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We are pleased to debut the new look of Facilities Manager. This reflects the progressive direction of APPA and the character of our members. Inside you will find the same quality information all in an updated format. Enjoy the transformation! h ck I ilters Juggle less. Manage more. Run your educational institution's maintenance department efficiently and effectively with a CMMS that fits your every need. Whether you use one of TMA's desktop solutions, TMA eXpress, TMA WorkGroup, TMA Enterprise, or the most -■- ---■■- TMASYSTEMS powerful web-based system available for facilities - ·· Success Made Simple WebTMA, you can be assured that you're on the leading -- edge of facility maintenance management. 800.862.11 30 • www.tmasystems.com • sales@t masyst e ms.com The Lab of the The Lab of the Future: 30 Building Facilities that Attract Premier Faculty and Students By Tim R. Haley Busting the Limits 32 of Science Laboratory Economics By Robert C. Bush We're not talking about your old high school science lab with the traditional microscope, Bunsen burner, and beaker. Today's laboratories offer technology that w ill blow your mind and colleges are challenged to keep up with the times. Focusing on the Invisible By Tim R. Haley Reducing the Risk of 44 Dangerous Chemicals Getting into the Wrong Hands By Nancy Matthews How do you secure dangerous chemicals in an open learning environment? The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's quest to regulate the threat of chemical misuse extends to college and university facilities. Facilities Manager I january/february 2008 I 1 ••• From the Editor .........................................................4 ••••••••••• ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• • ••• Facilities Digest .......................................................... 6 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• •••• By Kisha D. 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Anthony, P.E. and Richard Aaron, Esq. • Membership Matters .........................................24 Extreme Website Makeover By Norm Young and Leslie Young September 2007 Institute/Toolkit Wrap-up .............................26 Facility Asset Management ........................48 Pay Now or Pay Forever: The Design of Control System Software By Greg Cmar, Bill Gnerre, and Kevin Fuller The Bookshelf ...........................................................52 Book Review Editor, Theodore J. Weidner, Ph.D., P.E., AJA New Products ...........................................................55 Ad Index ........................................................................56 2 I january/february 2008 I Facilities Manager What's good for business is good for society. Turn to TAC for complete building solutions that cut energy usage. Go to tac.com today. Copyright C 2006, TAC, a company of Schneider Electnc. t.a.c. · Transformation is all around as (Mayzf une), The Rise to Greatness we begin the new year. APPA continues CTuly/August tie-in with the APPA 2008 manager to embrace the change spurred by our conference), APPA Award Wmners and extensive branding initiative and the ew President Profile (September/ President resulting targeted mission to elevate October), and Campus Safety and Alan 5. Bigger, EarlhamCollege faci lities professionals into inAuential Security (November/December). We'll Executive Vice President leaders in education. Th:1t is what continue to improve the content of the E. Lander Medlin, [email protected] APPA is about, and that is our focus magazine by asking you, the members as we move forward. and readers, for your opinions and needs Editor [n addition to a new logo and a in a readership survey scheduled to be Steve Glazner, [email protected] completely redesigned and enhanced conducted in the March-April timeframe. Managing Editor website, APPA introduces another Another project undergoing major Kisha D. De5andies, [email protected] manifestation of our brand identity with transformation this year is APPA's annual a redesign of the cover and layout of Facilities Perfom1ance Indicators (FPI) Subscriptions/Circulation Fflcilities Manager magazine. You'll see Report. In December we concluded the Cotrenia Aytch, [email protected] a newly designed ba.1rner on the cover, data collection portion for fiscal year 2006- Design & Production depicti ng the cleaner lines and forward 07, and our programmers and analysts touch three motion that reAect APPA's fresh approach are preparing the final report and new to all the products, services, and programs dashboard indicators for publication in Printing offered to our members and others in the late February. You'lJ see more automated Corporate Press, Inc. educa tional facilities profession. You'll fea tures, streamlined dashboards, and Editorial Office see a more readable typeface throughout a focus on the balanced scorecard and 703-684-1446 ext. 237 the magazine-designed with more color, "executive tier" survey results. Fax: 703-549-2772 brighter graphics, and cleaner layout. T hanks tO all the 200+ institutions Many thanks to the Information and that completed the FPT Survey this Advertising Gerry Van Treeck, 847-562-8633 Research Committee, the APPA staff year, including all 16 of the University [email protected] (particularly Kisha DeSanclies, managing of 1orth Carolina system schools, tl1e editor, and Jill Amsrutz, director of many Canadian institutions, and most www.appa.org/facilitiesmanager communications and marketing), our of the campuses in the California State Facilities Manager (l~~N 0882-7249) is pe~hshed six umes ayear printer Corporate Press, and our new U niversity system. We look forward (January, March, May, July, September, and November). Send design partners at touch three (including to even greater participation by more editorial submissions to [email protected]. Apon10n of APPA's annual Les McCarty and Wendy Rogers) for all systems and cohort groups when the next membershipdues ($53) PilY5 for 11M' IUO!(nproo 10 Foobte Manager. Additional annual sublcnptions cost $66 for APPA members. S120 of their input, suggestions, and assistance FPI Survey opens in August 2008. (j) for non-members. Contact the editorial office for artKle repnnts. to make this happen. Copyright © 2008 by APPA. Contents may not be repnnted or Facilities Manager wi ll continue to bring reproduced 1n any form without wnnen perm~sioo. The opinions you the substantive content that you expressed are those of the authro and do not necessanly reflect the views of APPA. Ed11orial mention of comJ)ilnies or j)IOducts ~ have come to expect since its inception for informational purposes only and should not be construed as an in 1985. \,Ve have a dynamic editorial endorsement. actual or implied, by APPA. calendar in place for 2008, beginning Coming in March/April POSTMASTER: SPnrl arlrlrp,;~ changes to Facilities Manager, with this issue on T he Lab of the 1643 Prince Strl'l't, Alexandria, VA 22314-2818. Furure. Many tha n.ks to Tim Haley, Bob Preview of upcoming APPA AboutAPPA Bush, Lora Boehlke, and Lee Burch of sustainability anthology: The Green APPA promotes !earler;hipi ned1Kat1onal raciltttes for professionals Jacobs Carter Burgess for putting into Campus - Meeting the Challenge seeking :o buildtheir carl'l'rs, transform their 1ns1ttu1tons. and elevate the value and recognition of faolit1es in educauon. APPA words the work they had developed as a of Environmental Sustainability orovides 11embers the opportunity to explore trends, ~sues, and special section of the APPA 2007 H all of Features exploring sustainability & best practices in educational facihtJes through research, publica tions, professional development and credentialing. Formerly the Resources in Baltimore lastJuly. environmental stewardship Associat10n of Physical Plant Administrators, APPA 11 the assoctatton Other themes planned for future issues Preview of APPA 2008: The Rise of choice for 5,200 edura110nal rarihnt'5 professionals at more th.in 1,500 learning insmuttonl throughout the United States, Canada, of the magazine include Sustainability to Greatness and abroad. For more informatron. 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