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When Ignorance Is Not Bliss

Deferred maintenance can lead to infrastructure failure. Here are four common causes of inadequate capital budgeting, and mitigation strategies to prevent them. […]

The Facilities Manager's Guide to Smarter Vendor Management

Five steps your organization can take to create trusted vendor relationships more efficiently, manage top vendors and form long-lasting, mutually beneficial relationships […]

FM Best Practices for Heroic Work Order Management

Successful facilities managers (FMs) have to be expert multitaskers, often managing multiple work orders while tracking project timelines, completion dates, costs, downtimes, […]

How ESSER Funding Can Help Future-Proof Your School

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the U.S. government has provided Elementary & Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds to support schools in […]

Developing the Business Case for Preventative Maintenance: Understand the true ROI of Run to Fail

The Facility Condition Index (FCI) helps FMs understand the overall condition of their assets relative to property value. While FCI has been […]

Decision Tree for RTU Replacements or Retrofits

This decision tree guides the reader through the challenging task of determining how to manage existing rooftop units with easy to follow […]

USGSA—Rocky Mountain Region: Case Study

In 2010 the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) redesigned its regional headquarters in Denver, Colorado into a mobile workspace that accommodated multiple […]

Using BIM to Transform Health Care Operations and Maintenance

This white paper presents health care facility managers with the potential benefits building information modeling (BIM) can provide in improving operation and […]

Airflow and Elevators Study

Highlights of an airflow study conducted to determine the relative risk of exposure to COVID-19 among elevator passengers

Securing American Rescue Act Funds For K-12 Floor Care Upgrades

As part of the American Rescue Act, K-12 public schools will receive nearly $130 billion to support reopening and address the effects […]