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"The National Association of Hotel and Lodging Engineers and Orkin have scheduled the webinar on bed bugs, back by popular demand for our members and readers. Our webinar: Bed Bug War is being presented by Dr. Ron Harrison, Orkin's entomologist and director of technical services. Go to www.nahle.org to register. Registration is limited and free to the public."
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Hotel News Now
There's plenty of speculation about where the hotel industry is in the cycle, but whether the industry is approaching, past, or at its peak, it's an interesting time for developers and owners who recently started a new-build hotel project.
While executives of companies with new-construction projects are feeling some of the pressure from the environment, they spoke optimistically about the future performance of their properties once they're completed.
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Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality
Better water management could have prevented the majority of the country's major Legionnaires' disease outbreaks in the last 15 years, according to the CDC. Now, the agency has released a toolkit to help organizations improve water system management.
Legionnaires' disease is caused by Legionella, a bacterium that grows best in building water systems that aren't well-kept. People get the pneumonia-like illness by breathing in aerosolized water droplets that contain the bacteria. Most people will recover fully from Legionnaires' disease, but roughly 1 in 10 will die.
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Facility Executive
If there's a construction project going on at your facility, it's wise to make sure workers are protected from injury while they're on the job. After all, a construction project is only as successful as its workers are safe. And, according to OSHA, one in five work-related deaths in the United States in 2014 occurred in the construction industry. With that in mind, and in honor of the National Safety Council designating June as National Safety Month, Hickory Construction has compiled a list of five safety tips.
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IFMA's FMJ magazine
In the rapidly evolving world of facility management, for which the only reliable forecast is more transformation, management system standards should be a welcome change for today's facility managers. Based on the plan-do-check-act cycle, management system standards provide relevant specifications for organizations to demonstrate their capability to meet internal and external requirements.
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Engineering.com
If you are managing multiple facilities, it might make sense to visit them every now and then. It can be beneficial to perform facility management, or FM, onsite. What happens when you are in your building and you suddenly realize that your vacant office space would be easier and more lucrative to rent as a flexible, open workspace like so many companies seem to be doing?
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The Guardian
Smart buildings use sensors to identify which areas are most occupied to make the most of space. By installing sensors into a building to monitor where people are, the management system can predict which areas are not likely to be used at a certain time and save energy costs by turning off the lighting and climate control in those areas. Space utilization technology aims to make offices more efficient and people friendly, but it also creates concerns around privacy.
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FacilitiesNet
Many maintenance and engineering managers have been misled about fluid-applied roof coating systems and have developed a series of myths and misconceptions as a result. These misconceptions often are far-fetched, and some are even the result of misleading salespeople.
Complicating the situation are the varying views and experiences of managers and building owners in institutional and commercial facilities.
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PFM via FM Link
Effective communication is key to all areas of business and service delivery and technological advancements continue to make this easier to facilitate.
One of the topics constantly discussed throughout all areas of society is the march of technology and the implications this has for all areas of our lives.
Focusing on communications within the FM sector provides a more clearly defined subject matter, but still offers considerable scope. Advancing technology is a major factor within this, as it now offers the ability to completely transform the communications strategy of any business.
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Facility Executive
Interest and investment in energy efficiency are at an all-time high, according to the 2016 Johnson Controls Energy Efficiency Indicator (EEI) survey of more than 1,200 facility and energy management executives in the United States, Brazil, China, Germany and India. Fifty percent of respondents said their organizations are paying more attention to energy efficiency today than they did a year ago, with 72 percent anticipating increased investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy over the next 12 months.
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Clean Link
Commercial or consumer? That is the question many building service contractors ponder when deciding on the type of upright vacuum they should purchase to clean their facilities.
Unfortunately, cleaning industry consultants say far too many penny-pinching contractors are driving to their closest big-box store to buy vacuums intended for residential cleaning instead of buying commercial vacuums from jan/san distributors that are specifically designed to handle the wear and tear of professional cleaning.
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