Category: Building Operations
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Flood Awareness Week Reaches High-Water Mark
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are teaming up to highlight flood risk as part of Flood Safety Awareness Week.
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Breaking Bad CRE News with Baby Animals
Working in commercial real estate can be tough, even dismal and dreary at times. Looking at pictures of precious baby animals is not. You have to juggle dealing with disconnected vendors, angry tenants, frustrated maintenance staff, and ornery engineers – and you don’t always hear what you want to. Inspired by postcards from “Grandma’s Dead:…
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Sustainable Offices in High Demand Around the World
Companies are looking to reduce their energy usage as a way to save money and help the environment, which is creating increased demand for sustainable commercial buildings.
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Insurance Premiums Jump as a Result of Storm Damage
Building managers could benefit from ensuring they have proper coverage for their properties as the high costs of damage within impacted areas is causing an increase in insurance premiums.
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Staying Ahead of Repairs with Regular Inspections
To stay on top of maintenance issues, building managers may need to conduct regular inspections of their properties.
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Budgeted for the New Year? Leave Some Room for Second Barrel Syndrome
We all head into the New Year having wrapped up our planning and budgets. There are things we have clear insight into and then there’s things like Second Barrel Syndrome that just happen. There’s no avoiding them, but you have to anticipate and leave room for them.
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Fire up Fire Prevention Month with 7 Steps
Halloween, a day characterized by lit candles inside vegetables, marked the last day of Fire Prevention Month. Why not end it with a non-fire starting bang? You can’t just prevent fires by being a wet blanket – you need to follow codes and standards, brush up on safety information, train your team, and conduct routine…
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Preparing for the Next Hurricane
With the damages of Hurricane Sandy still emerging along its East Coast path and more than 8.1 million homes and businesses hit with power outages, it becomes clear how important disaster preparation and a quick response are. To prepare for a similar event, here are some basic things you can do now to ensure the…
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Be the Change You Wish to See in Your Business
Technology providers understand that often the single biggest obstacle to making significant improvements in a clients business is the fear and inherent resistance to change. And it’s completely understandable. It’s human nature. We all get comfortable and like our routine processes and ways of doing things that we’ve grown accustomed to. It’s the fear of…
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A Very Particular Set of Skills
With trailers for Taken 2 bombarding TVs across America and people awaiting the second coming of the man with a “particular set of skills,” the stage is set to talk about your particular set of skills, the ones you’ve acquired over a career.