Posts from September, 2009

  • 27 Sep
    by TIm
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    ” Things That Matter…Things That Don’t”

    The following is another post written by my wife…you know…the better half…
    You may have heard this song on the latest Rascal Flatt’s CD. (Yes, I am a Rascal Flatts fan!)
    I couldn’t help but think of those words recently as my week at work was stressful and it just seemed like things were not coming [...]

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  • 26 Sep
    by TIm
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    Top 5 Facilities Management Challenges, Part 3

    This week we will look at Part 3 of our series on the Top 5 Facilities Management Challenges.
    Today we are going to look at the 3rd challenge (remember we are reviewing these in reverse order…to see Part 1 and 2…which are numbers 5 and 4 on the list…go to our BLOG. As a reminder, the [...]

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  • 19 Sep
    by TIm
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    Postlude to “Why do Mormon (LDS) facilities look so good?”

    Back on August 27th I posted a blog entitled “Why do Mormon (LDS) facilities look so good?” I was very surprised at the number of people that opened and read the blog…about 3 times my normal readership per post…including almost 60 from Utah. I have since found out that the blog was linked on [...]

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  • 13 Sep
    by TIm
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    Top 5 Facilities Management Challenges, Part 2

    Welcome to Part 2 of our series on the Top 5 Facilities Management Challenges.
    Today we are going to look at the 4th challenge (remember we are reviewing these in reverse order…to see Part 1…which is number 5 on the list…go to http://coolsolutionsgroup.com/archives/492. As a reminder, the research we are quoting from was published by Corrigo, [...]

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  • 8 Sep
    by TIm
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    NEW WHITE PAPER RELEASED

    We have just released a new white paper. It is available for free at http://coolsolutionsgroup.com/resources?did=11″
    We explore 8 facts associated with Facilities Management of our ministry tools and resources. They include:
    1. Current Replacement Value
    2. Maintenance Costs
    3. Cost of Utilities
    4. Janitorial
    5. Cost of Operation
    6. “GREEN”/Sustainable Facilities is not a fad
    7. People Cost Money
    8. Preventive Maintenance [...]

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  • 8 Sep
    by TIm
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    Top 5 Facilities Management Challenges, Part 1

    I recently read an article published by Corrigo, Inc who specializes in work order and time tracking solutions. This article lists the Top 5 Facilities Management challenges based on a survey they conducted of over 1,200 companies.
    For the sake of space, I will plan to divide their findings into 5 separate blog posts starting [...]

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  • 4 Sep
    by TIm
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    Lessons from a Cucumber and Tomato

    Do you have toddlers…or maybe had young kids in the late 1990’s or early 2000’s? If so, then you will most likely be familiar with VeggieTales. This was/is one of the most successful Christian video series for children ever produced. They sold more than 50 million (with an “M”) videos in an [...]

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