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BuildingReports® Monthly Product Updates – March 2024

By Joanna Ku | April 8, 2024

In our continuous effort to provide the industry’s best-in-class solutions for fire safety and prevention, BuildingReports® always strives to improve its offerings and services. Every month, you can now read about the latest updates developed and implemented by our experts. AccountsManager Fixed various translation-related issues Admin Added new “Updated” date/time column to admin translations UI […]

BuildingReports® Technology Update – March 2024

In our continuous effort to provide the industry’s best-performing solutions to fire safety and prevention, BuildingReports® is always looking to improve its offerings and services. Below, you can read about some of the latest updates our experts have developed and implemented. Continued Support for Major Manufacturers of Fire Extinguishers As more fire extinguisher manufacturers incorporate […]
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BuildingReports® Technology Update – December 2023

In our continuous effort to provide the industry’s best-performing solutions to fire safety and prevention, BuildingReports is always looking to improve its offerings and services. Below, you can read about some of the latest updates our experts have developed and implemented. Additional Columns Users may have noticed the Get Reports page now has additional optional […]
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BuildingReports® Technology Update – September 2023

What’s New With BuildingReports® In our continuous effort to provide the industry’s best performing solutions for fire safety and prevention, BuildingReports® is always looking to improve on its offerings and services. Read about some of the latest updates our experts developed below. ScanSeries® Inspection Format Recently, our development team updated the new 2023 ScanSeries® formatted […]
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NFPA-101 Life Safety Code & CMS Compliance for Healthcare Facilities

By Joanna Ku | August 22, 2017

Due to the recently issued requirements by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), low-profile fire extinguishers are the only fire extinguishers which may be surface-mounted in the corridors of healthcare facilities while maintaining compliance with NFPA-101, Life Safety Code – 2012 edition. Otherwise, when surface-mounted, typical fire extinguishers that protrude more than 4-1/2” […]

Important iOS Updates to ScanSeries and BRForms

By Joanna Ku | August 2, 2017

If you are an iOS user and do not have your Apple device set to auto-update applications, you’ll want to make sure you manually initiate the update to take advantage of multiple improvements just released for members. Plus, here’s some more information about what you can expect from the latest updates to BRForms for iOS. […]

Five Year Internal Inspections and MIC

By Joanna Ku | July 7, 2017

The following is a guest blog from one of BuildingReports service members, Integrated Fire Protection. If you would like to contribute as a guest blogger, please contact marketing@buildingreports.com. Your fire sprinkler system is a vital part of your overall life safety system. But, as with all mechanical equipment, your systems must be maintained in order […]

CIOReview: “BuildingReports – Revolutionizing Compliance Reporting”

By Joanna Ku | April 21, 2017

In the publication’s March 27 Field Service Special issue, CIOReview not only honored BuidlingReports’ suite of mobile inspection applications and web-based compliance reporting solutions, but also featured an interview with BuildingReports’ President & Chief Technology Officer, Jason Kronz. According to the publication, “A distinguished panel comprised of CEOs, CIOs, VCs, and analysts has evaluated the […]

Atlanta I-85 Fire & Overpass Collapse: Revisiting Hazardous Material Storage Requirements

By Joanna Ku | April 6, 2017

It is estimated that over 220,000 vehicles travel daily over the stretch of interstate damaged in last week’s fire, just north of midtown Atlanta, GA. As commuters struggle with the new reality in a city already plagued by traffic woes, Georgia Department of Transportation officials, investigators and fire and safety officials search for answers in […]

World’s Largest Flooring Manufacturer Achieves Objective Evidence of Compliance

By Joanna Ku | January 4, 2017

As the largest manufacturer and supplier of flooring in the world, Shaw Industries must maintain a massive and geographically diverse manufacturing operation. If maintaining and servicing the sheer volume of fire and life safety devices in complex manufacturing facilities spread throughout the country wasn’t challenging enough, the logistical challenges of conducting physical audits and maintaining […]

How-To Guide: Linking Accounts and Buildings from Separate Service Providers

By Joanna Ku | November 2, 2016

Do you use different BuildingReports Members for your various fire and life safety system inspections and reporting? Or, do you manage numerous building(s) serviced by different providers? If so, there is now a way to consolidate all of your reports under any account login. First, log into the BuildingReports portal using your credentials for any […]

Commonly Overlooked Test and Inspection Requirements

By Joanna Ku | October 26, 2016

The following is a guest blog contribution from one of BuildingReports’ service members, A1 Sprinkler & Systems Integration. If you would like to contribute as a guest blogger, please contact marketing@buildingreports.com. Life safety systems such as sprinklers, fire extinguishers, fire pumps, and fire alarms all have required tests and inspections to ensure they are running […]

New Feature for ScanSeries Healthcare Users

By Joanna Ku | September 19, 2016

BuildingReports has released a new feature that will be welcomed by users of our ScanSeries Healthcare formats. When logging into your account and viewing your reports in a healthcare format, you will notice a new designation in the legend section at the beginning of the Inspection and Testing section. The legend now includes an “R” […]

Louisiana State Fire Marshal Provides Guidance for Businesses Regarding Reopening After Historic Flood

By Joanna Ku | August 26, 2016

The Louisiana State Fire Marshal released guidelines and requirements for businesses who plan to reopen following the historic flooding that impacted the region recently. An estimated 6.9 trillion gallons of water fell across the impacted area in early to mid-August. The following guidelines as published earlier today are in effect through the end of November […]

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