Code Talkers

Leveraging AI for Code Compliance

By Lindsay Wagner on September 5, 2024

Advantages of Mass Timber: A Sustainable Alternative to Structural Steel

By Stephen Harris on July 3, 2024

Scooter Stress? Codes and Standards for Powered Micromobility Devices

By Alan Sactor on May 6, 2024

Scooter Stress? Codes and Standards for Powered Micromobility Devices

Alan Sactor, University of Maryland on March 8, 2024

Communicating Spaces – Openness for Design and Compliance for Life Safety

By Stephen Harris, University of Texas System, with Brian Roeder, Michelle Gebhart, Doug Powell, Yashambari Ajinkya, and John DeLaHunt on January 12, 2024

Experiencing an Organizational Code Blue? Strategic Planning as a Revitalization Tool

Lindsay Wagner, Ph.D. on September 21, 2023

The Challenges of Storage and Not Enough Space

Alan Sactor on August 1, 2023

Fire Code Development for 2027

Theodore J. Weidner, Ph.D., P.E., RA, NCARB, DBIA, CEFP on June 1, 2023

Campus Decarbonization Through FM Leadership

David Handwork, PE, CEFP; Stephen Harris; and Douglas Powell on March 31, 2023

Higher Education Laboratories and the International Fire Code

William Koffel, P.E., FSFPE, SASHE on February 3, 2023

Remote Inspections, Tests, and Monitoring Fire Protection Systems

William E. Koffel, P.E., FSFPE on November 12, 2022

The Campus Fire Safety Right-to-Know Act

Alan Sactor on September 20, 2022

Decarbonizing the Built Environment

David Handwork, P.E., CEFP on July 21, 2022

Fire, Life Safety, and Emergency Code Updates

Richard Roberts on May 25, 2022

Informatics: Workers and Overtime

Theodore J. Weidner, Ph.D., P.E., RA, NCARB, DBIA, CEFP on April 7, 2022

APPA Total Cost of Ownership: The Link to Excellence through Data

Ana Thiemer on February 7, 2022

Informatics: A Data-Visualization Paradigm

Jacob Olson and Erik Backus on November 22, 2021

How to Leverage Your Data for Your Institution’s Success and Value

Erik C. Backus, P.E., LEED AP BD+C, ENV SP, FMP, and Markus Hogue on September 19, 2021

COVID-19 Fire and Life Safety Code Impacts

Alan Sactor on July 21, 2021

Campus Sustainability After the Pandemic

Ted Weidner on May 18, 2021

International Energy Conservation Code Change: Enhancement or Dangerous Precedent?

David Handwork on March 18, 2021

Healthy Indoor Air and ASHRAE 62.1

Kevin Folsom, CEFP, CEP on January 20, 2021

Uniform Plumbing Code and WaterSense Sanitary Innovation: O&M

Kris Zimmerman, M.S., C.E.F.P., LEED AP O&M on November 24, 2020

Informatics Next Steps: A Journey to Better Knowledge

Markus Hogue and Erik C. Backus on October 7, 2020