Facilities Net On a property that includes more than 1,500 rooms and 2 million square feet on an 85-acre property, facility maintenance teams have plenty of other responsibilities to monitor at the Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention Center in Aurora, Colorado. Read More
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How hotels are thinking about gen AI
Skift Hotel companies are continuing to game out how the innovations and disruptions brought about by generative AI will impact them. But it’s still early days. “There’s been a lot of hype,” said Jess Petitt, SVP of commercial strategy, insights, and analytics at Hilton. Read More
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Buildings Throughout my three decades of championing building technologies and services, I’ve seen structures built from the ground up, 100-year-old buildings modernized, and everything in between. Within those phases, I’ve witnessed the importance of maintaining resiliency throughout the lifecycle of a building — and the consequences to occupants and the environment when systems are left [...]
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Facilities Net The main reasons facility managers should maintain a building envelope are life safety, water tightness and efficiency. “You need to do things to improve water tightness and improve the integrity of the building, including putting on a new roof, restoring walls, replacing windows for energy efficiency, and upgrades that improve energy efficiency,” says [...]
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Buildings Most of us have dealt with mold and mildew before. Brought into our homes by high levels of humidity, inclement weather or leaky pipes, what starts as an inconvenience often turns quickly into a serious problem. Mold and mildew have various effects on our health and wellbeing and can also erode property value if [...]
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