Tag: Professional Development

What is the single most effective change you've implemented recently to improve your bottom line?

TFM's 2014 Facility Executive of the Year Award competition is in full swing. This annual event honors an individual for his or her work on a recently completed construction project, and the value they bring to their organizations on a daily basis.

“Creating, Sharing & Learning" is the theme for this year's celebration, chosen by the Global Facilities Management Association (Global FM).

The course takes the approach of building a comprehensive environmental health and safety (EHS) program from the bottom up. The focus is on enhancing EHS management skills to ensure effective implementation of the program. The management strategies emphasized, when applied, can minimize the risks and liability inherent in operating buildings and the equipment in them.

On average, lightning kills more people than hurricanes and tornadoes combined every year.

The individuals include those representing facility managers, building owners, local code officials, lighting manufacturers, and fire protection engineers

I have been tasked with implementing a solid, yet flexible and functional asset/inventory tracking system for all of the company assets.

Building Information Modeling can help facility managers stay up to date.

Guest Columnist Teresa L. Jakubowski explains how new standards of Titles II and III of the ADA can be decoded.

Occupational safety programs are key to maintaining a healthy and productive workforce, even in a down economy.

Guest Columnist Bill Garland recommends facility managers look beyond face value when partnering with outside firms.

Guided self assessments are tools to supplement professionally administered data collection.

Tune in at 12:00 pm CST on Wednesday, June 22 for a free webinar as Joe Day, senior account executive at Air Cycle, explains...

Tony Rankin explains how many aspects of sustainable design translate into substantial savings for budgets as well.

The company has partnered with the Student Conservation Association to foster and teach environmental stewardship in a variety of job types.

Reducing the waste in food service facilities presents both economic and environmental benefits.

In part two of this commissioning feature, find out how savings can come from systems and equipment optimization.

In this final piece in the series, Columnist Krall looks at how recycling programs at large facilities can have big benefits.

Columnist Daniel Krall reveals how lamps in landfills carry financial, environmental, and public relations risks.

For the third consecutive year, TFM is conducting a survey of its readership about lighting.