Category: Building Operations
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Funny Friday: What People Think CRE Is
Every field and occupation comes with its set of preconceptions and stereotypes. Yfrog gives a visual break down of the various impressions of the glamorous profession that is Commercial Real Estate:
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The Fiery Five: Our Favorite Fire & Life Safety Resources
Do you know the Fiery Five? No, they don’t occupy an attractive, elite table in cafeteria, but checking them out will be much more rewarding. They represent our latest and greatest in educational resources to help you properly assess and optimize your Fire & Life Safety systems. Not lighting your fire? The importance of Fire…
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Spice Up Your Fire & Life Safety
Are you hanging on to a dinosaur of a life safety system? Avoid extinction and prove that you are up to snuff with the codes and standards. Fire Protection Engineer, Peter Harrod of Rolf Jensen & Associates, shares his insights in our recent webinar, Conquering the Code! Assessing the Condition of Your Fire & Life…
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High Commercial Vacancy In Boston = Victory for the Patriots
You heard it here first folks, the New England Patriots will win the super bowl this year…at least if historic Commercial Office Vacancy Rates have anything to say about it:
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Funny Friday: Lessons in Property Management- From a Ball Boy
He may be on the sidelines, but he’s caught our attention! Property owners and managers, take note. Here’s 6 reasons why you should be like this ball boy:
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10 Biggest Mistakes People Make with Fire & Life Safety Systems
Fire and Life Safety systems are in place because unplanned incidents and mistakes happen. Those mistakes shouldn’t be the way you use your system. Here are the Top Ten mistakes to avoid:
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Upcoming Webinar: Conquering the Code!
In 30 minutes, you will learn how to: Implement an Assessment of Condition of your Fire & Life Safety Systems, Plan the forward thinking changes that will attract and retain tenants, Avoid the 10 biggest Fire & Life Safety management mistakes, and more!
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Preventing Tailgating (The Non-Drinking Kind)
Tailgating is fun, right? Football, food, family, friends… forgive the alliteration, but what’s not to like? Rewind back to real estate mode and you’ll see that tailgating doesn’t reference weekend football pleasantries, but instead the potentially dangerous outcomes of undocumented building entry. There are strategies, though, to protect against undocumented entry.
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Dorm Wars: On the Verge of Privatizing Student Housing
The possibility of a new trend has surfaced in the housing market: the management of college dorms by private companies. Until recently, the job of on-campus housing maintenance fell directly on the university. This could all change.
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A Holiday Gift: Introducing… Inspections!
This evening, Building Engines introduced The Inspections Module! Based on client and market demand, this rich set of new features to our application will facilitate the creation and processing of paper-based property and tenant inspections. By digitizing this data and its associated processes, users will be able to build a wealth of information that can…