Facilities Management articles for the week of 2/1/2026 - 2/7/2026

Fire Protection Systems Maintenance Needs Every Facility Manager Should Know

imilar to other building systems, fire safety systems also need to be regularly maintained to ensure safety.

Read This » Tankless Water Heaters: Where Efficiency, Reliability and Reality Meet

s maintenance and engineering managers work to reduce energy use, improve system reliability and meet sustainability goals for institutional and commercial facilities, tankless water heaters are drawing increased attention.

Read This » How Stanford's Cary Wilder Leads Facilities

ike many others in the industry, Cary Wilder didn’t actively seek a career in facilities management – it found her.

Read This » Protecting Vulnerable Populations During Natural Disasters

t looked like a disaster from a “Grey’s Anatomy” episode, but it was a real-life event.  Brown floodwaters surged over a washed-out road and winds howled against the walls of Unicoi County Hospital, while staff at the rural Tennessee hospital moved patients to the roof for a daring helicopter rescue.  In another natural disaster many states away, wildfires pushed California caregivers to the brink.

Read This » Lockdown Drills Every Facility Manager Should Understand

What happens when locks don’t lock, communication systems fail, or no one knows who’s responsible for security? Emergency preparedness can feel overwhelming, especially when it comes to lockdowns.

Read This » From Nutrition Services to Facilities Leadership: Supporting District-Wide Student Achievement

fter spending much of his early career in child nutrition services, Matthew Belasco took on a new challenge in 2016 when he was asked to lead Pittsburg Unified School District’s maintenance, operations and transportation department.

Read This » Facility Panic Systems Evolve as Security Concerns Rise

he increase in active assailant events and workplace violence has driven organizations of all types to reassess emergency response strategies in institutional and commercial facilities.

Read This » Electric Utility Vehicles Close the Power Gap in Facilities

arissa Garin hears the question so often that her answer often serves as a political campaign stump speech: How much power does a user of electric utility vehicles (EUV) sacrifice compared to users of gasoline or diesel-powered models?  “It’s one of the first questions I get when I’m presenting in front of our distributor sales teams or our customers,” says Garin, a product marketing manager for The Toro Co.

Read This » High-Rise Buildings Help Solve Student Housing Crisis

nrollment at higher education institutions has gradually increased over the past few years following a decade of decline exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Read This » How Facility Managers Can Help Neurodivergent Employees

acility managers are natural problem-solvers.

Read This » Fire Safety: More Than Just Codes

he “Stress Relief” episode of The Office opens with the employees of Dunder Mifflin performing a fire drill.

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