Facility management – The Commercial Tenant's Guide to Construction, Relocation & Facility Maintenance

The Facility Manager’s Important Role During a Construction Project

October 22, 2015 // 0 Comments

Too often the FM is excluded from the design and construction process. But waiting until the end of a project might be too late to influence equipment, products specified, [...]

Eliminating Desk Side Trash Cans in Your Office

April 3, 2014 // 1 Comment

In a LinkedIn Facilities Management Group discussion, we discussed how companies are cleaning up the individual workspace garbage in exchange for centrally located garbage [...]

Resiliency in Health Care Facilities – “In the Year of the Flood”

November 12, 2013 // 0 Comments

By Michael Sciara, Guest Columnist Superstorm Sandy exposed critical weaknesses in the Resiliency of health care systems throughout the North East. This was especially true [...]

Do I Need a Fan or Supplemental AC in my IT Closet?

October 16, 2013 // 9 Comments

One area of design I find consistently overlooked is the small IT closet. In the last month, I’ve seen a few 5,000 sq ft pre-built offices or spec spaces where the [...]

35.5 Post Construction Peeves from Owner’s Reps

October 9, 2013 // 2 Comments

As project managers, we strive to deliver our client’s commercial interior space free of defects. But trades and vendors still have minor work prior to relocation and [...]

Lifting the Iron Dome on Lousy Cell Phone Service in Office Buildings

August 21, 2013 // 2 Comments

With well insulated offices, beams and concrete floors, buildings and skyscrapers can be an Iron Dome where weak or absent cell phone coverage is common. With more [...]

Tips for Hiring a Commercial Landscape Contractor

December 18, 2012 // 2 Comments

If you need your commercial property lawn cut and, should you choose a local vendor or would you prefer a nationally franchised chain? Look at what property managers [...]

Paper towels or hand dryers in your bathrooms?

November 28, 2012 // 7 Comments

Are paper towels less costly to your facility than running and maintaining a hand dryer? It’s a tricky question, especially if you are a tenant verses an owner. The [...]

Should you Refurbish and Reuse Broken, Worn or Torn Office Chairs?

November 20, 2012 // 4 Comments

Office furniture ages over time. Seat pads get worn, arm rests tear and mechanical adjustments wear down. During an internal shift, there’s the employee scramble where [...]

Water Conservation Strategies for Your Facility

November 13, 2012 // 0 Comments

Let’s start with the basics – if you don’t measure it, you can’t manage it. And if you can’t manage it, you can’t improve it! The first [...]