Winter Maintenance
Commercial building and facilities management resources for corporate facility executives, building operators and facility managers in all industry and service sectors. Winter Maintenance articles below.
Traction Magic Takes The Slip Out Of Ice
This product from Gaia Enterprise, Inc. was created to address the slip and fall threat from ice that so many facility managers face.
Salt Use Standards For Winter Weather Cleanup Revisited
The Snow & Ice Management Association has expanded its Sustainable Salt Initiative (SSI) that addresses environmental concerns associated with salt use at properties throughout North America.
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?
Is Your Roof Gaining Weight This Winter?
Snow accumulation and even heavy rains set the stage for potential roof collapse. Here are four actions to take that will minimize this threat to people and property.
Worried About Your Fire Sprinkler System Failing?
Every year facility owners may spend thousands of dollars from their operating budgets replacing auxiliary drains in dry sprinkler systems that collect water, freeze, and break.
Winter Weather Checks For Roofing
When inspecting roofs as the winter weather wanes, check for these five potential problems.
Winter Roof Maintenance: Ounce of Prevention Worth Pound of Cure
"One ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" is certainly the case where a building’s roof is concerned, especially when it comes to being prepared for the harsh winter conditions.
Preventing And Thawing Frozen Pipes
With temperatures dropping below freezing around the country, it’s important to be prepared for the cold weather’s effect on your water pipes.
FM Alert: Is Your Facility Ready For Winter Weather?
This guide will help you prepare your facilities’ facades, roofs, plazas, and parking garages for the intense storm systems predicted for this winter.
Commercial Snow Removal, Cover All Bases
Ample snow removal tools, well-crafted service contracts, and clear safety procedures are crucial to keep facilities and their occupants safe from weather threats.
Three Ways To Prepare Your Asphalt Roof For A Harsh Winter
ARMA provides tips on how you can save money and protect your facility's roof.
Winter Weather Maintenance Checklist
For effective maintenance and operation during winter months, facility managers can check out this checklist. But it doesn't end there.
New Product Flash: PATeye by Solar Bright
This real-time visual warning system alerts motorists and others to icy surface conditions on roads, bridges, parking facilities, sidewalks, and loading docks.
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Planning For Next Winter
The severe rigors of Winter 2013-14 will not soon be forgotten — recurring snow storms, stretches of harsh subzero temperatures, and a rock salt shortage.
NEW PRODUCT FLASH: Snofree Roof Panels from Valin
Using heat trace technology, these panels help protect against ice formations on a facility's roof.
CO Precautions For Cold Weather Operations
Grainger provides tips for facilities managers to consider before firing up their furnaces.
Roofs And Winter Weather
The Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) offers guidance on how businesses can protect their property from winter weather-related perils, such as roof collapse due to heavy snow loads.
Winter Maintenance Can Be Eased With Heated Mats
Walt Neilson, maintenance team leader at Mercy Hospital in Grayling, MI, discussed with TFM his department’s use of electric snow melting mats
NEW PRODUCT FLASH: Ice-Away Snow Melt Mat
As winter approaches, this mat from Cozy Products is designed to protect against slip-and-fall accidents and workman's compensation claims.
