BIM for FM is a new application of the BIM concept that facilitates and optimizes building maintenance by broadening its scope. By linking the digital model of the building design, with sensors installed on the equipment and CMMS software, BIM for FM helps maintenance professionals to reduce operating costs by optimizing their interventions. From BIM for … Read more

There are several benefits to using integrated software for managing building maintenance. It makes the work of maintenance technicians easier and more efficient and meets the present and future challenges that real estate and facility management professionals are facing. You will find here a presentation of CMMS for buildings and the various advantages of maintenance … Read more

KPIs are metrics for evaluating the effectiveness of maintenance operations, regardless of the equipment that needs to be maintained. These “Key Performance Indicators” allow us to better understand the effects of interventions over time, to determine which types of operations work best, and to define areas for improvement and optimization. While some of them can … Read more

The use of a mobile CMMS solution has many advantages for building maintenance. You get the benefits of a CMMS application while enjoying the flexibility and mobility of older maintenance management methods. Despite their many qualities, traditional maintenance management software applications have a hard time seducing many companies, particularly those that deal with the maintenance … Read more

Among the many possible uses of Microsoft Excel is the building of a CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System). Although Excel was not designed specifically for this purpose, many companies have long used it, or still use it, to manage their maintenance, rather than using purpose-built, dedicated software. Therefore, why use a CMMS application if Excel … Read more

More and more companies are using preventive maintenance because it enables them both to optimize the work of maintenance teams and improve the productivity of the organization in general. Even if it does not render curative maintenance obsolete, it has become an essential tool enhancing the competitiveness of any company with maintenance activities. Although the principles of … Read more