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8 Financial Reports Every Facility Manager Needs (and Every CFO Loves)

FMs are tasked with all kinds of responsibilities, from ensuring the look and feel of a company’s locations remain in top-notch order […]

Cool Roofing: A Solution to National Energy and Environmental Challenges

Learn how reflective or “cool” roofing solutions can deliver high solar reflectance and thermal emittance values, reducing heat gain in interior spaces […]

Preparedness: Are You Ready for the Next Disaster?

Supporting proactive disaster planning, this guide provides disaster scenario statistics, explanation of evacuation versus invacuation, and a listing of tools for crime […]

Ignite Your Innovation

Many people have been talking lately about innovation, being innovative and how innovation will set you apart from your competition. Clients we […]

Cost Analysis Over the Life-Cycle of Properties

IFMA Switzerland proposes a life cycle cost (LCC) analysis model and associated LCC analysis tool that allow comparisons between different design options […]

The Challenges of Replacing Major Equipment in an Occupied High-Rise Building

A case study that discusses some of the challenges and constraints during design, procurement and replacement of major building equipment in a […]

Managing and Mitigating Risk Within Strategic Facility Management

The subject of this white paper is risk management and mitigation through strategic facility management, and it is based on fieldwork performed […]

Don't Be Caught Off Guard: A Primer on Pre and Post-Disaster Planning

In any disaster, the three main concerns related to a facility’s performance are loss of life, physical damage and downtime following the […]

The Recipe for a Perfect Project: It's All in the Planning

An overview of process variables for interior fit-out projects, briefly addressing owner responsibilities, project team composition, due diligence and detail programming requirements, […]

Lessons from Japan’s Latest Destructive Earthquake for Homeowners, Building Owners, and Facility Managers

The Kyushu earthquake of April 16, 2016 strongly affected wood-frame houses and other infrastructure that was built to world-class standards. Contrary to […]