Flexibility For The Future
For Wisconsin-based microbrewery Barley John’s, choosing a building envelope that offered flexibility, durability, energy efficiency, and adaptability was integral to the company’s long-term success.
Facility Management Is Facilitated By Smart Sensors
In pursuing a smart building, a critical step is to identify and select smart sensors that are capable of generating rich, actionable data about an occupant’s whereabouts.
Top Trends Impacting Smart Buildings In 2017
From tunable white lighting to graphic user interfaces, Crestron’s Andrew Gross shares his predictions on the most impactful smart building trends for 2017.
Tips For Winter Safety And Reducing Liability
Colder weather is fast approaching, and with it comes ice and snow. Each year slips on ice account for over 30% of all slip work-injury claims.
How To Navigate The Property Condition Assessment Industry
Are all Property Condition Assessment (PCA) reports the same? How do you navigate the PCA consulting world to find the scope of services you are looking for?
Worried About Your Fire Sprinkler System Failing?
Every year facility owners may spend thousands of dollars from their operating budgets replacing auxiliary drains in dry sprinkler systems that collect water, freeze, and break.
Seven Top-Of-Mind Hospital Flooring Considerations
From cleanliness and accessibility to heavy wear, wayfinding, and promoting a healing environment, hospitals face a unique, stringent set of challenges. Flooring is no exception.
Higher OSHA Fines Loom For GHS Label Violations
Labeling options for facilities help cut complexity of compliance with Globally Harmonized System requirements.
Inspect Your Roof Before Winter Arrives
Summer can take its toll, so early fall the is the perfect time to inspect the materials and integrity of commercial roofs before winter is here.
4 Keys To Improve Energy Efficiency Projects
Rather than an item by item, "menu" approach, a decentralized systems approach is key to optimizing the operation of HVAC and other facility systems.
5 Steps In Evaluating UPS For Power Protection
Whether looking at battery systems or flywheel energy storage, uninterruptible power supply systems are essential to facility operations.
In New Orleans, Chiller Equipment Takes Unusual Route
A new condenser unit for the city's convention center was delivered from a nearby bridge, 30 feet above the facility's roof.
LED Innovation For Warehouse Facility
Preferred Freezer Services, one of the largest public refrigerated warehousing companies in the world, chose LED lighting to address employee, energy, and maintenance concerns.
Catalysts For Office Productivity
With technology making it possible for many to work virtually anywhere, it’s important to provide spaces and amenities to help employees thrive.
Re-Roofing The Alamo
Modifying historic structures and interiors almost always presents additional considerations. A recent roofing project at the Alamo Complex in Texas presented a few.
Outsourcing Facility Services: Is It Delivering For You?
Whether one service has been outsourced, or you've applied outsourcing to all facility services, you may still be dealing with related time-consuming issues.
BOMA 2016 Experience Exchange Reports Released
With data on office and industrial facilities, these reports offer insight into income and expenses within the commercial real estate industry.
Healthcare Facilities: 3 Spaces To Evaluate For Design
Spaces that have significant impact on patient satisfaction include waiting rooms, exam rooms, and infusion therapy spaces.
Outsourcing: Focus On Core Competencies
Outsourcing services is no longer a question of “should we or shouldn’t we?” but of “how much should we outsource to improve performance, and with whom?”
National Convention Facilities Geared For Wireless Surge
In Cleveland and Philadelphia, the convention facilities have DAS technology in place to facilitate wireless communication.
LIVE TODAY! Worried About Workforce Shortages? Effective Strategies To Stay Ahead
Join us for this free webinar today and you'll learn the top 5 strategies that facility maintenance pros are implementing to overcome workforce shortages.
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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