Energy and Sustainability Services: Meet the Team
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Energy consulting, evaluations, education, and strategic and technical advising - Meet the Team
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Get your Assets in the Cloud: Utilizing GIS for Asset Management
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The urgency of going remote quickly identified gaps in existing systems. Many have been forced to use tools that have always been at their disposal- but often overlooked. GIS has always been an advantageous opportunity for asset management. But, recent events have proven that getting assets into the cloud is absolutely critical, and should be a priority.
Read MorePreparing Your Outdoor Space
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Maximizing outdoor space has become an urgent priority for facilities and operations managers. Implementation of structures that provide shade and some degree of covering are a critical consideration when planning outdoor space. We encourage you to ask yourself 4 questions before you start the process.
Implementing UV Filtration & Reconfiguring Your Space
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When bringing operations and employees back to the facility, air quality is of the highest priority. Ultra-Violet (UV) filtration is an additional area in which we see options for facility managers to use their HVAC system to improve air quality and decrease contaminants and toxins.
Read More5 Keys to a Victorious Virtual Meeting
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Today, the most pervasive new way to communicate is via video meetings. But, unfortunately, many people do it poorly. Here are five keys to a virtual meeting so you can own the “room” like never before!
High-Definition Laser Scanning to Measure Floor Flatness
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High definition laser scanning offers the best precision, efficiency, and accuracy to the process of measuring floor flatness. With speed unlike manual measurement, and collection of millions of points, digital scans identify and distinguish exactly where floors stand- competitively outshining historical practices.
Read MoreHaving the Right Conversations at Your Municipality
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For many during this time, considerations are being taken for what communities will look like in the future. Local governments are facing concerns over declining tax revenue, parks and recreation facilitators are wondering how things will happen if they can’t really happen, local leaders and community members are all looking to answer the question, what’s next? When the only thing we can be sure of is change.
Read MoreWhat Do We Do Now?
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Changing your way of life was quick. It was urgent. It was immediate. And, it wasn’t optional. So many across our country, across our world were faced with immediate decisions about day-to-day operations. And now as we being to transition back to what once was normal, the question becomes- now what?
Read MoreWater and Wastewater: Emergency Preparedness
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For water and wastewater treatment plants, keeping your operators healthy and protected is the priority. Make sure your operators are equipped to continue operating your plant in a safe and healthy way. Of similar priority, be prepared for the worst case scenario. Make sure you have everything in place to easily transition should someone at your plant get sick.
Read MoreCrisis as a Motivator: Having What You Need When You Need It
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There are many reasons we delay executing on matters, particularly some important ones that as company leaders we have strategically identified and prioritized. The crisis forced many to finally, and quickly, execute an important strategic objective that they’ve been considering for a long time. What other important strategic objectives linger for your facilities management and operations staff to navigate the next storm?
Read MoreYour Building: Air Quality
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Depending on how you left your building, mold growth is a real possibility when you return. The problem with leaving a building unoccupied and controls shut down is that indoor humidity levels increase. Walk throughs and consulting are options to consider if your building is faced with mold growth.
Read MoreHVAC’s Role in Mitigating Virus Contaminants
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In light of the COID-19 pandemic, The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) has assessed the role HVAC systems have in the propagation and mitigation of airborne contaminants. ASHRAE, and other similar organizations, have recently released papers discussing the subject. As an engineering company that delivers HVAC design services, SSM is providing a summary of the findings for consideration.
Read MoreCelebrate What’s Around You
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This week, we celebrate the Earth. April 22nd, 2020 is not only Earth Day, but Earth Day’s 50th Anniversary. That makes fifty years of the world coming together to defend our environment, to mobilize volunteers, to advocate, to educate, and to appreciate the treasure that is our planet Earth.
Read MoreTrees Matter: 4 reasons that you might not have known before
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Why do we save trees? What’s the big deal about them anyways?
We bet you’re screaming at us now saying “BECAUSE THEY GIVE US OXYGEN!!”
We hear you! Trees are one of Earth’s great treasures because of their role in the carbon cycle. Flashback to high school biology! Animals and humans breathe in oxygen and exhale CO2 while trees, and other plants, do the opposite.
Toes in the Sand
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Have you found yourself at work in the middle of winter (or really, any season), wishing you could be surrounded by sand? To your left, to your right, wouldn’t it be nice if it was all sand? Do you wish, when you’re walking your dog that you actually had your toes in the sand? Holding your phone, typing on your laptop- do you wish it could be sand running through your fingertips?
Read MoreWho to Talk to about Water Protection
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Water- it’s one of Earth’s great treasures. There are two main sources of drinking water- surface water (streams, rivers, and lakes) and ground water (aquifers). Protecting these sources of water not only protect the public from health risks, but it also protects from higher treatment costs from utility systems. You probably already know this value of protecting water sources. (If you don’t- check out our August 2019 Spottlight, available on our website).
Read MoreReturn on Environment
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There are plenty of reasons to invest in Earth’s treasures and environmental sustainability. At all levels, leaders are increasingly recognizing a Return on Environment- indicating their time, energies, and funds put into Earth’s treasures and environmental sustainability are well worth the investment.
Read MoreYour needs don’t stop, so neither will we.
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Amid ongoing COVID-19 protocols, we want to take a chance to update you on our firm’s current working status.
We are here. We are working. We are ready.
Read MoreHeavy Rain Can Contribute to Sinkhole Formation
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A sinkhole is a depression formed as the underlying bedrock is dissolved by groundwater (usually limestone). Sometimes, surface water entering a crevice in the bedrock may be the cause.
Read MoreExpertise Matters.
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Expertise means having the skills, having the knowledge, having the experience. Expert surveyors use two benchmarks- so you don’t have to worry about unnecessary mistakes.
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