Author: FM College Admin

Many candidates lack the skills that are needed to be a facilities manager. There continues to be a labor shortage amongst trade industries, and facilities management is no stranger to this scenario. It’s more than just struggling to recruit and retain new workers, there is also a skills gap. Leaders are struggling to find qualified…

As a maintenance manager, fire protection is a critical part of your preventative maintenance plan to stay compliant, protect your building, and keep your staff and visitors safe. Research shows that commercial building fires cost businesses about 155 million dollars in damage per year. Put proactive practices in place, create a fire safety plan, and…

When designing a building for lateral loads such as those generated by wind or earthquakes, engineers have several options. Lateral loads may be transferred to the foundation via braced frames or moment frames; diagonal rods, or flat diagonal bracing (including let-in bracing for wood frame construction), among other methods. Where wood structural panels are used…

Eradicate Information Gaps Industrial cybersecurity continues to have information gaps that introduce preventable risk and increase vulnerabilities. To eradicate these gaps—including systems information, the risks within those systems, and information about best practices—it’s imperative that experts share the latest knowledge and work together to continuously develop and implement best practices.    Information about your systems…

In the past year we’ve been evaluating conditions in wind generation and industrial applications in which shaft brushes exist but electrically related bearing damage occurs. In Figure 1, the machine, which had a shaft-grounding system in place and was applied in an inverter application, was evaluated at a local repair facility. Figure 2: Spalling is…

De-energized testing is used in our training factory to explain and demonstrate the concepts to College of Engineering students and companies learning how to implement reliability and maintainability best practices. In this article, Bill Kruger of ALL-TEST Pro, Old Saybrook, CT (alltestpro.com), discusses motor testing/circuit analysis, since it’s another valuable methodology that should be added…