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FacilitiesNet
Jobsite theft can cost institutional and commercial facilities vasts amounts of money. According to the National Equipment Register, theft of tools and other equipment costs the industry up to $1 billion a year.
Great American Insurance Group estimates that 90 percent of equipment thefts take place between 6 p.m. on Friday and 6 a.m. Monday, when many facilities and jobsites are understaffed or not staffed at all.
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Facility Executive
One of the key goals of a successful facility management team is to provide effective life safety. These teams utilize building and fire codes to establish a minimum level of acceptable compliance to ensure life safety of the building occupants. These codes are continuously being changed and updated to reflect new technologies and trends, as well as lessons learned from historical events.
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USA Today
Changing trends in the way travelers work during a hotel stay is driving brands to rethink guestroom design. And more are eliminating the traditional guestroom desk altogether.
These brands' leaders see the traditional desk as unnecessary as more customers either want to work from the comfort of their bed or get stuff done while hanging out in the lobby.
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Facility Executive
Mosquitoes are often described as one of the deadliest animals on Earth — specifically as one of summer's most dangerous pests. These biting pests are known to transmit various diseases such as West Nile virus, malaria, dengue, and Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), and this year Zika virus has become a top concern in the United States. Zika is unique as it is linked to disorders such as Guillain-Barre syndrome, and microcephaly, a serious birth defect.
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Clean Link
Polished concrete has grown in application in recent years, but there is still confusion over how to maintain these floors. What products do you recommend to keep polished concrete looking like new? Polishing concrete used to be done with brushes, which got very expensive and not very effective. In recent years, an entirely new process has been developed using diamond floor pads.
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FM Link
More effective water management might have prevented most of the Legionnaires' disease outbreaks that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) investigated from 2000 through 2014, according to CDC Vital Signs report. Problems identified in these building-associated outbreaks included inadequate disinfectant levels, human error and equipment breakdowns that led to growth of Legionella bacteria in water systems.
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IFMA's FMJ magazine
Transparency, accountability and understanding are paramount to facility managers' success. Lack of communication negatively impacts the awareness and appreciation of what facility management delivers to its stakeholders, so FM professionals must be willing to communicate often and be able to do so effectively.
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Energy Manager Today
Building management systems, energy management systems and similar software-based tools and platforms clearly create efficiencies and save money. The ways in which they do this are growing more innovative.
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AutomatedBuildings.com
Facility managers tend to focus on maintenance and system upgrades, but analytics can facilitate continuous building improvement by adapting to equipment operations and occupancy patterns. Through combinations of commissioning, preventive maintenance and equipment upgrades, it can facilitate performance breakthroughs that exceed building benchmarks.
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