Design & Construction, Environmental SustainabilityDemolition RecoveryApril 9, 2018 | By: Nicole Lloyd Recovering Construction Waste During a Tenant Build-Out
Build-outs produce a lot of waste. That’s unavoidable. But that doesn’t mean that you have to be wasteful with your waste. Demolition Recovery, or reco [...]
Design & Construction, Parking Lots & DecksEngineering SolutionsMarch 16, 2018 | By: Mark Gallman, SMA, SMT, LEED GA Most days, building engineers are busy completing building rounds, responding to tenant requests, keeping buildings in compliance, performing preventative maintenance tasks and making repairs which limit liability and ad [...]
Risk ManagementLightning ProtectionMarch 9, 2018 | By: Lance LaJoie 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 [...]
Professional Development, Soft Skills/InterpersonalEngineering “Bandwidth”February 23, 2018 | By: Mark Gallman, SMA, SMT, LEED GA THE STATE OF BUILDING ENGINEERING
The news of an economic upswing and consumer confidence is great news. The questions to commercial real estate owners and operators are: Do you have a well maintained and perfor [...]
Professional DevelopmentSMT and SMA DesignationsFebruary 9, 2018 | By: Brian Manus The most common question I have heard over the years comes from building engineers asking, “What is the benefit of having my Systems Maintenance Administrator (SMA) and Systems Maintenance Technician (SMT) designations [...]
Workforce DevelopmentEngineering – The Next GenerationJanuary 15, 2018 | By: Mark Gallman In the commercial real estate industry, we have fared well with every recession resistant job. We are still a little thinner in staffing, and we have learned true conservation methods through this recent five-year period [...]
Preparedness, Risk ManagementPrepared to Be PreparedJanuary 11, 2018 | By: Alex Bruce 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 [...]
Operations & Maintenance, Safety & SecurityPreparing for OSHA Rule 1910January 7, 2018 | By: David Vences Edvard Munch painted a figure with an agonized expression set amongst a tumultuous orange sky landscape commonly known as “The Scream.” This painting has a few meanings, but to me, it depicts an overwhelmed person in [...]