Paper towels or hand dryers in your bathrooms?
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…
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Should you Refurbish and Reuse Broken, Worn or Torn Office Chairs?
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…
Water Conservation Strategies for Your Facility
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!…
What can Commercial Real Estate folks do to help Sandy victims?
When I was asked by my friends at @theBrokerList to contribute my thoughts on this issue, my initial reaction was to mention a local commercial…
How do you deal with Graffiti at your facility?
Graffiti is everywhere; it is unsightly, costly to business and ruins public spaces. These “taggers” consider themselves graffiti artists and not property defacers. The important…
How often should you replace the belts of the roof fans?
Part of routine maintenance is to replace the belts of your rooftop fans regularly. A basic routine might be simply walking past the equipment on…
66.5 Best Energy Efficiency Tips for Your Office or Facility
Having a good Energy Philosophy will reduce energy consumption in your office or facility. Here’s some of the best recommendations from professionals who discussed the…
A Guide to Outsourcing Facility Management Services – Needs, Price and Value
British author John Ruskin once said, “It is unwise to pay too much, but it is worse to pay too little. When you pay too…
A Career in Broadcast Facilities Management – Live TV and No Second Chances
Have you ever tried to change the tires on a moving car? That’s similar to the challenges of running a live television broadcast studio facility. …
What if Abe Lincoln were a Facility Manager?
For a recent article It’s too Cold! It’s too Hot! – Thermostat Wars in the Workplace, I consulted with the facility manager of a large corporation…