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The recently passed tax reform has many individuals and businesses wondering exactly what will change in 2018. Corporations are expected to save considerably under the new tax law, but what does that mean for the facilities industry? The only certainty is that the exact consequences of tax reform will reveal themselves in time. But even though some facility managers might need to contend with tax-related changes, many trends and predictions suggest that the change in tax code will not have a major impact on facility management.
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USA Today
he room of the future is being mapped out in a space tucked away near the lobby of a suburban hotel in Northern Virginia.
Hilton's new Innovation Gallery at the Hilton McLean Tysons Corner is filled with products that may soon find their way into a hotel guestroom. They include an earpiece that would translate conversations between employees and guests via an app, as well as a new stress-intervention device.
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Facility Executive
On Jan. 8, the National Institute of Building Sciences Consultative Council released its 2017 report, "Moving Forward: Findings and Recommendations from the Consultative Council," during its Annual Meeting, held as part of Building Innovation 2018: The National Institute of Building Sciences Sixth Annual Conference and Expo. The NIBS Consultative Council brings together representatives from leading organizations that represent all aspects of design, construction, operation, and regulation to examine important issues before the industry.
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FMLink
Especially in light of the recent widespread wildfires that devastated large areas of California, but also as a reminder for everyday safe business practice, several jurisdictions have sent out warnings in recent months cautioning businesses against fraudulent fire inspectors representing a fake company. According to Vancouver-based fire prevention company Community Fire Prevention, typically, these individuals will come into a business and introduce themselves as a contractor working in the area.
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By Lark Gould
What's in store for the hotel room of the future? According to the pulse of this year's Consumer Electronics Show, the word is plenty. CES 2018 was mostly about the Internet of Things — the connectivity between things that can be managed not as much by one cool app or one responsive control module, but by the user, whose preferences, wants, dislikes and habits can be known well before ever stepping into the room.
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IFMA's FMJ Magazine
Millennials approach work differently than their baby boomer parents, and it impacts facility design. Creating a facility that incorporates both work and social components is something to keep in mind when equipping, furnishing and renovating a facility. Where boomers separate work and social life, millennials integrate them.
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Healthcare Facilities Management
The National Fire Protection Association is fast-tracking the development of a new standard to address active-shooter events and other hostile events.
The organization states that NFPA 3000, Standard for Preparedness and Response to Active Shooter and/or Hostile Events is being developed as a provisional standard, which means it would be available for use as early as April. As part of the standards process, NFPA 3000 is now open for input until Feb. 23.
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FacilitiesNet
Over the years, I have written, taught, and spoken extensively about the maintenance planning and scheduling (MPS) process. Of all of the major components of a well-managed maintenance department — including organization, staffing, work order systems, spare parts and supplies, training, performance measures, quality control, and preventive and predictive maintenance — the MPS process is missing more often than all of the other components.
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The Associated Press via Chicago Tribune
It takes just minutes for a room service attendant to respond to a text message asking for a soda, bringing the Diet Coke on a tray with a glass of ice and lime wedges, no need for the modern hassle of placing a phone call.
Thousands of guests at some of Las Vegas' casino-hotels also can get towels, food and toiletries delivered with just a few taps on their smartphone. It comes as the staples of hotel room technology — a phone on a nightstand and a flat-screen TV — aren't cutting it anymore in the hypercompetitive world of Sin City tourism.
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Energy Manager Today
The global market for intelligent buildings, or smart buildings as they're also called, is projected to reach US$31.74 billion by 2022, at a compound annual growth rate of 33.7 percent, according to Research and Markets.
Artificial intelligence, which is enabling this market, has the potential to revolutionize energy management and the commercial building sector.
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