Shutting Down Your Cooling Equipment The Right Way
Fall means a lot of things to different people, but for us in facility management in most of the country, it means the end of cooling season. Properly shutting down the cooling equipment, including cooling towers, is very important. As fall progresses into winter, rain and snow will put your…
Standing Water: A Building’s Nightmare
The greatest dangers in life are the ones that we don’t see. That biggest frustrations are the problems we face that we could have avoided. For a building, one of the greatest dangers comes from water in the form of leaks, moisture, frozen pipes, and standing water. In fact, water-related…
As Universities Slash Maintenance Budgets, Data Helps Facility Teams Fight Back
A university’s maintenance team is crucial to the success and safety of its staff and students. Unfortunately, management doesn’t always get this, and facilities budgets are often one of the first to go when times get tough. Facilities management needs to harness the power of the data they collect on…
How Constantly Learning Protects FM Jobs, With Dan Holohan
Annmarie Bhola is a former engineer and the owner of Enhanced Building Solutions, LLC – EBS is committed to transforming the culture within the building industry through training and leadership. I was never an A student in high school or in college. Only my math and science classes helped me…
Why You Don’t Need LogCheck: How To Do It Yourself
You know that the data your team collects during their routine inspections is valuable, but you don’t want to spend money on a program like LogCheck to automatically save and organize it for you. We understand that budgets are tight (even with our very reasonable pricing), so we’re going to show…
3 Mistakes Companies Make When Purchasing Preventative Maintenance Software
Annmarie Bhola is a former engineer and the owner of Enhanced Building Solutions, LLC – EBS is committed to transforming the culture within the building industry through training and leadership. With so much PM software to choose from, how do you make a decision? The reality is, it can be…
The Habits That Separate Average Buildings From Great Ones
Annmarie Bhola is the owner of Enhanced Building Solutions, LLC – EBS is committed to transforming the culture within the building industry through training and leadership. I recently read “The Power of Habit” by Charles Duhigg and wanted to share the ALCOA Plant story: In 1987, one important change created…
What to Look For in Your Next Facility Engineer
A facility engineer’s job description changes from one property or management company to the next. One may have several ongoing construction projects and it’s the engineer’s responsibility to draft plans and secure bids from suppliers. Another could utilize a team of engineers tasked with the preservation of several historic buildings. Some…
The Value of Preventive Maintenance
The cost of a business’s facilities portfolio is one of the most expensive items on the balance sheet. As everyone is increasingly expected to do more with less, it can be challenging to argue the decision to “fix something that isn’t broke” – also known as preventive maintenance. But according…
You Never Know When Great Records Will Help You Out
Last week, one of our clients shared a great note with us about how meaningful record-keeping helped him out. This client, a VP of Operations for a national water treatment company, was in a regular meeting with his stakeholders, when he was surprised with a deluge of questions regarding the…
