ARC Facilities Platform Expands With Equipment Dashboard
Facility managers’ mobile access to their building information now includes information about equipment location, maintenance, and more.
ARC Facilities | Centralized Access To Your Building’s Critical Information
ARC Facilities provides you a hassle-free way to centralize and access your building’s critical information. A mobile-friendly dashboard with customized navigation gets you to your O&Ms, drawings, and warranties in seconds, not minutes or hours.
TxDOT Assesses ADA and Arc Flash Issues In Its Facilities
Following a statewide facility condition assessment, TxDOT worked again with the firm Lockwood, Andrews and Newnam to focus on two important safety issues.
Mobile Facilities Dashboards From ARC
New cloud-based dashboards support critical information management needs for healthcare, education, and government facilities teams.
Facilities Information Management by ARC
Facilities Information Management (FIM) is an archiving and information management solution to enhance workflow efficiency and team productivity.
From The Business Facilities Archives: Building Inspiration – Over The Years And Into...
Ed Coene’s original formula for success guided the development of a dynamic brand with international reach in print, online and unique events that are essential components of successful project development. Coene, founder and president of Group C, publishers of Today's Facility Manager and Business Facilities, passed away on September 17, 2013.
3 Trends In The Electrical Industry Impacting Commercial Facilities
These developments reflect the increased desire for safe facilities that provide power, security, and convenience.
Site Management Feature: Floodplain Models And Facilities
The nation’s floodplains are expected to grow by 45% by the end of this century: Work to reduce risk from floods by reassessing the conditions around building sites.
Four Ways Propane Can Power Commercial Facilities
Water heating is often the first adoption of propane in a building during retrofits or during new construction off the gas mains.
50 Facilities Join GBAC STAR Accredited Sites
This week, the Global Biorisk Advisory Council announced 50 facilities have achieved this accreditation for creating and maintaining proper cleaning, disinfection, and infection prevention.
Future of Museums & Cultural Facilities
According to the national experts at Cooper Robertson, many institutions will need to re-evaluate their approach to important planning and design issues in order to thrive.
OSU Receives Facilities Management Industry Award
Oklahoma State University finds innovative learning potential in facilities management, receives industry award.
Carrier/EMSI Facilities Are China’s First WELL Health-Safety Rated Workplaces
The WELL Health-Safety Rating helps organizations prepare their spaces to address health and safety concerns due to COVID-19 and other infectious diseases.
Pest Management Tips For Lodging Facilities
Take proactive measures to prevent pest infestations before these gain a foothold.
Social Distancing In High-Traffic Facilities
Plan, quantify, reinforce—a strategy for keeping people moving in densely occupied spaces.
News From NFPA: Ready Or Not, Disaster Can Strike Facilities Anytime
Whether it's a natural threat of extreme weather or a manmade hazard, a disaster can take out an electrical system. What is your plan?
Healthcare Facilities Design: Hygienic Flooring For Healthcare
Safety is imperative when designing healthcare facilities. Specifying the right materials for the floor is essential, yet can be overlooked for infection prevention.
Healthcare Facilities Design After COVID-19
Healthcare facilities designers have a leading role in creating safer spaces in a post-COVID-19 world. Here are five areas of focus to address when rethinking facility layout.
Construction Data For Facilities Of The Future
A sound information architecture (IA) strategy is key to realizing the potential of available technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI).
Cleaning Industry Research Institute Issues Guidance For COVID-19 Decontamination
The technical document outlines best practices for COVID-19 decontamination, including cleaning, disinfection, worker safety, and post cleaning measurement.
Rodents Adapt To Empty Facilities During COVID-19
From the National Pest Management Association (NPMA) here are five actions for facility management as these pests have increased opportunity to gain access to buildings.
Arbor Day Foundation Inaugural Tree Campus Healthcare Facilities
Across the U.S., 16 hospitals are recognized for campus initiatives in wellness and community engagement through trees.
How Behavioral Health Facilities Are Blurring The Lines With Nature And The Community
Architecture that blurs the lines between the building and nature while welcoming members of the community is shifting the paradigm for today’s behavioral health facilities.
STARC Systems To Provide Critical Isolation Rooms
To protect patients and healthcare workers from COVID-19, "essential" manufacturer STARC Systems is increasing production of instant isolation rooms.
How Healthcare Facilities Can Prepare For COVID-19
The director of healthcare design at Chicago firm Skender shares advice based on her experience during the Ebola outbreak in 2014.
2020 SOLUTIONS For FM: Open Architecture For Access Control By Mercury Security
An open architecture model is the lynchpin for adopting the latest technologies in access control to meet the changing requirements facility executives face. A talk with Mercury Security President, Matt Barnette, elaborates on the company’s innovations as well as industry trends.
Minnehaha Academy Brings Nature Indoors With ASI Architectural
The installation of custom ASI Ceiling Grids at the school’s new facilities focused on the importance of space and ambiance, with an emphasis on bringing nature into the buildings.
What Are Current Trends In Higher Education Facilities?
A recent survey of facility planners by builder Mortenson finds nearly half believe there will be more construction activity on their campus over the next three years, compared to the past three.
Job Posting: Director of Facilities Management
Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU) is seeking a Director of Facilities Management to supervise Johnson C. Smith University staff, contract staff and independent contractors engaged in general maintenance, custodial and grounds work, fleet maintenance, inventory management and event set-up.
Job Posting: Director of Facilities
Baltimore City Community College (BCCC) is seeking a Director of Facilities Management and Planning. This individual will be responsible for ensuring College facilities support operational, administrative, and instructional requirements of the College effectively and efficiently.
CREW President Shares Insights On Facilities For 2020
In this Q&A, Holly Neber, 2019 President of the CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women) Network and CEO of AEI Consultants, looks ahead for facilities.
As 2020 Approaches, Five Healthcare Facilities Construction Trends
NYC- based real estate investment company Simone Health observes five factors shaping healthcare facilities construction in the United States.
Hierarchy Of Controls For Electrical Safety
This framework of controls is key to keeping facility staff and others safe from electrical hazards.
NSC Names Verdantix Workplace Safety Research Partner
The National Safety Council’s “Work To Zero” initiative educates safety professionals about the potential that technology has to eliminate workplace fatalities and serious injuries.
Failure To Conduct Arc-flash Hazard Assessments Endangers Workers
A global survey on electrical safety awareness by Littlefuse found that many facilities fail to conduct arc-flash hazard assessments, exposing workers to dangerous conditions.
In Facilities, Addressing Impending Water Crisis
By rethinking water conservation in three areas, facility managers help improve their organization's position.
Proposed Legislation Could Be A Boon For Public Facilities
Introduced in March 2019, S. 932 aims "To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax-exempt financing of certain government-owned buildings."
Keep Birds From Nesting At Facilities
Examine the current situation, and evaluate the site to plan next steps to deter pest birds. Plus, advice for repelling mosquitoes.
ADA Compliance For Facilities
Keep current with Americans with Disabilities Act developments to make better facilities decisions.
Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam Expands Services For Education Facilities
Through its Facilities Program Management Business Group, LAN helps K-12 education clients implement all phases of a school bond program.