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What is Preventive Maintenance
Preventive maintenance (PM) is the act of performing regularly scheduled maintenance activities to help prevent unexpected failures in the future. Put simply, it’s about fixing things before they break, saving facility managers insane amounts of money, time, and stress. A successful maintenance strategy requires action before a problem occurs. A good preventive maintenance plan involves..
Read more25 of the Worst Electrical Panels We’ve Ever Seen
We’ve all seen them at least a few times throughout our careers and sometimes on a weekly and daily basis. They are chaotic, illegal, illegible and downright dangerous electrical panels that unfortunately still exist in the walls of homes, commercial buildings, hospitals, and schools. They have messy writing, scrawled notes, faded numbering, and impossible tangles..
Read moreGuide to Facility Management
Commercial construction has been a steadily growing industry in the United States for nearly a decade. In 2017 alone, approximately $86.95 billion was spent on commercial building projects. All of those new buildings are also being filled at rapid rates; by the third quarter of 2019, retail space vacancy rates are forecasted to be at 11.4% and vacancy..
Read moreHow Facilities Management is Evolving with New Technology
Facilities management is a rapidly changing field thanks to technological developments over the past couple decades. The evolution has surpassed they physical aspects of the job such as janitorial and HVAC systems, to transform space requirements, building infrastructure and even dictate where a company should be located. These changes have resulted in a vastly different job description..
Read moreTechnology and the New Standard for Facility Management
Regardless of size, every company has at least some element of facility management. This vital service has a broad impact, integrating multiple disciplines to support the productivity and environment of the workplace, from professional offices to manufacturing facilities. And the global market for facility management is growing; by 2025, the outsourced market for facility management will..
Read moreOptimize Your Building’s Safety and Avoid OSHA Fines With...
Every year, OSHA issues more than 40,000 citations! It’s no surprise that building safety is an incredibly important aspect of both infrastructure management and routine maintenance. Regularly taking precautions and ensuring that your employees are protected against potential electrical hazards is paramount to workplace safety.
Read moreHow to Leverage QR Codes to Effectively Manage Your Elect...
A QR code (Quick Response code) is a two-dimensional barcode that is quickly readable by smartphones. Today, they serve many purposes, including allowing Facility Managers to add a unique code to all electrical assets. They can be used to track those assets and see what maintenance needs to be done and/or scheduled. They can also help..
Read moreBuilding and Facilities Maintenance: Proactive vs. Reactive
Building maintenance is one of the most important aspects of building management, yet many buildings today still largely rely completely on paper management of their as-builts, plans, and electrical assets. The problem with that is you end up falling in the category of reactive management, or last-minute maintenance of your building rather than preventative. Paper..
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