In the August 2020 edition of Facility Maintenance Decisions, Laurie Gilmer writes about How the Coronavirus Pandemic Has Reshaped Traditional Facility Manager Roles. In the article, Laurie discuss how facility managers are charged with ensuring the built environment is functional and safe and supports the organizations they serve. During the pandemic, that role has risen to prominence as the … [Read more...] about Laurie Gilmer Writes About How Coronavirus Has Reshaped the Facility Manager Role
Maureen Roskoski Examines Using Gap Analysis to Improve Training
Maureen Roskosi examintes examines how to use gap analysis to improve workforce training in this article for FnPrime. Read the article excerpt below. When buildings are maintained properly by educated personnel who are trained in high-performance building management techniques, facilities run better and operating expenses are lower. There is a decade old federal law aimed at identifying … [Read more...] about Maureen Roskoski Examines Using Gap Analysis to Improve Training
John Edwards to Present on FBPTA and Workforce Development
John Edwards to present on FBPTA in Action: How USACE Logistics is Enhancing Workforce Development at the 2020 Virtual SAME Facilities Management Workshop on July 29, 2020. The one-hour session will explore how the right facility training can make energy efficiency easy, achieve operational savings in buildings, and advance career growth. So how do you find the right training for energy … [Read more...] about John Edwards to Present on FBPTA and Workforce Development
Mitigating Mistakes: Dangerous Debris
Paul Timm discusses how leaving unsecured materials around facilities poses unacceptable risks in his column on Mitigating Mistakes for the July 2020 edition of SecurityInfoWatch. Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED), the principle of “maintenance” speaks to the need to furnish an environment that is neat, clean and orderly. A poorly maintained property attracts criminal … [Read more...] about Mitigating Mistakes: Dangerous Debris
Chris Hodges to Present on Long Term Facilities Planning
Chris Hodges will present to the IFMA City & Country Clubs Council on Long-Term Facilities Planning: Building on the Lessons of COVID-19 on July 14, 2020. Chris will discuss how COVID-19 has placed the facility management community on the forefront of efforts to re-occupy our facilities and help create a “new” safe, healthy environment for the vast infrastructure we have created for where … [Read more...] about Chris Hodges to Present on Long Term Facilities Planning
Paul Timm to Moderate a Panel on Re-opening School Districts
Paul Timm, PSP will moderate a panel on at the Campus Safety Conference Online Summit held July 7 - 8, 2020. The panel, COVID-19: The Road to Re-Opening Your District, will examine how schools are still unsure of what the fall may bring and are trying to prepare for all the challenges for starting up the school year and semesters according to the CDC Guidelines for the “New … [Read more...] about Paul Timm to Moderate a Panel on Re-opening School Districts
