The Invisibility Of Facilities Management
The isolated nature of facility management can make your team essentially invisible to upper management. This brings some distinct disadvantages, but they can be managed if you know how to combat them. Your job happens behind the doors with signs like ‘facilities staff only’ and on the floors where passenger…
The Skilled Labor Shortage and Opportunity in Facilities Management
Over the past 30+ years, the trades and other careers favored by hands-on types have fallen out of favor. As baby boomers retire, this trend has caused a severe shortage of skilled workers, particularly in Facilities Management and Maintenance. But this also presents a great opportunity for people experienced or interested…
Where LogCheck Beats Your CMMS
A CMMS (computerized maintenance management system) is the staple software platform for the Facilities Maintenance (FM) industry. But CMMS systems are not your best option for collecting some types of building maintenance data in the field. LogCheck is intentionally designed to manage your routine operations and get that data to…
Your Rounds Routine Should Have Training Built In
How nice would it be to hire an employee who could take over your rounds routine within days of coming aboard? With the right logbook it’s not only possible, but it’s easy and it could reduce the burden of training for both you and your new employee. Log sheets are…
Predictive Maintenance Is Nothing New
You and your team may be doing predictive maintenance – you just don’t know it yet. You may have heard the term “Predictive Maintenance” or “PdM” popping up in conversations about facility maintenance lately. It’s often mentioned discussions about the possibilities of internet of things (IoT) devices being used to…
Paperwork, How Good FM Jobs Go Bad
You have to love those days when doing your job feels great! Maybe you got a commitment from that vendor that’s been dodging you. Or you solved the mystery of the overloaded circuit in the pump room. Those are the days when you are on top of your responsibilities and…