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What does “best practice” facility management actually look like—and why does it rarely match reality? In this podcast, Josh Lowe and Nic Guedenet tackle the gap between the FM lifecycle as it’s taught in textbooks and how it actually plays out on the ground.Join us for candid discussions about how emerging technologies and smarter practices can help bridge the gap between FM theory and FM reality—before it’s too late.
AkitaBox hosts Facilities Unfiltered - The Built Reality, a technology show with 15 episodes published.
Fire life safety can feel like a “set it and forget it” line item—until a panel dies, an inspector interprets code to the letter, or a proprietary system leaves you stuck on fire watch with no fast (or cheap) options. In
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We've all been there: the 2 a.m. call, the overheating server room, the frantic scramble to save the day. In facility management, being the hero feels good — but what if that hero complex is actually holding your facilit
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Facilities teams everywhere are approaching “the staffing cliff", and it’s not just about hiring more people. In Episode 15, Josh and Nic unpack why staffing shortages, turnover, and an aging workforce are colliding with
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Six years after COVID was declared a national emergency, Josh Lowe and Nic Guedenet look back on how the pandemic reshaped facilities management—overnight. From the split reality of “essential worker” life versus remote
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In the finale of our AI Across the Lifecycle series, Josh and Nic sit down with AkitaBox product expert Dan Cooper to cut through the noise around “AI-enabled” facility management software. With AI suddenly everywhere—fr
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Capital planning has always asked facilities teams to “predict the future” with tools that weren’t built to be maintained—binders, spreadsheets, PDFs, and one-time assessments that quickly go stale. In this installment o
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In this AI Across the Lifecycle Series installment, Josh Lowe and Nic Guedenet unpack where AI can genuinely help PM teams right now: accelerating calendar-based schedules by pulling from trusted sources like manufacture
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AI promises to help facilities teams do more with less—but only if the foundation is solid. In this second episode of the AI Across the Lifecycle series, Josh and Nic sit down with AkitaBox Director of Product Geoff Baro
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AI is everywhere in facility management right now—but hype doesn’t equal reality. In the kickoff of our “AI Across the Lifecycle” series, Josh Lowe and Nic Guedenet cut through the buzzwords to talk about what AI can’t d
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What does a Navy public works officer’s toolkit—whiteboards, logbooks, and mission-first decision making—teach us about the future of facility management? In this episode of Facilities Unfiltered - The Built Reality, Jos
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You want an FCA. But have you asked yourself why? Josh and Nic are joined by Brian Carlin from Partner Engineering — a mechanical engineer with 20 years and 10 million square feet of building assessments behind him. Toge
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Ever wonder why a building that hasn't been touched in five years suddenly looks better on paper in a new assessment? Spoiler: it's not magic—it's a strategy problem. In this episode of Facilities Unfiltered the Built Re
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When your irrigation system turns an athletic field into a mud pit, your janitorial team becomes collateral damage. In this episode of Facilities Unfiltered, hosts Josh Lowe and Nic Guedenet sit down with Dave Scroggins,
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Capital planning sounds great on paper—data-driven forecasts, estimated useful life calculations, and impressive spreadsheets for the board. But what happens when theory meets reality? In this episode, Josh and Nic dig i
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Run to Fail: Oversight or Strategy? Is Run-to-fail a failure of planning or a smart, resource-driven choice? Nic and Josh debate the controversial practice of letting equipment run until it breaks, tackling how to strike
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Why 'Value Engineering' is Creating Your Future Maintenance Nightmare In this episode, we dive into the dirty secret of value engineering—how cutting corners in capital expenditure creates future operational debt—and why
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Meet Facilities Unfiltered - The Built Reality What does "best practice" facility management actually look like—and why does it rarely match reality? In this podcast, meet Josh Lowe and Nic Guedenet as they introduce the
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