Owners should begin running the system as if people were present several days to a week prior to re-occupying the space. If the facility has small unitary equipment, you may want to run only a few of the units at first, while utilizing fans and open doors to circulate air. The goal of this method is to slowly bring all the surfaces in the space to a normal occupied temperature, and more importantly, humidity level.
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Ready, Set, Go – Open for Business (Moving from Red to Yellow status – June 5 for many)
As Pennsylvania continues to return to more active commerce and communion of people, please remember to follow the rules of your local authority and certainly continue prudent personal protective health hygiene practices. These practices are proven to work to protect you and your family.
Read MoreReopening schools in the fall is one big experiment
In reviewing the best plans on how to prepare for re-opening schools and campuses this year, the striking similarity is that there aren’t as many similarities in approaches as you’d expect.
The following article from Dr. Delaram J. Taghipour, MD, MPH, MBA, a Preventive Medicine resident at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, points out that the majority of the 780 colleges and universities tracked by the Chronicle of Higher Education (67%), plan to open for in-person classes this Fall. This is potentially good news, but with that comes an extraordinary amount of analysis and planning on how it should be done.
Read MoreThe Dangers of Re-Opening Vacated Buildings: Plumbing Systems & Legionella
Are you in the planning stages of re-opening your vacated buildings?Without proper opening procedures, your buildings could be at risk of spreading Legionella Bacteria.
Read MoreThe 3 Cs: Closed Spaces, Crowds & Close-Contact Settings
This post outlines the success of Japan’s mitigation actions because it is so applicable to our colleges and universities. Their successful plan first identified high infection clusters and common factors, and then they learned what mitigation practices worked and what didn’t. The highest contagions clusters of infections often proved to be overcrowded gatherings where people didn’t wear face covering and frequently cross contaminated with many people.
Read MoreColleges’ fall plans: Online classes? Hybrid? Early end to the semester? Options abound
This timely article from The Philadelphia Inquirer demonstrates the shared issue of all of State’s colleges and universities: How will our campuses look for this Fall’s semester, and, how what’s good for one may not work for the others
Read MoreCOVID Mapping
Langan’s Geospatial Solutions (GIS) Team can help you maintain business continuity throughout the pandemic by using technology to collect, track, analyze, and report data.
Read MoreNew Photos: Rosemont College Community Center
“The future Community Center is going to enrich life for all Rosemont students. It will provide a place for commuting students, residential students, adult students who attend classes in the evenings and on weekends, and even non-credit students to gather in a way that really builds community. Everything a student needs in a given day will be found in the Community Center – great dining choices, the bookstore, club rooms, study rooms, the fitness center, and recreational space. I’m especially looking forward to having all of the offices for Student Life and Residence Life in one section of the Community Center. It will help us help our students!” Troy Chiddick, Dean of Students, Rosemont College, Community Center
“The Community Center’s opening in the fall of 2019 will most definitely enhance life on Rosemont’s campus. Not only will the new Community Center include four fully-equipped smart classrooms and eight group study rooms that will enrich the academic experience for our students, the gathering spaces like the Commons, the expanded dining area, the fitness center, the Sr. Mary George O’Reilly, SHCJ Community Room, and the Ravens’ Nest Café will allow faculty and students to interact informally outside of class in ways that will help to develop and strengthen their relationships with each other – a definite hallmark of the POWER of small!” – Maggie Hobson-Baker, MFA and Adam Lusk, PhD, Co-Chairs of Faculty Council
More information can be found on the Rosemont College website: https://www.rosemont.edu/about/community-center/
Franklin Township’s New Community Youth Center Groundbreaking Ceremony
Construction has begun on the New Community Youth Center that will provide a place for local teens to learn life and job readiness skills, have recreational and learning opportunities and a safe place to meet, spend time and enjoy free services. The 25,000sf two-story building will have meeting rooms, exercise facilities, audio and visual studios, open meeting space, lounges and room for community use as well as a satellite library facility.
Mission Statement: The Franklin Township Community Youth Center will evolve from the youth and the overall community, serve the needs of the youth, and empower them to achieve greatness while making Franklin Township a better place to live.
Photos and the article from the groundbreaking can be found here: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/franklin-township/articles/franklin-township-community-youth-center-groundbreaking-ceremony
NEW PHOTOS: ASTM INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
“The lobby was well received by [the Board] and staff alike. The conference rooms are already being utilized quite a bit. I walk across the second floor quite often and it is great to look down and see that space which was formerly empty being used productively now. All elements in the new space give it just the right feel for our organization.” – Katharine Morgan, President at ASTM International