Property Management
Whether your property is residential or commercial, your management team has their hands full with day-to-day maintenance and operations. FACS can help you assess hazards, optimize your strategies, implement those plans, and even provide rapid incident response when appropriate.
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Floods, leaks, sewage issues, and mold can damage your property. FACS can help you prevent these problems and provide quick assistance when they occur. Our experts offer support and training to manage mold and moisture effectively.
See moreHazardous Building Materials
Exposure to lead, asbestos, PCBs, and other hazardous building materials (HBMs) can harm tenants, threaten property, and result in fines. FACS experts can review documentation, conduct site surveys to identify HBMs, and help protect your tenants and property.
See moreIndoor Environmental Quality
Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) refers to the livability of spaces, with issues ranging from unpleasant odors to health concerns. If your team struggles to resolve an IEQ problem, FACS can quickly assist you. We also facilitate communication with all stakeholders to explain the issues and promote a cooperative resolution.
See morePartnering for Effective Solutions
Through this partnership, our clients are able to resolve most issues in a timely and cost-effective manner in-house, while turning to FACS for assessment of larger and higher-risk incidents. We help you solve the easy problems, but when you and your staff are in over your heads, we are there to help.
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Right People
Our experts not only possess the training and certifications required to handle the work you need accomplished, they are field-experienced professionals who have not only studied the issues you face, but have successfully solved them time after time.
The Right Perspective
FACS experts base their findings on sound science and experience, not on personal conjecture. That’s why our work holds up not only on your property, but can stand the tests in court and with government regulators. We don’t cut corners at your expense.
Right Now
Not only do our experts perform work in the field with clients regularly, they stay abreast of changes in regulations affecting our practice areas. Our experts are ready and able to respond when you need us most.
Case Studies
Property Management Company Keeps Incident Response Costs & Headaches Under Control
Multi-family property management is challenging on every level. Efficiently and consistently overseeing a growing portfolio is especially tough when unplanned incidents (leaks, floods, fires, and the like) distract on-site staff from their daily priorities. Sequoia Equities owns and manages 49 multi-family communities, spanning the West Coast from Los Angeles to Seattle. As the number of managed properties grew, incident response demanded a larger share of the budget and increasingly became a source of irritation and distraction to staff. Seeing management’s dilemma, FACS conducted a business impact analysis for Sequoia. The results of that study clearly showed savings of time, money, and human resources were possible through the implementation of a FACS Incident Response Management (FIRM) plan. Sequoia’s team agreed to partner with FIRM and quickly began to see the program’s effectiveness.
FACS Solves a Mysterious Outbreak of Eye Health Issues at a Casino
FACS experts are often asked to help solve indoor environmental quality problems after others have hit a perplexing dead end. In this case, OSHA investigators pointed staff in the wrong direction (while demanding the problem be quickly solved). In desperation, management called FACS for assistance. Aided by decades of experience and a firm grip on the science behind environmental issues, that call provided insight that satisfied all stakeholders and ended the dilemma.
Structure Fire Remediation in a Las Vegas Luxury Hotel
The intense black smoke from a poolside fire at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas penetrated adjacent hotel rooms, rendering many of them unsafe to occupy. Concerns included the safety of guests and staff, salvaging expensive custom furnishings, and getting the rooms back into service quickly. A FACS team was dispatched to plan and oversee remediation efforts.
FACS Insider Blog
Emergency Response Essentials
A water pipe bursts inside one of your properties, and your maintenance staff responds quickly to stop the flow. After that, you’ll have to make sure areas incurring water damage are addressed and the salvageable building materials are dry before you can begin the work of returning your property to its former condition. You’re in… Read more »
Green Building Certifications: Do You Need One?
How healthy is the building? Is the air and water quality in this building safe? Is ventilation adequate? Questions like these were gaining popularity prior to the COVID pandemic, but are now top of mind for anyone who works in or visits the space. Employers, employees, residents, management, visitors — all care about the health… Read more »
How to Pass LEED Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Testing
Healthy building certifications are in strong demand. The COVID-19 pandemic increased concern about indoor air quality, and environmental sustainability has never been more of an issue than it is today. Money spent to boost the environmental credentials of your building is an investment in the health of both your company and your people. We’ve earlier… Read more »
How To Respond When There Is an Environmental Health Problem In Your Building
As public awareness of the impact of the environment on human health heightens, so do the demands of employees to work in a safe, healthy environment free of hazards. Concerns over the health of a building, commonly referred to as Indoor Environmental or Air Quality (IEQ or IAQ), can affect the comfort, health, productivity, and… Read more »
Multifamily Property Owners Can Benefit from the SB 721 Inspection
California multifamily property owners have until January 1, 2025 to complete the first inspection required under SB 721. That bill requires all exterior elevated elements (EEE) be examined for safety. Elements affected are those designed for human use that have a walking surface elevated more than six feet above ground and are constructed of load-bearing… Read more »
Our Team
The FACS team has been dedicated to improving public health and the environment for almost 40 years. Our experts are actively engaged in and affiliated with various respected industry associations. With a robust network of professionals and a national presence, we are prepared to collaborate with your organization to ensure the safety of your personnel, clients, and the community.
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Over the last 20 years I have worked with the FACS team on dozens of projects. They have always come up with the best solution to help reduce our risk while respecting our budget and schedule
Mike Chihoski
CEO of Aristo Properties Group