By Heidi Schwartz, on June 30, 2006, at 5:50 pm From today’s Washington Post…
Beneath a Treasure of Documents, a Stinky MessCrews at Archives Race Against MildewBy Paul SchwartzmanWashington Post Staff WriterFriday, June 30, 2006; Page A01
The chief archivist of the United States of America immediately seized on a single, all-important question when an aide woke him at 1:40 a.m. Monday to report massive flooding at the National Archives.Are the Charters of Freedom safe? Allen Weinstein asked groggily, referring to that venerable trio of documents: the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Not to worry, the aide assured. The papers were dry in their
Continue reading Washington, after the storm–a situation dreaded by all facility managers
By Heidi Schwartz, on June 30, 2006, at 6:53 am OfficeMax recently donated furniture, technology, medical equipment, as well as school and office supplies to two “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” episodes, helping a Biloxi, MS medical center damaged by Hurricane Katrina and a girl whose leukemia necessitated an in-home learning center.
Before the storm, The Coastal Community Health Center was a community cornerstone, providing health care to those without insurance or the means to pay for health care. The storm flooded the clinic from floor to ceiling, destroying it and forcing the center’s staff to provide services out of a trailer. With the assistance of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,”
Continue reading Furniture donation goes prime time
By Heidi Schwartz, on June 30, 2006, at 6:31 am The latest listing of fully certified infrared training courses offered by the Infrared Training Center (ITC) is now available. The courses, held at the ITC headquarters facility located a few miles north of Boston and in twenty-three other cities in the United States, Canada, and South America, offer infrared training programs, including Level I, II, and III Predictive Maintenance (PdM) Thermography, Research and Development, and applications courses in building science, roofing, and electrical and mechanical inspection.
All ITC Course Certifications meet or exceed ASNT (American Society for Non-Destructive Testing) SNT-TC-1A guidelines. Level I and Level II courses are recognized
Continue reading Infrared Training Center Schedule for 2006 and 2007
By Heidi Schwartz, on June 30, 2006, at 6:18 am The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has created a helpful site for facility managers called READYBusiness. This resource has some excellent planning tools for fire safety, medical emergencies, cyber security, and many other threats to business continuity; it has also created some rather ambiguous signs that are supposed to instruct people how to respond to emergency situations.
Film site, TheBoxedSet.com has provided a few sample “interpretations” that are not politically correct, but they are amusing… (Just think about how ridiculous the “duck and cover” concept of the 1950s and 1960s was as a response to nuclear war!)
If you
Continue reading Friday Funny: Ambiguous signs from the Department of Homeland Security
By Heidi Schwartz, on June 29, 2006, at 8:12 am The Circle C Ranch, near Austin, TX, is a planned community of approximately 12,000 people, and one of the most environmentally sensitive communities in the United States, according to Laurie Swan, Vice President of Stratus Properties, developers of the community.
A prized community to live in, Circle C previously lacked one important element: there were few places to shop- even for a cup of coffee.
Stratus corrected this by developing a village style retail center that also housed the town’s first Starbucks. The company also believed this was an opportune time to test the effectiveness of a Green roof
Continue reading LBJ Wildflower Center Helps Green Local Mall
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