About

In 1982, as a student at the University of Michigan College of Engineering, Mike Anthony was hired by Jagdesh C. Janveja ("Jack", then Director of Engineering Services) to transform the engineering methods of Facilities, Planning & Design Department (a unit of Finance & Operations) into a large-scale microcomputer network that used computer-aided design tools for design, construction and management of the civil, mechanical, electrical and telecommunications infrastructure of the Ann Arbor campus. He forged one of the first and largest relationships of Autodesk with the US education industry in the early 1980's Within 18 months a single IBM XT workstation with Autocad 2.1 grew to over 50 workstations within 3 years and transformed the way education facility design was undertaken at the University of Michigan. The base maps for water, sewer, steam tunnels, telecommunications, and power infrastructure are still used today.

In 1987, Mike Anthony was appointed the University of Michigan's first full-time electrical engineer for planning, design, construction and operation of both low and high voltage power systems; during which time he guided the expansion of the University of Michigan power system from 75 MVA to 150 MVA connected load -- including the University of Michigan Medical Center campus with James, R. Harvey (Jim). He held that position until 2001 until he transferred to Facilities Planning & Design as a Senior Electrical Engineer, during which time he designed hundreds of both high and low voltage building power systems. During this time period he wrote textbooks and papers on campus electrical power systems and represented the education facilities industry on the National Electrical Code. He is the leading voice for campus power system planning, design, operation and maintenance in the United States; Co-Founding and Chairing the IEEE Education & Healthcare Facilities Committee.

In 2007, Mike Anthony was moved back to Plant Operations by Richard W. Robben (Rich, then Executive Director of Plant Operations) and assigned the task of advancing life-cycle cost control concepts for all campus infrastructure including architectural, structural, civil, electrical, telecommunication, mechanical, life safety, fire protection -- all building industry disciplines that govern campus infrastructure. This mastery of codes and standards advocacy, is well documented in the literature of ANSI accredited standards developers and the education facilities industry; a role that now continues beyond the University of Michigan onto the emergent global Smart Campus. These advocacy achievements deliver a 2 to 3 percent reduction in the total cost of ownership of the University of Michigan campus infrastructure and to the $300 billion US education facilities industry as a whole.

For over 30-years, Mike, Jack, Jim and Rich have collaborated effectively -- and continue to collaborate -- on driving deep change into the market drivers and regulations that determine life-cycle costs of US education facilities industry -- the largest non-residential building construction market in the United States.

Link: "History of University of Michigan Leadership in Education Facility Advocacy 1994-2014"