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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 […]
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” – […]
Condition Assessment: Requisite to Informed Capital Planning
Explains the three essential elements of condition assessment: inspection, assessment and estimation. Teaches a methodical approach to condition assessment and answers questions […]
Weathering Climate Change: Resiliency Strategies for Existing Buildings
In 2017, there was a shift within the facilities management community from sustainability to resiliency. The effort now is to counter the […]
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 […]
How FMs Can Change the Project Management in Organizations
In today’s increasingly competitive environment, organizations have an objective of cutting costs that take precedence over receiving greater value from the work […]
One Big Thing: Single Source of Truth Asset Management
Management need to be aware of the importance and educated on the benefits of implementing asset management. As performance is key, are […]
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, […]
CMMS is Changing the FM Game: A Real Life Example
This presentation follows the story of how one company took the opportunity to bring in a CMMS, computerized maintenance management system, solution […]
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. […]