Maintenance Workers Gone Wild
When it comes to preventative or general maintenance, you want a workforce you can trust. That is not these guys. Hot off the presses at Mashable.com, these eight pictures capture some seriously unsafe conditions in CRE environments.
Improve Tenant Service with the Right Workflow For Your Team
Workflows are the easiest change property owners and managers can implement in a relatively short time frame to bring about a tangible improvement in their team’s efficiency and tenant service delivery.
Let Us Introduce You to Resource Scheduling 2.0
We are excited to announce major enhancements to our Resource Scheduling Module! New features include easier self-management of shared building resources by property management staff, advanced reservation options, including billable resources, and an improved interactive booking calendar for tenants.
Eenie Meenie Miney Moe: Which System Is Right For You?
When it comes to technology choices for Commercial Real Estate (CRE) property management, knowing which system (or combination of systems) you need to run your business can get confusing. Here at Building Engines we’re often asked what the differences are between the various types of tenant service or maintenance systems and which are the right choices for specific situations. To help answer those questions, we break them down for you below based on functionality and applicability.
Property Management Software and Space Management Play Nice Together
Space management? Isn’t that a just leasing “thing”? Not anymore! Property management software and space management have been courting each other for a while now and have officially decided to tie the knot. Sorry, leasing.
New Technology Tools Give Tenants a Voice and Take the Guesswork Out of Tenant Satisfaction
We are excited to announce high adoption and usage numbers of the new tenant satisfaction and feedback tools recently added to our Work Order Manager. The new functionality closes the feedback loop allowing tenants to submit service requests online, track the progress of work in real-time, and provide feedback at any point along the way with [...]
Real Estate Groups Looking to Expand
Building management software help commercial real estate firms improve communication, which is an essential part of managing productive teams.
New Webinar: Best of Tenant Service Tips from 9 Experts
In our first ever “Best-Of” webinar, we are sharing hand-picked insights from our Real Estate Operations Masters webinar series on ways to use technology and mobile capabilities to optimize service.
How to Win the Winter Battle Against Your Building
In light of a major snowstorm sweeping from D.C. to Chicago (and wreaking havoc on flight schedules), it becomes fairly evident that we can’t always control Mother Nature – and boy can she be pain in the butte! There’s little we can do when she decides to wintry mix it up – much to the chagrin of those who are accustomed to modern transportation or power. However, how building managers respond to severe weather can greatly influence the safety and quality of operations.
Buildings Are Getting Smarter
Monitoring work orders and repair requests allows building managers to allocate their resources more effectively, which can help reduce overall maintenance costs
A New Property Website Solution: BuildingConnect
Building Engines announced over the weekend their plans to launch BuildingConnect, an affordable, fully branded, and easy to maintain website solution for commercial property owners and managers. Offering attractive design themes complemented by powerful search, communication and management tools, BuildingConnect will allow individual properties to manage their brand, showcase their amenities and service, and drive tenant engagement.
CRE Operations App BE-Mobile Launches to Record Start
Building Engines announced the successful release of its next generation mobile app, BE-Mobile. The app, which is an extension of Building Engines’ Property & Tenant Management Platform, leverages new and powerful mobile technology to manage key operational tasks, including work orders, preventive maintenance, incidents and inspections. This week marked the 1,000th download of BE-Mobile, a milestone that represents a 200% increase over projections for the soft launch period.
CRE’s Most Advanced Mobile Inspections Solution
Building Engines announced unparalleled enhancements to its Inspections Manager that will provide the most feature-rich mobile inspections solution available. Unique to the market, proprietary inspections features include photo attachment, work order integration, and a direct connection with building and equipment records.
Make Room for Mobile in 2013 Planning
It’s almost 2013 and you’re getting your ugly sweater and annual planning on. As you prepare your business for the future, one plan you can’t leave out is your mobile strategy. 2012 taught us that workers, tenants and prospects all operate with the expectation that information can be accessed in real-time. The solution is a mobile strategy aimed towards increasing efficiency and communication.
