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Master Planning Facilities? Avoid These Five Practices

A master plan can not only be a roadmap to guide next steps, but can also provide the framework to remain agile and responsive to change.
lantern

Coach Style Lantern Pedestrian Light

The Coach Style Light is a high performance utility grade LED luminaire with a traditional styling allowing it to complement well-established or historical settings.
heat illness

Protect Outdoor Workers From Heat Illness

As temperatures rise throughout California, Cal/OSHA is reminding employers to protect outdoor workers from heat illness and encourage them to take cool-down breaks in the shade.
healthy buildings

UL, Center For Active Safety Design Form Partnership

Initial focus is to expand the Center's Fitwel Certification System in China, while providing facility and building professionals more access to products that foster healthy buildings.
alert app

Pinpoint Alert App for Phones & PCs

The Pinpoint Mobile and PC Alert apps take all vital information from a user’s Pinpoint system, including alarm calls, and displays them on a mobile device or desktop PC.
real property

What Issues Are Impacting Real Estate In 2018-19?

The Counselors of Real Estate released its annual Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate List, focusing on the current and long-term impact of each.
summer 2018

Friday Funny: Breaking Guinness World Records At The Beach

More than 1,000 people joined to create a work of art on a Florida beach during the first day of Summer 2018.
lockdown

Gripper Doorstop for Lockdown Protocols

The Gripper Doorstop has recently emerged as a critical tool to prevent intruders from entering rooms during a school lockdown.
green values

Did You Miss Our “Your Building: Go Green. Save Green. Make Green.” Webinar?

View this free video webinar and learn how green values will drive value in your building or property investment, employee productivity and morale, community leadership, and more.
lightning safety

Summer Is Here, Be Lightning Aware

With summer officially begun, two groups focused on educating organizations and individuals about lighting highlight National Lighting Safety Awareness Week (June 24-30).
hotel renovation

Art-Centric Hotel On Banks Of Boston’s Charles River

A sweeping hotel renovation created the new Studio Allston, where artists and their work are front and center in the design.
facilities management

Calculate The Value Of Mobility With New ARC Document Solutions Tool

The ARC Value Calculator provides a tool to quantify the financial impact of incorporating mobile facilities dashboards into facilities management operations.
foot traction

Foot Traction While Floor Stripping

StripGrips are a job safety traction device specifically designed for floor stripping.
healthcare facilities

Five Trends In Healthcare Affecting Facility Management

JLL Healthcare Solutions offers insights on how hospitals and health systems can stay ahead of these five disruptors shaping the healthcare industry.
security upgrade

Dog Care Center Gets Security Upgrade

Play Dog eXcellent (PDX) has completed a facility-wide security upgrade with Vicon’s Valerus VMS.
HEPA vacuum

Asthma & Allergy Friendly HEPA Vacuum

The Sanitaire EON Allergen upright vacuum is certified asthma & allergy friendly by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America and gets the CRI Gold Seal of Approval, the highest level certified by the Carpet & Rug Institute.
NYC subway

Flooring That Stands Up To NYC Foot Traffic

Rubber floor covering systems manufactured by nora flooring is exclusively used in all NYC subway cars. The city's Metropolitan Transit Authority has relied on this flooring for subway cars and more for over 25 years.
campus sustainability

Question Of The Week: Campus Sustainability Initiatives

Go beyond bottle and paper recycling with these seven creative campus sustainability programs.
exit lighting

Fulham EZ Exit Lighting Kit

The EZ Exit Lighting Kit is being offered as an add-on to conventional exit signs, lighting a path to safety using add-on linear LEDs lights integrated into existing T-grid ceilings.
facilities management

CBRE Acquires FacilitySource

With this acquisition, the commercial real estate services and investment firm is poised to build a tech-enabled supply chain capability for its facility management services.
Workforce Shortages Webinar

Did You Miss Our Effective Strategies To Stay Ahead Of Workforce Shortages Webinar?

View this free video webinar and learn the top 5 strategies that facility maintenance pros are implementing to overcome workforce shortages.
Webinar, Facility Capital Improvements

View This Free Video Webinar: Maximizing Value For Facility Master Planning

A panel of Facility Management leaders discuss long-term planning challenges and answer questions about maximizing the value of conducting a Facility Condition Assessments (FCA).

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