facilitymanager

Returning to Work July 17, 2023

Today's Agenda • Morning setups • Staff meeting • catch up on email • review roof repair drawings • make payments to vendors • prepare for events this week --- ...

Studying With Mem.ai and Chat GPT

Education in any field is important. Facility Management is also a profession that has industry certifications. Principally, you'll strive for the Facility Mana...

Is it bonded?

We had a transformer installed for 3 phase power to one of our tenants. I noticed a separate grounding rod for it. I’m going to have it tested to find out if it...

Facilities vs Operations Management

You have competing interests when you combine Facility and Operations Management. One must spend responsibly. The other must drive profits. The profit motive wi...

Facility Management - Risk Management

A major component of a Facility Manager's job is risk management. https://vimeo.com/743432404...

What does a Facility Manager do?

A Facility Manager's job is more than just getting maintenance and cleaning done. Let's try a tortured analogy. https://vimeo.com/742468067...

Facilities Projects in the Works

I am currently working on a couple of projects for the building I manage. One of them is swapping out one of our water fountains with another that has a water b...

Reducing Bollard Maintenance

Your property may require bollards to stop vehicles from entering certain areas or from bumping into critical structures. Their solid footing makes them highly ...

Games for members

I am thinking of adding board games to my facility. Perhaps this will help develop community amongst the members, which could encourage more people to join....

High Expectations In Facility Management

I have been taking HVAC courses on Interplay Learning over the weekend. I am interested in learning about HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and appliance repair for m...

Facility Maintenance Training

Lately, I have been dedicating my time to learning some skills that are relevant to my job as a Facility Manager. I entered into Facility Management from the IT...

Facility Manager Log - 2022-06-22

Emergency Preparedness Continuing with emergency preparedness, I have located and am in process of purchasing an automatic defibrillator. These devices can be a...

2022-06-21 - Facility Manager Log

I will be attending a conference next week. It is necessary to make preparations for my absence before leaving. This includes: Having invoices paid Following up...

Menstrual Products For Facility Toilets

Part of the job of Facility Management is to ensure that the toilets are stocked up. That means that we need to have toilet paper, paper towels, soap, trash bag...

5 DIY Home Improvement Projects For Under $50 Bucks!

----------------------- We have spent the past weeks scouting and exploring ways to assist our beloved community members in saving costs when doing things thems...

2022-05-25 - Power Outage

This morning, I received notification from my custodian that the power was out in our facility. In this instance, I make it a point to shut off the electrical b...

Facility Manager Log 2022-05-24

We had heavy overnight storms with driven rain. This morning, we have surveyed the building and found some water penetration. This was not as pronounced as in o...

Full House

We have a full house at work today. All of our classrooms are booked. I've notified our custodians so we can be prepared....

Working on Saturday

Part of our work process includes keeping a calendar of room bookings so that we can prepare in advance. The calendar also helps us backtrack if we need to gene...

Facility Manager Log 2021-09-03

I started off intending to say that this week had quite a variety of different things happen. However, this is usually the case for a Facility Manager. It is to...