Tag: electrocution

Make Your Facility GFCI-Compliant for Safety’s Sake

By Corey Sipe, Associate Editor Mar 7, 2024 Building Controls

Updated: Mar 7, 2024

Facilities professionals involved with the new construction and renovation of commercial, industrial, educational, and governmental properties should be familiar with ground-fault circuit interrupters (GFCIs) and their importance. Understanding and using GFCIs can help protect against electrocution and reduce the chances of fires, overheating, and destruction of wire insulation.   What Are GFCIs? According to the […]

Back to Basics: Flood Mitigation 101

By Corey Sipe, Associate Editor Sep 7, 2023 Back to Basics

Updated: Oct 9, 2023

Back to Basics is an article series that highlights important, but possibly overlooked, information facilities management professionals should know. No matter where their facilities are located, facilities managers should have a long-range and short-range plan to mitigate flood damage to their buildings, as well as a plan to clean up damage caused in the aftermath. […]