Exterior Maintenance

birds

Birds and their effect on your building maintenance

Looking after a building is no easy feat and there are always threats to your building and grounds, from equipment failure to weather to birds.
maintenance

Time-saving maintenance tips

Being a facility maintenance manager often involves managing costs, time, safety, and more, so, increasing efficiency can certainly make your job easier. Sometimes it feels
outdoor maintenance

Protect outdoor maintenance workers in the winter

As temperatures drop during the winter months, staying safe and protected while you work outside is an important part of outdoor maintenance. Cold temperatures pose
windows

Is it time to replace your windows?

As a facility maintenance manager, you need to take care of the building from top to bottom, and that includes your windows. Typically, windows last
salt use

Maintenance tips for lowering your winter salt use

Does your winter outdoor maintenance program rely on salt use? Outdoor maintenance comes with its challenges all year long, but winter can be particularly unique.
proptech

The rise of proptech in facility management

One of the biggest trends facility management for 2023 is using technology to manage all aspects of your building (think maintenance, inventory, and beyond) with
Snow removal and de-icing

Snow removal and de-icing for your parking structure

Winter weather has officially arrived! For the safety and integrity of your parking structure, you need to create a snow removal and de-icing strategy that
roofing

Common winter roofing mistakes to avoid

As a property manager or building operator, you’ve probably already conducted your fall maintenance for the year, and roofing has come up. With a visual

How to go green with your landscaping

If you want to take a greener approach to your facility’s landscaping, now is a great time to plan ahead, optimize your asset management, and
parking garage

How to keep your parking garage clean

If you manage a building with a parking garage, keeping it clean means protecting one of your biggest assets, saving you from major potential expenditures
riverfront park

Park maintenance begins with park security

For those who may not know, Victoria Park is a historic, 18-acre park located in downtown London, Ont. It dates to the 1800s when it
building safe

Tips for keeping your building safe

As a maintenance manager, protecting your assets is part of the job and that means keeping your building safe. Making sure your security devices are
pipes

Stop your pipes from freezing in the winter

As winter approaches and you are busy preparing your building for the colder weather, don’t forget your pipes. Having a pipe burst in your building
maintenance upgrades

Finding value in maintenance upgrades

When you are looking at budgeting for maintenance upgrades, the question is: how do you get the biggest bang for your buck? Keeping your facility
landscaping

How to prepare your landscaping for winter

Do you have landscaping you need to protect over the winter months? With the wind, snow accumulation, and dry, icy temperatures, winter can take its
ice and snow

Sustainable ice and snow management for your building

As the weather gets cooler and winter creeps closer, it’s time to think about ice and snow management for your building. In the past, many
snow load

Snow load: what you need to know

Do you know your roof’s snow load? While we are likely a few months away from our first snowfall, being prepared is the best defence