Why Cybersecurity Is Essential for Contractors Today

This article is the first in a series of cyber security articles we intend to publish in our newsletter and blogs. While we are not security experts, we can relay what we are doing for ourselves and what we see our best contractor clients doing. With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, there has been a dramatic … Continued

7 Questions We Were Asked on Repeat at AHR 2022

The 2022 AHR Expo is over, and the FIELDBOSS team has settled back into our normal day-to-day routine. It was nice to have some warm weather and sunshine before heading back to the lower-than-normal freezing temperatures that greeted us back in Toronto. This year things were the most normal that they have been since AHR … Continued

Field Requests: Feature Video

When choosing a Field Service software, selecting a solution that has all the features and modules your business needs is important. Making sure those features and modules are optimized based on industry best practices so that the new tools don’t slow you down, is where the value lies. Field Requests is a FIELDBOSS feature born … Continued

Under the FIELDBOSS Hood – What is the Power Platform?

Improve Efficiency, Productivity and Profitability The Microsoft Power Platform is a robust collection of applications that our engineering department used as the framework for our FIELDBOSS application. It empowers FIELDBOSS customers to automate processes and harness the power of their data. Running your business on the Power Platform is transformational for the contracting market. A … Continued

Top 10 OSHA Violations for Elevator and HVAC Contractors in 2021

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced its Top 10 most frequently cited workplace safety standards for fiscal year 2021. Patrick Kapust, deputy director of OSHA’s Directorate of Enforcement Programs, presented the list virtually during the 2021 National Safety Committee’s (NSC) Safety Congress & Expo. Overall, the number of inspections and violations issued by … Continued

The AHR Expo is Back and FIELDBOSS is Ready to Rock Vegas

It’s back! After being forced to cancel last year’s show due to the COVID pandemic, the AHR Expo — International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition — is headed to Las Vegas, from Jan. 31 to Feb. 2 and safety is the top priority. “At the top of our list for the 2022 show is hosting a … Continued

New Elevator Outage Reporting Rules Coming to Ontario

The Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) is working on new elevator safety and availability rules in Ontario, which will require elevator owners to record extended elevator outages for public reporting. In Ontario, there are nearly 20,000 passenger elevators in over 10,000 residential and institutional buildings. According to former Justice Douglas Cunningham’s recommendations in his … Continued

FIELDBOSS Service & Support: Hear What Our Clients Are Saying

The FIELDBOSS Team is proud of the work we do for our customers, and it shows in everything we do. Customer service is a business decision, as well as each employee’s mindset. It is important to build a culture that teaches and rewards your staff for exemplifying the traits you want for your business. At … Continued

Business as Usual from the Porch: How FIELDBOSS Helped United Drilling Overcome an Unexpected Event

United Drilling & FIELBOSS United Drilling is a family-owned business servicing Eastern and Central United States with their home office based in rural Pennsylvania. ‘The Drilling Experts’ have decades of experience in performing Elevator Drilling, Elevator Modernizations, Natural Gas Drilling and Caisson Drilling. As a proven industry leader, they have worked with OEM’s, Independents and … Continued