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Why Facilities Managers Should Adopt a Multi-generational Staffing Strategy

Nearly 40 percent of facility managers are set to retire in the next eight years. With rapidly evolving technology and an aging […]

Ep. 28: Strategic Workplace Partnerships, FM Innovation and the Vested Way with Kate Vitasek

Kate Vitasek is an author, educator and architect of the Vested business model for highly collaborative relationships. In September 2018, Mike Petrusky […]

Ep. 27: Workplace Strategies that Elevate the Employee Experience with Steve Todd of Nasdaq

Steve Todd is Head of Workplace Strategy at Nasdaq in New York City where he leads a team focused on providing productive […]

Disrupting the Balance Sheets of Traditional Cafeterias

The financials of a traditional cafeteria model are challenged by macroeconomic factors like increased costs to labor, real estate, and food. Cultural […]

Global Construction Costs: Understanding Emerging Trends in 2018

The Quantity Surveyor, also known as a Construction Economist, or Cost Manager, is one of a team of professional cost and contact […]

Don’t Overlook Adaptive Reuse as a Workplace Strategy: How to Plan, the Advantages and a Case Study of Department Store to Office Conversion

During the recent “New Normal Economy” workplace strategies have focused on making the best use of existing space or consolidating operations. With […]

Building Awareness: What it means when facilities become “people literate”

New technologies such as sensors, biometric readers, voice recognition devices, satisfaction buttons, and smart materials are making our buildings more “aware” – […]

How to Make the FM Outsourcing Decision for Small and Medium Companies

The trend toward outsourcing facility management is well established among the Fortune 500 companies. The benefits of outsourcing are known and have […]

The New Landscape of Work: A new Paradigm of Work and its Impact on the Workplace

The workplace has traditionally been thought of as a singular self-contained unit, a place where one comes to engage in work whether […]

See Something, Say Something...to Everyone: Crowdsourcing Emergency Communication

Today’s communication systems are often no better than an elementary school phone tree. Property Managers may reach out to the facilities managers, […]