4+ hour, 24+ min ago   (493+ words) When two steel columns buckled on the 21st floor of the former Pfizer headquarters in Manhattan this July, the building safety industry watched a familiar sequence unfold. Investigators and engineers scrambled to reconstruct what had happened to the 37-story tower, then…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (404+ words) Drones make it possible to clean, inspect and monitor areas that were never reachable before and offer a safer solution to reaching facilities of all heights and shapes. From power washing high-rise windows to inspecting HVAC units and solar arrays…...

3+ day, 48+ min ago   (522+ words) The greatest problem is the absence of vegetation management altogether, says Eric Kurfehs, owner of 5K Land Management. “It’s not what they’re doing, it’s what they’re not doing,” he says. “What they’re not doing is not taking care of it. It’s…...

4+ day, 58+ min ago   (586+ words) Facilitiesnet Don't Let Hurricane Amnesia Cost You Your Roof - Facility managers should treat severe weather as an ongoing planning concern, even after several quiet seasons, because wind, rain and hail can threaten commercial roofs nationwide. - Understanding a roof assembly’s wind-uplift…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (364+ words) Barnes says that’s one of the biggest misconceptions surrounding geothermal. Successful projects don’t begin with selecting a heating and cooling system. They begin with a feasibility study that evaluates building loads, site conditions, available land, lifecycle costs and incentive opportunities…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (484+ words) For years, I managed without a computer maintenance management system. I built spreadsheets that worked. I documented processes meticulously. I created systems that my team could follow even when I was not there. Documentation is not busy work. It is…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (415+ words) Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly changing the way commissioning professionals work — but perhaps not in the way many people expect. Building analytics platforms have been detecting operational faults such as simultaneous heating and cooling, short cycling equipment, sensor drift, and…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (651+ words) Often, the factors that derail future expansions are the ones nobody’s talking about. These five overlooked details can make a facility more flexible - or more fragile than expected. Designing an expandable facility can get overwhelming fast. Small details get missed,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (713+ words) As vice president of facilities management at Miami Dade College in South Florida, Leobardo Bobadilla’s efforts to use AI to capture and analyze the college’s facilities data also have led to several important lessons applicable to managers looking to implement…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (699+ words) Cybersecurity is no longer optional as visitor management and access control systems move onto IP networks. This makes vetting access control and visitor management platform vendors vital, stresses Geoff Kohl, senior director of marketing at the Security Industry Association (SIA)....