Posts Tagged ‘Facility management’

Facility Management Not Our Strong Point

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

We have a tendency around here to let things slip until they have to be fixed.

  • Did a limb fall out of a tree? Oh, we’ll cut it up for firewood next week.
  • Is the toilet in 203 running again? Oh, we’ll fix it when there is time.

These are just examples, and I guess it’s just human nature.

I’ve been checking out a facility management website and I’m seeing the error of our ways. We have an obligation to ourselves and our guests to keep our buildings in tip-top shape. We need to replace bad light bulbs, fix dripping faucets, stop roof leaks and fix those places outside where the paint is peeling. We need to manage the facility, not let it manage us.

The International Facility Management Association has a convention nearby in a few months, and I might need to go and learn the newest ideas about facility management.

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No Mix Toilets, Not Yet at the Naugas Inn

Saturday, April 11th, 2009

The other day we had a water-conservation sustainability expert at the Naugas. He came down to the check-in desk to thank us for having aerators on the lavatories and low-flow toilets in the rooms. He said that we should investigate high efficiency toilets, which are very low flow toilets that are guaranteed to flush effectively.

He also brought up the idea of no-mix toilets and waterless urinals. He said no mix toilets are porcelain commodes that separate the urine and solids, so they can be recycled differently. He said these were developed in Sweden.

He said that waterless urinals have a special trap that uses oil, so no water at all is needed for flushing.

I told him that we and our guests support protecting the environment, but I don’t think we and they are up for quite that much sustainability.

He said he will soon have an article about the profession of facility management, including physical plant management and maintenance, in a plant-maintenance magazine and that we should watch for it.

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