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Facility managers manage/oversee aspects of the entire organization that represent both significant financial investment in technology, buildings, structures, interiors, exteriors and grounds and considerable operational expense.

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Maximizing Operational Performance with Facility Condition Assessments

In this blog, the role of precise facility condition assessments and equipment inventory management is discussed. Many organizations, including municipalities, schools, hospitals, […]

Facility Master Planning, FCAs & the Importance of Accurate Asset Inventory

Many organizations say their asset inventory is off by as much as 20%-40%? It’s no wonder – considering building changes happen constantly. […]

How Facilities Managers can control costs as inflation mounts

Discover the strategies and tactics three facilities management (FM) practitioners are employing right now to maintain their budgets, ensure equipment uptime, and […]

A Facility Manager's Guide for Net-Zero Buildings

Decarbonizing operations was once revered as “nice to have” but has become a “must do.” As 50% of today’s buildings will still […]

Ep. 3: The Opportunity for IFM Services in Latin America

Luis Viña talks to IFMA’s LATAM working group about Integrated Facility Management in Latin America. ¿Cuál es la oportunidad para los servicios […]

Concierge Services and Contract Management Practices - EU O&M Benchmarks Report No. 2

This white paper focuses on concierge/housekeeping as well as the use of in-house versus outsources services for a variety of facility service […]

The Facilities Managers Guide to Exceptional Asset Management

Assets wear out. Your investment in buildings, machinery, equipment, plumbing, electrical, data, security, etc. is substantial. The longer you keep assets running […]

The Facilities Manager's Guide to Smarter Vendor Management

Five steps your organization can take to create trusted vendor relationships more efficiently, manage top vendors and form long-lasting, mutually beneficial relationships […]

Developing the Business Case for Preventative Maintenance: Understand the true ROI of Run to Fail

The Facility Condition Index (FCI) helps FMs understand the overall condition of their assets relative to property value. While FCI has been […]

Grabbing the Attention of the CFO: Finance for Dummies

Does your CEO and CFO speak a foreign language? Do you know how to grab their attention so that they will approve […]