Facility Maintenance Decisions
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Feature - Facilities in Focus How We Build the Next Facilities Management WorkforceReaching students in high school and even middle school is where real awareness of facilities management begins.

Feature - Facilities management Professor Study Seeking FMs, Technicians for InterviewsStudy looks at integrating facility management into the design phase of projects.

Feature - Security Safety Through Redundancy: Expanding Emergency Alerts on CampusThe University of Rhode Island adopted a multi-layered notification system tied to building requirements.

Feature - Grounds management Mowing Decisions That Make the Cut at Purdue UniversityPurdue University adapts to changing landscapes and mower technology advances in ensuring its landscape and turf make good first impressions.

Feature - Pest Management Effective Pest Prevention Starts OutdoorsPest problems rarely begin inside institutional and commercial facilities — they start outside.

Feature - Maintenance & Operations Conducting High-Level Building Inspections with Drone TechnologyTo ensure drone technology applications deliver the intended benefits for organizations, managers must ensure they understand key requirements of using the technology.

Feature - Poll What’s One Small Change You’ve Made to Your Field or Grounds that Had a Surprisingly Big Impact?The first impression isn’t always made when someone set foot inside a building – it starts the minute they walk onto the property.

Feature - Lift Equipment MEWPs: High-Level Training IssuesFocusing on training priorities is crucial for facilities tapping into the flexibility of mobile elevating work platforms.

Feature - Roofing Lessons in Top-Level Sustainability from Harvard Business SchoolFacilities and sustainability teams at Harvard Business School team up to ensure green roof benefits to occupants, the university and the community.

Editorial - Editorial No Department Is an IslandFor decades, maintenance and engineering departments seemed to operate on their own — how times have changed.