By The Facility Executive Staff
From The February 2018 Issue
Numerous companies offer products and services that meet the diverse needs of facility management (FM) professionals. For the past 25 years, our editors have asked readers to vote for their preferred vendors in a variety of categories. For this year’s Readers’ Choice Awards, the survey included 25 categories, and FM professionals were asked to indicate what companies they rated highest based on product aesthetics, product reliability, value, and customer service. See below for the results…
BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEMS
Siemens Building Technologies
BUILDING ENVELOPE/ROOFING
Firestone Building Products
CEILINGS
Armstrong® Ceiling Systems
CLEANING/MAINTENANCE PRODUCTS
3M Commercial Cleaning
COATINGS AND PAINTS
Sherwin-Williams
COMMUNICATION/WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE
Anixter
ENERGY MANAGEMENT
Johnson Controls
FACILITY MANAGEMENT SERVICES
ARAMARK
FACILITY SOFTWARE/REPORTING TOOLS
ARC Document Solutions
ARC Technology Solutions, a unit of ARC Document Solutions, delivers innovative, easy-to-use mobile apps for the facilities and construction industries. With building Information at their fingertips, ARC Facilities Dashboards help teams operate buildings more productively, more efficiently, and smarter.
FIRE/LIFE SAFETY
Johnson Controls
FLOORING
Armstrong® Flooring
FLOOR SAFETY TOOLS
3M Commercial Cleaning
FURNITURE
Steelcase
FURNITURE: REFURBISHED
Davies Office
Transform old, tired looking furniture into contemporary designed solutions. Davies will re-engineer and rework existing furniture by remanufacturing it to like-new options. Take taller panels, filing, and storage and re-index them to lower heights and workspace solutions.
HVAC/INDOOR AIR QUALITY PRODUCTS
Trane
LIGHTING
LEDVANCE / SYLVANIA
OFFICE/WORKPLACE TECHNOLOGY
Cambridge Sound Management
Cambridge Sound Management creates sound masking technology that protects speech privacy and improves workplace acoustics. Designed to integrate with any architectural style, our products can be installed in any space quickly and effectively by our certified network of installers. One such product is the Qt® Active Emitter, a single source emitter capable of both sound masking and simultaneous clear reproduction of paging and music signals.
PAPER PRODUCTS/DISPENSERS
Kimberly-Clark Professional
PEST/BIRD CONTROL
Bird-X
The Bird-X QuadBlaster QB-4 emits soundwaves felt by birds, and is designed to confuse, disorient, and intimidate. Ultrasonic pressure conditions birds to stay away from the treated area. This industry standard is used worldwide, protecting facilities from damage and liability.
RESTROOMS (FIXTURES/EQUIPMENT)
Sloan
SECURITY
Johnson Controls
SIGNAGE
APCO Graphics
UTILITY VEHICLES
Cushman/EZ-GO
Customer research guided the design of our Cushman® Hauler® utility vehicles. Based on the need for a higher level of versatility to fit daily demands, we incorporated key features like a customizable bed, functional dash storage, and increased visibility for added safety.
WASTE MANAGEMENT/RECYCLING
Rubbermaid Commercial Products
WIRING INFRASTRUCTURE
WIRING INFRASTRUCTUREConnectrac
At Connectrac, our approach to designing new products involves considering the needs of all stakeholders—facility executives, specifiers, and installers of our systems. Our goal is to create attractive, durable, and economical floor-based cabling distribution solutions. The Connectrac 2.7 wireway is quickly becoming the industry standard because of our focus on the important details and needs of our stakeholders.
