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Much of the discussion surrounding Republican Scott Brown’s victory in the Massachusetts Senate race two weeks ago centered on the election’s impact on the proposed health care bill. Brown’s win means Democrats no longer have the 60 votes required to overcome a possible filibuster....

Read an interesting article in today's Chicago Tribune profiling Microsoft Corp.'s $500 million, 707,000-square-foot data center in suburban Chicago. The article touts the rather nondescript facility - at least from the outside - as a one-stop shop for the digital needs of government agencies...

Changes taking place at the Sears Tower go beyond a name change, though "Willis Tower" will become the Chicago landmark's official name in July. According to an article in the Chicago Tribune , the owners of the tower unveiled a plan Wednesday to reduce electricity use by up to 80 percent...

The U.S. Capitol Complex features buildings between 25 and 215 years old. The Architect of the Capitol – the group responsible for the maintenance and operations of the Capitol Complex – not only must maintain the integrity of the historic buildings in its portfolio. It also must ensure those...

Cost-saving strategies are a hot topic these days, for obvious reasons. Through this Web site, we've been asking facility professionals to submit tips for saving their organizations money, and I received an interesting insight from a member the other day. After looking at some of the tips people...

Public school facilities across the country received a much-needed boost last week when the House passed the 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act . But the bill – H.R. 3021 – is awaiting Senate approval, and the White House has “threatened a veto, saying it...

Optimism and hope were nonexistent after a devastating tornado rolled through Greensburg, Kan., on May 4, 2007. The twister destroyed 95 percent of homes and businesses in the town of 1,500. According to an article in this month’s TIME magazine, citizens of Greensburg already were falling on hard...

Alleys can be a forgotten component in a big-city landscape. Aside from giving us a place to house our trash and park our cars, we don’t pay a whole lot of attention to the cavernous mini-roads. That’s not the case in Chicago, however. A recent article in The New York Times highlighted Chicago’s...