After identifying Essential Functions and Essential Resources during the business continuity planning phase and operating the business remotely for an extended time through a Ready Workforce, it’s time to plan for recovery. Who will direct the return to work process? When will the transition happen? Will the transition be gradual or sudden, and how will you prepare for either possibility? For … [Read more...] about Pandemic Planning from a Facility Perspective: Re-Opening Facilities
Laurie Gilmer to Present on Re-occupying Facilities
FEA's COO and IFMA Global Board 2nd Vice-Chair Laurie Gilmer will be presenting to the IFMA Northern California Chapters this Friday April 17 at 3pm EST on what facility managers need to know when re-occupying facilities. Click here to register. … [Read more...] about Laurie Gilmer to Present on Re-occupying Facilities
Pandemic Planning from a Facility Perspective: Ready Workforce
Readying a workforce is perhaps one of the most challenging things to do. It’s not that training on its own is particularly difficult, but getting an entire organization to step back and understand what their individual essential functions are and how they each need to prepare to play their part…that’s a big lift. Our team is pretty mobile - used to working on laptops, connecting remotely, … [Read more...] about Pandemic Planning from a Facility Perspective: Ready Workforce
Pandemic Planning from a Facility Perspective: Essential Resources
Essential Resources After examining the Essential Functions that are needed to maintain operations, let’s discuss Essential Resources. Resources can be personnel, equipment, suppliers or other items you need to complete your job tasks. Right now, web meeting technology is an essential resource for many of us working from home. From a facilities perspective, in this pandemic, who reports to a … [Read more...] about Pandemic Planning from a Facility Perspective: Essential Resources
Maintaining Your Assets Over 50: The Legacy of Lead-based Paints and the Evolution of Sustainable Coatings
Erin Falvey writes about maintaining older buildings, the affect of lead-based paint, and the evolution of sustainable coatings in an article for FM Link. Read the full article here. … [Read more...] about Maintaining Your Assets Over 50: The Legacy of Lead-based Paints and the Evolution of Sustainable Coatings
Mitigating Mistakes: Unsecured Electrical Panels
Paul Timm, PSP discusses how unsecured electrical panels can expose vulnerabilities and leave a facility vulnerable in his column on Mitigating Mistakes in this edition of SecurityInfoWatch. Read the article here. … [Read more...] about Mitigating Mistakes: Unsecured Electrical Panels
