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Overhauling A Commercial Building’s Conference Center: Guidelines to Upgrading Spaces for Success
- Design & Construction, Parking Lots & Decks
Engineering Solutions 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 Management
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 [...] - Healthy Buildings, Risk Management, Safety & Security
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 [...] - Professional Development, Soft Skills/Interpersonal
Engineering “Bandwidth” 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 Development
SMT and SMA Designations 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 [...] - Soft Skills/Interpersonal, Workforce Development
5 Categories That Will Define the Next Generation Engineer Cerebral
The engineering role in CRE is changing vastly. An engineer must sharpen his mental abilities as much as his mechanical abilities. In the age of increased reporting and liability, the engineer must be a [...] - Operations & Maintenance, Roofing
6 Steps to Optimizing a Preventative Maintenance Program When developing emergency preparedness plans for buildings, it’s easy to think about tenant safety in regards to fire, storms, natural disasters, workplace violence and the like. While each of these considerations is e [...] - Workforce Development
Engineering – The Next Generation 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 Management
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 [...] - Operations & Maintenance, Safety & Security
Preparing for OSHA Rule 1910 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 [...]
