Improved Facility Management Performance can be achieved by getting better at Unplanned Work (Corrective Maintenance) in order to free up more time for Planned Work (Proactive Maintenance). — Facilities Management (FM) personnel are being challenged like never before to reduce cost, improve labor efficiency, prevent unplanned downtime, and increase asset lifetime / reliability. Reducing headcount might seem to be a promising cost reduction option on paper, but it would have a negative impact on patient care and occupant…

Situation Awareness drives better decision-making by turning data into actionable Information and focusing attention on critical alarms & events. — Providing systems that support situation awareness (SA) is a commonly used technique to improve operator decision-making in mission critical applications like aviation, power generation, transportation, nuclear, medicine, and oil & gas. Notice that I didn’t mention facility management (FM) of data centers, or institutions like healthcare and higher education. …

Strategies to Prepare for the Wave of Retiring Employees — The Challenge of the “Great Retirement” As “Baby Boomers” retire en masse, you’re likely already seeing major changes in your workplace. Studies suggest nearly 40% of Facilities Management (FM) professionals will retire within the next decade. Boomers are an integral part of FM teams — the average facilities manager is 49 years old. Until recently, Boomers…

How to Attract and Retain New and Diverse Talent to Facilities Management — There are an abundance of career options available to Millennials and Gen-Zers as they tend to be highly-educated, driven, tech savvy, as well as out-of-the-box-thinkers. But how many do you think have considered a career in Facilities Management? Before we get started, let’s define Facilities Management. Facilities management is probably…

Planning & Attending an Offsite with Your Remote Team in 2021 — As the US began to feel a major impact from the Covid-19 pandemic and related shutdowns, Virtual Facility pivoted to a completely remote operation. Now, like many other businesses, we’ve focused on filling in the gaps inherent in a remote-only work environment, particularly around bringing our team together in a…