5 Best Cybersecurity Practices for Individuals In today’s world, with most work taking place using a computer, it has become increasingly important that good cybersecurity habits are practiced in order to best protect oneself on the web. Through lots of research an [...]
Steps to a Great Budget Originally Published in Aug. 2020It is probably fair to say that 2020 didn’t go according to plan for you and your property or business. In fact, it could be said that is the understatement of the year.One of t [...]
Codes and CRE: How they are Developed, Adopted, and Applied to CRE Codes are paramount to buildings and architecture. They guide and mandate what can and cannot be done when building, designing, and drafting architecture. But where do they come from? Codes are developed over many years, [...]
Staffing for Your Properties: Exploring O+M Staffing Ratios and Outsourcing When looking at staffing, your individual properties, and your portfolios, it is important to consider your own staffing ratios and how they may compare to overall industry averages. This can give insights into your prac [...]
Understanding 179D: Commercial Building Energy Efficiency Tax Deductions Many building owners and designers are moving towards “greener” pastures, but renovating and building environmentally friendly buildings can be costly. To incentivize more eco-friendly design, the United States Gover [...]
Customer Service from a Building Engineer’s Perspective It can be easy to miss the contribution building engineers make when it comes to customer service. Laurie Harper, an expert on all thing’s customer service in the commercial real estate field, said that building engine [...]
Office Space Use Post-Covid, an Interview with Laurie Harper Laurie Harper is the director of operations for Atlanta for Cousins Properties. She is responsible for the property operations of 7 million square feet of Atlanta real estate. CRE Insight Journal reached out to her on of [...]
The Property Team’s Role in Fire Suppression Sponsored by Everclear Enterprises. Fire suppression systems are not something you want to see in action, but you want to know they work. In this webinar, representatives from International Fire Protection, inc showed vi [...]
Effective Communication and Customer Service Effective communication is not simply information being conveyed from one person or party to another. That is simply just communication. Effective communication is the conveyance of information from a person or party to [...]
Engineer Exposure to Litigation Building engineers are taking on more roles than ever before. Not only do they manage the technical day-to-day of a building, but they also act as the “face” for many tenants. Building engineers must utilize customer [...]
Engineering from the Accounting Point of View: How Engineer’s Roles Impact the Bottom Line The bottom line is a term used in accounting that is simply used to refer to net income. Net income is listed at the bottom of an income statement hence the term, the bottom line. To calculate the numerical value for net [...]
Recruiting into the Workforce: Diversifying the Candidate Pool For years, the commercial real estate industry has been discussing the labor shortage and talent gap that the industry will be facing in the next few years. The tactic has shifted from trying to recruit the same talent t [...]
Knowledge Transfer: How to Prepare the Next Generation With a possible labor shortage on the minds of many chief engineers and senior property managers, the concept of knowledge transfer is becoming increasingly important. How does a new hire become the next great portfolio [...]
Working Internationally: Making the Most of Overseas Partnerships As the world has become more connected globally, many commercial real estate organizations have connected with international partners for development and management projects overseas. Working with any client or partner t [...]