Tag: safety equipment

Beyond Protection: Supporting Facility Digital Transformation Through Smart PPE

By Christian Connolly, Twiceme Technology Jul 17, 2025 Design and Construction

Updated: Jul 21, 2025

Industrial personal protective equipment (PPE) has undergone a remarkable evolution in recent decades, transitioning from basic protective gear to sophisticated, essential equipment that does more than just sit on one’s head. Helmets, safety harnesses, and clothing have evolved into interconnected systems capable of real-time monitoring, data collection, and predictive analytics. Today’s PPE landscape is transforming […]

Back-to-School Projects to Prepare Your Educational Facilities

By Corey Sipe, Associate Editor Aug 15, 2024 Emergency Preparedness

Updated: Jun 11, 2025

Facilities managers are busily getting their K-12 schools, colleges, and universities ready for classes to resume. No matter the type of educational facility they manage, all need to be properly maintained. That’s why we’re reviewing several back-to-school projects that facilities managers should ensure are on their checklists for clean and safe buildings for the new […]

Ignorance Is a Fire Hazard! Do You Know Where Your Sprinkler Controls Are?

By Jennifer Busick May 9, 2019 Fire Safety

Updated: May 9, 2019

At a retail facility in Indianapolis, the new tenants wanted to create more space in the older storefront to make room for their new tattoo parlor. To do so, they tore out the walls around the sprinkler control room and finished by hanging drywall over the sprinkler riser and control valve. The only access they […]