building maintenance

smart glass

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

How smart glass can benefit your building

Many building operators are looking to lower their carbon footprint and go greener, and products like smart glass can help you get there. On average,
recycling

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Stepping up your building’s recycling

For maintenance managers, recycling can often be part of the mandate to improve efficiency and lower your building’s carbon footprint. As sustainability becomes even more
roof

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Increasing safety on the roof

As a maintenance manager, you need to become familiar with all the elements of your building, including your roof. Whether you need to access the
pest-free

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Make your business pest-free this season

As temperatures continue to warm up, more people will be out and about seeking retail therapy and your business needs to be pest-free. From restaurants
pressure washing

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Tips for effective pressure washing

Pressure washing can be a maintenance manager’s best friend, from cleaning out garbage cans to getting rid of graffiti to removing persistent dirt and grime
facility management

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Recruiting the next generation in facility and maintenance management

Like many other industries, facility management will see a significant shift as baby boomers head towards retirement. In fact, experts predict that when this happens,
spring storm damage

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Preventing spring storm damage to your building

As the seasons change and the weather heats up, spring storm damage presents a real risk to facility and maintenance managers. Heavy winds and rain
HVAC system

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Replacing your HVAC system

Heating and cooling are a big part of facility management, so when it comes time to replace your HVAC system, you need all the information
spring building maintenance

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Top tips for spring building maintenance

Winter has officially ended, and it’s time to embrace spring building maintenance, taking the necessary steps to protect your building and your business in preparation
curb appeal

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Why curb appeal matters (and how to create it)

Does your building have curb appeal? According to the experts, first impressions are made within the first seven seconds, so you don’t have much time
property

CondoBusiness

Trash talk:

As single-use plastics become a thing of the past for Canadians, condo owners and property managers need to adapt the way they handle garbage in their
fire safety plan

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Does your building have a fire safety plan?

Facility managers are often tasked with creating, executing, and updating the building’s fire safety plan. This process is crucial because it outlines all aspects of
VR

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

The role of VR in building maintenance

In the world of smart technology, have we advanced to the point where VR has a role in building maintenance? Virtual reality has been around
technology

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

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
leaks

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Looking at leaks in your building

As we get closer to spring weather and the snow starts to melt, leaks can become a serious threat to a building, stopping work, causing
windows

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

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
IoT

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

What is IoT and how can it help you better manage your building maintenance?

Are you part of the 59 per cent of facility managers planning to invest in technology to improve efficiency? If so, you need to take