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GlobeSt.com
There is an increase in hotel projects in Atlanta and a strong economic outlook for the hospitality industry. Cooper Carry recently completed and is currently working on several Atlanta area projects such as the Hyatt at Villa Christina, a new Marriott AC Hotel at Phipps Plaza, the proposed dual-branded Marriott AC and Moxy Hotel in Midtown and a proposed Home Suite Hotel in Downtown Atlanta.
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FacilitiesNet
The U.S. Access Board has issued the next installment of its online guide to accessibility standards issued under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Architectural Barriers Act. This material features technical bulletins covering requirements for accessible routes in Chapter 4 of the ADA and ABA Standards, including doors, gates, ramps, curb ramps, elevators and platform lifts. The material also includes a bulletin on referenced requirements for accessible means of egress.
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Nation's Restaurant News
When managing your building operations and the health of your equipment, preventing water damage can be one of the most important pieces of the puzzle.
Damage from moisture and flooding is a fact of life, and the potential for special and expensive mediation in commercial kitchens and restaurants is a risk. Placement of key infrastructure and support systems and sustainable materials and finishes go a long way toward reducing damage and business disruption.
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Energy Manager Today
Over the next three years, new LEED-certified construction will contribute more than US$303 billion to the United States' economy, a recent study concluded. This year alone, the industry will generate 2.3 million jobs. By 2018, this new construction is expected to save more than US$1 billion in energy usage and more than US$100 million in water use.
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iOffice
Facility managers are constantly faced with a barrage of difficult and tedious tasks to complete or tackle. They have a running list of numerous jobs and are often answering or discerning information to people at all levels in an organization, from the C-suite all the way down to the bottom tier workers. One of the most challenging details of the FM's job is to engage and be relevant to their workforce.
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The Washington Post
The bed is freshly made. There are drinking glasses next to the sink. Magazines are lined up on a shelf under the television.
But nobody will be staying here.
The purpose of this room, a 145-square-foot prototype in an unfinished office building in Alexandria, Virginia, is to help hotel executives figure out exactly what they do — and don't — want to replicate at the Pod Hotel when it opens in Chinatown next year.
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Energy Manager Today
Efforts to manage energy use in data centers generally focus on improving the efficiency of HVAC systems, innovative architectural approaches (such as modularity) and adding solar, hydro and other alternative sources of energy.
Those are great ways to drive efficiency, of course. What may sometimes be overlooked — because it is an approach rooted in information technology and not energy — is the efficiency of the equipment itself.
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Cleaning & Maintenance Management
When a business uses the wrong can liner in their trash cans, they can end up throwing away more than just the trash.
When can liners don't fit properly, and have more than four to six inches of overhang on a receptacle's rim, businesses are actually wasting raw material and paying for the extra length that doesn't get used.
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Hotel Management
Since the data in electronic locks isn't stored in the lock itself but on the card that the guest carries, it allows for tracking of guests and hotel staff, said Robert Attaway, director of engineering for the Westin Buckhead in Atlanta.
"Electronic locks provide more than just security — they also provide information on who is going where," he said.
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REMI Network
An increasing number of facility managers are looking to integrated services in their quest to improve quality of life in the workplace. This has been borne out by a recent survey of international facility management professionals. The study revealed that international facility management (IFM) services is becoming a strategic management discipline that is crucial in improving an organization's productivity and ensuring the well-being of its people. In addition, nearly one-third of FM professionals surveyed said they are planning to integrate their services.
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