Facility Executive Magazine

Guest Contributor David Casavant outlines the tangible ways to discover the ROI of safety.

As space planning demands evolve, facility managers will find it useful to have a versatile environment.

On May 19, 2009, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will host a 90-minute live webcast to summarize the CALiPER Program's benchmark testing of common omnidirectional incandescent lamps and provide an update on ENERGY STAR® criteria for LED integral replacement lamps.

The Smart Card Alliance has recognized HID Global through the association's Outstanding Smart Card Achievement Awards program.

The City of Houston has deployed a customized brownfield inventory system to make its efforts to remediate and redevelop environmentally contaminated properties more efficient.

Perhaps these cats demonstrating the six phases of work can actually be found at a call center in some far off land....

National Office Furniture will choose a school to receive its $10,000 Gift of Inspiration for Education Environments.

William A. Rodgers, Jr. has been selected to advise the State Department’s Bureau of Overseas Building Operations with information on the latest concepts, methods, best practices, and ideas affecting facility and property management.

This back painted glass from Gardner Glass Products adds color to any facility.

Firefighters had to evacuate a building in downtown San Jose on Tuesday (5/12/09), after the noxious fumes prompted someone to call 911. A hazmat team was also called in.

A restaurant in the Ukraine provides an unusual ambiance for its patrons.

Change to Win Health and Safety Coordinator Eric Frumin called for stronger criminal sanctions for ignoring safety hazards that lead to a worker's death or serious injury.

Weighing just over one pound, this keyboard from Goldtouch provides comfort and functionality to the mobile professional.

Since 1980, more than 130 workers have been killed and more than 780 injured in combustible dust explosions.

The participants have been recognized for their work on lighting the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium (c.1927) in California.

BSI British Standards has published a companion guide to the the new pan-European set of standards for designing and building civil engineering works.

Guest Contributor Rick Stathis illustrates how being penny wise and pound foolish with maintenance can be costly.

The Facilities Show, in association with BIFM, will take place from May 12-14 at the Birmingham NEC.

The Georgia World Congress Center Authority will soon be able to water its landscaping and turn on ornamental water features.

Let's cap off this week with a dumb blonde GUY joke! Why not? It's the Friday Funny, after all.