FEA Principal Chris Hodges wrote about Leading in a Crisis: Creating Safer, Healthier Facilities for the September/October 2020 issue of IFMA's FMJ magazine. The article explores how a steady hand is needed to navigate the challenges posed by any emergency threatening the safety, security and health of its stakeholders. During any crisis, the most prepared organizations are more likely to … [Read more...] about Chris Hodges Writes About Creating Safer, Healthier Facilities
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
Pandemic Planning from a Facility Perspective: Re-Opening Facilities
After identifying Essential Functions and Essential Resources during the business continuity planning phase and operating the business remotely for an extended time through a Ready Workforce, it’s time to plan for recovery. Who will direct the return to work process? When will the transition happen? Will the transition be gradual or sudden, and how will you prepare for either possibility? For … [Read more...] about Pandemic Planning from a Facility Perspective: Re-Opening Facilities
Pandemic Planning from a Facility Perspective: Ready Workforce
Readying a workforce is perhaps one of the most challenging things to do. It’s not that training on its own is particularly difficult, but getting an entire organization to step back and understand what their individual essential functions are and how they each need to prepare to play their part…that’s a big lift. Our team is pretty mobile - used to working on laptops, connecting remotely, … [Read more...] about Pandemic Planning from a Facility Perspective: Ready Workforce
