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Specialized Facilities: Leeds Castle
Beginning in 1119, Leeds Castle has been a home to medieval kings and queens, lords and ladies, and other British royalty. It has also been held privately by the Culpeper, Fairfax and… [read more] |
Specialized Facilities: Center for the Intrepid
The Brooke Army Medical Center is home to the Center for the Intrepid—a unique research, medical and advanced training skills facility designed to serve military personnel who have been… [read more] |
Specialized Facilities: Cox Communications
Wire management—it’s a challenge to us all. Who among us has not experienced the phenomena of connecting just two wires side by side, and within minutes seeing that they have mated—creating knots and tangles that a salty sailor would have trouble deciphering? [read more] |
Specialized Facilities: Sydney Opera House
The FM Exemplar Project: Sydney Opera House was initiated by the Facilities Management (FM) Action Agenda to demonstrate the strategic importance of facility management and gain a better understanding of best practice. The research was undertaken by the CRC for… [read more] |
Specialized Facilities: Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Being a facility manager in a museum offers some unique opportunities to address tenant comfort. The Denver Museum of Nature & Science recently hosted a popular traveling… [read more] |
The Green Generation
One of the first things guests notice upon arriving at any facility is its landscaping. As winter leads to spring, there are many ways to keep your facility's grounds looking attractive and welcoming… [read more] |
Leading the Charge for Change
Sustainability has been embraced by nearly every industry—from retail to energy, automotive to professional services, health care to higher education. Facility managers worldwide are challenged with how to support… [read more] |
Exceeding Expectations in Energy Efficiency
When the design and construction team broke ground in the fall of 2006 on the US$21 million warehouse and distribution center for JohnsonDiversey, Inc. in Sturtevant, Wis., they embarked… [read more] |
The Green Seal of Approval
Facility managers with green purchasing guidelines often need help determining whether or not the cleaning service they plan to hire—or deploy—is truly green. GS-42, the Green Seal™ Environmental Standard for… [read more] |
FM Spotlight: Vishnu Jhaveri
FMJ Associate Editor Laurie Steiner Chats with Texas A&M University Construction Management… [read more] |
Play it Safe - What's Your Security Plan?
Just as the U.S. Marines are always looking for "a few good men," facility managers looking to staff security operations at specialized facilities should consider adopting a similar… [read more] |
Multiple Missions for Higher Education
Institutions of higher learning have been embedded in human history for thousands of years, initially educating society’s privileged. Buildings were elegant stone or crude structures, but their teachers… [read more] |
On the Track to IT Success
There’s an ancient story about a man that decided to jump on the back of a tiger. Riding the tiger gave the man a feeling of power and control, until he came to realize that he couldn’t get off. The tiger would… [read more] |
A Recipe for Five-Star Inspections
As facility managers in the restaurant industry, we owe the highest standards to internal and external customers. Contractors and vendors who perform work in restaurants must pull into… [read more] |
May/June Pullout
Check out our first photo pull-out on Leed's Castle in Kent, England. |
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