Campus Safety: How UNM Used Architecture and Design for Crime Prevention

Campus Safety: How UNM Used Architecture and Design for Crime Prevention

The design of indoor and outdoor spaces has the power to shape not just how we use an area, but also how we feel about it. Design can help inform whether someone wants to meet friends or move through an area quickly. It can even discourage crime. Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) is a…

What is design thinking?

What is design thinking?

” ” Design and conquer: in years past, the word “design” might have conjured images of expensive handbags or glossy coffee table books. Now, your mind might go straight to business. Design and design thinking are buzzing in the business community more than ever. Until now, design has focused largely on how something looks; these…

The challenges of adding technology to your building maintenance program

The challenges of adding technology to your building maintenance program

  The advances in technology have made all sorts of improvements in the building maintenance industry, from increased efficiency to providing more accurate data. But is there a downside to the rise of these tools for maintenance managers? Not a downside, per se, but there are some challenges that come with the growing popularity of…

Economic turbulence brings both challenges and opportunities to the FM sector finds new CBRE report

Economic turbulence brings both challenges and opportunities to the FM sector finds new CBRE report

  The current economic backdrop presents both challenges and opportunities for real estate and facilities management. According to Top Facilities Management Trends for 2023 the latest part of CBRE’s wider facilities management series which regularly releases articles to share experience and knowledge in the facilities management space, clients will be looking to reduce costs and…

Preparation is Key When Pursuing a Boiler Upgrade

Preparation is Key When Pursuing a Boiler Upgrade

  Tax credits and federal funding programs have many facility managers thinking now is the time to do a boiler upgrade in their institutional and commercial facilities. While that may be the case, if a manager doesn’t know what they’re trying to accomplish or what they want, their anticipated savings may never be realized. Managing…

FAA Calling in Drones for Facility Maintenance

FAA Calling in Drones for Facility Maintenance

  Inspecting and repairing the exterior components of many institutional and commercial facilities are notoriously challenging tasks, especially with facilities taller than two stories that generally are out of easy reach for technicians using ladders and scaffolding. Managers often called in contractors with specialized equipment to access areas above that height. In recent years, managers…