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Mar/Apr 2019 – Scooting Around the Codes on Campus
Jan/Feb 2019 – The Development of ISO Standards for the Unique Needs of Facilities Management
Nov/Dec 2018 – 2018 Editions of Group A I-Codes: Ready for Release
Sept/Oct 2018 – What Has APPA Done For You Lately?
July/Aug 2018 – NFPA 3000 Standard: Addressing Active Shooter and Hostile Events
May/June 2018 – APPA Total Cost of Ownership – A Standard in the Making
Mar/Apr 2018 – APPA and ASHRAE – A Historic Collaboration
Jan/Feb 2018 – US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS)
Nov/Dec 2017 – APPA 1100 Update – Facilities Terms and Definitions Work Group
Sept/Oct 2017 – The APPA TCO Standard – A Major Step in the Right Direction
July/Aug 2017 – Walking the Fine Line between Classroom Security and Egress: Within NFPA, the Debate Closes
May/June 2017 – The Inevitability of Flammable Refrigerants
Mar/Apr 2017 – The Good News About LOTO
Jan/Feb 2017 – APPA 1000 – Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Work Group Report
Nov/Dec 2016 – Informatics Moving Forward
Sept/Oct 2016 – Development of International Standards for Facility Management
July/Aug 2016 (feature article) – The Total Cost of Ownership
June/July 2016 – APPA “I Codes” Work Group Responds to Proposed Changes to ICC Fire, Energy Conservation Codes
Jan/Feb 2016 – Fire Sprinkler System Standards: Are They Meeting Our Expectations?
Nov/Dec 2015 – ISO 18480 International Standards for Facilities Management
Sept/Oct 2015 – The APPA Standards Initiative – Creating ANSI Standards for Total Cost of Ownership
May/June 2015 – The Future of Gender-Neutral Restrooms
Mar/Apr 2015 – APPA Welcomes the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
Nov/Dec 2014 – Seeing Eye-to-Eye on I-Codes
Sept/Oct 2014 – First Draft Report on NFPA 13 Released
July/Aug 2014 – APPA’s Codes Work Group Process Works! Group Evaluates Proposed Cleaning Standards
May/June 2014 – New Proposed Edition of NFPA 101 Released
Mar/Apr 2014 – The Growing Mandate for Green Buildings
Jan/Feb 2014 – Getting Involved with Standards and Codes
Nov/Dec 2013 – Price Discovery in Workplace Safety
Sept/Oct 2013 – Current Trends in Commercial Energy Codes
July/Aug 2013 – Reducing Water and Sewer Costs
May/June 2013 – APPA Codes Advocacy Impacts Campus Fire Officials
Mar/Apr 2013 – Disrupting the National Electrical Code