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How to Find (and Keep) a Mentor Most professionals will tell you the first thing you should do when you enter a business is to find a mentor. Mentorship can be a valuable resource in any career. Building engineers can use it to learn new technologies, [...] - Advocacy
State and Local Issues Facing CRE – Ken Rosenfeld Ken Rosenfeld, director of state and local affairs at BOMA International, talks about identifying types policies that affect commercial real estate. Legislators can turn to commercial real estate and taxes to fill budget [...] - Industrial Real Estate, Medical Office, Professional Development
Put That in Your Trophy Case! Recognizing Exceptional Work When Oscar winners accept their awards on stage, they always say that they were never in it for the award; They say they were in it for the work. While this may be an honest statement, isn’t it nice to win an award? [...] - Operations & Maintenance, Roofing
Tips to Extending the Life of Your Roof Making a roof last as long as possible is an attractive goal due to time and costs. With some preventative steps and continuous upkeep, a roof can stay solid past its warranty. Here are a few tips on how to keep your roo [...] - Healthy Buildings
Operating WELL – What Building Engineers Need to Know About the WELL Building Standard The alphabet soup of designations, certifications and qualifications can be difficult to wade through. Finding out what to prioritize and which ventures will better your career and your building can be even trickier. One [...] - Design & Construction, Lighting
Three Reasons to Consider an LED Retrofit Now Three Reasons to Consider an LED Retrofit Now By Molly Looman An LED retrofit can feel like a major renovation. It is hard to determine whether it is worth the cost to simply change a light bulb. However, switc [...] - Soft Skills/Interpersonal
Personal and Professional Branding for Building Engineers Building engineers are part of a team. They may even wear their company’s logo to work every day. With as tenant-facing as the position is, it is important for building engineers to represent their company’s brand we [...] - Design & Construction, Environmental Sustainability, Healthy Buildings, Operations & Maintenance, Tenant Experience
“Grow” Your Tenant Amenities by Adding a Farm It is no secret that the expectations for office spaces are changing. As work environments continue to blur the lines between work and play, property managers and building engineers alike must consider new and innovative [...] - Tenant Experience
Delivering Unique Tenant Experiences: Dog Adoption Event In today’s market, buildings must be more than where tenants clock in and clock out. Property management teams are beginning to broaden their offerings and amenities to make their spaces a place where tenants enjoy bei [...] - Professional Development
Is a SMT Right for Me? How is a building like an orchestra? It has many sections and requires a skilled conductor. With multiple large-scale systems running at the same time, a facility or building manager needs to be able to conduct to the be [...] - Soft Skills/Interpersonal, Wellbeing
Finding Balance: Tips for Stress Management Managing stress can make you better at your job and even prevent potential risk from being over-worked or under-prepared. Here are a few tips on how to manage stress and finally balance those scales for both yourself and [...] - Soft Skills/Interpersonal
Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: Creating Effective and Cohesive Teams Every year, sports teams around the nation pick a few players to join their franchises. Fans celebrate and criticize the choices of their team. However, the art of creating a group of people that not only works well, but [...] - Soft Skills/Interpersonal, Workforce Development
Growing and Cultivating Talent – Boyd Zoccola Boyd Zoccola highlights the key challenges and differentiators for commercial real estate leaders when it comes to recruiting and retaining the next generation of CRE talent. It is no surprise; the next generation wants [...] - Advocacy, Parking Lots & Decks
New E-Scooter and Micromobility Policy Brief When e-scooters and dockless bikes began to rise in popularity, it left commercial real estate professionals with a lot of questions. BOMA International wants to answer a few of those questions and further the conversati [...] - Cybersecurity, Preparedness, Risk Management, Safety & Security, Technology
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 & Security, Technology
The Role of AI in Security- Brent Boekestein Artificial intelligence has been working its way into several technological advancements. But how can it affect the operations of a building? Brent Boekestein, CEO and Co-Founder of Vintra, says AI could lead to the new [...] - Design & Construction, Lighting
Lighten Up: CRE Trends in Lighting Who turns on the lights in your building? Are they on a sensor? A timer? Is there a switch? Most people, unless they are the ones turning the lights on, don’t think about it. Lights are always just there. This vital [...] - Preparedness, Risk Management, Safety & Security
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 [...] - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
The Difference Between Diversity and Inclusion – Patti Digh Patti Digh, founder of the School of Inclusion + Activism wants to make one thing clear: diversity and inclusion are not the same things. While the two concepts work hand-in-hand and should both be pursued, there is a cl [...] - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion The Difference Between Diversity and Inclusion- Patti Digh Patti Digh, founder of the School of Inclusion + Activism wants to make one thing clear: diversity and inclusion are not the same things. While the two concepts work hand-in-hand and should both be pursued, there is a cl [...]
