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Tools and Tips for Fire Safety

Widmer examines the strategic use of standpipe hose systems throughout commercial buildings as a critical component of a balanced fire protection design.

Design Collaboration: The Competitive Advantage

An overview of design collaboration project management and communication practices, addressing collaboration dynamics, the rhetoric of process, real-life collaboration examples and messaging […]

Merging Brand and Culture Within a Facility

Learn how to align organizational culture and business objectives to effectively support work processes. Using a Nissan campus as a case example, […]

Smart Planet Goals and Innovative Solutions Produce Green Harvest

As smart buildings drive innovative solutions and changes in predictive maintenance, FMs must leverage data produced to establish operational best practices and […]

Performance-based FM: An Integrated Approach

This research presents an integrated FM model for health care facilities through case study. The proposed Integrated Health Care Facility Management Model […]

Getting Started in Sustainable Facility Management

The basics of sustainable facility management, including an outline of essential strategies and tools. Getting Started in Sustainable Facility Management Christopher P […]

Power Plants of the Future: Energy Generation, Revenue Creation, and Carbon Footprint Reduction

Plasma arc conversion (gasification) processes, both plasma torch and carbon arc, are discussed as proven solutions for municipal solid waste processing that […]

Concept of the Chief Facility Executive

Through literature review, discussions with peers in online communities, and interviews by phone/email with FM and corporate real estate (CRE) executives, this […]

Finance for Public Sector FM

Do you have difficulty communicating with your financial officer? Often, this is the case for public sector facility professionals. This white paper […]

Growing into a Successful CAFM Implementation

Review the four fundamental FM data requirements for the typical organization: space, relocation cost, personnel and furniture, as well as recommendations for […]