Tag: Childress Klein Properties
FM Frequency: Cutting Costs And Adding Flexibility
In challenging times, repurposing or reconfiguring facility spaces can help.
FM Frequency: Powerful Realities
Columnist Jeff Crane ponders long-term alternative energy options in response to cap and trade possibilities
FM Frequency: There’s Something In The Air…Or Is There?
In this expanded FM Frequency offering, Jeff Crane explains how an indoor air quality complaint triggered this hypothetical investigation.
FM Frequency: Feverish Forum Recap
In an unprecedented act of humility (and a touch of insanity), FM Frequency Columnist Jeff Crane interviews...himself!
FM Frequency: Suburban Facilities Need Love Too
FM Frequency Columnist Jeff Crane makes the case for smart economic development in suburbia.
FM Frequency: Lean Budgets = Creative Training…
TFM Columnist Jeff Crane argues that professional development shouldn't come to a screeching halt when there's no money to participate in far flung conferences.
FM Frequency: Elementary, My Dear Watson (Part 2)
FM Frequency Columnist Jeff Crane presents this conclusion to his moldy vacation cottage investigation.
FM Frequency: Sustaining Optimism
TFM Columnist Jeff Crane says the best days are ahead
FM Frequency: Elementary, My Dear Watson (Part 1)
In the first part of this facility riddle, Crane challenges readers to don their thinking caps.
FM Frequency: 20 Years—Looking Ahead
In honor of TFM's 20th anniversary, Crane makes some daring predictions for the next two decades.
FM Frequency: Conserving Dollars
As the need to do more with less increases, Crane offers some clever cuts in essential services.
FM Frequency: Asking Tough Questions; Seeking Honest Answers
This month's column from Jeff Crane drifts into the realm of the radical.
FM Frequency: Singing The 1040 Blues…Or Was That A Hymn?
Tax preparation is an unexpected religious experience for FM Frequency Columnist Jeff Crane.
FM Frequency: To LEED Or Not To LEED? It All Depends!
Crane shares this interactive session with a thought provoking reader.
FM Frequency: From the Outside Looking In
A peek inside the fictitious life of temporary facility manager, Ms. Y (courtesy of "Dear Diary").
FM Frequency: For The Love Of Buildings
Confessions under the knife: anesthesia exposes the trippy side of Crane's facility sensibilities.
FM Frequency: That’s What I Like About LEED
The new year is revealing an optimistic side of FM Frequency Columnist Jeff Crane.
FM Frequency: A Few Of My Favorite (Web) Things
They may not be raindrops on roses, but there are some things that make Jeff Crane happy.
FM Frequency: Rolling With The Facilities Budget
There are alternatives to the traditional method of budget preparation.
Green Trends: The Color Of Energy
Before making purchases, facility managers need to define what the use of energy efficient technologies can do for their office building's carbon footprint.
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.
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).
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