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Millsapps Ballinger & Associates Inc Wins 8 Top Workplaces Culture Excellence Awards
MB&A has been named a 2026 Top Workplaces Culture Excellence winner in eight categories, based on employee feedback.

Cutting-Edge Digital Audits: The USDA’s Journey to Operational Excellence with the ExAM Platform
Millsapps, Ballinger and Associates (MB&A) in partnership with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Laboratory Approval Programs Team leveraged cloud technology to responsibly scale and digitize laboratory audits migrating away from previously constructed, paper-based, and labor-intensive systems. With the implementation of MB&A’s ExAM platform, the USDA Laboratory Approval Programs have realized a measurable increase in efficiency, reducing time spent on administrative, recordkeeping, and reporting functions by 60% and reducing audit times by an average of 4 hours. As a result, customers are experiencing faster and more consistent service. With fewer resources, the Laboratory Approval Service (LAS) is championing operational excellence through better use of technology and shared solutions.

ExAM4Enterprise Mobile Experience
ExAM4Enterprise is a new mobile app that would replace ExAM4Inspections seamlessly. Enjoy quicker navigation, a cleaner layout, and smoother inspection and audit workflows with the updated ExAM4Enterprise mobile app.

Making Mobile Work Better Webinar
Housing and facilities teams do their best work in the field, so their technology should be just as mobile as they are.
In this webinar, we’ll show how a simpler, more intuitive mobile experience can make inspections, maintenance and asset-related work easier to complete from anywhere. We’ll walk through the inspection-to-maintenance process and highlight the latest enhancements to the ExAM4Enterprise mobile application, designed to reduce clicks, simplify field workflows and help teams spend less time navigating software and more time getting work done.

Public Housing Authorities are Improving Communication and Saving Money
How one PHA used ExAM PM to streamline inspection reporting while respecting how landlords and tenants actually receive information.

MB&A to Showcase ExAM PM and NSPIRE Transition Solution at PHADA Annual Conference
If you’re attending PHADA Annual Conference, stop by Booth #14 to meet Josh, Alex, and Matt to see ExAM PM in action. Whether your agency is early in its NSPIRE transition or actively refining inspection operations, we’d love to discuss what challenges you’re seeing, what approaches are working, and where the industry is heading next.

The Modernization Mandate: Why PHAs Are Trading Paper for Performance in 2026
Public Housing Authorities face a 2026 turning point. Learn how PHAs are modernizing operations, improving HUD compliance, and preparing for NSPIRE with digital transformation.

Free the Button: Salesforce Buttons for Admins and Architects
Many teams expect Salesforce Lightning pages to behave like modern application dashboards, where quick-access action buttons can be added anywhere as needed. However, when working within the constraints of the Salesforce Lightning framework, it becomes evident that the platform does not provide a straightforward way to place custom buttons directly onto Home, App, or Record pages.



