Author: Building Engines
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The Big Picture: Untethered Property Management
They say a picture is worth 1000 words, and while we have written well over 1000 words on the benefits of mobile property management, we decided to offer a visual guide to untethering your operations with BE-Mobile. Whether you’re debating a big mobile move or instituting a BYOD policy, you’ll find out how your mobile…
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The Mobile Landscape For CRE Operators
Mobile devices have rapidly gone from “nice to have” for early adopters to ubiquitous work tools. The concept of accessing the Internet from anywhere, at any time, continues to have a growing impact on commercial real estate owners and managers. Building Engines, a provider of a comprehensive property operations management system, has released “The Definitive…
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Inside An Offline Mobile App
Now that mobile technology is allowing property management teams to be productive away from their desks, the last thing you want to deal with is connectivity issues. Whether there’s a glitch with your mobile WiFi or you’re in a dead zone, the ability to use property and tenant management apps when not connected to the…
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Summer Saving Tips For Your HVAC Bill
With temps spiking in the 100s this summer, it’s important to keep your team and tenants cool. But just because your AC use is skyrocketing, it doesn’t mean your expenses have to. Here are four money-saving tips, as told through cats.
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Boss-less Work Environments May Boost Employee Efficiency
Property managers may have concerns about the efficiency of maintenance workers when they’re not being supervised, but a recent study published in the Journal of Applied Psychology showed that a boss-less environment may actually boost employee performance
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BEI Customers Take Home TOBYs
The theme for the 2013 Outstanding Building of the Year (TOBY) Awards was “Better by Association,” and this couldn’t ring more true as we congratulate four of Building Engine’s clients on their accolades. Cassidy Turley, Jones Lang LaSalle Americas Inc., Kilroy Realty Corp, and Manulife Real Estate are regional TOBY winners for their properties in…
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Funding & Regulation Changes Create New Challenges For Property Owners
It seems that large-scale disasters are becoming more common. Earlier this year, Oklahoma City was struck by a tornado that destroyed thousands of homes, schools and commercial buildings. Before that, Hurricane Sandy washed away communities along the New York-New Jersey shoreline, causing $50 billion in damages.
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Laws of Attraction: How To Entice New Tenants Through Your CRE Site
Drawing in new tenants can be an arduous task. It doesn’t matter how much your property has to offer if you aren’t advertising those details effectively to potential clients.
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Free Your Mind… And Your Inbox
As Building Engines SVP Scott Sidman recently discussed at BOMA 2013, the “Big Data” paradox is that while businesses in all industries are increasingly automating their operating procedures and adding advanced systems, they are losing productivity.
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Building Engines and Other CRE Professionals Talk “Data” at BOMA
As a provider of building operations software, we live and breathe data. We thrive on helping property management teams get a grasp of what to do with “all that information”. So we are very excited for the opportunity to educate the masses about how to turn all that information into useful data. Building Engines Senior…



