Category: Building Operations
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Incorporating Vendors onto your Operations Platform
Most Property Management teams view their property management platform as their single source into what is happening at any given time within their portfolio. Every work order, preventive maintenance task, inspection, and incident passes through the system, yet for some reason vendors are rarely incorporated into it.
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Risky Business: Shark Diving and COIs
Recently my wife and I went on a shark diving trip. We departed from Fairhaven, MA and traveled about 90 minutes out to sea. After stopping at our destination, the captain threw out the chum and my wife and I got outfitted into our dive gear. We dove into the water to setup the finishing…
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The Property Manager’s Guide to Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse
The undead have overtaken cities in frenzied masses. Does your property management team have what it takes to stay alive?
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Deployment Tips from an Angler
I have two great passions in this world which take up most of my time: catching fish and my job here at Building Engines. The fish catching speaks for itself, but my role as BEI’s Implementation Project Manager means that my duty is to lead our new clients successfully through the minefield and on to…
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“What Should Our Performance Benchmarks Be?”
Benchmarking is the process of comparing one’s business processes and performance metrics to industry best practices from other similar companies. The metrics that are typically analyzed are those that focus on efficiency, reducing costs, and improving performance.
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New to BEI: GSA PM Template Library
Building Engines is excited to announce that we’ve upgraded our current preventive maintenance (PM) library to one based on recommendations from the General Services Administration (GSA).
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Hit the Bullseye This Budget Season
Yep, it’s that time of year again. That time when there aren’t enough hours in the day and crunching numbers never seems to end… It’s Budget Season. In case you’re feeling a bit overwhelmed, check out our budget checklist below to make sure you’ll be nailing your targets for the year ahead.
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World Cup Wisdom: 3 Lessons for Property Managers
In honor of tonight’s Team USA game against Ghana, I started to think about what takeaways the games offered for property management workforces. After reading many, many lists of how and why athletes can be role models for many career paths, I’ve narrowed it down to my favorites.
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How to Solve a Workflow Problem
Assuming you’ve already identified that your current tenant service workflow system needs improvement, it’s time to take action to correct the issue. As with most projects, it helps to begin by identifying several specific objectives.