News and Resources
News Releases
- Rectifying Chronic Lapses in Critical Facility Operations
September 2017 - Facilities Downtime and Avoidance Strategies: A Podcast Presented by AFCOM’s Chicago Chapter July 2017
- TiePoint Engineering and BKM Mission Critical Facilities Announce Merger
Merger creates Mid-Atlantic’s Premier Designer of Mission-Critical Facilities
Published articles
- In Critical Facilities, Benchmarking Data Justifies Choices
Facilities.net
May 2018 - Practice Time Could Reduce Data Center Downtime Risks
Building Operating Management
May 2018 
Critical Facility Operations
Mission Critical
January/February 2018- Extending Uptime Through Single Department Ownership of Network and Power Cabling
AFCOM/Data Center Knowledge
January 2018 - Revealing The Myth Of Single Person Continuous Shift Coverage
Mission Critical Magazine
Sept/Oct 2017 - British Airways’ outage, like most data center outages, was caused by humans
Network World
June 8, 2017 - Most Data Center Outages are not Caused by Tech Failure
Data Center Knowledge
June, 2017 
Maximizing Critical Facilities Reliability Through Assigned Accountability
Mission Critical Magazine
June 2016- Team Stability Leads to Continuous Operations
AFCOM Inside the Box
February 2016 - Preventing Human Error
Building Operating Management
May 2016 - Successful Critical Facility Commissioning
FacilitiesNet.com
June 2015 - It’s Time to Change Our New–Data–Center Startup Process
Data Center Journal
December 2014 - Detailed Check-Up Boosts Data Center Uptime
Building Operating Management
May 2014 - 7 Steps to Minimize the Potential for Human Error in Critical Facilities
Building Operating Management
August 2013 - IT and Facilities: How to Work Together to Avoid Downtime
DatacenterDynamics.com
March 2012 - Are You Positioned for Success When Your New Data Center Begins Operation?
The DataCenter Journal
February 2012 - The Greatest Risks for Critical Facilities Are Often Ignored
Mission Critical Magazine
Jan/Feb 2011
Whitepaper: Training Strategies
Perhaps the most crucial link in the path to maximum uptime is the implementation of rigorous site-specific training programs that instill confidence, competence and courage-under-fire in the Facilities Team. This whitepaper explores the two types of critical training programs essential to helping your facility and your staff to achieve their true uptime potential.
> Download the Whitepaper
Learn more about Facility Operations strategies. David Boston, Director of Facility Operations Solutions for TiePoint-bkm Engineering, LLC, has published numerous white papers and articles on Facility Operations strategies. Check out the links below for more.