Maintenance
Commercial building and facilities management resources for corporate facility executives, building operators and facility managers in all industry and service sectors. Maintenance articles below.
3M™ Safety-Walk™ Slip-Resistant Tapes And Treads
3M recently launched three new highly visible and graphic-friendly 3M Safety-Walk Slip-Resistant General Purpose Tapes and Treads products.
ISSA Celebrates Inaugural DEAL Awards
The DEAL program helps cleaning industry distributors, wholesalers, and manufacturers benchmark their performance, streamline operations, and realize significant savings in warehousing and fleet expenses.
Don’t Let Students Stink Up Your School’s Locker Room
Once students return to school after the summer, it doesn’t take long for them to stink up school gyms and locker rooms. Here are some tips to help your school keep the “locker room smell” at bay.
Mobile Facilities Dashboards From ARC
New cloud-based dashboards support critical information management needs for healthcare, education, and government facilities teams.
Bacteria-Eating Toilet Paper From Sofidel
When Papernet Bio Tech makes contact with water, natural, non-pathogenic microorganisms are activated and produce enzymes to eat away dirt.
PROvider Dispenser From Wisconsin Plastics, Inc.
This paper towel dispenser was designed to address common challenges encountered in refilling product as well as overall performance.
New Guide To Purchasing Snow Services Available
Winter’s not far off: Start planning for purchasing snow and ice management services now with SIMA’s free guide.
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.
Airport Debuts Self-Cleaning Nanotechnology In Checkpoint Bins
In a first among the world’s 9,000 airports, the Akron-Canton Airport has launched a nanotechnology solution that uses light to clean checkpoint bins 24/7.
Employees Value Workplace Restrooms
Nearly 90% of American workers think the condition of workplace restrooms indicates how much a company values its employees.
Overlooked Hazards, Risk Zones Cause Workplace Falls
Many organizations underestimate floor safety risks and are unaware of high-risk walk zones that exist within their buildings, according to a recent New Pig survey.
Dartmouth College Selects Planon’s IWMS
The Ivy League school selected the Integrated Workplace Management System for optimization of facilities operations.
Keep America Beautiful Asks Students “How Will You … End Littering?”
The second annual video contest taps into the imaginations of students in grades 9-12 to find out how they would end littering.
Company Edition Software From Common Areas
The cloud-based tool connects facility and property management with their service providers to help track maintenance performed.
Sanitation Checklist For Food Manufacturing Equipment
Keeping equipment properly sanitized and clean is essential for maintaining the trust consumers have in today’s modern food manufacturers.
Time For Pest Birds To Leave The Nest
Identify behaviors to implement effective bird control around facilities.
Concerned With Poor IAQ?
A facility’s indoor air quality affects occupant health as well as energy efficiency. Take steps to mitigate negative impacts.
Effective Fire Sprinkler Pipe Inspections
Avoid discovering a fire pipe corrosion problem during an actual fire emergency.
Maintaining Multiple Roofs With Technology
For national and regional corporations that want to renew their roofing systems, one of the best strategies is a strong service and maintenance program with a national commercial roofing network.
Protecting Roofs From Severe Weather
Maintenance is key to extending the life of commercial roofing through extreme weather conditions.
Restroom Management Meets The Modern Age
Take note of several developments aimed at making commercial restroom cleaning more effective.
How To Prepare Your Elevator For Harsh Summer Weather
Schindler offers advice to building and facility managers on how to protect elevator equipment and occupants before, during, and after a storm.
Catching Problems Early Key To Parking Structure Maintenance
Protecting your facility's parking structure from the constant onslaught of environmental stressors and wear-and-tear comes with its own set of challenges.
enMotion® Automated Touchless Counter Mount Soap System
Newest addition to the GP PRO Premium Restroom Collection provides luxury design, optimized soap dispensing, and effortless maintenance.
Keep Your Campus Cool Without Burning Out Your HVAC System
Adding a predictive maintenance toolkit to your efforts will prepare your campus HVAC system for the hot summer season, and beyond.
Seven Tips For Keeping Workers Safe From Heat-Related Illnesses
Summer often brings extreme heat: Here's how to keep outdoor workers safe, courtesy of Western Specialty Contractors.
Is Your School In Compliance With The Safe Drinking Water Act?
NSF International offers resources for school administrators and facility directors to ensure the plumbing products used in schools meet EPA lead-free requirements.
Inspecting, Maintaining Heat And Smoke Vents
Up to 60% of commercial low-slope roofs are due for re-roof or significant maintenance, according to a recent survey.
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.
Cleaning Products And Sustainability
ACI Sustainability Report highlights progress made by cleaning product companies to decrease the industry’s environmental footprint over the last two years.
Environmental Impacts, Safety, Costs Of Drinking Water Pipes Explored
New study evaluates the cradle-to-grave sustainability of commonly used drinking water and sewer pipe materials over a 100-year service period.
Zen Ecosystems, Encycle Form Partnership
Swarm Logic® integration with Zen HQ adds intelligent energy management features to further curb building energy usage and benefit customer bottom lines.
Don’t Forget IAQ In Cleaning Programs
Improving indoor air makes for a more healthy and safer environment, and can make facility management the key to improved operations as well.
Cleaning To Safeguard Health
Protect the well-being of facility staff and building occupants with green cleaning principles.
