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News From NFPA: Return To Office Considerations For People With Disabilities
During the pandemic, building configurations or uses may have changed in new and significant ways. These can have life safety implications, particularly for people with disabilities.
Hospitality Design With Employees In Mind
Assessing how the business operates is key to creating a space that serves its employees as well as its guests.
How To Solve The Labor Shortage Facing The Smart Building Industry
Building management affords a great career trajectory with attractive career prospects right out of the gate.
Pest Control Issues To Watch In Commercial Buildings In 2022
Impacts of labor shortages, supply chain disruptions, and low occupancy are affecting pest management trends in buildings.
Winter Has Come: Facilities Should Prepare For Weather Disruptions
Kenneth Travers of The Hartford shares 14 useful tips to help facility managers prepare their facilities for winter weather disruptions.
Moisture Meters Essential To Contractor Toolkit
After a disaster involving water intrusion, moisture meters are crucial to assess and document the damage prior to replacement or restoration.
Eco-Friendly Alternatives To Asbestos-Based Building Materials
Eco-friendly alternatives give facility managers a solution to the potential health hazards of asbestos-containing materials.
COVID-19 Management In The Workplace
Five lessons on preventing the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace that facility managers can learn from production studios.
Preventing Frost Heave In Cold Storage Facilities
Here is a look at the installation of self-regulating electrical heating cables within conduit embedded in the substructure to prevent this potential threat to cold storage facilities.
Smart Sensors Bring Breath Of Fresh Air To IAQ Management Solutions
IoT-enabled smart sensors offer a low cost, easy to deploy solution to facilities looking to improve air quality management.
Considerations For Boardroom Design Moving Forward
This author, an audiovisual consultant, considers how these spaces can be improved for productivity, health, and comfort today and in the future?
Do More With Warehouse Lighting
In distribution centers, LED lighting can help reduce energy costs and lead to better control and flexibility over operations.
Is Your Snow Contractor Servicing Your Facility Effectively?
Whether or not you've secured a contractor for this season, read on to see if these question are already on your list.
A Look At Sustainable Hand Drying
When thinking about what makes a commercial restroom sustainable, low-flow toilets and LED lighting might come to mind. But what about hand drying methods?
Choosing A High-Efficiency Toilet
Many facility managers are interested in installing high-efficiency toilets (HETs) in their buildings to save water and reduce utility bills.
The Future Of Cooling
Demand for air conditioning is rising. Facility operators will play a significant role in meeting the need.
Restore To Extend Equipment Life
With indoor air quality a top concern in facilities, a circular economy approach gives existing HVAC equipment new life.
Optimize With Digital Twin Technology
Facility managers can use digital twins of their buildings to achieve key outcomes now, and to plan for the future.
Planning For Winter Storms
The Alamo Colleges District, serving the Greater San Antonio metro area, builds facility resiliency after 2021 winter storm and power grid failure.
Design For Modern Manufacturing
A diamond maker chooses streamlined design and energy efficiency for Oregon lab.