Winter Maintenance Tips ⏱ 12 minute read 📖 We recommend you bookmark this and come back to reference all the great resources linked! If you have less than 5 minutes, read this: 6 Quick Cold Weather Maintenance Tips. As the season comes to an end, we’d like to share our best winter maintenance tips and […]
5 Quick Tips For Budgeting For Building Operations and Maintenance.
Your elevators need to go up and down, your costs to maintain them should not. Putting a maintenance plan and service contract in place for your elevators will ensure optimal safety, decreased liability, and increased budget assurance. Here are the 5 key things to keep in mind when it comes to elevator maintenance. 1. Types […]
Snow removal: It’s going to cost WHAT?!?!? The State of Connecticut budgeted $38 Million for snow and ice removal for 11,000 lane miles of state highways and roadways. Let that be your (very exaggerated) worst case scenario… This post provides everything you need to know about how contractors charge for snow removal and how to […]
It may seem early to be thinking about snow in September, but now is the time to get a contract in place! In last weeks blog post, we gave you 10 Steps to a Practical Snow and Ice Removal RFP . If you haven’t read it, start there because this post elaborates on those 10 […]
Here in New England, we’re gearing up for winter season before the leaves even start to fall. For facility managers, now is the time to start preparing for the upcoming season by developing and administering an RFP for snow and ice removal services. Pro Tip: A top priority in the month of September should be […]
When it comes to your facilities team, are you getting the results you want? Your facilities team should provide your business with the appropriate mix and level of support to maintain your facilities to your standard of care. Of all the models, methods, and tools out there, there is no “right” way. Your facilities are […]
In-house or outsourced, your facility team should be focused on these 5 Core Functions. Preventative Maintenance Also known as “planned maintenance”. Don’t get us started on why it’s important. Preventative Maintenance includes planned or scheduled maintenance services on any part of your facility. Anything from landscaping, to snow removal, to HVAC maintenance, to cleaning can […]
June is national safety month! As a facility maintenance and management company, we pride ourselves in creating value for our clients based on the services we provide. Our top priority is the safety of occupants in each building we manage on behalf of our clients. One way we do that is ensuring preventative maintenance is […]
The idea of “facility management” can encompass a lot of different things – especially when it comes to the increasingly complex world of healthcare and medical facilities. Let’s start with the basics: these are the ten most important things that owners and managers of healthcare facilities need to consider. Now that you know the pain […]