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Gobility: Designing and Managing Space on the Go

A brief overview of teleworking statistics, benefits, and challenges, plus the case for mobility as a work solution.

Facility Management Internships: Case Studies from Programs that have Worked

A presentation summary with survey results from FMs concerning their attitudes and practices surrounding internship programs, and document of interviews conducted with […]

BIM Master Planning for 72 Million Square Feet

Learn how a community college system used integrated data systems to form a web-based core solution to maintain consistently updated information, optimizing […]

Evolving Technologies for BIM-Enabled Projects

This collection of building information modeling (BIM) presentations discusses changing technologies for BIM-enabled projects, addressing select BIM and O&M systems: Autodesk, EcoDomus, […]

Developing Projects in a Vacuum Sucks

Identification of major project challenges and advice to create an open environment for increased collaboration with end users and subject matter experts, […]

How to Move from Good to GREAT as a Leader: Examples from Within IFMA

Leadership skills are a big focus within any profession; but when you are a volunteer leader, there’s no formal training, so you […]

Let There Be Light! Retrofitting Office Lighting Offers Triple Bottom Line Benefits

The Center for Building Performance and Diagnostics (CBPD) at Carnegie Mellon University statistically links six lighting and daylighting retrofit options with lighting […]

Play the Energy Efficiency Retrofit Game

FMs navigate the complicated process of evaluating energy efficiency and assessing retrofitting options in commercial buildings. This case study demonstrates a staged […]

Don't Be Caught Off Guard: A Primer on Pre and Post-Disaster Planning

In any disaster, the three main concerns related to a facility’s performance are loss of life, physical damage and downtime following the […]

Economic Space Utilization and Sustainability by IT-based Optimization

A mathematic modeling approach is presented as a solution for automating space allocation and optimization. From the proposed data model, CAFM/IWMS software […]