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Behind their walls buildings have long supported an interplay of systems that belies their static presence. Now, the ability for buildings to learn and proactively impact operations expands the horizon of possibilities.


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Behind their walls buildings have long supported an interplay of systems that belies their static presence. Now, the ability for buildings to learn and proactively impact operations expands the horizon of possibilities.
09/16/2019

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    Latest: Question Of The Week: How Buildings Learn - Behind their walls buildings have long supported an interplay of systems that belies their static presence. Now, the ability for buildings to learn and proactively impact operations expands the horizon of possibilities.

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    Question Of The Week: How Buildings Learn

    Behind their walls buildings have long supported an interplay of systems that belies their static presence. Now, the ability for buildings to learn and proactively impact operations expands the horizon of possibilities.
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    Question Of The Week: Artwork Procurement And Facility Management?

    Options abound for organizations that are shopping for artwork to grace their facilities. What is your involvement, and where do you find art that fits the bill for your buildings?
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    Thinking About Designing Your Workplace Around Millennials? Stop!

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    Question Of The Week: How Can Winter Illnesses Be Prevented?

    With flu and norovirus season ramping up and expected to last through May, facilities across the country are honing in on illness prevention.
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    Question Of The Week: Are Nightmare Commutes Hurting Employee Morale?

    As the spookiest day of the year approaches, staffing firm Robert Half highlights the cities with the most hair-raising commutes.
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    Question Of The Week: Register Facility Video Surveillance?

    Facility management can support local law enforcement by participating in video surveillance registration programs with their facility security systems.
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    Many Paths To Facility Management Career?

    With the occupation set to be recognized by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics beginning in 2018, will the path to a facilities management profession become more defined in the coming years?
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    Question Of The Week: Pay Now, Or Pay Later For Facility Maintenance?

    As organizations continue to trim their budgets, so continues scrutiny of facilities operations dollars, particularly for facility maintenance.
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    Question Of The Week: What Habits Do Successful Facility Managers Share?

    The key to best in class facility management lies in these five habits of successful facility managers, according to QSI Facilities.
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    Question Of The Week: Are Open Workspaces All They’re Cracked Up To Be?

    Many companies are moving toward open workspaces, but a new survey shows employees think they are among the least productive and most stressful work environments.
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    Professional Development

    Question Of The Week: Training The Next Generation Of FM?

    Training millennials as well as older employees to reach new heights in the facility management profession requires a new approach.
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    Question Of The Week: Can A Roof Help Keep Your Facility Cool In Summer?

    Some timely tips on how a common roofing process can keep your building up to 50 degrees cooler, courtesy of Bade Roofing.
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    Question Of The Week: Is This Vendor The Right Fit For Your Facility?

    Getting off to a good start is important when hiring and working with a new vendor. Here are some tips and tricks from Segura & Associates, a consulting firm that works with both cleaning contractors and building managers.
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    Energy Management & Lighting

    Question Of The Week: Would You Miss ENERGY STAR?

    If this U.S. EPA program is eliminated in 2018, what would it mean to energy efficiency efforts at your facilities?
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    Question Of The Week: How Do You Utilize Your CMMS?

    A recent survey asked about to what extent facility maintenance departments are employing CMMS programs.
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    Question Of The Week: What Do I Need To Know About Weed In The Workplace?

    Marijuana is now legal in 28 states and Washington, DC, which is leaving many employers scratching their heads about drug testing and workplace safety.
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    Question Of The Week: How Can I Protect My Company From Ransomware Attacks?

    WannaCry and other ransomware have been making headlines: Here are six immediate steps you can take to protect your organization from cyber attacks, courtesy of EY.
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    Question Of The Week: Are Your Facilities At Risk From Flood Waters?

    A new global flood map from property insurer FM Global aids in risk assessment for facility executives around the world.
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    Question Of The Week: Why Lease Or Finance Equipment?

    The majority of U.S. businesses lease or finance equipment. A new infographic from the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association highlights why this method of equipment acquisition is so popular.
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    Question Of The Week: What Tech Upgrades Are Facility Customers Asking For?

    With building occupants increasingly relying on mobile devices, facility management recognizes the imperative to provide reliable networks — among other technology amenities.
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    Interiors

    Question Of The Week: What IAQ Myths Have You Encountered?

    When it comes to: eliminating unhealthy sources; ventilation; and air filtration, which approaches are sound — and which should facility management filter out?
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    Security

    Question Of The Week: Do Door Barricades Compromise School Safety?

    Concerns about school safety have led to the installation of non-code compliant and possibly dangerous classroom door barricade devices.
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    Safety

    Question Of The Week: Wintertime Indoor Air Quality?

    When building heating systems go into steady operation during cold weather months, do you ensure humidity levels don't fall too low?
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    Workplace Culture

    Question Of The Week: To Gift — Or Not To Gift — At Work?

    As the holiday season kicks off, many workers are starting to wonder if it’s appropriate to exchange gifts at work. What works and what doesn't?
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    Question Of The Week: Are You Recycling Organic Waste?

    Recycling programs and requirements have been in place for decades. An emerging area impacting facility management is the handling of organic waste.
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    Technology

    Question Of The Week: Connecting Building Tech And Software Tech

    For software to thrive, data and systems need to be easily accessible. In industries other than the buildings industry, that's happened through open standards.
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    Technology

    From Building Automation To Smart Buildings; Are You Making The Move?

    Recent research finds that the smart building market suffers from a fragmented ecosystem and that proprietary building automation solutions dominate. Still, that is expected to change. Where are facility management stakeholders on this spectrum?
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    Safety

    Question of the Week: Keeping Workers With Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities Safe

    A new curriculum addresses the shortage of occupational health and safety training for workers with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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    Question Of The Week: What Is On Your Hurricane Preparedness List?

    Loss of main power is always a top concern in extreme weather situations, and the non-profit Powered For Patients urges healthcare facility managers to safeguard their backup power supply systems.
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    Question Of The Week: Is Your LED Retrofit Safe?

    UL1598C certification provides building owners and managers a safety standard when considering LED Retrofit.
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    Question Of The Week: How Can I Protect My Facility From A Wildfire?

    Heaviland Landscape Management provides tips for appropriate landscaping and maintaining defensible space to prevent property damage during a wildfire.
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    Question Of The Week: 10 Energy Management Strategies

    How many of these 10 key tactics do you employ in your energy management program?
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    Question of the Week: Can Rearranging Employee Seating Improve Performance, Profits?

    For organizations looking to increase returns on the human capital of their workforce, simply rearranging employee seating may be one of the most cost-effective resources at their disposal.
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    Question Of The Week: What Is A High Performance Building?

    To be considered "high performance," buildings must optimize across multiple attributes, including not only energy efficiency and sustainability, but also productivity, security and functionality.
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    Question of the Week: How To Network With Facility Management Peers?

    How does a facility manager find local networking opportunities in areas underserved by a national organizations?
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    Question Of The Week: Impact Of HVAC Cleaning On TPO Roof?

    A facilities manager noticed cleaner running down his building's TPO roof, and wonders if the cleaner might cause any damage.
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    Question Of The Week: Roofing Maintenance Procedures

    Which actions have you found most useful in protecting your facilities, and your budget, from roof related failures?
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    Question Of The Week: How Can I Avoid “Greenwashing?”

    Not just a passing trend, eco-friendly cleaning has become a vital aspect of a facility’s care. Here are eight essential Q&As for choosing a green cleaning provider.
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    Question Of The Week: Make Way To Centralized Facility Management

    Whether you've completed a centralized facility management plan, are in the midst of the process, or are still considering the potential, what has worked and what challenges do you face?
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    Question Of The Week: Resilience To Extreme Weather

    What measures are in place to prepare and plan for, absorb, recover from, and more successfully adapt to adverse events?
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