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Managing Deferred Maintenance: Prioritization Frameworks That Work When every system needs attention and budgets remain constrained, the difference between strategic prioritization and reactive maintenance can determine a property's financial future.Every property manager knows the [...]
Behind the Curtain: Increased Tenant Transparency While energy performance has been the focus for most building owners, property managers, and building engineers for many years, there is now more of a push to see this reported. In recent years, Environmental, Social, an [...]
Odd Hours: Building Operations Outside of the 8 to 5 At the end of the business day around 5:00 P.M., everyone is usually on their way out the door. Buildings clear out and shut down for the evening awaiting the opportunity to come back to life when tenants next return. Ho [...]
Three Trends to Watch in Industrial Real Estate Industrial real estate has recently seen massive growth and expansion. Commercial real estate professionals are having to develop new strategies for tenant relations, staff development and even finding leaseable space. [...]
2021 ENERGY STAR® Content Guide Since its inception, ENERGY STAR® has helped American businesses and families save 5 trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity and avoid more than $450 Billion in energy costs. This important program was the centerpiece of [...]
Budget Season Resources from BOMA International BOMA’s Common Area Maintenance Guide
Allocating common area maintenance charges in a mixed-use development space can often confuse. This guide breaks down day-to-day strategies to be used when budgeting and allocating [...]
Staffing for Your Properties: Exploring O+M Staffing Ratios and Outsourcing When looking at staffing, your individual properties, and your portfolios, it is important to consider your own staffing ratios and how they may compare to overall industry averages. This can give insights into your prac [...]
Customer Service from a Building Engineer’s Perspective It can be easy to miss the contribution building engineers make when it comes to customer service. Laurie Harper, an expert on all thing’s customer service in the commercial real estate field, said that building engine [...]
Concrete Jungle: How to Approach Parking Maintenance While they may have been a little emptier lately, the concrete and asphalt structures that greet vehicles should still be top of mind. Parking lots and decks projects are often budgeted as deferred maintenance.This s [...]
Five Things that Shorten the Life of Your Roof A roof can sometimes fall into the category of “out of sight, out of mind.” While interior systems and curb appeal projects are easy to spot and feel more pressing for the day-to-day life of a tenant, problems on the [...]
Breaking Down the Work Order Work orders are a major component in the operation of a property. Not only do they keep systems running smoothly and generate repairs, but they also are a major factor in tenant satisfaction. The work order is much more [...]
Beyond the Price: What to Look for When Buying Supplies Engineers are likely to bring up cost as one of their first considerations when purchasing a product. However, price is only one factor of supplies purchasing. Because different teams have different chains of command whe [...]
Breaking Down the Triple Bottom Line The triple bottom line is a term thrown around in economics and ethics courses to describe a new focus for organizations. Instead of focusing solely on the gain in the form of profits, organizations are encouraged to loo [...]
5 Things that Shorten the Life of Your Roof A roof can sometimes fall into the category of “out of sight, out of mind.” While interior systems and curb appeal projects are easy to spot and feel more pressing for the day-to-day life of a tenant, problems on the [...]
Read The Guide to Building Operations, Management and Finance in the New Normal Start Reading Now!This digital guide from CRE Insight Journal notes the present state of the commercial real estate industry and what challenges property professionals are facing as they plan for the future. The “n [...]