Get Ahead of Spring by Preparing Your Facility’s Chiller System Now
As facilities managers begin planning seasonal maintenance for chiller systems in preparation for spring, Goodway Technologies, a provider of heat exchanger cleaning and maintenance equipment, emphasizes the importance of conducting routine maintenance and cleaning...
When is it Time for an Elevator Update?
How facility managers should predict, plan and budget for elevator repairs and modernization. Elevators aren’t built to last forever. Once they hit the 20-year mark, it’s usually time for an upgrade. However, William McGrath, the president and CEO of South...
Phoenix Convention Center Successfully Completes Renovations While Under Pressure
The Phoenix Convention Center had to complete complex lighting system upgrades in time for Super Bowl LVII. They succeeded. Lighting upgrades in institutional and commercial facilities are complex enough. But when an impending event with the enormity of a Super Bowl...
Practicing preventative maintenance
An important part of building maintenance is creating a strategy to mitigate as many issues as you can ahead of time, protecting your budget, keeping employees on task, and avoiding work interruption. Get ahead of potential issues with regular attention, data...
New regional park coming to South Langley
Metro Vancouver is creating a new regional park in south Langley, which will connect green spaces and continue the regional district’s work to protect important natural areas. The 44-hectare South Langley Regional Park will combine a recently purchased piece of...
Improvements set for Thompson Regional Airport
The federal government is providing $30 million to the Thompson Regional Airport for the construction of a new apron, two new taxiways (one paved and one gravel), and new drainage and electrical systems. “Canada’s regional and remote airports are critical links...
Overcoming the Challenges of Hotels and Dorms with Energy Management Thermostats
For hotels, dormitories, public housing, and assisted living facilities, balancing occupant comfort, energy, and cost-consciousness can take titanic effort. With buildings accounting for approximately 30% of final energy consumption globally and half of final...
Communication Proves to Be Essential Task During Design Phase
Projects go over more smoothly when people are transparent and communicating openly. Communication is such an essential part of daily tasks that it can be taken for granted when someone isn’t transparent. During design projects, it is up to the designers to keep...
Northwest Healthcare Acquires Carbon Health Urgent Care Centers in Arizona
With this acquisition, Northwest Healthcare has more than 80 sites of care. Northwest Urgent Care, LLC, a Tucson, Arizona, subsidiary of Community Health Systems, Inc., has completed the acquisition of certain urgent care centers owned and operated by Carbon Health in...
Deferring Maintenance Costs San Diego $1 Billion
San Diego’s $5 billion funding deficit would be $1 billion larger if it included hundreds of maintenance projects officials postpone and ignore. Deferring maintenance on institutional and commercial facilities is an all-too-common practice. But it is rare that an...