Building Management

Don’t Compromise Fire Safety While Responding to COVID-19

By Joanna Ku | April 7, 2020

Performance Systems Integration discusses the importance of maintaining critical facility fire and life safety systems during the COVID-19 pandemic, including a checklist for life safety maintenance in unattended facilities.

How Often Should My Fire Sprinkler System Be Inspected?

By State Systems Inc. | April 2, 2020

BuildingReports Service Member, State Systems, explains what type inspections and when testing should be conducted in the guest contribution.

NFPA Shares Guidance on Maintaining Fire & Life Safety Systems During COVID-19

By Joanna Ku | March 25, 2020

The National Fire Protection Association shared some advice for authorities during the global pandemic.

BRForms Support Added to LiveArchive

By Joanna Ku | February 18, 2020

BRForms and LiveArchive users can now leverage QR code scanning with LiveArchive to provide access to BRForms reports.

Facility Executive Magazine’s 2020 SOLUTIONS For FM: HVACScan From BuildingReports

By Joanna Ku | February 3, 2020

BuildingReports’ President and CTO recently spoke with Facility Magazine’s Anne Cosgrove about HVACScan.

New Floor Plan Feature Now Available for All DocDrive Users

By Joanna Ku | September 26, 2019

Service Members who subscribe to DocDrive, a web service that enables the storage and sharing of any document in any file format in the BuildingReports portal, now have access automatically enabled for the new interactive floor plan feature. Accounts with floor plans allow for the upload of building floor plan images so that inspectors can […]

Deadline for U.S. Federal Ban on Chinese Security Cameras Approaches

By Joanna Ku | July 31, 2019

As August 13th draws closer, U.S. federal agencies are still attempting to comply with Congress’s ban passed last year which takes effect on that date. Recently, two prominent security camera manufacturers have been identified as having vulnerabilities that can allow unauthorized parties to gain administrative access over the devices. Other manufacturers and devices are also […]

INFOGRAPHIC: HVAC Industry Trends

By Joanna Ku | July 23, 2019

Click on the infographic below to see how perceptions align and differ between service companies and facility management professionals, including the growing use of technology in service delivery and customer satisfaction.

Five Considerations for Adopting Electronic Compliance Inspection Reporting

By Joanna Ku | October 16, 2018

The following is a reprint from the October 2018 issue of Industrial Fire World Magazine. The article has been reproduced in its entirety for your convenience, but you can also read the original by clicking here. According to a 2002 report by the National Fire Protection Association, an average of 228 fires or explosions were […]

BuildingReports Partners with ComplianceBinders.com for Healthcare Compliance Reporting Management Binders

By Joanna Ku | February 13, 2018

UPDATE JANUARY 2019: This partnership has been discontinued due to low demand for BuildingReports-branded versions, but members still interested in acquiring Compliance Binders can still order them direct from L&R. Managing and organizing the massive amount of paper reporting required by CMS accredited agencies can be a massive headache for healthcare facility professionals. L&R’s Optix […]

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