by Gary | Apr 19, 2019 | Facilities Culture
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...
by Gary | Mar 21, 2019 | Facilities Culture
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...
by Gary | Dec 19, 2018 | Facilities Culture
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...
by Bradley Short | Nov 19, 2018 | Facilities Culture
This holiday season let’s all take a second to recognize the dedicated facilities operations and maintenance professionals who make the amazing built environment we live in a reality. They work tirelessly to keep the buildings and facilities we depend on for so...
by Gary | Oct 29, 2018 | Facilities Culture
Near the top floor of a downtown NYC building, there is a remarkable facilities engineering department. In a hallway near the team office space, you’ll find a sign with this quote: “The most dangerous phrase in the engineering language is: ‘We’ve always done it this...
by Gary | Oct 12, 2018 | Facilities Culture
As a facilities manager, the boundary between your work and private life can get pretty thin. Issues happen on their own schedule, not yours, and when they come up, a lot of people look to you. We were recently at a retirement party for a resident manager when he got...
