Tag: preventive-maintenance

Heat waves are putting mission-critical facilities at risk this summer, and FMs need to ensure HVAC systems are able to take the heat.

Often, one small failure in an HVAC system can snowball into a costly emergency, especially when temperatures dip below freezing.

How Facility Management can increase efficiency and save money by using a CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management Software).

To build a robust network with a longer equipment lifecycle in these conditions, facility managers should consider some of these best practices.

Measuring KPIs with messy maintenance data just makes a bigger mess. It’s time to clean up your act.

Facility managers who take a proactive rather than a reactive HVAC maintenance approach heading into the fall heating season will benefit in the long run.

Here’s the true definition of preventive maintenance (PM), along with resources for creating a plan for your own facility.

With Fire Prevention Week running October 8-14, this article focuses on prevention measures related to commercial kitchen safety.

As organizations continue to trim their budgets, so continues scrutiny of facilities operations dollars, particularly for facility maintenance.

All building systems equipment degrades over time, but performance of high efficiency systems may decline more rapidly than the standard without proper maintenance.

With this year's Super Bowl around the corner, power protection at Houston's NRG Stadium is most certainly on the preparation list for its facility management team.

A wholesale inspection of the network of electrical, electronic, process and control, automation, and building management systems keeps industrial facilities operating at optimal levels.

Getting a handle on preventive maintenance for facilities includes looking at the past needs, present backlog, and future expectations.

A computerized maintenance management system has the potential to improve preventive maintenance dramatically. The manager of stadium operations of Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, MD shares insights on how he and his staff are maximizing the power of theirs.

"One ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" is certainly the case where a building’s roof is concerned, especially when it comes to being prepared for the harsh winter conditions.

While capital forecasting software can provide valuable insight, adhering to this list of exercises keeps FM departments in the best position for long-term planning.

To break the cycle of deferred projects and backlog buildup, facility executives have four options that can help them tackle the growing list of needs at many stages along the construction process.

A summary report of HVAC service provides insight that is useful to repair and replace plans.

Some fms may opt to keep waiting for a crystal ball that can predict equipment failures; the more realistic among them will instead opt for the crystal clear visibility into energy consumption.

Even a well designed upper tier rated data center requires a spot on preventive maintenance (PM) program to maintain its rating. Yet, the PM part of the equation is often omitted.