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Maintenance Solutions - May 2008
Wireless Technology: Enhanced Communications and Performance


FacilitiesNet News - April 2008
IFMA and BOMA Announce Common Floor Area Measurement Definitions


FacilitiesNet News - March 2008
GSA International Agreement Supports BIM


FacilitiesNet News - February 2008
National BIM Standard Released


FacilitiesNet News - February 2008
New Version of the U.S. National CAD Standard Announced


Building Operating Management - February 2008
New FM Software Packages Aim to Manage Physical Assets Across the Entire Life Cycle


Maintenance Solutions - February 2008
CMMS: Benefit to the Bottom Line
Implemented and used strategically, a CMMS can help managers recast maintenance as a positive activity for their organizations


Maintenance Solutions - December 2007
CMMS Directory
Computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) give managers the power to make smarter decisions. Here's a summary of applications to start the CMMS specification process


Maintenance Solutions - November 2007
Making Wireless Technology Work
By planning for security and developing troubleshooting tactics, managers can ensure facilities make the most of wireless technology


Building Operating Management - October 2007
BIM: Who, What, How and Why
Building information modeling is starting to deliver on its promises of saving time and money


Building Operating Management - September 2007
A Measure of Building Intelligence
A smart building uses shared information to improve operations. A new online tool rates a building’s intelligence and identifies ways to enhance it


Building Operating Management - September 2007
Making the Case For Facility Software
View showcase software products


Maintenance Solutions - August 2007
CMMS Solution: Build on the Basics
Successfully specifying maintenance management software requires that managers thoroughly understand facility and department needs


Maintenance Solutions - June 2007
Technology That Tames Inventory
The power of CMMS, teamed with bar coding and RFID, can help streamline stockrooms, save money


Maintenance Solutions - May 2007
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Maintenance Solutions - January 2006
Maintenance Software: Putting Data to Work
Once a CMMS collects data, it’s up to managers to ensure they use it to make smart choices


Maintenance Solutions - December 2005
CMMS: Savvy Data Decisions
Editor’s note: This article is the first part of a two-part series on CMMS data management. Maintenance and engineering management has come a long way over the last 30 years. Once regarded as strictly a reactive, resource-intensive cost center, maintenance organizations now run more like businesses. They collect and analyze data to assess, plan, and make important decisions aimed at preserving facilities and assets in the most efficient manner possible.



CASE STUDIES


Wireless Communications Upgrade Hospital Without Disruption
At St. Anthony’s Hospital in Oklahoma City, Siemens Building Technologies Inc., recently demonstrated the potential of wireless building controls in hospitals. Without disrupting patient care or hospital operations, the Apogee® Wireless Field Level Network solution helped provide a more flexible and reliable system.


Medical Center Automates Maintenance Department
To ensure compassionate care occurs throughout a patient’s experience, St. Charles Medical Center must keep everything in order at all times, and this mandate applies to both of the medical center’s locations, in Bend and Redmond, Ore.


Health Care System Finds Cure for Maintenance-Tracking Aliments
Indian Health Services (IHS) was looking for a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) for its Oklahoma City Area Health System, which provides health care services to more than 281,000 American Indians through seven hospitals and 40 outpatient health centers in Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas.


Up-To-The-Minute CAD Information Aids Store-Leasing Effort
Round numbers offer a good idea of how big General Growth Properties is: more than 200 regional shopping malls. More than 200 million square feet of space. More than 24,000 retail stores and anchor department stores.



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SOFTWARE PRODUCTS


Educational Touchscreens
Touch screens for energy efficiency education from Quality Automation Graphics consists of 3D graphics with animations, efficiency charts and graphs based on real-time or historical data...

Data Capture
The VISTA Data Capture Handheld is a data center management application that allows data to be captured on the data center floor and imported directly into the Aperture VISTA Solution...

Enterprise Software
Carbonetworks software lets the public sector consolidate their emissions inventories into one platform, giving industries better understanding and management of their carbon footprint...

CAD Software
AcceliCAD 2008 V3 from Autodsyswhich now includes a custom entity display feature, which allows a plug-in application that lets the software override display properties for any entity and control how it is displayed on the screen and printed...

CMMS Timesheet Software
Timesheet v7.1 is a timesheet and labor management tool used with MicroMain's maintenance management software...


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