteria was for...
In the 30+ years since Ferris Bueller memorably hacked into his high school’s attendance system and reduced his absences from nine times to two, cyber threats faced by school districts have increased by orders of magnitude. While every business and non-profit...
