FM Issue

The decision to scale back protective measures may come at a significant cost to facilities.

When budgets are under increased are under increased scrutiny, identifying energy reduction opportunities is a valuable skill.

Cohesive automation approaches are sparking energy efficiency in commercial buildings.

MSDS management is the most important aspect of this life safety issue.

There are many ways to protect facilities from explosive threats.

Power, HVAC, and access control are vital to a data center, and the fm has responsibility for all of these areas.

Building information modeling can help facility managers integrate all systems more easily.

Creating a relevant formula for life cycle costing is key to reaping benefits from this purchasing strategy.

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is one of the latest tools to be optimized for maintenance and operations applications.

A few hundred dollars worth of material often costs several thousands more to replace.

How these systems are configured depends on what level of defense against an outage is desired.

Building automation is coming soon to a smart grid near you.

William Principe looks at potential major changes to OSHA

Security expert Steve Layne admits that unpredictable events happen, but he explains there are ways to anticipate

The relentless demands of technology have created workplace conditions that can literally be sweating for employees. Filled with monitors, servers, and other heat producing technology, these cluster computing environments—particularly in manned situations like trading floors, emergency command and control centers, broadcast studios, and industrial control terminals—must comply with design requirements and ASHRAE standards that govern both human comfort and equipment cooling.

Two experts from the Disaster Emergency Response Association (DERA) address the keys to maintaining effective emergency preparedness and continuity plans.

Facility professionals would do well to continue managing their buildings with an eye toward ensuring they are leveraging every aspect in a manner that contributes to the business.

Public/private collaboration aims to expedite technology development.

Vegetative roofing systems (aka green roofs) are gaining popularity for many reasons.

Data rich modeling tools may translate into dynamic new facility management capabilities.