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Service Innovation in the FM Industry

Innovation is one of the top challenges for the facility management industry. Despite having improved over the past 10 years, FM companies […]

Transforming Complex Facilities with Knowledge Transfer Through BIM

This whitepaper asserts building information modeling (BIM) as a facility management tool for laboratories and complex facilities to better address current and […]

Managing a Multi-Generational Workforce

Consider the implications and challenges of a workplace employing workers from four generations (Seniors, Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Generation Y/Millennials), and […]

Working with Change Management in Service Outsourcing

Service outsourcing creates many changes. For the employees who will be outsourced, the changes are significant. But also for the rest of […]

Improving Facility Management Operations Through Optimization of Performance Metrics

Use a customizable maintenance management system (CMMS) to measure performance in organizational effectiveness and efficiency. Then, optimize performance metrics to establish standards, […]

Architectural Preservation at Boston College Campus: A Systematic Approach

The systematic approach used for architectural preservation at Boston College, involving documentation of existing conditions, thorough analysis of collected data, and preparation […]

Good Governance Creates Great Leaders

Review a model and guidelines by which governance, a quality process for internal/external operations and relations, may be instituted by industry leaders […]

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, […]

Good Governance Creates Great Leaders

Review a model and guidelines by which governance, a quality process for internal/external operations and relations, may be instituted by industry leaders […]

Conduct Unbecoming

Conduct inappropriate for a professional, respectful workplace costs money and drives valuable employees away. Set behavioral criteria for yourself and your colleagues […]