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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 […]

Buildings in the Cloud: FM Online in 3D

Proposed solutions for silo-oriented facilities and departments that manage urban transition to green energy and asset management, including development of a singular […]

Increasing Worker Engagement through Environment, Policy and Technology

A case study of the Cisco Connected Workspace designed for a solutions-based, highly collaborative global workforce, guided by design solutions for optimized […]

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 […]

Find Hidden Resources to Tackle Millions of Dollars in Renewal

Review the process by which Brown University in 2011, adapted the lean manufacturing approach for FM to develop a preventive maintenance strategy. […]

A Contingency Model for Outsourcing Relationships in the Facilities Management Sector

Review outsourcing relationship theories and conceptual models, and examine the relationships between outsourcing modes and outsourcing maneuvers in the Four Outsourcing Relationships […]

FM of the Future

Review a proposal for the future of non-technical FM roles based upon a model that integrates supply chain leadership, proactive top-level communication, […]