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With myriad funding sources and purchasing paths available to school districts—including billions of dollars in new COVID relief legislation—optimizing the alphabet soup of available resources for specific technology projects can be challenging for districts and vendors.

That's just one of the reasons why there couldn’t be a better time to welcome Mark Cazer to Archi-Technology as a Technology Consultant/ Funding Specialist.

Mark brings more than 30 years of school district experience to the firm including teaching, technology systems management, and, most recently, as Project Coordinator for NYS’s EduTech Regional Information Center (RIC).

He has intimate knowledge and experience with school district procedures, business functions, personnel, and hardware and software needs. As the liaison to (19) EduTech component districts, Mark guided his accounts with clear and concise communication, and regular coordination between the RIC’s technical, software support, and business teams as complex technologies were implemented at school districts.

Technology projects for which Mark has had an active role include VMware server solutions, network systems upgrades and redesigns, financial systems, and student information systems.

Please join us in welcoming Mark to the firm. Learn more about the rest of our team and find free resources for K12 comprehensive technology planning on our website.

#SCHOOLFUNDING #SCHOOLTECH #K12COVIDRELIEF

Archi-Technology works with upstate NY school districts to fundamentally improve the way technology infrastructure and IP-connected building systems are planned, constructed, and maintained.

It all starts with a Technology Conditions Survey (TCS) that examines every square foot of a district's facilities to objectively assess current conditions and recommend improvements. 

Since 2015, we've performed our surveys on more than 14 million sq. ft. of school building floor space; that's equal to about 793 football fields! View our new TCS Stats infographic PDF for more fun facts.

If your district has an upcoming Building Conditions Survey, please contact us to see how you can add a TCS at no cost to the district.

October 22, 2020, marked the official opening of the third floor of the Sands Constellation Center for Critical Care (S4C) expansion of Rochester General Hospital. As shown in this video, the third floor is devoted to women's health and newborn care using state-of-the-art building and technology systems.

Archi-Technology is proud to be the primary Technology Consultant on the seven-story, 312,000 sq. ft. S4C construction project for Rochester Regional Health (RRH). Like RRH, we're devoted to improving the quality of life for Rochester residents and throughout upstate New York.

​Learn more about our healthcare technology professional services. #RRH # healthcare #roc

Despite all of the current hurdles to being a school district facility director, there’s a new generation of leaders that are stepping up and thriving; finding creative solutions to today’s problems and leading teams across their district’s buildings at a point in time when building maintenance is under a microscope in every community.

These facility professionals are what we call "Next Generation Facility Managers" (NGFMs) and this paper examines the traits, tools, and strategies that these leaders are using to push school facility management into the future.

Discover the skills it takes to be a facility leader for the future in this eBook from our sister company MasterLibrary Software. ​Get practical advice, tips and insights from their panel of experts.

On Wednesday, Sept. 30, at 12 noon, join Joe Magliocca, Director of Facilities, Elmira City School District, and Tom Rauscher, FCSI, President, Archi-Technology and MasterLibrary Software, for the webcast Going Digital: The Challenges, Benefits and Future of Electronic Facility Records. Sponsored by the NYS School Facilities Association as part of its Lunch & Learn webcasts, you can register for the webcast at this NYSSFA webpage. 

ROCHESTER, NY. On Friday, Aug, 7, 2020, I was fortunate to accompany my Archi-Technology team members on a private tour of the new Sands-Constellation Critical Care Center (S4C) at Rochester General Hospital.

With a total estimated construction budget of $260 million, the S4C is the second largest construction project in Rochester's history exceeded only by the construction of the Greater Rochester International Airport.

The tour was conducted by our S4C Project Manager Lars Meyris, RCDD, who has been working on this state-of-the-art healthcare project for 5+ years as the Primary Technology Consultant.

Highlights of the S4C project include:

• New 7-story addition to Rochester General Hospital.
• Total of 330,000 interior sq. ft.
• A brand new surgical care center, and a women's health and newborn care center.
• 36 private patient rooms per floor for medical, surgical, and oncology departments with a total of more than 200 rooms.
• More than 600 miles of wires and cabling.

For more information about this project, please visit Rochester Regional Health's webpage at https://www.rochesterregional.org/critical-care