Special Reports

Delivering an infrastructure to meet operational needs calls for a holistic approach and attention to technology trends.

Building automation systems are one avenue for a cyber attack. A recent survey examines perceived roles.

In early 2016, a long anticipated lease accounting standard revision was approved.

Whether in a hospital, medical office building, or urgent care center, healthcare waiting rooms aim to provide comfort and convenience.

Results indicate high customer satisfaction and proper staffing levels are high on the list of campus facility management priorities.

Over the last two decades, extreme drought events in the U.S. have vividly illustrated the imperative for technologies that increase water usage efficiency as well as strategies and methods to reduce demand.

The planning, implementation, operation, and maintenance of physical security—whether for one facility or many—will benefit from facility executives taking the stance of a common sense approach to the task.

This year’s Readers’ Choice Awards features companies in more than 40 categories, whose products and services were rated highest by facility management professionals based on aesthetics, reliability, value, and customer service.

In Hamilton County, OH, Ralph W. Linne, director of county facilities, tames management tasks with technology and shapes a long-term energy plan.

Energy engineer at the MillerCoors facility recognized for successful initiatives shares five keys to improve energy efficiency.

With the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) Fellows Program, facility leaders execute operational improvements as part of Retrofit Chicago.

Facility management executives can create resilient facilities by employing green strategies to combat extreme weather.

At Broward College in South Florida, dispersed capabilities were brought into a centralized system.

When it comes to exterior surveillance, the interaction of lighting and security cameras plays an important role in facility protection.

Whether a resident backup system or on-call emergency plan, these temporary tools should be deployed quickly.

The planning process can consider these six factors.

Monitoring conditions during work on a site keeps disruptions to patients in check.

It's time for an ADA compliance check as the law's 25th anniversary arrives.

Unwanted furniture does not need to go into a landfill.

Ceilings are significant for both visual and acoustic comfort.

At Sinclair Community College in Dayton, OH, leveraging technology clarified priorities for informed decisions.

For this year’s Readers’ Choice Awards, the survey included more than 40 categories, and facility management professionals were asked to indicate what companies they rated highest based on product aesthetics, product reliability, value, and customer service.

Historically, water efficiency has taken a backseat to energy efforts, but this is all changing now.

Specialty products can help mitigate door damage, lower repair costs, and reduce downtime.

When lowering HVAC energy demands is a goal, the most effective choice is not one-size-fits-all.

The newest technologies can elevate worker protection.

TFM's 21st annual Readers' Choice Awards highlight preferred vendors and service providers in more than 40 categories.

Churchill’s not in the running, so nominate an outstanding facility manager you know today. From the September 2013 issue.

Ed Coene’s original formula for success guided the development of a dynamic brand with international reach in print, online and unique events that are essential components of successful project development. Coene, founder and president of Group C, publishers of Today's Facility Manager and Business Facilities, passed away on September 17, 2013.

Niels Diffrient died on June 8, 2013 at the age of 84. This Q&A from the Today's Facility Manager archives illustrates how one of the top human factors designers came from humble beginnings to sprout impressive roots. It has been retrieved in his honor. From the October 2002 issue.

Recent events force K-12 facility managers to evaluate security measures in their schools. From the March 2013 issue of Today's Facility Manager.

Numerous companies offer products and services to members of the facility management (FM) profession. And each year, Today’s Facility Manager (TFM) asks its readers to vote for their preferred vendors in a variety of categories.

This is the last article in a three part series examining the concept of strategic facility planning.

Strategic facility planning starts with this single question, but the response relies on understanding both the purpose of the activity and the desired results. So what's the question?

This special feature salutes the 20 year relationship between Zeftron®, fms, and TFM.

David J. Brady, president and CEO of the International Facility Management Association (IFMA) shares his thoughts on two decades of facility management (FM) achievement.

This is an extended version of the article that appears in the September 2008 issue, which recognizes TFM's 20th Anniversary.

Springer and Lockwood explain how seemingly unrelated events can link up to create new challenges for facility professionals.

Are facility managers ready to act? Or are they marching to the beat of a different drum?

For this year’s Readers’ Choice Awards, the survey included 47 categories, and FM professionals were asked to indicate what company they rated highest based on product aesthetics, product reliability, value, and customer service.