2026 October
Modern buildings are becoming increasingly complex and while technology has improved front-end operations, there are many internal workflows that remain inefficient. This leads to hidden bottlenecks as well as inefficiencies that are not always visible but can still impact performance.
2026 October
As temperatures begin to drop, heating systems will soon start to kick in. Experienced facility maintenance directors know that waiting for the first cold snap to address heating issues can cause operational disruptions and delays. Annual preventive maintenance helps facility owners avoid costly degradation.
2026 October
When your facility places a fuel oil system service call due to low flow, the first component blamed is often the pump. This is understandable since the pump moves the fuel; this could indicate that the pump has reached the end of its service life. But often, low flow is just a symptom of a different issue.
2026 September
Data centers continue to attract much of the scrutiny over rising water demand. While that focus is warranted, similar pressure is building across oil and gas, manufacturing, and power generation, where operators are also being pushed to find meaningful water savings without disrupting uptime.
2026 September
The industry-average HVAC callback rate sits between 8-12% of completed jobs, with top operators under 3% and the sharpest shops under 2%. The gap between average and the top of the field isn’t skill. It’s process discipline. Every callback on your building is a day you paid twice for the same problem.
2026 September
As the summer construction season enters its final stretch, many industrial facilities face a familiar challenge: keeping jobsites clean while maintaining productivity. Effective construction cleanup can improve efficiency, reduce hazards, protect equipment, and help projects remain on schedule.
2026 August
Whether managing a stadium, convention center, university campus, or hospital, understanding how large-scale event security works, and where it can fail, has direct implications for understanding the latest thinking, challenges, and approaches for security planning, strategy and operations.
2026 August
Landscapes make a strong first impression about occupant experiences. To convey the most positive message, those grounds require reasonable landscape budgets. When irrigation systems are outdated or are poorly designed, water waste becomes a recurring facility expense that eats away at a budget.
2026 August
It’s a common conundrum for owners or facility managers: We need to renovate our space, but we can’t shut down operations. It often seems impossible to accomplish both sides of that coin, but it can be done. Success in these types of jobs lies at the intersection of communication and choreography.
2026 July
As RTO increases, employees who have spent years working in well-ventilated homes are noticing what they didn’t before: stale air and general discomfort. For facility managers, this issue can quickly become an operational challenge. The solution starts with understanding how air moves through a space.