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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 […]
Gobility: Designing and Managing Space on the Go
A brief overview of teleworking statistics, benefits, and challenges, plus the case for mobility as a work solution.
Developing Projects in a Vacuum Sucks
Identification of major project challenges and advice to create an open environment for increased collaboration with end users and subject matter experts, […]
Qualifying Contractors With a Simplified Scorecard
Review an objective methodology to assess a contractor’s qualifications using a simple matrix, and learn how to determine "best value" when hiring […]
Value Engineering: A Powerful Team Approach to Save Money and Improve Facility Performance
Manage change and increase savings by using the value engineering method to analyze operations and program projects. This study explains cost/benefit analyses […]
Putting the "P" in FM: Project Management for the FM Professional
Research to establish and reinforce the correlation between FM and Project Management (PM), outlining ways PM best practices can be implemented in […]
Transition, Downsizing or Consolidating
Learn how to collaborate with the real estate community and use the organizational master plan for downsizing or consolidation. Review a case […]
Project Programming: The Basis of Good Design and Best Value for Your Facility Investment
Learn how to define project requirements, practice value engineering, optimize facility design, and ensure customer satisfaction through project programming, a problem identification […]
A Critical Review of Value Management and Whole-life Costing on Construction Projects
This paper captures the range of conflicting assumptions on the theory and practice of value management (VM) and life cycle cost (LCC). […]
The Total Test Fit
Predict architectural and engineering issues at potential building sites by using a total test fit to identify building problems, consider upgrades, assess […]