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Mobile Innovation: A Smooth Sail through Compliance
This article was originally published on Healthcare Tech Outlook. To thrive in today’s dynamic healthcare environment, medical institutions—ranging from big hospitals to small clinics—need to adhere to ever-growing compliance standards and codes established by the Federal government. Tracking environment of care and life safety standards and the associated documentation is a monumental task filled with risk. Adding to that, the...
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Information Tech Trends Facility Managers Must Learn from in 2022
Let’s face it. Right or wrong, when we think about Apple, Coca-Cola, Walmart, or GM, facilities management doesn’t come to mind as the lynchpin of these companies’ successes. So when executives allocate budget, the facilities department often gets the raw end of the deal. As a result, the average facilities team doesn’t get the benefit of working with modern information...
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4 Creepy Skeletons Lurking in Your Plan Room or Job Site Trailer
In dark, dingy plan rooms creeps and creatures hide among heaps of building features traced on paper sheets. These monsters wait to show their faces to unsuspecting architects, engineers, contractors and facility managers who rely on outdated, unorganized construction information. Take heed. These ghouls won’t wait ‘til Hallow’s eve to make you grieve; set forth and read this post lest...
Read MoreMaking the Move, From Paper to Digital
This article was originally posted on Facility Executive. Converting building information assets to a digital document management system pays dividends. Facilities leaders are staring down a challenge that, in many cases leads to a state of inertia. Simply put, they know it’s time to embrace technology as a key component of effective facility management, but many don’t know where to...
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Why Sustainability Matters When it Comes to Recruiting Millennials
In the United States, no sector produces more carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions than commercial and residential buildings. Given the depth of facilities managers’ operational experience and building knowledge, few people are in a position to make a bigger everyday impact on the environment. Yet, FMs aren’t generally thought of as the leaders of sustainability at their organizations. This is a shame because...
Read MoreCampus Safety Magazine to Feature Gary L. Sigrist Jr. in “The Five Layers of School Safety” Webcast
Following an outcry for government action to improve school and campus safety, lawmakers have provided millions in additional funding for schools. But, according to Gary L. Sigrist Jr. school safety efforts require more than money. And Sigrist should know. After a 30-year career as an educator, school safety director, and police officer, Sigrist uses his unique perspective to help schools...
Read More40% of FMs will retire in the next 8 years: why adding millennials is key
Facility managers might not know it yet. . .but 40% of facility management professionals will start retiring in the next eight years. That’s a significant number given the high volume of facilities management positions that are not getting staffed today due to a severe shortage of qualified candidates. Read the full article as a PDF Tech-savvy millennials are naturally attracted to...
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First Alert to Share Advice on Managing Fire Extinguishers and Safety Equipment [Live Webcast]
The November 2017 recall of more than 40M fire extinguishers shined a spotlight on two issues that are often overlooked. First, facilities managers must be able to trust that their fire safety equipment will work as it’s supposed to. And second, facilities managers need a way to quickly locate and replace faulty equipment. To offer solutions to both problems, ARC is...
Read MoreVision for Transforming Building Information into Building Intelligence for the Built Space
Today, industries of every kind are being disrupted by technology and being challenged to rise above the status quo. But the real estate and construction industries have continued using traditional methodologies to access and distribute information when building new construction projects, or operating and maintaining existing buildings (often referred to as “the built space”). As disruption inevitably occurs and transforms...
Read MoreWhy information management is key to facilities and operations success
This article was originally published on Builtworlds.com While natural disasters cannot be prevented, they can be and must be prepared for. Understanding the risk of not being prepared is the first step in emergency preparedness, and directly applies to facility management. However, in this new age of information, it is not the physical reinforcements and preparations taken on premises that...
Read MoreIFMA Boston’s Holiday Gala Benefit
On December 6th, ARC attended IFMA Boston’s Holiday Gala at Empire Restaurant and Lounge as a Tang Dynasty sponsor. The gala was held by IFMA’s Boston chapter to connect industry professionals and raise funds for Boston Medical’s SPARK Center—a medical facility specially equipped to support high-risk children and their families. The SPARK Center’s mission is “to help Boston’s highest-risk children to...
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Solving Plan Room Dysfunction: 5 Reasons to Manage Facilities Info in the Cloud
New survey findings show that over 50% of facilities teams expect to store more of their building information in the cloud. But that’s not the end of the story. We can all agree that ensuring speedy access to current building information is a top reason for cloud storage – especially during an emergency. In fact, when info is in the...
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