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Raising the Bar: Enhancing the Strategic Role of FM

A study on FM strategy, examining ways FMs can manage infrastructure functions in “shared enterprise support” teams by aligning real estate and […]

Bringing Job Order Contracting to Richmond, BC: Case Study

The city of Richmond in British Columbia saved resources and preserved quality control, while managing challenges like growing construction project demand and […]

Workplace Strategy Summit 2012: Research in Action

This report addresses proceedings from the inaugural Workplace Strategy Summit in the fall of 2012, which was organized by the IFMA Foundation’s […]

Ignoring Alternative Workplace Strategies: The Fast Track to 2nd Place

Despite the documented financial benefits of alternative workplace strategies, some organizations still resist considering such a dramatic change. Smart companies have learned […]

Controlling Off Hour Occupancy Costs in a Competitive Economy

Advice for controlling off hour occupancy costs: Learn to identify the relative cost of off hour occupancy compared with other space utilization […]

Improve Waste Diversion through Optimization and Influence

Review the strategy, plan and implementation approach a gas and electric energy provider used to develop a multi-year program to reduce their […]

A Method to Benchmark Cleaning Services in Swiss Hospitals

This paper uses a qualitative research design to develop a benchmark methodology for cleaning services in Swiss hospitals, resulting in 21 clearly […]

Integrating Quality into FM Operations

An overview of Quality Management System (QMS) concepts plus steps explaining how to develop and manage an operationally-specific QMS for sustainable facility […]

From Property Management to Facility Management: The Revolution in China

Explore reasons why ergonomics should be attributed to FM, learn how an ergonomics program can strategically position FM in corporate business operations […]

Industry Exchange Through Student Internships

Results of a survey providing a basic understanding of practices in hiring and managing FM interns, including suggestions from the respondents on […]