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BOMA International Releases COVID-19 Emergency Evacuation Guidelines As building owners and managers begin to welcome tenants back to their properties, there are many adjustments that must be made. Procedures are being developed to encourage physical distancing and ensure the safety [...]
CDC Releases New COVID-19 Resources for Businesses The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released two new resources for business leaders to use in making decisions related to re-opening their physical locations during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic [...]
Preparing Buildings for Re-Entry Amid COVID-19 The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International has released a new guide to assist building owners, managers, and operators in preparing for increased building utilization. The guide, which was develope [...]
Legionella: Beyond the Cooling Tower Threat In 2015, New York City saw an outbreak of Legionnaire’s disease spread through a cooling tower. Legionnaire’s disease is a type of pneumonia caused by the Legionella bacteria. Since this outbreak, cooling tower maint [...]
5 Cybersecurity Tips Every CRE Professionals Should Know A data breach or cyberattack can happen at any moment on any person’s device. Depending on the technological set-up of the company, an infection that makes its way onto one person’s account can find its way to [...]
Safety First: 4 Tips for Conducting an Active-Shooter Training Every emergency requires a plan. While the real estate industry is no stranger to communications plans for emergency protocol, active shooter trainings are not as common. In the next few years they may become as common a [...]
Who Ya Gonna Call? Quick Response for Emergency Scenarios When the phone rings and disaster strikes, what is supposed to happen? Beyond having a communications plan or a phone tree, emergency scenarios involve a level of teamwork and organization above the day-to-day re [...]
On the Lookout: Five Risks for O+M Professionals to Watch at a Property Operations and maintenance (O+M) professionals oversee many critical components of a property. Their work ensures that a building runs well, and workers and tenants are safe. Because of this, O+M professionals should alw [...]
Lightning Protection The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) estimates that each year, U.S. Fire Departments respond to over 31,000 fires started by lightning strikes. In addition, Underwriters Laboratories (UL) notes that lightning [...]
The Four Principles of a Water Treatment Program Water is considered the “life blood” of any facility for the simple reason that it transfers heat from one location to another. A complete water treatment program has one goal: to manage the efficiency of that heat t [...]
Prepared to Be Prepared By Alex Bruce, Highwoods PropertiesAre you prepared to deal with an emergency situation at your building? Are you familiar with the facility’s emergency plan? How would you react, and how would you deal with the sa [...]