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Managing Risk in FM Outsourcing

Risk mitigation strategies for adopting integrated outsourcing, including preparation of baseline information, critical systems and services, contract structure negotiation, continuity planning and […]

Cut It Out! A Guide for Controlling Expenses Through Environmentally-Friendly Practices

A guide for controlling expenses through environmentally-friendly practices that are lean, green, and effective, achieving immediate operating cost efficiency. Cut It Out! […]

Weathering the Winter: Tips for Maintaining Your Fire Protection System

Castle provides specific steps FMs can take to ensure fire protection systems will function properly during cold temperatures, thereby securing the full […]

Realistic Approach to Sustainable Design

A presentation on conserving energy and resources, and the benefits of recycling and reduction of materials used, thus minimizing the impact on […]

Strategic Facility Planning

Manage quality by applying Strategic Facility Planning (SFP) principles and key stages (understanding, analysis, planning, and acting) to optimize facilities and support […]

Work Workers Workplace: Improving Branch Performance Through Empathetic Design

A guide for understanding institutional and end-user needs of physical banking branches, addressing factors related to the evolution of empathetic design: global […]

Security Badge Policies and Procedures

Security badge policy and procedures for associates, contractors, temporary workers and guests of home office or field office facilities, used in order […]

Creating a Safe, Sustainable Community in a Challenging Economy

This whitepaper explains how a well-planned technology implementation adds value when it is comprehensive, creates operational efficiencies, meets constituent expectations, and takes […]

Change Management and the Facility Manager

Understand the importance of change management practices in FM. Identify drivers of change and related implications for facility managers, change management best […]

Business Continuity Planning 101

A comprehensive presentation on business continuity planning (BCP), addressing compliance factors as well as best practices for plan development, testing and maintenance.