Bonus Features

These bonus stories are unusual offerings that take a look at facility management from a different or specialized perspective.



Fire Sprinkler Retrofits

Emergency Preparedness: Fire Sprinkler System Retrofits

Whether you're planning a renovation, retrofit, or new construction, there are many considerations when choosing materials for a fire sprinkler system.
Parking Lots

Preserving Parking Lots

Pavement for parking lots and structures must withstand the loads it will encounter to prevent premature failure.
Senior Living Facilities

A Modern Outlook For Senior Living Facilities

A senior living expert shares how these facilities are being designed in 2023.
Sodium-Ion Batteries Data Centers

Optimizing Energy In Data Centers

Sodium-ion batteries are emerging as a reliable, sustainable solution for data centers.
Daylight In Commercial Buildings

The Importance Of Daylight In Commercial Buildings

Natural light helps support wellness, boosts productivity, and can be used to save energy.
Period Products

Period Products Instead Of Ping-Pong?

How offering free period products can support a healthy and equitable workplace experience.
Corporate Real Estate

The Changing Environment For Corporate Real Estate

Corporate Real Estate (CRE) and Integrated Facility Management (IFM) teams must be creative and agile to combat current headwinds.
ADA Compliance

ADA Compliance Questions And Answers

Facility executives can reference these common ADA questions to ensure their buildings are compliant.
Education Facilities

The Fantastic Floor In Education Facilities

Education facilities can economically achieve durable, sustainable, and easy-to-maintain flooring.
Water Conservation

A Critical Tool For Water Conservation

Facility executives play a key role in advancing on-site non-potable water reuse to help create a sustainable future.
Restoring The Building Envelope

Restoring The Building Envelope

A well-maintained building envelope protects a building’s structural integrity and ensures the health and safety of its occupants.
document storage

Dealing With Documents

Facility executives can prevent legal issues by outsourcing record storage and document shredding.
construction sustainability standards

How Can We Stop Designing For Disposal?

The construction industry needs to see a strong link between the conservation of resources and cost savings.
Refrigerant Leak Detection

A2L Refrigerant Leak Detection

How emerging mildly flammable refrigerants are dictating the need for improved leak detection strategies.
Successful Building Projects

A Spotlight On 5 Successful Building Projects

From manufacturing to hospitality, these construction and renovation projects showcase how facility executives in various industries are improving their buildings.
pests

4 Common Pests Impacting Facilities In 2023

Owners and facility managers can use these insights to help keep commercial facilities pest-free.
Acoustic Privacy

Balancing Open Design And Acoustic Privacy

See how a renovated bank enhanced its acoustic privacy with sliding doors.
Pensacola State College

How This Florida College Recovered From Hurricane Damage

In Florida, Pensacola State College needed flooding mitigation and a roof replacement after a devastating hurricane.
roof maintenance

8 Roof Maintenance Tips For Facility Managers

With roof maintenance, there's usually a right way and a wrong way. See what you need to remember, including mistakes to avoid.
LED lighting controls

Energy Efficiency And Lighting Controls

The Inflation Reduction Act should push commercial building facility managers to include lighting controls in all or most projects.
Webinar, Facility Capital Improvements

Join Our Webinar! Maximizing Value For Facility Master Planning

A panel of Facility Management leaders will discuss long-term planning challenges and answer questions about maximizing the value of conducting a Facility Condition Assessments (FCA).
Fault detection and diagnosis (FDD) webinar

Did You Miss Our “Building Analytics, Skilled Labor Shortages & Decarbonization” Webinar?

View this free video webinar to learn how fault detection and diagnostics (FDD) has become a critical part of the resilient facility team’s tech stack.

[VIDEO] Collect Asset Data at the Speed of Walking a Building

AI powered data collection with AkitaBox Capture. Take a picture of the asset nameplate, touch the floor plan to locate the asset and move to the next asset. Save up to 90% of your time in the field with AkitaBox Capture AI.