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BOMA International Provides COVID-19 Resources The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International has created a webpage cataloging resources, specifically for real estate professionals, related to COVID-19. According to BOMA International, the site wil [...] - Healthy Buildings
COVID-19 Resources for CRE Professionals The spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) across the globe has captured the attention of governments, health organizations, and every-day citizens. To assist commercial real estate professionals in their preparation and r [...] - Indoor Air Quality
NAFA Air Filtration Best Practice Guidelines The National Air Filtration Association (NAFA) is a non-profit trade association, who’s members include indoor air quality professionals from air filter and component manufacturers, sales and service, and HVAC companie [...] - Environmental Sustainability
Climate change and how it might affect CRE in the future While often a political hot-button, climate change has the potential for massive effects on the commercial real estate industry. The past couple of years have seen rising sea levels, larger storms and and increased empha [...] - Preparedness
Lights Out: Tips for Creating Your Power Outage Plan Emergency preparation is about thinking ahead. We have all seen how that “that’ll probably never happen” attitude has worked out at one point or another. Bottom line is that preparation means lower costs when the i [...] - Professional Development
The Future of Adult Learning – Holly Bentley Holly Bentley, Chief Learning Officer at BOMI International, discusses the future of adult learning and how continued education will evolve. She believes the use of smart assistants like Google Home or Amazon's Alexa wil [...] - Healthy Buildings, Operations & Maintenance, Risk Management
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 [...] - Environmental Sustainability, Operations & Maintenance
Sustainability: From Low-Hanging Fruit to Cutting Edge Sustainability can sometimes feel like a nebulous goal. People throw the word around a lot, but it seems overwhelming to tackle an entire sustainability project at once. While large scale changes can have social and econ [...] - Operations & Maintenance
When Does a Preventative Maintenance Work Order Become Retro Commissioning? A building engineer or property owner may look at an HVAC or lighting system a work order for and decide it's time for something new. Retro-commissioning is a cost-effective way to update building to new building standar [...] - Financial Management
Know Before Your Go: First Budget Meeting Working with a budget is one thing. However, creating a budget is another. Maintenance and operations account for a large part of a property’s budget. If you are given an opportunity to be a part of a budget meeting, i [...] - Leadership, Soft Skills/Interpersonal, Tenant Experience
How To Create Your Building’s Personality – Adele Bayless Adele Bayless, general manager for JLL, offers insight how to create your building's personality. She suggests that building managers recognize what is important to them and to get in touch with their own personality tra [...] - Professional Development
The Key to Continual Learning: BOMA Membership Many adults don’t picture sitting in class after they have a degree, but those who are successful embrace lifelong learning. Continual education is a pillar of BOMA’s values and mission as an organization. The CRE in [...] - Advocacy, Safety & Security
White Paper on Property Management and Firearms in Georgia Changing firearms laws in Georgia present a unique set of considerations for building owners and property managers. After the ‘Georgia Safe Carry Protection Act was passed in 2014, Georgia citizens are now allowed to c [...] - Environmental Sustainability, Professional Development
Are You a LEED-er? What LEED Credentialing Means for O+M Green jobs and environmentally conscious management practices are ever-growing in the commercial real estate and facilities management industry. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) credentialin [...] - Financial Management, Operations & Maintenance
The Importance of Benchmarking – Nicholas Stolatis You can't fix what you can't measure. Nicholas Stolatis, chairman of the Board of Trustees for BOMI International, talks about the internal and external effects of this seemingly routine task. Benchmarking is n [...] - Operations & Maintenance, Roofing
Know Before You Call: Roof Inspections In between calling in the professionals, routine roof inspections are an important item on the preventative maintenance to-do list. If a roof problem can be fixed before it gets worse, that can save money and time in the [...] - Leadership, Wellbeing
Mindfulness as a Leadership Competency The on-call phone rings. The emails for your property manager are beginning to pile up. A tenant’s electrical is on the fritz. This is the schedule for the day. When you hear someone tell you to work mindfulness and se [...] - Professional Development
The Systems Maintenance Administrator – Is it Time for Me? Taking the next step in a career can feel like a leap. Is the time and money is worth what you will get out of a promotion and do you even qualify? For technicians and building engineers, the next step may be the Systems [...] - Soft Skills/Interpersonal, Tenant Experience
Creating a Better Tenant Experience – Phil Mobley In this video, Building Engines' Head of Tenant Experience Phil Mobley challenges leaders to consider what creating a better tenant experience truly means. Mobley frames it in terms of concentric circles, expanding from [...] - Soft Skills/Interpersonal, Wellbeing
Off the Grid: Work-Life Balance for Building Engineers Work-life balance seems to be the term of the day when it comes to professional development and stress management. In jobs that sometimes requires 24-hour availability, the idea of finding time “off-the-clock” can se [...]
