Especially when operating facilities for a large company with a great deal of real estate, knowing how to manage space optimally can be tricky. With so many rooms in your buildings and so many different employees and department heads making demands, it can difficult to balance all of your company’s needs and make the right […]
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OpenSpace from iOffice empowers Facility Managers and their employees with an easy app for booking room reservations, coordinating bookings, scheduling new functions, and more — all from their smartphone, tablet or desktop.
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Looking back on how technology has advanced and revolutionized the way people do work, it now feels like eons ago that businesses organized their offices the old-fashioned way.
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Do you know whether your scaffolding can hold its own weight plus four-times the maximum recommended load? Does your staff perform regular checks on stairs, supporting transoms, footings, braces, brackets, trusses, screw legs, ladders, etc.? Do your employees inspect rigging on suspension scaffolds before each shift? If your answer is no to any of the
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Do you know whether your scaffolding can hold its own weight plus four-times the maximum recommended load? Does your staff perform regular checks on stairs, supporting transoms, footings, braces, brackets, trusses, screw legs, ladders, etc.? Do your employees inspect rigging on suspension scaffolds before each shift? If your answer is no to any of the
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No matter how skilled you may be in the fine art of facilities management, you may find yourself needing a little help to effectively manage space. The facility manager’s job has become so broad that a majority of companies now employ people to assist with FM duties. While you, as the manager, are unquestionably in charge
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One of the most challenging aspects of the facility manager position is undertaking large-scale projects to implement new facility management solutions. No matter how competent you are individually, it’s nearly impossible to complete the job alone – the initiative requires time, money, manpower and solid communication with employees at all levels.
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As technology continually improves and innovators are constantly developing new approaches to facilities management, you may want to think about reshaping the ways you manage space. This may require using new facility management software, rethinking your office layout or redoing your budget to reflect different priorities.
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Sales of safety equipment and supplies totaled $11 billion in 2012 in the U.S.—an amount greater than the GDP of Nicaragua. Personal protective equipment, or PPE, is a $33.3 billion industry globally. Suffice it to say, businesses around the world are spending serious money to keep their employees safe and government regulators off their backs.
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Sales of safety equipment and supplies totaled $11 billion in 2012 in the U.S.—an amount greater than the GDP of Nicaragua. Personal protective equipment, or PPE, is a $33.3 billion industry globally. Suffice it to say, businesses around the world are spending serious money to keep their employees safe and government regulators off their backs.
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