Education in any field is important. Facility Management is also a profession that has industry certifications. Principally, you'll strive for the Facility Management Professional certification by the

You have competing interests when you combine Facility and Operations Management. One must spend responsibly. The other must drive profits. The profit motive will potentially sacrifice maintenance for

A major component of a Facility Manager's job is risk management.

A Facility Manager's job is more than just getting maintenance and cleaning done. Let's try a tortured analogy.

I am currently working on a couple of projects for the building I manage. One of them is swapping out one of our water fountains with another that has a water bottle filler. In this way, our more health

Your property may require bollards to stop vehicles from entering certain areas or from bumping into critical structures. Their solid footing makes them highly unyielding. This means that if you bump into

I have been taking HVAC courses on Interplay Learning over the weekend. I am interested in learning about HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and appliance repair for my own enrichment. I had planned to learn

Lately, I have been dedicating my time to learning some skills that are relevant to my job as a Facility Manager. I entered into Facility Management from the IT field. It is not uncommon for FMs to be

Emergency Preparedness Continuing with emergency preparedness, I have located and am in process of purchasing an automatic defibrillator. These devices can be acquired for less than $2000. An AED (automated

I will be attending a conference next week. It is necessary to make preparations for my absence before leaving. This includes: Having invoices paid Following up on projects that are stalled Documentation

Occupants complained that it is warm in their room. I logged into the cloud management system and saw that the unit is measuring 80F. It shows that compressor 1 and compressor 2 are both engaged. Site

I had our main contractor come in to get me quotes for some work to be done around the building. Building Envelope The building envelope is what separates the interior of a building from the exterior.

Part of the job of Facility Management is to ensure that the toilets are stocked up. That means that we need to have toilet paper, paper towels, soap, trash bags, and cleaning supplies. Something that

This morning, I was a little bothered by a key management issue that came up. I have a system set up to track keys for my building. If I can avoid it, I prefer to not have to rekey. The system works great

This morning, I received notification from my custodian that the power was out in our facility. In this instance, I make it a point to shut off the electrical breakers to all of my high power equipment,

We had heavy overnight storms with driven rain. This morning, we have surveyed the building and found some water penetration. This was not as pronounced as in other instances. However, it does require

We had an individual with mental health problems enter the building this morning. He left without incident. There is concern because of a similar incident in which the troubled individual shot and killed

We have a full house at work today. All of our classrooms are booked. I've notified our custodians so we can be prepared.

Part of our work process includes keeping a calendar of room bookings so that we can prepare in advance. The calendar also helps us backtrack if we need to generate reports. For example, after the first

A common maintenance job that must be done in a commercial building is to repair a leak in the toilet flushers. Here is a short video showing the type of leak. What You Need To do this, you will need to