Janelle Penny

3 weeks ago | buildings.com | Janelle Penny

Will your critical fire protection—detection, alarm, and suppression systems—work when you need them to? Inspection, testing, and maintenance schedules aren’t a suggestion—they’re in place to help you make sure the systems that are supposed to protect people and property are functioning all the time. These schedules are part of the standards developed by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and referenced into the International Fire Code.

3 weeks ago | buildings.com | Janelle Penny

© Endeavor Business Media5 Things You Need to Know About Occupational Health and Safety Training (Southern California Facilities Expo 2025)OSHA requires that employers provide their employees with a safe environment and the training they need to do their jobs safely. This presentation at the Southern California Facilities Expo covered the basics you need to know to keep your workers safe. Do your workers understand how to do their jobs safely—and could you prove that to OSHA if you needed to?

4 weeks ago | buildings.com | Janelle Penny

Every building owner and facility manager knows keeping people safe is a top-of-mind concern, but aging technologies and turnover in security staffing can make it difficult to achieve that important goal. At the 2025 Southern California Facilities Expo, four security providers shared tips on optimizing security operations. 1.

4 weeks ago | buildings.com | Janelle Penny

Have you picked all of the low-hanging fruit in your facility when it comes to energy efficiency? As Joseph Amader, principal of Joseph Amader Consulting and consultant for the Building Operator Certification (BOC) program, explained at the 2025 Southern California Facilities Expo, sometimes the simple fixes can have an outsized impact. “How do you know if your building is operating efficiently? Most have room for improvement,” Amader explained.

4 weeks ago | buildings.com | Janelle Penny

The taller a building is, the more complicated and expensive it becomes to inspect its facade. Two emerging technologies—drones and artificial intelligence—are working together to simplify inspections, reduce costs, and make it easier to address facade problems before they become bigger issues, explained Sergey Kucher, founder and CEO of RayAccess, Inc., and Ethan Pisz, chief drone operator, in their Thursday morning session at the 2025 Southern California Facilities Expo. How Do Drones Work?