Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) is a vital component of all buildings and it requires regular maintenance like all other appliances or systems installed. If maintenance is not carried out properly, your system could lose 5% of its efficiency every year! Most HVAC service providers suggest getting your system inspected and tuned twice a year. Once before the fall when you turn the heating on and once in the spring before you turn the cooling on.  Let’s take a look at why regular preventive maintenance of your HVAC system is so important, what factors do you need to cons ..read more

As a Facility Maintenance Manager, what could be better than to have all your assets running smoothly round the clock? However, in order to know what work needs to be performed and when, you need to have enough information. This helps you predict ways to manage and optimise performance. You can do that with the help of Predictive Maintenance.  What is predictive maintenance (PdM)? Predictive Maintenance is a type of condition-based maintenance technique that makes use of sensors attached to the equipment. This helps collect asset-performance data and help predict when a maintenance ta ..read more

In terms of Property Maintenance, Field Service Suppliers are the Vendors that Property Managers use to complete maintenance work orders. These Field Service Vendors are carefully selected companies that are highly skilled and always available when the need arises. What is Vendor Management in Field Services In order to provide efficient and quality services, it is important for Maintenance Companies to employ multiple Field Service Vendors across multiple locations. This allows Property Managers to deploy a Field Services Management Vendor on time, and efficiently complete work orders to ..read more

 “We don’t ever have enough cash flow to pay taxes’’ As a Business Coach in the industry, I have heard many of my clients say that they never have enough cash flow to pay taxes. This can be a bit concerning. Tax planning and management are important to establish business legitimacy, whether the business is small or big, every business must ensure to keep the tax man happy. There are several reasons why businesses fail to do so. Some of which may include: The Lack of Funds Incomplete Documentation Confused with the process of paying Taxes Laziness For new business owners or growing b ..read more

Home Maintenance is one of the many reasons why homeowners choose to either buy a unit in a condominium complex or rent a cheaper apartment in the city.  With many different types of properties to rent or buy, homeowners are finding it hard to make a safe decision.  To better understand what type of properties they should invest in, let us start with a simplistic idea of condominiums, apartments and what homeowner associations mean. What is a Condominium? A condominium, also known as Condo, is an individual-owned residential unit within a community complex. Tweet Condo Owner ..read more

The International Facility Management Association (IFMA) defines Facility Management as “a multi-disciplinary profession to ensure the functionality of the built environment through the integration of People, Place, Process, and Technology.” Proper Facility Maintenance ensures that all areas, systems, and structures in or around a facility function optimally in order to ensure maximum efficiency and safety. Maintenance work can be reactive and unplanned, or preventive and scheduled. Painting the interior and exterior of a building, or cleaning and replacing the HVAC machine filters in a buil ..read more

Growing a Field Service Business and achieving your objectives requires overcoming significant challenges, uncertainties, and tough competition due to market changes and other unexpected circumstances. These days, customers expect fast, reliable, and high-quality services, and if you aren't meeting their expectations, your competitors will Tweet Only a few businesses can remain open and competitive in a highly challenging field service environment if their resources, time, and costs are not properly managed. Many Field Service Businesses still manage functions and coordinate tasks manu ..read more

Preventive Maintenance is performed on physical assets on a regular and routine basis to reduce the possibility of equipment failure and unplanned machine downtime, which can be very costly for maintenance teams and Facility Managers. What is Preventive Maintenance and why is it important? ​ Preventive Maintenance (PM) is used to strategically maintain, repair, or replace equipment before an uncertainty occurs, with the aim of improving the uptime of heavy equipment and machinery. Effective Preventive Maintenance is planned and scheduled using real-time data insights. Since maintaining a ..read more

The International Facility Management Association (IFMA) defines Facility Management as “a multi-disciplinary profession to ensure the functionality of the built environment through the integration of People, Place, Process, and Technology.” Proper Facility Maintenance ensures that all areas, systems, and structures in or around a facility function optimally in order to ensure maximum efficiency and safety. Maintenance work can be reactive and unplanned, or preventive and scheduled. Painting the interior and exterior of a building, or cleaning and replacing the HVAC machine filters in a buil ..read more

If your manual management tools and excel spreadsheets take longer to manage workflows than to resolve equipment breakdowns, it’s time to automate and simplify your maintenance operations with maintenance software. A Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) could be the solution for most of the maintenance challenges you face in your business operations. The right CMMS can help your business increase transparency, automate maintenance operations, improve employee efficiency, and ultimately reduce costs Tweet However, as with all technology these days, you will likely find your ..read more