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The Moveable Workplace: Breathing New Life Into Workplace Relevance

Current global trends in the workplace have forced organizations to radically change how they work. With the move to remote and hybrid […]

FM Spotlight-Facilitating Serendipity in Design

Develop the tools to facilitate a workplace environment that promotes serendipitous creativity through collaboration and intradepartmental awareness. Generate the ‘fortunate accident of […]

Recognizing the socio-technical opportunity of workplace: An analysis of early responses to COVID-19.

COVID-19 has disrupted the ways in which we work, offering an opportunity to rethink our workplaces. Organizations have had to adapt and […]

IFM Allocation Model for Support Services in Hospitals as a Basis for FM Driven Financing of Healthcare Real Estate

Based on European standard, BS EN 15221-4: Taxonomy of FM, this research was pursued to create a model for systematically developing FM […]

The Space Planning Evolution

You need to know the who, where, and when to make the most of your buildings. Because effective space planning helps you […]

Weathering the Winter: Tips for Maintaining Your Fire Protection System

Castle provides specific steps FMs can take to ensure fire protection systems will function properly during cold temperatures, thereby securing the full […]

An Overview of the FM Industry

What is facility management, its advantages, its importance and its future in India.

Valuing Freedom Over High Levels of Access Control

Addressing the vulnerability of soft targets and the elements of static/inherent risk, this piece explores the question, “How do we best protect […]

The Savings and Incentives for Choosing Solar Energy in 2021

Facility managers around the U.S are running out of time to maximize the financial benefit that is the solar Investment Tax Credit […]

Defining High Performance Buildings for Operations and Maintenance

This research synthesizes literature about high performance buildings with a focus on O&M, concluding that systems-thinking (for both building systems and organizational […]