Sep 15, 2023 |
Every facility has unique infrastructure challenges to conquer. Whether it’s a small commercial building or a sprawling industrial complex, maintaining a safe, reliable infrastructure is critical for business success. Powerhouse, a comprehensive infrastructure solution, has been designed to help facilities maintenance managers, operations directors, and CEOs meet this challenge. Let’s dive in and see what Powerhouse can do for your business.
Comprehensive Infrastructure Solutions
Powerhouse provides an all-in-one solution to manage your facility’s infrastructure, including electrical distribution, HVAC systems, communication and security systems, plumbing, and fire safety. With Powerhouse, you can ensure seamless coordination among all systems, minimizing downtime and increasing overall efficiency.
Remote Monitoring and Diagnostics
Powerhouse’s built-in system monitoring and diagnostics tools give you unparalleled visibility into your facility’s infrastructure. You can monitor your systems remotely, use real-time data, and identify issues before they cause significant downtime. This capability helps you
proactively manage your infrastructure and ensure maximum uptime.
Predictive Maintenance
Powerhouse’s predictive maintenance capability uses big data to predict when a machine is likely to fail. This helps you schedule maintenance proactively, reduce downtime, and ensure that your systems operate at maximum efficiency. Our predictive maintenance system allows you to focus your maintenance efforts on the systems that need it most, thereby saving you time and money.
Integration with Existing Infrastructure
Powerhouse is built to work seamlessly with your existing infrastructure, making it easier to upgrade or replace equipment without disrupting operations. Moreover, Powerhouse can integrate with third-party systems, including building automation systems, energy management systems, and industrial control systems. This means that your facility management team doesn’t need to learn an entirely new interface; they can continue to use their existing tools while benefiting from Powerhouse’s advanced features.
Customization to Your Needs
Powerhouse is a modular solution that can be tailored to meet your specific needs. You can choose the modules that you need, and each module can be customized according to your needs. Whether you have a small building or a massive industrial complex, Powerhouse can be scaled to meet your requirements. Powerhouse’s modularity means that you only pay for what you need, and the system can grow with your business.
Powerhouse is an all-in-one solution that can help you manage your facility’s infrastructure. With its comprehensive capabilities, remote monitoring and diagnostics, predictive maintenance, integration with existing infrastructure, and customization to your needs, We can help you maximize uptime, minimize downtime, and ensure that your business runs smoothly. Additionally, Powerhouse can help you save money on maintenance and operating costs, as well as reduce the risk of equipment failure, thereby improving your overall asset management. If you’re looking for a comprehensive infrastructure solution, Powerhouse is a smart choice that can help you achieve your goals.
Jul 10, 2023 |
As a facility maintenance manager, operations director, or CEO in the retail industry, you know the value of creating a welcoming environment for your customers. Retail environments have to evolve with time and customer expectations, and to keep up with this shift, enhancing your multi-site locations is key. This blog post will cover the importance of revitalizing your retail spaces, highlighting the power of multi-site enhancement services like those provided by Powerhouse.
Enhance Customer Experience
The retail industry is all about customer experience- the shoppers’ journey from the moment they enter the store until they leave. Enhancing the overall ambiance of your store will result in higher customer satisfaction rates, increased sales, and even repeat business. Customers are more likely to return, make purchases and recommend your store to others when they feel comfortable and positive in your environment. Utilizing Powerhouse’s multi-site maintenance services for your national remodel or refresh campaigns can help upgrade and redesign the look and feel of your space, as well as provide ongoing maintenance to ensure your store always looks its best.
Consistency is Key
A retail chain consistent with its branding and appearance is more likely to build brand recognition and a loyal customer base. With Powerhouse’s multi-site enhancement services, you can ensure that your locations all have the same look and feel, a cohesive branding identity, and a maintained appearance throughout your stores nationwide. This consistency is crucial for brand recognition, customer satisfaction, and overall growth.
Improving Energy Efficiency
Retail stores can consume a lot of energy, making it essential to look for ways to cut down on energy waste. Our nationwide commercial renovation or upgrade services can provide energy-efficient lighting, improved HVAC systems, and optimization of energy usage to reduce energy consumption. Decreasing your energy consumption over your national footprint can save tremendous money on electricity bills and contribute to environmentally friendly practices that increase your public relations in your key service areas.
Cost-Effective Solutions
Revitalizing a multi-site retail space can seem like an expensive undertaking. However, utilizing multi-site enhancement services like those at Powerhouse is a cost-effective solution in the long term. Partnering with our team that offers reliable and effective facilities maintenance services after your enhancement project is complete can reduce the costs associated with repairs and replacements while ensuring that all locations remain functional and efficient. By investing in facility maintenance, you can avoid costly repairs, prolong the lifespan of your equipment, and ensure that your locations always look their best.
A Customized Approach
Every retail location has its unique set of needs when it comes to maintenance and enhancement. Powerhouse can take a customized approach to ensure services are tailored to each location’s needs. Whether you require interior or exterior improvements, HVAC maintenance, landscaping, or ongoing repairs, our lineup of multi-site enhancement services can be customized to meet your retail chain’s unique requirements.
When customers partner with Powerhouse, it unlocks the potential of their retail locations and increases their bottom line. Whether you want to improve customer experience with a fresh look, reduce energy consumption, reduce repair costs, build brand recognition, or get a customized maintenance approach, multi-site enhancement services are ideal for the retail industry. Utilizing these services can enhance your retail spaces and create sustainable and profitable growth for your business.
At Powerhouse, we understand that not all remodel and refresh programs are built the same. Our expert team evaluates each program individually to provide our clients with the most efficient and cost-effective commercial multi-site enhancement services. We assemble a team based on the level of skill, craftsmanship, and detail required for the scope of work. You don’t pay for expertise you don’t need. However, when you need that expertise, we’ve got you covered. Our approach provides maximum performance with great economic value for your programs.
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Apr 27, 2020 |
Powerhouse has been a committed partner and sponsor of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) Dallas since 2017. “JDRF is the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research. Their strength lies in their exclusive focus and singular influence on the worldwide effort to end T1D.”
In this video is Reese, a JDRF Youth Ambassador who was diagnosed with T1D in November 2019 is thanking Powerhouse, her corporate sponsor. We’ve been happy to support this organization for the past 3 years. Watching Reese’s message brought tears to our eyes and reminds us why it’s so important to always be a helper.
Thank you, Reese, for your heartfelt message. We are more inspired than ever to #TurnType1intoTypeNone.
JDRF’s Vision sounds simple “a world without type 1 diabetes,” but their efforts are massive. “Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that strikes both children and adults suddenly. It has nothing to do with diet or lifestyle. There is nothing you can do to prevent it. At present, there is no cure.” JDRF has many advocacy and research efforts and a strong community with a mission to “improve lives today and tomorrow by accelerating life-changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent and treat T1D and its complications.”
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In T1D, your pancreas stops producing insulin—a hormone the body needs to get energy from food. This means a process your body does
However, insulin is not a cure for diabetes. Even with the most vigilant disease management, a significant portion of your day will be spent with either high or low blood-sugar levels. These fluctuations place people with T1D at risk for potentially life-threatening hypoglycemic and hyperglycemic episodes as well as devastating long-term complications such as kidney failure, heart attack, stroke, blindness and amputation. Learn more about T1D.naturally and automatically becomes something that now requires your daily attention and manual intervention. If you have T1D, you must constantly monitor your blood-sugar level, inject or infuse insulin through a pump, and carefully balance these insulin doses with your eating and activity throughout the day and night.
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Apr 20, 2020 |
Cleaning, disinfecting, sanitizing, sterilizing, decontaminating – there are so many different words for removing germs to help stop the spread of COVID-19, but they don’t all mean the same thing. As best practices and protocols are being developed for the eventual reopening of retail stores and other public spaces, it’s important to know how to properly clean a myriad of items that employees and customers will encounter.
Damage can be an expensive and frustrating result of improper care or cleaning, so it’s crucial that employees are knowledgeable on cleaning and disinfecting protocols for the various items within a space. For example, some companies are experiencing thousands of dollars in damage a day to their EFT and POS systems from simple spray disinfectants. A solution for these items is to install protective guards or clean with a 70% alcohol wipe.
When reopening locations, the first step in this new normal is to re-evaluate your existing cleaning program and be sure you’re aware of all CDC disinfecting rules.
Know the Difference
First, know the difference between cleaning, disinfecting and sanitizing.
Cleaning removes germs, dirt and impurities from surfaces or objects. leaning works by using soap (or detergent) and water to physically remove germs from surfaces. This process does not necessarily kill germs, but by removing them, it lowers their numbers and the risk of spreading infection.
Disinfecting kills germs on surfaces or objects. Disinfecting works by using chemicals to kill germs on surfaces or objects. This process does not necessarily clean dirty surfaces or remove germs, but by killing germs on a surface after cleaning, it can further lower the risk of spreading infection.
Sanitizing lowers the number of germs on surfaces or objects to a safe level, as judged by public health standards or requirements. This process works by either cleaning or disinfecting surfaces or objects to lower the risk of spreading infection.
Disinfecting Soft Surfaces
Soft surfaces, often overlooked during the sanitizing process, hold germs just the same and should be added to your cleaning program.
- Launder items, if possible
- Store non-essential items elsewhere, is possible
- Clean with soap and water
- Disinfect with EPA-registered household disinfectant
- Use a hydrogen peroxide-based disinfectant
Disinfecting Sneeze Guards
Sneeze guards are probably the newest addition to the space. Understanding how to properly clean them is important. If your sneeze guard is plexiglass or acrylic, here are some crucial cleaning tips.
- Do use a soft, clean cloth to remove dust first
- Do use a peroxide-based solution that is less than 40% peroxide
- Do use mild soap and water if other cleaners aren’t available
- Don’t use acetone, bleach or solvent-based cleaner
Let Powerhouse Be Your Solution
From installing recommended barriers and hands-free door opening solutions to disinfection cleaning services, Powerhouse is here for you. For many of our customers, we’ve moved from plan to execution in a matter of days in response to OSHA and CDC safety recommendations. We understand that health and safety is the highest priority, acting with a sense of urgency ensuring initiatives are completed as quickly as possible.
COVID-19 Services:
- Barrier Protection Installs
- Base Exterior Maintenance Programs
- Dark and Idle Property Security Protocols
- Dining Room FFE Reconfiguration/Storage
- EPA Registered Disinfectant Surface Treatments
- Hands-Free Door Opener Installs
- Limited Service Exterior Maintenance
- Location Reopening Support
- Vacant Space Boards-ups
Sources:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/disinfecting-your-home.html
https://www.michaelsglassco.com/maintaining-replacing-sneeze-guards/
https://www.cdc.gov/infectioncontrol/guidelines/disinfection/index.html
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/school/cleaning.htm
https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-registration/list-n-disinfectants-use-against-sars-cov-2
Apr 15, 2020 |
Sneeze Guard Install Specialists: A hat we never expected to wear.
America’s Most Essential Brick and Mortar Item: A title that plastic and acrylic manufacturers never knew they’d hold.
We all know that COVID-19 has changed everything and will continue to shift our society in ways we haven’t even considered in the months to come. As we wait for the stay-at-home orders to be lifted and for our lives to be returned to some sense of normalcy, we do our part by staying home.
We are beyond grateful for those essential workers who are bravely helping those affected by this virus, as well as those who are out there every day maintaining our society, our food supply, and all the other essential items that we need to maintain our lives during this critical time. Powerhouse is humbled to do our part in helping to keep our nations essential workers and the general public protected.
Over the previous 3 weeks, Powerhouse has provided work to over 640 of our installers to install a total of 38,560 sneeze guards at 8,900 locations.
How can we help?
We still have more sneeze guards, more installers wanting to do their part as essential workers and availability to help our customers ensure they can do their part to maintain public health and safety with doors open.
Our owners said it best –
To those brave men and women at the front lines of this battle in the healthcare field, we give a special thanks to you and your families. We know that you are walking into danger every day. We see your stories and are in awe of your courage and perseverance. Your actions are inspiring and encourage us to take the necessary steps to help flatten the curve.
As an essential business we take seriously our commitment to keep our clients up and running during this time of crisis. We will keep doing our job so others can continue doing theirs. Of course, our first priority is the health and safety of our team members, their families, vendor partners, clients, and the general public.
We thank our dedicated field and office support teams for the mission-critical work they are doing to support our clients. For our clients with essential businesses, the Powerhouse team is here supporting you in these circumstances, keeping your assets operational and safe. For our clients with dark locations we are here for you during this time and when you return to operations.
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