Facility Management

Where Facility Professionals and FMs will find Facilities Management and Building Operations news, tips, best practices and maintenance information. Facility Executive magazine covers all aspects of construction projects, modernization and ongoing operations for commercial buildings.



GE Donates Equipment To New Orleans Schools Affected By Hurricane Katrina

This fall, more than 50 New Orleans schools, which sustained damaged during Hurricane Katrina in 2005, opened on time thanks to some help from...

EPA Announces Top 25 Corporate Purchasers Of Green Power

Last week, the U.S. EPA announced its quarterly list of organizations that purchase electricity generated from clean, renewable resources such as solar, wind, geothermal,...

Bonus Friday Funny: Yo! Engineering as Career is Cool

The hottest new rap video can’t be seen on MTV, BET or even VH-1 – it’s on ASHRAE.org. That’s right – “rap video.” Not...

Friday Funny: CCTV Uncovers the Uncovered!

Some people just get a little too comfortable at work. Earlier this week, Attorney Scott Blauvelt was arrested "after a security camera caught him...

New Web Site For Federal Compliance Information

For the first time ever, there's a single Web site that business owners can turn to for all their federal compliance information. When the...

American Liberty Elms: A Special Tree For Builders Committed To "Green Building"

For builders across the nation who are turning their attention to designing "green", environmentally friendly building projects, there is a tree for those project...

American Liberty Elms: A Special Tree For Builders Committed To “Green Building”

For builders across the nation who are turning their attention to designing "green", environmentally friendly building projects, there is a tree for those project...

Dramatic Surge in Architecture Billings Index

Demand for commercial and industrial projects leads to highest figure in over a yearAfter hovering around the no growth mark for the past three...

Interface, Inc. Tapped for Clinton Global Initiative Participation

Interface, Inc. Chairman and Founder Ray Anderson has outlined the company's plan to become a carbon neutral enterprise by the year 2020. Interface has...

Turner Forecasts Increase in Construction Costs for Construction Industry in the Third Quarter of...

Turner Construction Company recently announced that construction costs in the third quarter of 2006 are projected to increase (compared to the second quarter of...

A/E firms predict growth in incentive compensation for 2006

Architecture, engineering, and environmental firm leaders are predicting an increase of 5% in incentive compensation spending for this year. Of the more than 100...

Donation Offsets Greenbuild CO2 Emissions

International textile and chemical manufacturer Milliken & Company, a platinum sponsor of the 2006 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo, is donating more than 13...

New Technology for Making Roads and Bridges Safer in Winter Comes to Metro

The seasons are changing, and that means motorists in New Jersey, New York, and across the East Coast will soon need to watch out...

Asthma Prevention in Schools: AQS Report Focuses on Minimizing Indoor Air Pollution

During the past month, a number of news articles have reported on the spike in the number of asthma attacks among elementary school age...

IBM Tackles Data Center Power And Cooling Challenges

IBM Site and Facilities Services Unit Deploys New Technology for the Data CenterIBM, a global services provider, today introduced new service products to help...

Today from World Workplace

While some facilities around the country are closed for Columbus Day, World Workplace is currently being held in San Diego. Yesterday's keynote from Dan...

Friday Funny: Thank goodness THESE interns stayed away from Congress

This online "skit" predates the latest intern misadventures. Perhaps its a parody of the nonsense that goes on in some offices, but who knows?...

ABB Earns Award From Frost & Sullivan For Low Voltage Drives

ABB recently earned the Frost & Sullivan "Growth Excellence in Market and Product Leadership of the Year Award, for 2006 Low Voltage Drives." Technological...

ABB Earns Award From Frost & Sullivan For Low Voltage Drives

ABB recently earned the Frost & Sullivan "Growth Excellence in Market and Product Leadership of the Year Award, for 2006 Low Voltage Drives." Technological...

Crisis Communication Strategy for Security Professionals

As a security or loss prevention professional, you are trained to deal with a myriad of crisis situations– from a violent crime occurring on...
Workforce Shortages Webinar

Worried About Workforce Shortages? Effective Strategies To Stay Ahead

During this free webinar, you'll learn the top 5 strategies that facility maintenance pros are implementing to overcome workforce shortages.
Webinar, Facility Capital Improvements

View This Free Video Webinar: Maximizing Value For Facility Master Planning

A panel of Facility Management leaders discuss long-term planning challenges and answer questions about maximizing the value of conducting a Facility Condition Assessments (FCA).

[VIDEO] Collect Asset Data at the Speed of Walking a Building

AI powered data collection with AkitaBox Capture. Take a picture of the asset nameplate, touch the floor plan to locate the asset and move to the next asset. Save up to 90% of your time in the field with AkitaBox Capture AI.