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Facility Information Management & Technology Management

The facility organization is responsible for the delivery of services and for preserving and maintaining the building structures, interiors and exteriors that house the technology infrastructure.

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Just Go With It: Development Programming for Architects in a BIMIWMS World

Facility life cycle management linking the program of requirements (POR), building information modeling (BIM), and integrated workplace management systems (IWMS) to enable […]

Space Utilization in Real Time: How Sensors and the Internet of Things are Providing Essential Data to Support New Ways of Working

For decades, facility managers and planners have relied on guesswork to know how workspace is actually utilized. The problem has become acute […]

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 […]

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 […]

FM Service Management: Technology Essentials for Each Generation

It used to be that our challenges were in developing a single strategy to deploy client facing FM Technologies in the workplace. […]

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” – […]

How Technology can Enhance Asset Management Processes to Deliver Significant Cost Savings

Effective asset management is critical to minimizing costs and maximizing efficiencies within your FM department and your organization. Taking advantage of a […]

Existing Building Documentation for Owners Part I

A presentation of the IFMA Information Technology Council outlining methods, with case studies, for building documentation.

Buildings in the Cloud: From Smart Buildings to Smart Cities

This white paper discusses the challenges facing cities worldwide, identifies solutions, describes the results and delivers realistic next steps for your city […]

Increasing Worker Engagement through Environment, Policy and Technology

A case study of the Cisco Connected Workspace designed for a solutions-based, highly collaborative global workforce, guided by design solutions for optimized […]