Since I’m revising my presentation on communications for facility managers so I can deliver it at the ISSA conference in November, I was able to add this example of what not to do that I found recently in a washroom at a major facility.
While at least the handwriting is very neat and they got the spelling right, using a magic marker to make a sign isn’t the way to do it.
From skyscrapercity.com
It can happen – a power failure that blacks out your building or your offices. What would you do?
First Canadian Place, shown here, went black for an entire day from about 7:30am to 4:30pm on October 14th, 2010.
It’s a 44 story, 2.7 million sq.ft. building in the heart of Toronto’s financial district.
Place Bell Canada
I recently had a chance to visit a building I used to manage as part of a portfolio a while ago. I’ve moved away from the area but a client meeting brought me back to the city.
It’s a 1 Million sq.ft. building opened in 1972 as a corporate office for Bell Canada. Combined with its multi-story above ground parking lot, it sits on a full city block with 33,000 sq.ft. floor plates.
What struck me most were the subtle yet powerful details that were done in the public areas.
Courage seems to be the biggest hurdle to sustainability. That’s the conclusuion I got from an IFMA supper seminar on Sustainability by Bill Gregory, Director of Sustainable Initiatives from Milliken & Company. He presented a number of case studies.
At first, they seemed impressive, with a number of initiatives and features that promoted sustainability, environmentally friendly practices and energy savings.
If you are like most Property and Facility Managers, you are inundated with data and information on a daily basis yet not much of it helps you make decisions.
