Are you working on a significant project this summer? Or maybe you have a visiting work group in for a few days? Or maybe you have an annoying maintenance task that you’re dealing with over and over? Take photos for … Continue reading
Outdoor Facilities
Energy Star has a fun, interactive site on bulbs. http://www.drmediaserver.com/CFLGuide/index.html While the site focuses on home uses, many outdoor sites have small lamps beside guest beds, gathering areas with ambient lights, outside lighting, etc. You can: Choose a bulb, based … Continue reading
Do you know how much electricity different items use? Click here to play the game. The items used in the game are often found in individual lodging rooms, small kitchenettes, or in an office. After you’ve played the game, you … Continue reading
With a red bench, your guests can find benches from a distance. Individuals may be less likely to accidentally trip over the corners or legs of a bench. Benches look sharper with red paint. This is because colors appear more … Continue reading
Some folks may quietly whisper their opinions and ideas about your property, while others will be very vocal. All perspectives are important to capture. Continuous input gives you ideas for updating the facilities, changes to consider, and affirmation of the … Continue reading
Camp Design: Master Planning Basics is a book that fulfills a long-standing need in the outdoor property industry. While geared towards camps, the majority of the book is applicable to other outdoor properties. Whether you are about to undertake a … Continue reading
Knowing the useful life, or life expectancy of buildings and equipment gives you the data to develop a replacement schedule. If you painted the outside of a building in 2011, and the paint is expected to last 5 years, you … Continue reading
In 2001, you paid a plumber $651 to install a new 40-gallon, gas hot water heater in a small building. Quickly, approximately how much will it cost you to replace the heater this year (2012)? http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm Answer $844.77. That’s almost … Continue reading
Ever looked through the galleries of This Old House to see photos of illegal, creative, or stupid things people have done to their houses? http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/info/0,,20211283,00.html Outdoor properties can have similar ‘solutions.’ If you don’t have these type of photos for … Continue reading
Yes it is possible to have better acoustics in your dining hall! Read this great article to tell you how to do it: The Art and Science of Dining Hall Acoustics – Would you go back to a restaurant where … Continue reading
After you’ve completed your repair, take a few photos with your digital camera. Take close-up shots of any critical areas, serial numbers, part numbers, etc. You might even take a photo of the replacement part(s) packaging to show the manufacturer and … Continue reading
Beginning January 2012, inefficient incandescent light bulbs will be phased out, resulting in significant energy savings and reducing the environmental footprint. This is based on the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) The phase-out of the general service … Continue reading
Here’s a way to create a great atmosphere at your otherwise standard pavilion or group picnic shelter. At the Greenland Open Space, their group picnic shelter has a store front on one side and part of two other sides. The … Continue reading
In March 2012 I went to the CCCA Carolinas/Virginias section at beautiful Ft. Caswell, North Carolina. Daniel Gustafson, Information Systems Director, Look Up Lodge, did a great workshop “We’ve Upped Our Standards…” I asked if I could share some of his work, … Continue reading
People know that preventive maintenance (PM) is important. However, people have different reasons for why PM is important. During my workshop last December at the National CCCA conference in North Carolina, we did informal survey. Participants voted on a list*, … Continue reading