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Building Your Professional Presence

Image consultant tips for displaying a professional appearance, practicing behavior that inspires confidence, and exuding character that indicates integrity for an overall […]

Facilities Best Practices That Don't Break the Bank

Review best practices for organization management, including steps for creating a meaningful strategic plan, effective communication practices, a successful internship program and […]

Do Good, Have Fun and Make Money Epic's Sustainability Story

Strategy for site stewardship and responsive sustainable architecture for Epic, a medical software company. Review goals set, options assessed and objectives achieved […]

Ergonomics Programs for FMs: Why Ergonomics Needs to be in Facilities

Explore reasons why ergonomics should be attributed to FM, learn how an ergonomics program can strategically position FM in corporate business operations […]

BIM Implementation: PESTEL Drivers & Barriers

Discussion of the popularization of BIM across the FM industry as well as national borders, examining international divergence related to the barriers […]

Benefits of Adjustable LED Task Lighting

Duke University employees conduct an evidence-based study assessing the ergonomic and/or calculated utility power consumption benefits of adjustable LED task lighting vs […]

Linking FM to Organizational Strategy

Review organizational strategy to advance strategic facility planning processes beyond demand/ capacity planning alone, and evaluate tactical scenarios for facility renewal planning […]

Linking Corporate Office Design and Organizational Performance: Results from an HQ Renovation

Research findings arranged to compare the benefits of balancing user-centered design and prescriptive interior design to drive organizational change. Linking Corporate Office […]

BIM for FM Opportunities: Overcoming Challenges and Sharing Lessons Learned

Key terminology is explained and applied to evaluate the use of building information modeling (BIM) for FM through the use of three […]

Computer Gaming in FM Education

This study identifies a great potential to increase attractiveness and efficiency of FM education and training by way of serious games, which […]