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Environmental Concerns in Buildings: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You

Failure to identify and handle hazardous building materials and environmental concerns could result in occupant complaints, regulatory fines, lawsuits, short- and long-term […]

Managing Construction Costs in the Public Sector

Learn how to use job order contracting as an effective tool for identifying initial construction costs, managing change orders and facilitating work […]

Experiencing Change: Discover a New Future

A look at change management and the impact of the facility manager who manages change, including a case study about change management […]

Building Operation the Next 100 Years

Forecasting an FM future focused around education and research, improved business processes and better management of new technology, this whitepaper projects key […]

Raising the 3Ps of Sustainable FM in Singapore: Profession, Perception and Prospection

This study examines how the target set by Singapore’s Inter-Ministerial Committee for Sustainable Development to have a minimum of 80 percent of […]

Sustainability Makes Financial Sense

FM leaders at the University of Houston work to combat assumptions about sustainability cost and practicality through a robust sustainability program addressing […]

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 […]

Net-Zero Buildings: A Federal Mandate

An intro to net-zero building practices stemming from U.S. Federal Government mandate. Review the Green Building Initiative (GBI) Guiding Principles compliance requirements […]

New kids on the block: new generations of workers may change the way we perceive work and workplace

Research on generational differences in facility managers’ expectations of their organizations and their workspace, aiming to establish correlations between commitment to organizations, […]

Crafting Alliances: Enabling Better CEO Decisions on Real Estate and Workplace Strategy

This article provides tips on crafting an alliance to help CEOs make informed decisions and use the workplace for better business results. […]