Sightlines LLC has signed a deal with Montana State University under which the Guilford consulting firm will use its proprietary techniques to help the university make more informed decisions about campus planning and investments.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The Bozeman school becomes one of more than 250 colleges and universities using Sightlines process to improve facilities operations and capital investment strategies.
Montana State is one of 108 institutions designated a “very high research activity” school by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of teaching, placing it among the top 2 percent of institutions nationwide in research. There are nearly 15,000 students enrolled at the university.
Sightlines uses its proprietary QVC Process (Quantify, Verify, Qualify) to help colleges and universities with their strategic decision-making about campus planning and investments. In collaboration with its members, Sightlines independently gathers and validates facilities investment data, benchmarks each member against its peer institutions, and provides strategic insight for short-term and long-term capital investment decision-making.
Montana State is the latest institution to sign on with Sightlines in recent months, joining colleges such as the University of Kentucky, Virginia State University, University of Tennessee — Knoxville, College of St. Benedict, Dalhousie University and Otis College of Art and Design.
