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Condition Assessment: Requisite to Informed Capital Planning
By Steve Beard
Explains the three essential elements of condition assessment: inspection, assessment and estimation. Teaches a methodical approach to condition assessment and answers questions […]
Communication is Key: Can you Hear Me Now?
In our FM business, ineffective communication often causes us to not receive critical needed funding and in some circumstances, even lose our […]
How Technology can Enhance Asset Management Processes to Deliver Significant Cost Savings
By James Lavery
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.
GSA Space Consolidation and Workplace Transformation
A presentation examining government agencies’ interest in space consolidation, including the U.S. General Services Administration’s space consolidation initiatives and ways the GSA […]
Economic Space Utilization and Sustainability by IT-based Optimization
A mathematic modeling approach is presented as a solution for automating space allocation and optimization. From the proposed data model, CAFM/IWMS software […]
Space Measurement Standards
By Cindy Hunt
An overview of space measurement standards for effective property management, including the benefits of standardized building measurement, methods to define gross building […]
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). […]
IFMA and BIM for Life Cycle Management
By Kathy Roper
An overview of task force directives and outcomes: asses the need for FM BIM strategy by IFMA, identify users, their experiences and […]
Challenges in Electronics
The article explores the company’s recycling and material recovery services, as well as membership benefits and programs offered.









