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🎙️The latest Facilities Unfiltered podcast is out now!🎙️

A “final” facility condition assessment report starts aging the moment it’s delivered. For many AEC teams, the static report became the default deliverable—and it creates friction on both sides of the table.

In Episode 23 of Facilities Unfiltered, Josh and Nic unpack why traditional report-building can:

• Consume engineering hours on formatting instead of problem-solving
• Drain project profitability for AEC partners
• Leave owners with a snapshot that’s hard to keep current—and harder to use for faster decisions

If you're a building owner who flipped straight to the charts in an old FCA report or now have one collecting dust, this conversation will also challenge how your organization defines “deliverable”— and what modern capital planning should look like.

🎧 Listen to Episode 23 of Facilities Unfiltered. 👇

Join us in congratulating Jessica Hamilton on 10 years with AkitaBox!

As our Support Coordinator, Jessica's unmatched expertise helps ensure customers get the most out of AkitaBox, whether they're managing assets and operations or delivering facility assessments. Thank you, Jess!

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🎙️The latest Facilities Unfiltered podcast is out now!🎙️

John Hajduk, VP of Support Services at Geisinger, joins us to talk about what facility condition assessments should actually be used for — and why so many organizations get derailed before they even start.

We dig into:
→ What level of granularity actually matters
→ Why static reports fail you when costs are shifting constantly
→ The case for cross-functional assessment teams
→ Scenario planning models that help you make funding decisions with confidence

Whether you're on the owner side or the service provider side, this one's worth 25 minutes of your time.

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🎙️The latest Facilities Unfiltered podcast is out now!🎙️

HVAC is everywhere in facilities—and getting it wrong gets expensive fast.

On Facilities Unfiltered Ep. 19, Josh and Nic talk with Richard Boothman of Modine about what really matters in the field: why oversizing isn't the insurance policy you think it is, what under- and oversizing actually does to comfort and budgets, and how to think about redundancy and airflow instead of guessing BTUs.

They also dig into gas vs. electric vs. hydronic options, where heat pumps shine (and struggle), and the unglamorous maintenance wins—filters, coils, flues, and more.

What's the most common HVAC mistake you see in your buildings: oversizing, poor airflow, or skipped PM?

🎧 Listen to Episode 19 now. 👇

If you know our Implementation Project Manager Kelly Weitz-Anderson, you know she brings the best energy every single day. Today, we’re celebrating her 4-year workiversary! Thank you for making AkitaBox a better place to work.

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