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IFMA CEO Tony Keane Selected to Greater Houston CVB Board

International Facility Management Association President and CEO Tony Keane, CAE, has been selected to join the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau board of directors.

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FRIDAY FUNNY: Rooftops Are No Place For Blowup Dolls

In Houston, TX, the public will no longer be subjected to inflatable marketing devices. This comes after a recent incident on a shopping center rooftop, when an out-of-control blowup gorilla deflated and caused a fire.

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Bank of America Center Houston Earns LEED EB O&M Gold

The USGBC has awarded Bank of America Center in Downtown Houston’s theater district its LEED® for Existing Building, Operations, and Maintenance Gold Certification.

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City of Houston Deploys New Brownfield Inventory System

The City of Houston has deployed a customized brownfield inventory system to make its efforts to remediate and redevelop environmentally contaminated properties more efficient.

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Reliant Stadium Achieves Code Compliance

Facing fire and building code challenges that simply did not exist a few years ago with large, open air assembly facilities, Rolf Jensen & Associates (RJA) recently helped reach code compliance in emergency situations for Reliant Stadium, home to the Houston Texans.

“Achieving complete and total code compliance is difficult in these types of facilities,” explained Michael Crowley, RJA project manager. “We worked with the City of Houston to gain acceptance for alternative methods of compliance for the smoke control system, exiting, and other features unique to the facility.”

RJA considered using the retractable roof as a means to

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