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No Building is an Island: Hardball on the future of FM

“The ambient office; smart buildings; smart cities; zero net energy consumption; every building a mini-power plant; free-addressing; the post-carbon economy.” We’ve all […]

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 […]

Brand Uptime

Brand Uptime is a new way to think about your physical infrastructure and the impact it has, positively or negatively, on overall […]

Why Outlook Is Not the Best Facility Scheduling Software

Encouraging FMs to look beyond Outlook to a flexible, scalable scheduling solution, the case is made for alternative solutions that offer ease […]

Investigating the Facility Management Professional Shortage

Survey-based research on the importance of creating accredited degree programs that focus on identification of FM recruiting pipelines and training for a […]

Saving Your Sanity in a Foreign Land

Advice for facility professionals facing the globalization of commerce, an unprecedented demographic shift and increasing workforce migration, highlighting common challenges and solutions […]

Do Good, Have Fun and Make Money Epic's Sustainability Story

Strategy for site stewardship and responsive sustainable architecture for Epic, a medical software company. Review goals set, options assessed and objectives achieved […]

Legal Industry Council of IFMA: Benchmarking Report

Originally published in 2012, this comprehensive benchmarking report presents results from a survey conducted by IFMA’s Legal Industry Council. A major benefit […]

Quick Response (QR) Codes and FM

This paper examines how QR codes in a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) can improve the FM’s ability to track and manage […]

Find Hidden Resources to Tackle Millions of Dollars in Renewal

Review the process by which Brown University in 2011, adapted the lean manufacturing approach for FM to develop a preventive maintenance strategy. […]