The Houston area, and Texas in general, have seen tremendous economic growth in the past decade. There is always new construction going on everywhere, and many options for businesses and reorganizations to relocate.

What are the reasons tenants move offices or retail locations? Sometimes it's about the old real estate adage of location, location, location, but often it's about amenities and features of properties. Commercial properties that don't keep up to date with the latest trends and amenities often get left behind. One way to keep your tenants from going elsewhere in River Oaks is with strategic investments in commercial building automation. Keep reading for ways to keep tenants happy – and in your buildings– with these automation technologies.

If you’re like every other manager and property owner in the Austin, TX, area, you’re worried. You know you need to get back to business to stay profitable, and that often involves bringing more employees into the office. And more people inside one place, even with masks and social-distancing practices, involves risk.

Stop illness right at the door with elevated temperature detection systems! Temperature screening cameras like those from Avigilon and kiosks might prevent many ill employees, clients and vendors from entering your building: We’ll focus more on kiosks today. Stay tuned to see why we recommend this solution, which brand we install and more.

One of the things that tend to happen with acquiring infrastructure of all types is that they become islands without connections and interoperability to other islands. In business, companies often buy software solutions based on a specific need – human resources, production, customer service, and so on. Often, they invest heavily in customizing these systems for their needs. There almost always comes a time when these systems need to share information with each other for the business, and that’s when companies often find out how difficult and expensive it can get.

If you are a school administrator at any level, you can undoubtedly come up with these types of examples. Often inertia keeps your organization from moving forward with a new initiative to integrate systems at the cost of productivity, money, and other resources. Compound that with the fact that most school systems are typically strapped for funding, and often the subpar status quo continues.

ASAP Security Services has a long history of serving school systems around Texas with security and technology solutions. We not only offer point solutions, but we also encourage school districts to think about school safety systems strategically, as the safety of our kids is paramount. And that means looking at security solutions that work together, both proactively and reactively, to keep schools in the Rio Grande Valley and Texas as safe as possible.

Read on for some examples of this holistic approach to school security.

As businesses, schools, facilities, and organizations of all types look to resume operations or phase them back to normal, they have been faced with a double whammy: a significant drop in revenues and an increase in cost for mitigation measures to ensure the safety of everyone.

The good news is that the federal government stimulus package has components in it that may help.  The CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) provided a massive package of aid to individuals, businesses, and state and local governments. And among parts of that aid were important provisions to help fund technology solutions for COVID-19 preparedness, prevention, and response.

We all hope that both a vaccine and treatment are developed quickly to take the severe threat aspect out of this pandemic. The reality, however, is that it will take some time for those answers to come to fruition. In the meantime, we can invest in available solutions that can help return us to normal life and economic activities in Austin and Texas while staying safe. And there are technologies like temperature screening systems that can help accomplish that, with funding assistance from the Federal government to expedite it.

Keep reading below for a summary of technology solutions and funding opportunities for implementing them.