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Operations & Maintenance, Roofing
Three Reasons to Prioritize Your Property’s Exterior
The exterior and interior of a building can sometimes be thought of as two separate spaces. Exterior maintenance is often deferred for more immediate, tenant-facing interior projects. However, the exterior and interior a [...]
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Operations & Maintenance, Parking Lots & Decks
Concrete Jungle: How to Approach Parking Maintenance
This article was featured in the O+M Special Issue of CRE Insight Journal. Read more here.
While they may have been a little emptier lately, the concrete and asphalt structures that greet vehicles should still be to [...]
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COVID-19, Operations & Maintenance
Gradual Rise: Responsible Operations While Increasing Building Utilization
This article was featured in the Guide to Building Operations, Management and Finance in the New Normal produced by the CRE Insight Journal. Read more from that issue here: https://om.creinsightjournal.com/read-the-new-s [...]
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Workforce Development
The Next Generation of Building Engineers-Teresa Foster
The conversation around an eventual shortage of building engineers has been happening for years. Teresa Foster, former executive director of BOMA Greater Dallas, saw an opportunity to do something about it. In this inter [...]
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Operations & Maintenance
Don’t Cool off on Commercial HVAC Maintenance
Most property managers and maintenance professionals are no stranger to the panicked call of a tenant with a malfunctioning Heating, Ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. Preventative maintenance on an HVAC sy [...]
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COVID-19, Operations & Maintenance, Parking Lots & Decks
Silver Lining: Making the Most of Low-Occupancy
While many properties are beginning re-entry, some may remain at a lower occupancy than usual. This gives maintenance professionals a golden opportunity to complete projects during workhours that may not have been possib [...]
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The Building Engineer’s Essential Equations – Chris Lelle
If you are a seasoned building engineer, you know their are certain equations you need to know on the job. Chris Lelle, portfolio chief engineer with Lincoln Property Company, gives his crash course in mathematics by bre [...]
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Financial Management
Asset Management – Boyd Zoccola
Boyd Zoccola, executive vice-president of Hokanson Companies, Inc., discusses asset management within property management. Companies used to rely property managers solely for day-to-day building operations and tenant rel [...]
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Technology
Tech and the Building Engineer – Jon Kuskie
Jon Kuskie, Director of National Initiatives of Piedmont Office Realty Trust, discusses the potential use of data and technology to improve efficiency for building engineers in staffing and talent shortages leading to im [...]
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Workforce Development
Assessing the Talent Pool for NextGen Building Engineers – Dawn Short
Senior HR Business Partner Dawn Short with Able Service talks recruitment of the next generation of building operations and maintenance talent. In this clip, Dawn explores the rise of females entering the male-dominated [...]
