Notes for FSP0025 – Elevators Part 3 This is a continuation of elevators part 1 and 2 which are #23 and #24 of this podcast. It might be helpful to listen to those first before continuing with this one. Elevator modes When you push the elevator buttons (either in the hall to call the elevator… Read More »
Notes for FSP0024 – Elevators Part 2 This is elevators part 2 because I didn’t get through all of my elevator notes last time. This is a continuation of elevators part 1 which is #23 of this podcast, so you might want to go listen to #23 before continuing on with this one. This is… Read More »
Notes for FSP0023 – Elevators Part 1 Mostly I’m talking about the modern automatic passenger or freight elevators we commonly see in commercial and residential buildings, although the basic concepts might apply to any kind of elevator. Types of elevators There are 2 basic types of elevators (Traction and hydraulic) (although in the last few… Read More »
Notes for FSP0022 – Three-Phase Power I covered some of the basic concepts of electricity and power in #6 of this podcast, so if you want a quick refresh in the basic concepts of current and voltage and that kind of thing, you can go back and listen to that one. There are many ways… Read More »
This is based on chapter 19 of the second edition of “The Facility Manager’s Guide to Information Technology”. The book is a collection of, maybe we can call them essays, by about 30 different authors on various FM IT topics. I collaborated with a gentleman named Simon Davis to write chapter 19 on data-driven facility… Read More »
Notes for FSP0020 – Power Loss Checklist We occasionally lose power at our buildings. Sometimes for hours, sometimes for just a few minutes, and sometimes for less than a second. People are often alarmed or annoyed by this, and when the power comes back on it’s back to business as usual. Or so it appears, but… Read More »
This is about blockchain with contextual reference to Bitcoin Bitcoin white paper: https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf Abstract from the bitcoin white paper “A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution. Digital signatures provide part of the solution, but the main… Read More »
Notes for FSP0018 – Cryptography and Encryption This was originally going to be about Blockchain and Bitcoin, which was going to be in preparation for a separate episode on the use of blockchain in real estate and property management and FM. While I was preparing my blockchain notes, I found that I had to spend… Read More »
Notes for FSP0017 – Work Reception and Coordination My thoughts on this topic were sort of catalyzed by a book called “The Facility Management Handbook” and specifically chapter 24 of that book titled “Work Coordination.” And since that was sort of the beginning of my thinking on this topic, I decided to dig out the… Read More »
Notes for FSP0016 – Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) Note: I’m going to cover this topic in the context of the standard set by OSHA in the United States (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) because that is the applicable standard where I am. While other countries may have different regulatory agencies and standards, the general LOTO concepts are… Read More »