Case Studies College and University

On a gray Chicago morning, Taylor Stapleton walks the halls of DePaul University‘s athletic facilities, past construction crews and the steady hum of renovation work. Not long ago, some of DePaul’s teams had nowhere to call their own, no dedicated locker room to gather in before a game or reset after a tough loss. Today, […]

Harvard University’s athletic facilities reflect more than a century of tradition, competition, and institutional identity. Maintaining and evolving that ecosystem is the responsibility of Tim Troville, Senior Associate Director of Athletics for Capital Planning and Facilities, who oversees a vast and complex portfolio that touches nearly every aspect of the student-athlete experience. Troville manages all […]

A cooler-than-usual morning in Houston prompted T.J. Meagher to joke about the weather before turning to the subject that has defined much of his professional life: building, maintaining, and reimagining the physical backbone of University of Houston athletics. Thoughtful and candid, Meagher has spent nearly a quarter-century at the university, arriving in September 2000 and […]

Collin College, located in McKinney, Texas, is dedicated to empowering its students through academic excellence and leadership development. With a sprawling network of 10 campuses, the college has consistently prioritized the creation of a safe, modern, and sustainable environment for students and staff. Todd Dougherty, the director of facility support services, is at the heart […]

Before last year, when students at Fayetteville State University submitted a maintenance request, they didn’t know when it would be addressed. Sometimes, facilities workers would show up when students were sleeping, getting dressed or trying to concentrate on their work, creating an uncomfortable situation for both parties. Tai Davis heard these frustrations from students last […]

Thomas Polansky has loved The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens since he was a child. Often when he visited his grandparents in Pasadena, they brought him to these places at the San Marino, California, institution. The trips influenced Polansky’s early interest in art and architecture, and he eventually went on to receive his […]

Walking around Wellesley College’s campus just outside of Boston, students have been treated to a pastoral landscape that has changed little since 1875. Stone and brick buildings are nestled between groves of woodland trees and winding paths hug the shoreline of Lake Waban. That made the redevelopment of Science Hill—including a new redesign of historic […]

Watching Tai Davis work with his facilities team, one would never know he’s a staunch introvert, mostly content to keep to himself. Davis credits his California upbringing with introducing him to people from all backgrounds and cultures—and for teaching him to accept them for who they are. But it was his mother, a social worker […]

Seems too many folks have found their way to San José. The Silicon Valley city no longer matches the carefree, anti-Los Angeles that Dionne Warwick so wistfully sang about over a half-century ago. So went some of the lyrics of that iconic song: “They’ve got a lot of space, there’ll be a place where I […]