Author: Building Engines
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Growth in Mobile Real Estate Operations Spurs BE Mobile
Building Engines today announced the upcoming release of a next generation mobile app (BE Mobile) as an extension to its Property and Tenant Management Platform. Leveraging new and powerful mobile technology, Building Engines’ enhanced mobility platform combines the independence and power of an “onboard” mobile application with the depth and flexibility of its core operations…
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Work Order and Asset Documentation in the Palm of Your Hand
According to Michael Crowley in his article Handheld Computing Devices Improve Managing Work-Order Data, what businesses were not planning for, however, was for handhelds to merely speed up the collection of poor-quality work-order and asset data collection. Even then, data was only coming to the companies who were using handhelds regularly.
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Honest To Blog, It Works!
I like to blog about CRE. If I didn’t like to write (read: ramble, rant and rave) about building operations, property management and the state of the industry, you wouldn’t be reading this post right now. Besides enjoying the click-clack of the keyboard and the progression of thought to tangible type, I blog for another…
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Vet Your Vendors (But Don’t Take Them to The Vet)
Another type of relationship is with your vendors. Making sure your vendor is top of the line is the first step in your blossoming relationship that cannot be overlooked. In these rapports, mystery loses its allure. According to a Buildings magazine article, Vet Your Vendors: Screening Steps to Ensure Your Vendor Is Top Notch, “more…
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Where’s The (Nation’s) Money At?
According to an article in Buildings Magazine, Where America Goes to Work, the commercial real estate industry offers a significant contribution to the the U.S. economy.
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Shark Week Wisdom: Top the PM Food Chain
Who doesn’t love the jaw-inspiring yearly spectacle that is Shark Week? Ok, people on vacation at the beach. Still, seeing these powerful beasts dominate the food chain and strut their stuff (even without legs!) not only teaches us to never try to resemble a seal but also offers a few helpful tips for commercial real…
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Funny Friday: The Weekend Work Escape
While you (and Dunkin Donuts) may credit the victory to the gratuitous amounts of coffee you’ve been running on, we would like to dedicate this day to your ironclad determination and willpower. You’ve done enough work for one week, and probably two, so here’s some fast and effective ways to turn down the weekend work…
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Risk Management Makes its Way to the Top of the Podium
Your company may not have the “fierce five” somersaulting down the halls or Ryan Lochte’s unmistakable American flag mouth piece glinting in the cubicle across from you, but that doesn’t mean your risk management can’t be world class too.
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Total Service Delivery- A Cure for Service Uncertainty
The driving force behind our Operations Performance Management functionality is creating and presenting data that works for you, not against you. Our latest extension of this feature, closes the service loop and definitively answers the important operational question: Is our service meeting internal and tenant expectations.