Tag: Exteriors
FM Alert: Is Your Facility Ready For Winter Weather?
This guide will help you prepare your facilities’ facades, roofs, plazas, and parking garages for the intense storm systems predicted for this winter.
Three Ways To Prepare Your Asphalt Roof For A Harsh Winter
ARMA provides tips on how you can save money and protect your facility's roof.
Friday Funny: Pee-Proof Walls
In at least two cities, a new approach to discourage peeing in inappropriate places could leave public urinators wet and smelly.
ICC, UL Collaborate On New ANSI Standard For Landscape Irrigation Controllers
The standard, in part, will address the importance of safety in electrical devices in landscape irrigation controllers while establishing a basis to ensure the safety, function, and durability of common electrical devices.
New Product Flash: Leaf Defier From Monzi, LLC
This product allows water and fine particulates to flow through gutter systems while keeping out leaves and other debris.
NEW PRODUCT FLASH: FXLED78 From RAB Lighting
This LED floodlight is designed for exterior applications.
NEW SERVICE SPOTLIGHT: Rain Bird Partner Of The Greenwater Foundation
Rain Bird, an Azusa, CA manufacturer and provider of irrigation products and services, has partnered with The Greenwater Foundation in support of its Groundwater...
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Preventing Problems Using Gutter Protection
This Web Exclusive article is contributed by Tim Croll, manager of business development for FXI Building Products Corporation, maker of Leaf Defier® gutter protection...
NEW PRODUCT FLASH: sportSchwank By Schwank Group
This heater is designed to provide outdoor comfort heat to spectators in open air stadiums.
HeatTrak Expands Distributor Network
The manufacturer of portable heated matting products has added four partners to its distribution network.
Grants To Combat Graffiti Awarded
Keep America Beautiful has announced the organizations that have been awarded $2,500 grants through the 2010 Graffiti Hurts Grant Program.
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Five Ways Birds Cost Your Facility Money
This article by Cameron Riddell, president of Bird Barrier America, highlights the threats birds pose to FM budgets.
NEW SERVICE SPOTLIGHT: RoofHelpUSA From MemcoGlobal
This emergency and/or non-emergency roof leak response service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
CA Buildings Going For Zero Net Energy
the state’s Action Plan for Buildings provides a roadmap to transform five billion square feet of commercial space to “net zero” energy users by 2030.
NEW PRODUCT FLASH: Dinion and FlexiDome IP Cameras from Bosch
Support for the Open Network Video Interface Forum (ONVIF) standard ensures the 40 new fixed body models integrate with compliant video products from other vendors.
FM Landscape Professional Recognized
The Professional Grounds Management Society will present its E. Earl Wilson Award to Jeffrey Bourne of the Montgomery County (MD) Department of Recreation.
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Student Housing Gets High Marks
North 38 is far from just a roof over a student’s head. The facilities are designed to allow students to study, focus, and play in a relaxed, modern setting.
NEW SERVICE SPOTLIGHT: Bright Solutions By Action Services Group
The BrightSolutions service brand retrofits interior and exterior lighting applications for reduced energy consumption and maintenance.
EPA Monitors Air Outside Schools
The year old initiative monitors air quality surrounding a selection of schools around the United States.
Survey Reveals Parking Preferences
A notable, and probably expected, finding is that security is a big factor in choosing where to park.