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Best Practices in Mobile Computing, Space Standards, and Planning Service Centers through Benchmarking

The IFMA Utility Council presents best practices for mobile computing, space standards, and planning service centers through benchmarking programs. IFMA’s Utility Council […]

IFMA and BIM for Life Cycle Management

An overview of task force directives and outcomes: asses the need for FM BIM strategy by IFMA, identify users, their experiences and […]

Life Cycle BIM for Facility Management

This presentation offers an overview of building information modeling (BIM) for facility/property managers, including an introduction to the Centre for Health & […]

Best Practice for Data Center Management

Learn about the importance of data center maintenance, including best practices and process organization, selection of professional maintenance providers, and industry tips […]

Everything You Wanted to Know About (Food Service) Ice but Were Afraid to Ask

Explaining that ice requires the same sanitation and consistent quality as food in food service operations, the piece offers an introduction to […]

Graffiti and FM

The article provides examples of typical graffiti, tools used by vandals, the effects of this on business profitability, as well as detailing […]

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 […]

Making Sense of BIM for FM: Managing for the Building Life Cycle

Learn about building information modeling (BIM) and how it can improve the effectiveness of your building lifecycle management. Review the current state […]

Indirect Cost Savings When Outsourcing

Cost reduction remains the most important reason behind outsourcing decisions. While indirect cost savings are rarely identified and realized as part of […]

Industrial Engineering Principles for Facility Management

Referencing work measurement methods principle to industrial engineering, this whitepaper proposes that FMs can achieve dramatic productivity improvement by implementing work measurement […]