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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 […]

Change Management: The Secrets to Success at UMUC

The University of Maryland University College began a pilot program to transform one of their least desirable workspaces -a dark, cubicle-filled basement […]

Designing for Focus Work

In today’s ever changing and uncertain world, few things are constant. One of them is the basic human need to focus or […]

Move Your RFP from a C to an A+! Five Things You Can do Today

The RFPs (Requests for Proposal) we use today are often borrowed from our friends or found on the IFMA Engage website. These […]

Communication is Key: Can you Hear Me Now?

In our FM business, ineffective communication often causes us to not receive critical needed funding and in some circumstances, even lose our […]

Working and Living in the “Left of Boom”: Developing a Survival Mindset for the Workplace and Life

“Left of Boom” is a bit of security/business continuity jargon for all the actions done to prepare for and/or prevent an incident. […]

Leading and Developing a Built Environment Coalition (RE+FM+IT+HR)

Company departments and technology are still very silo’ed, resulting in poor communication, inconsistent data, weak analysis, and disconnected forecast. This presentation envisions […]

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 […]

50 Greener Shades: The March to Sustainability

Feeling pressure to engage in sustainable practices? Motivated to do something but not sure where to start? Trying to please everyone with […]

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, […]