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Facilities have unique continuity issues, whether you own your property or lease it. In addition, as the person or organization managing the building, you are responsible for the health and safety of large numbers of workers and building visitors. We hope you will find the articles below helpful as you consider business continuity for your facility or facilities.

Have you done what you can do at all of your facilities to improve your chances for uninterrupted operations? (Item #1) Many thought leaders are beginning to look at managing an organization's real estate portfolio as an interconnected network of workspaces and buildings rather than the traditional treatment as individual discrete units. (Item #2) What is the survivability of your mission critical facilities and when was the last time a site survey was done addressing this issue? (Item #3)

NIOSH shows how facility owners and managers can transform their buildings into less attractive targets by increasing the difficulty of introducing a CBR agent. (Item #4) Stay or go? Shelter-in-place is more than just staying inside a building. Shelter-in-place demands a safe environment. (Item #5) Do you have office creepers in your building? Know how to prevent their attacks? (Item #6)

As always, we look forward to hearing about your concerns with regards to business continuity. If you have a topic you'd like to see covered, please email me at bmellinger@attainium.net

Best Regards,

Bob Mellinger
President
Attainium Corp

Quote of the Week

"What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens."
- Benjamin Disraeli -

Articles

1. A Facility Blueprint for Survival: Plan for The Unexpected!
This article addresses some loss control issues and suggests strategies to make your company the one that bounces back quickly. "It won't happen to us" has destroyed too many companies; don't let yours be the next!
http://www.disaster-resource.com/cgi-bin/article_search.cgi?id=%2723%27

2. Business continuity and 'Network of Space'
Facilities in major cities can be disrupted by disasters, both natural and man-made. Traditional real estate plans, typically involving large, single facilities under long-term leases do not match today's business realities. A new system is needed. In order to meet these challenges, many leading companies are turning to the "Network of Space".
http://www.agilquest.com/AgilQuest_Business_Continuity.pdf

3. Mission Critical Facility Concerns in Today's World of Global Business Continuity Planning
Continuity of operations planners must maintain constant and close communications with their site or facility management personnel enterprise-wide to keep up to date facility or site inventories and understand how their plan would address recovering and restoring these mission critical facilities.
http://www.disaster-resource.com/newsletter/subpages/v19/meet_the_experts.htm

4. Guidance for Protecting Building Environments from Airborne Chemical, Biological, or Radiological Attacks
This document from NIOSH includes information about: what you can do, specific recommendations, things not to do, physical security, ventilation and filtration, and maintenance, administration, and training.
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2002-139/pdfs/2002-139.pdf

5. Evacuate or shelter-in-place?
Most business continuity plans include evacuation procedures of some sort. Many are simply 'get out and gather in the parking lot.' Only a few organizations have 'shelter-in-place' options. Here are some tips to help refine your plans.
http://www.continuitycentral.com/feature0461.htm

6. Curtailing "Office Creepers"
Technological advances have bred a new generation of criminals called "office creepers." These individuals are dressed like employees or building service personnel and rely on the anonymity of busy office buildings to shield them during their crime. The following 10 tips may help facility professionals to keep the "office creeper" at bay and protect the working environment.
http://www.todaysfacilitymanager.com/tfm_07_05_profdev.php