Category: Maintenance

Exterior Check mark, construction site worker, Engineer with whitelist board. remind your checklist concept. Vector illustration
Winter 2024 Façade Maintenance Laws

Did you know that March 23 is World Elevator Day? Now you do. (You’re welcome.) On that date way back in 1857, the first passenger elevator was installed in the E.V. Haughwout Building—an upscale, five-story department store in Manhattan’s …

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Exterior Worker in overalls washes a white wall from a siding with a water gun. Cleaning service for washing buildings and facades
2023 Spring Façade Cleaning

As the old saying goes, you only get one chance to make a first impression—which is why the façade of your building should always look clean and in top shape, for both aesthetic and commercial reasons. Important as appearances are, however,…

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Exterior Closely packed high rise buildings in city
2023 Spring Dealing With Major Façade Projects

Like the skin of the human body, a building’s façade is its largest organ (so to speak), offering structure and protection, as well as a first aesthetic impression. It also takes the brunt of extremely harsh conditions: weather, wind, water…

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Maintenance Shanghai, China - March 26: Exterior cleaning and building cleaning with high pressure water jet on March 26, 2016 in Shanghai, China. Shanghai is the largest Chinese city by population.
Winter 2023 Façade Cleaning

As the old saying goes, you only get one chance to make a first impression—which is why the façade of your building should always look clean and in top shape, for both aesthetic and commercial reasons. Important as appearances are, however,…

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Maintenance cracked and bandaged piggy bank with one dollar bill inside it
Financial, Physical, & Operational Health

In early 2020, our firm was hired to prepare a reserve study for an unremarkable 136-unit, 12-story condominium in south Florida. It was the kind of association you could drive right by without noticing, not much different from all the othe…

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Maintenance Medicine and weather concept. A wooden house wrapped in a scarf stands on fallen leaves.
Winterization

When the mercury hits 95, the last thing most people have on their mind is a major snowstorm, and how it might affect their building’s entry vestibule, lobby, and other high-traffic common areas. Be as that may, summer is actually the time …

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Maintenance Man cleaning red, conrete pavement block using high pressure water cleaner. High pressure cleaning. Man wearing waders, protective, waterproof trousers and gloves doing spring jobs outdoors.
2022 Spring Spring Maintenance

It’s that time of year again. Birds are chirping; trees are blooming; property managers and co-op and condo boards are addressing their task lists for the change of seasons. Whether it’s a Wrigleyville walk-up or a Streeterville supertall, …

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Maintenance CAI Public Policy Report: Condo Safety
CAI Public Policy Report: Condo Safety

Following the tragic partial collapse of Champlain Tower South in Surfside, Florida in June 2021, the Community Associations Institute (CAI) convened a trio of task forces to explore laws and best practices for the community association…

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Maintenance Here Comes the Rain Again
Here Comes the Rain Again

The recent flash flooding resulting from Hurricane Ida and other torrential summer storms around the nation has come as something of a wake-up call for homeowners and local governments alike. The real-world effects of climate change are upo…

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