The winter months are when schools, healthcare facilities, offices, and many other types of locations become very concerned about infection control. Fortunately...
Owning or managing a tall building is a lot like operating a small city. Being responsible for the services and infrastructure that keep occupants and tenants in business is a big job. So why not take some suggestions and help from your colleagues when you can get it?
We found some examples of best practices that are being incorporated in high-rise facilities, and arranged them into categories.
Managers of high-rise facilities who want to lower operating costs don’t need to look any further: Restrooms offer an easy but significant opportunity to drasti...
Dust mites consume shed human skin and other organic waste. Their feces can induce allergic reactions and are responsible for about 25 percent of all allergy di...
When it comes to high-rise building carpets – or any carpet in a multi-tenant office building – certain pathways receive most of the foot traffic (and the wear ...
High-rise facilities managers and owners are always looking for innovative ways to save money and help the environment. An often overlooked option is trash comp...
Preventing and eliminating pest infestations in a high-rise environment is critical for protecting tenants and property. No one wants to live in a building wher...
Facilities management – especially when it comes to high-rise buildings – is often a game of discovery and problem-solving. But the answers aren’t always clear-cut. Lights being left on, extreme weather, or increased plug load may be to blame for a sudden spike in energy use. HVAC problems could be caused by solar heat gain, tenants overriding central controls, or lack of maintenance. High water bills could be due to leaky toilets, high water pressure, or irrigation […]
Most green cleaning programs focus on chemical choices. And that’s a great place to start. However, a more successful program—especially for restrooms—goes beyo...
Some high-rise buildings, such as the 38-story Helena in New York City, have been able to offer composting to tenants, but despite the well-known positive bene...
Martins Maintenance is one of the largest family-run commercial cleaning companies in the northeast with over 200 clients in 10 states. Among those clients is a...
The 38-story Helena apartment building on Manhattan’s West Side is the first in the city to offer its residents regular food scrap collection through the city’s...
If I were to write an article on restroom trends in high-rise properties in the mid-1990s or 2000s, the emphasis would likely have been on luxury. The “functional look” of commercial restrooms, commonly found in the 1980s and earlier, was no longer en vogue. It had been replaced with marble, granite, and high-end restroom fixture designs.
Maintaining carpet can be a constant battle between quality and staying within the confines of a reasonable maintenance budget. The correct carpet specification...
Water. Damage. Those two words have the potential to become a major source of liability for both facilities managers and restoration companies if not properly h...
