Podcast Episodes

BAM 073: Wrangling in out of control alarming

Alarms, they can make or break your BAS. Yet so many building owners seem to just accept that having a crappy alarm design is just par for the course…

9 years, 3 months ago

BAM 072: Redlines vs As-Builts are they the same

When I say redlines and as builts what do you think of? 

Do you think of how much redlines and as builts can impact the success of your project?

Do y…

9 years, 3 months ago

BAM 071: An overview of CSI MasterFormat

CSI MasterFormat is the defacto standard for specification formatting. But how does it work?

What are the gotchas you need to be aware of?

By the tim…

9 years, 3 months ago

BAM 070: What are MEP Plans

Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) plans. So many BAS professionals think they know what these documents are. 

But do you really know what th…

9 years, 3 months ago

BAM 069: My 4 Step Process for Getting Remote Access From IT and An Overview of Analytics

One of the greatest challenges faced by BAS professionals is getting remote access to their BAS. 

In this episode, I teach you my four-step process t…

9 years, 3 months ago

BAM 068: Tagging, Data Models, and Data Normalization

Lately, there have been a ton of questions about data tagging and data normalization. But what does that actually mean?

This is a super important top…

9 years, 3 months ago

BAM 67: What does Zigbee have to do with a BAS?

There's a lot of noise and miscommunication out there about IT technologies lately so when BAM Nation member Jim e-mailed me asking about Zigbee I wa…

9 years, 4 months ago

BAM 66: Mixing Controllers and Troubleshooting Trunks

There's been a lot of chatter across the Facebook group recently about Comm trunks and Mixing and matching different vendors controllers.

There seems…

9 years, 4 months ago

BAM 65: 3 steps to troubleshooting integrations

You just finished your first integration project! Your all excited you finally stepped into the world of systems integration.

But then it happens! 

Y…

9 years, 4 months ago

BAM 64: The 3 steps for successful BAS integration

For a lot of folks, systems integration is the hardest thing they will ever do in their BAS career.

And I get that, some of my biggest screw ups in m…

9 years, 4 months ago