BOK Chapter Update: In-House Design and Construction

The In-House Design and Construction chapter has been updated in the Body of Knowledge (BOK). It appears in Part I: General Administration and Management. Many thanks to the author, Samuel Bertolino, for this update.

To thrive, institutions must have robust, reliable, safe, and durable facilities and physical infrastructure. The creation of this infrastructure can take place in a short time—such as at a new medical center—or over generations—such as at a flagship state university. While technologies, people and priorities change, the fact that the physical components of the institution’s facilities must be designed and constructed has never changed.

Facilities design and construction have evolved throughout the centuries to the highly precise, fast-moving, and complex process we know today. Schedules are shorter, technology’s reach is greater, budgets are tighter, and expectations are higher. These factors continue to pressure the process of optimizing the systems that create the facilities.

Available to APPA members only, the BOK is a searchable, digital database that develops, updates, and disseminates the foundational content required by facilities professionals at colleges, universities, and other nonprofit educational organizations. Its 63 chapters, which are reviewed and updated on an ongoing basis, cover topics categorized in the four core areas of General Administration and Management; Operations and Maintenance; Energy, Utilities, and Environmental Stewardship; and Planning, Design, and Construction.  

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