Category: CRE Trends
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New Technology Offers Tools For Collaboration, Communication
Businesses in every industry need to react quickly to changing conditions. The faster companies are able to alter production, marketing or customer service strategies, the greater advantage they have over their competitors that are struggling to keep up
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See The Future Of Real Estate With Building Engines, Honest Buildings
Building Engines SVP to speak at Urban Green Council’s July Forum on technology and decision-making in Real Estate
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Out of Sight, Not Out of Mind: Revitalizing Your Remote Workforce
Building managers are continuously on the move. This can make it difficult to oversee the training and development of personnel who are essential to facility operations. Maintenance workers, security guards and other employees often work independently with little interaction between them. If property managers are not careful, this could lead to a breakdown in communication…
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Energy Industry Fueling Commercial Real Estate Growth
A push for more affordable fuel prices has created new opportunities for energy firms, which, in turn, is generating growth in the commercial real estate markets in several major cities.
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Building Engines Vice President of Product Talks BE-Mobile at Realcomm
Our very own Jim Gray, Building Engines VP of product, has finally achieved celebrity status. This afternoon Jim was interviewed at the Realcomm 2013 Conference in Orlando, FL were the topic of discussion happened to be BE-Mobile. In the discussion Jim talks about what differentiates the BE-Mobile app from the competition, as well as the…
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Building Engines Will Showcase Latest Technology at Realcomm 2013
Boston, MA – June 7, 2013 — Building Engines, a provider of a comprehensive mobile and web operations management system for owners and managers of all property types, announced its participation at the Realcomm 2013 Conference in Orlando, FL on June 12-13. Building Engines will Showcase the latest innovations to their platform included enhancements to…
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Demands of the Future Tenant
Keeping server room facilities at the optimal operating temperature places strain on your buildings ventilation and air conditioning units.Have you ever been using your laptop on your…lap, and then come to the sudden realization that it is getting really hot? I think we have all been there. Now imagine how companies like Google and Lockheed…
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“BIG INSPECTION DATA” THAT’S ACTIONABLE: VIEW OUR REPORT
Maintenance teams now have the ability to complete inspections from any mobile device, to schedule or create ad-hoc inspections in-the-field, as well as initiate work orders immediately upon failed inspection points. Management personnel are delivered inspections data that helps them to ensure that follow-up work is completed, or informs of missed performance targets. This data…
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Creating an Agile, Responsive Workforce
In building management there is no problem more pressing than the one occurring at that instant. Every tenant feels that the smallest hiccup to their operations will dramatically impact their performance. As soon as maintenance finished one service request, they are onto another one. Having a flexible and agile staff is imperative to maintaining high…
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Has Your Building Jumped the “Chasm?”
It seems that each year everything is becoming smarter – Our phones, cars, TV’s, household appliances robots – Don’t worry, not the James Cameron kind. But with all these devices giving human intelligence a run for its money, why not smart buildings? For the last 12 years, or at least from the advent of our…