Vanilla reminds us of ordinary, simple and like the building down the block. You do not want your building appearance to be considered vanilla. It must stand out as a showcase for office staff, clients and others who visit on a regular basis. Even the surrounding community wants and expects professional office buildings housing corporate [...]
What is the public’s attraction to your building? Location Size Parking Amenities Management Can you explain and talk about the number one reason your building is 100% or close to 100% occupied when the building down the street is not? The success of building occupancy lies in your management style and ability to spend dollars [...]
When was the last time you walked into a restaurant and commented on the size of the menu and exceptional quality of the food? From experience – most of the time the shorter the menu (one page) the more attention and skill is given to entree creation, preparation, quality and presentation by the chef. [...]
Once, there were two carpets. They were the same color, the same make and pattern, they even were of age, being manufactured at the same company. And they both arrived together in one truck, both nicely rolled up in neat, big spools, ready to unfurl and cover their particular stretch of floor at the nice [...]
How and where you spend your budget dollars shows what is important to you. Expand the pie...and you can get more bang for the buck. Lets talks about how to do just that. Your budget is X amount and your carpet cleaning service fits in to the X. But the results look dismal. Dirty, dungy, [...]
This is a complex question to which we can give you a short and a long answer. The short answer is – it depends, on many factors. The long answer is basically to explain what those factors are. So let’s try to do just that in this article. First thing’s first – keep in mind [...]
When we asked “what is one word that describes office carpet” these are the responses we got on January 9, 2016. uncomfortable, overseen, dirty, outdated, rough, functional, ancient, modern, dingy, ugly Why this is so important to you. Being an office manager, facilities manager or property manager is a tough job! So many people to [...]
Does your office workplace look like everyone else’s? With the new open office plan many offices have now become open wall-less areas with fabric panels positioned in maze-like formation. Bull-pen like arrangements designed to foster connection and raise energy levels. This new minimalist way to do business now requires: sharing desk space sharing chairs sharing [...]
Holidays are an occasion when even carpeting in commercial or office building gets to take some time off. Even apartment buildings seeing less foot traffic, as everyone is coddled up in their homes, enjoying family time or binging on Netflix. But every experienced facility manager knows that this short break is actually a great chance [...]
Office jobs are frequently seen as chief contributors to our sedentary lifestyle and sometimes even as the main reason why we spend so much time sitting. Yet we should not blame chairs themselves for various detrimental effects that sitting has on our health. Most office chairs nowadays are ergonomically designed and comfortable, be they upholstered, [...]
