Topics

The primary disciplines of facility management—building envelope & exteriors, construction & retrofits, energy, environment, facility management, interiors, safety, security, technology—along with other important topics are included in this section.



flexible work

Question Of The Week: Do Flexible Work Arrangements Lead To Better Performance?

Half of employers feel productivity would increase under a compressed schedule, according to a new survey from The Creative Group.
hand care

Kutol Pro Brand Industrial Hand Care

The Kutol Pro brand of industrial hand care products helps prepare, clean, and restore the greasiest, dirtiest, hardest working hands.

Healthcare Pros See Technology As Infection Control Tool

Healthcare staff find introducing technology to their facility has improved hygiene compliance and infection control.
printing systems

Océ ColorWave 3000 Printing Systems

Océ ColorWave 3000 series of color printing systems incorporate a wealth of patented innovative technologies designed to help walk-up users save time and costs while increasing productivity.
anti-terrorism

New Anti-Terrorism Guide For Commercial Buildings Available

The new web-based tool can help security professionals for commercial office buildings perform assessments based on the Best Practices for Anti-Terrorism Security (BPATS).
Schneider Electric

Bainbridge Island School District Keeps School In Session With Ecostruxure IT

Schneider Electric helps the school district monitor and manage access to information systems distributed across 11 buildings, nine schools, one central data center, and 38 data closets.

Zeroing In On Net Zero Carbon Buildings

With 38 signatories, the World Green Building Council launched its Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment to further the move toward a decarbonized built environment in the coming decades.
roof membrane

Garland’s Roof Membrane Brochure

The Garland Company's High-Performance Membrane brochure is a complete menu of roof membrane systems that will answer questions for architects, design professionals, building owners, and facility managers.
dispenser design contest

Friday Funny: Calling All Kid Artists!

How creative can the students at your school get? Registration is now open for SC Johnson Professional’s annual Happy Hands contest.
smoke detection

Smoke Detection & Fire Panel Integration

Honeywell's VESDA advanced smoke detection technology can now integrate with some of the most widely used fire panels in commercial buildings without the need for additional hardware or wiring.
hospital rooms

EIR Healthcare Introduces World’s First Modular, Smart Hospital Room

MedModular is the world's first application of prefabrication and modular technology of hospital rooms to ensure faster delivery and build times, and minimized budgets.

Historic Student Housing Renovated At University Of Kansas

Completed in 1923 at a cost of $156,558, Corbin Hall has been reimagined for its next 100 years on the university's Lawrence, KS campus.
Schindler elevator maintenance

Elevator Preparations Essential During Hurricane Season

With Hurricane Florence threatening the southeastern U.S., Schindler Elevator offers safety guidelines for before, during, and after inclement weather.
shower renovation

Partnership Streamlines Shower Renovation

Tile Redi has partnered with Granite and Trend Transformations, provider of customized, patented surface overlays, to produce a complete shower surround for remodeling projects. This will streamline renovations, substantially reducing the time, labor and cost of traditional shower renovation projects.
high tech high school

$150M High Tech High School Opens In New Jersey

The 350,000-square-foot technical school meets LEED Gold standards, and includes water efficient landscaping, geothermal heating, a green roof, and wind turbines.

How To Win The War For Talent (Hint: It’s About Being Authentic)

Retaining talent is a leading concern for businesses these days, and it all comes down to workplace experience and authenticity.
indoor climate control

NV Embedded® Indoor Climate Control

NV Embedded controls the indoor climate system, gathers and visualizes data, and is appropriate for buildings of many different sizes.
remote balancing dampers

Greenheck Expands Remote Balancing Damper Line

Remote balancing dampers are ideal for applications where it is difficult to gain access to manually adjust the damper for balance and airflow.
Hurricane Florence

Hurricane Florence: Three Tips To Protect Electrical Equipment

To ensure safety and minimize damage, Schneider Electric urges those in the path of the storm to take three essential steps to prepare electrical equipment in homes and businesses.
ship plumbing

Cruise Ship Plumbing Safe Paper Products

Papernet paper products line of toilet paper and hand towels help cruise ships avoid restroom disasters and maintain guest satisfaction.
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.