Author: FM College Admin

  Being proactive in long-term maintenance planning helps ensure priorities aren’t constantly competing against each other for funding. Planning for, and keeping up with, facility maintenance can be complex and time-consuming, especially for owners with large building footprints. There can be competing priorities, including users with strong opinions about what should be addressed, and limited funding…

  New buildings are sexy. They allow architects to explore aesthetic ideas and enable sustainability experts to test carbon-free renewable energy. But there’s one big problem: From-the-ground-up buildings are carbon intensive—the extraction of materials, the processing of those materials into building components, construction vehicle emissions and so on. It’s almost a cliché in our industry,…

Restrooms are visible evidence of the overall standards in a building, and with the continuing heightened awareness around hygiene in buildings, restroom upgrade projects are moving up in priority. In research conducted by Zurn Water Solutions into the impact of COVID-19 on the restroom experience, respondents ranked “touching fixtures” as their top concern in public…

Back to Basics is an article series that highlights important, but possibly overlooked, information facilities management professionals should know. With summer in full swing, along with rising temperatures and increased dry vegetation, facilities management professionals should be reminded that this year’s wildfire season has already begun—and it’s becoming a larger problem than in the past….

  As it becomes more difficult and more expensive to find experienced HVAC technicians, here are some tips for being proactive in developing talent in-house. As growing numbers of employees return to the office, property managers are faced with a challenging set of circumstances when it comes to maintaining commercial buildings. In a post-pandemic environment,…

  Energy prices are volatile in the U.S. and abroad. As companies expand operations, they are continuously looking for ways to decrease costs and improve their bottom line. Additionally, life sciences companies are committing to sustainability including goals for zero carbon operations and drastically limiting water consumption and waste production. Our recent U.S. survey of…