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Emergency Management: Practical Tools and Resources that Every FM Needs

When the next natural disaster hits, how prepared will your site be? Do you have an emergency operations plan in place and […]

An Introduction to Bombing Prevention, Preparedness, and Response at Your Facilities

This presentation will provide an overview of the domestic IED threat landscape, the ways in which OBP connects and engages with stakeholders […]

Air Handling Unit Refurbishment for Compliance with NFPA and ASHRAE

1) Overview of NFPA 90A and its incorporation with NFPA 101: Life Safety Code 2) Distinction between Class A fire-rated materials and […]

Near Miss Report Form

A template for a near miss report form to document facility-related issues and incidents that have a direct impact on business/employees.

Violence in the Workplace (2008)

Violence in the workplace The Role of the Facility Manager by Wayne D. Veneklasen, Ph.D., CFM and Donald J. Barnes, BA is […]

Fire Alarm and Safety Scope of Work

This Scope of Work template provides the basis of an agreement describing the necessary work to be performed in the area of […]

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 […]

A Cigarette, a Fire and 3 Years to Find a Solution: Lacrosse Apartments, Docklands

On the evening of 24 December 2014 the occupant of apartment 605 at the Lacrosse Building put down his cigarette. What happened […]

Emergency Response Management: A Plan for Failure

Explains the importance of Emergency Response Management and planning, including the creation of developing an Emergency Preparedness Plan, a Hazard Vulnerability Plan […]

When the Smoke Clears: How Planning Enabled Business to Continue During the Northern California Wildfires

How ready are you for a big disaster? As a small business, when we undertook the ISO Business Continuity Management Systems certification, […]