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Planning & Building Control Today
Following the Grenfell Tower disaster, the fire and building management industries have seen an increased focus on sprinklers, their role in fire suppression and the importance of regular maintenance. The London Fire Brigade has recommended that all high-rise residential buildings should be fitted with them, and the commercial sector is not far behind in its assessment of the situation.
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Skift
Hilton Worldwide is betting that guests will want to control their room’s thermostat, television, and other amenities via their mobile phones.
The goal is to enable Hilton guests to use its mobile app to set their room preferences, which hotels can automatically apply to individual rooms when guests check in.
"A guest will be able to save preferences in the app, such as by favoriting a TV channel or setting a thermostat, and their selections will be applied when they check in," said Joshua Sloser, senior vice president of digital.
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Las Vegas Review-Journal
Like a sharp poker player, Las Vegas casinos keep their cards close to their vests when it comes to security.
Few, if any, are willing to say how many security personnel they have on staff, how many work during a particular shift and exactly what training they receive. That picture might become a lot clearer when judges start to hear cases filed by victims of the Oct. 1 massacre by a shooter at Mandalay Bay.
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Facilitiesnet
A new Center for Disease Control and Prevention study involving 196 cooling towers nationwide found that 84 percent contained Legionella DNA, indicating that the dangerous bacteria that causes a severe, even fatal type of pneumonia were present or had been at some point. This means the real question is not "if there will be another outbreak" but only "where and when" it will occur.
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KXNT-TV
A California man has filed suit against Caesars Entertainment claiming he contracted Legionnaires’ Disease during a visit to the Rio Las Vegas Hotel and Casino last spring.
Christopher Moncado, 50, of Long Beach, California, filed the suit in Clark County District Court against Caesars Entertainment.
After reports of illness at the Rio, which is owned and operated by Caesars, the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) conducted testing which revealed the presence of the Legionella bacteria in the Rio's water supply, prompting chlorine disinfection of the building’s pipes.
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Hotel News Now
The work habits of guests are changing, and hotel companies are changing their workspace offerings along with them.
While there are still business travelers who prefer to work in the privacy of their own guestrooms, many more travelers want the space and opportunity to work alongside other people, whether they are colleagues traveling as a group or they simply want to get out of their rooms and be in a livelier environment.
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IFMA's FMJ Magazine
The next generation of automation is here, and technology is evolving exponentially — from assembly-line robotics to driverless cars, drone utilization and purported autonomous buildings, technology is transforming modern business. Some technophiles say buildings will be able to run by themselves. Facility managers would tend to disagree.
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Chain Store Age
When customers decide where to shop, they consider cleanliness and store safety just as much as price, merchandise variety and ease of store navigation.
However, as retailers rely on third parties to manage their facilities’ maintenance and repairs, oftentimes tasks are not completed accurately — according to agreement criteria — or might be overlooked altogether.
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Proud Green Building
With most of the American population spending an estimated 90 percent of their time indoors, ensuring the health and well-being of employees has become essential for modern-day businesses.
While building certification systems have been around for more than a decade, they have more recently grown in popularity as the trend of wellness is embraced by corporations across the country.
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Workdesign Magazine
By now, transparency in building material ingredients has shifted from a buzzword to a bona fide movement. With the uptake of Health Product Declarations in LEEDv4, awareness of the content of our built environment and the corresponding health and environmental impacts is on the rise. Transparency of material ingredients in the building products industry is mirroring a broader trend for the demand for transparency of all types: consumer products, business practices, even politics (tax returns, anyone?).
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