School-Designed Textiles

Momentum Textiles launched two new lines of textiles suited for the school environment — the bold, color-rich Hula made with Crypton Green fabric, and Oath, textural chenille finished with Crypton. The Hula line is certified as Greenguard Children and Schools Indoor Air Quality product, and features a subtle ground texture with slub yarn, irregular in diameter resulting in random thicker spots when woven.

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Education Facilities Forum at Soldier Field, Chicago

PROMOTION

The 8th Education Facilities Forum is now accepting registration from facilities management professionals of higher education facilities and school districts to take advantage of this unique, timesaving event, built around the needs of the attendees and their upcoming projects. Registration is limited to only 50 qualified professionals representing maintenance, renovation and construction projects of educational facilities so reserve your space today!

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Public Owners Beware: Overly-Restrictive Specifications

Public owners who ignore or fail to recognize overly narrow specifications prepared by their design consultants can violate open and fair competition requirements, and furthermore incur significant liability if the resulting project cannot comply with the anticipated performance requirements. An owner’s design team has legitimate reasons to seek out reputable vendors and products to include in the construction of any public facility.

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Not Enough Funds for Repairs at Connecticut Schools

MANCHESTER, Conn. — Schools in the Manchester School District in Connecticut are facing some serious problems. Leaking roofs, failing mortar, paper-thin steam pipes and maxed-out electrical systems are all in need of attention by the district — but costs are high.

The cost to fix just the high priority items is about $10.4 million, according to district manager Richard E. Ziegler.

“Our schools are in rough shape,” said Ziegler.

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