The new Düsseldorf City Gate was built on the southern end of the Rhine tunnel and is located in the immediate vicinity of the Northern Rhine Westfalian state government. The facility management technology is particularly important in this building, because anyone who operates an income property today must deal with...
Cessna has manufactured 178,000 aircraft since 1927, amounting to one-third of all aircraft aloft today. With office space covering in excess of 500,000 square feet and manufacturing facilities making up the remainder, Cessna has a combined total of over four million square feet under roof. Cessna was looking out for...
The Buffalo School District's mission is to put children and families first to ensure high academic achievement for all. As part of the program packaging and development services team selected by the Joint Schools Construction Board to head this initiative, Johnson Controls, Inc. is helping carry out the plan. The...
The University of South Carolina USC, established in 1801, serves more than 26,000 students each academic year with over 400 degree programs. They wanted to implement an energy conservation program to dramatically reduce energy and operating costs. They connected a wide variety of existing building digital control equipment to one...
Rockwood School District is the largest school district in St. Louis County with 17 elementary schools, five middle schools, four high schools and four miscellaneous buildings. The main objective was to create a solution that maximizes available energy conservation funds and dramatically reduces maintenance expenses. Develop and manage a construction...
Rockwood School District is the largest school district in St. Louis County with 17 elementary schools, five middle schools, four high schools and four miscellaneous buildings. The project objective is to create a solution that maximizes available energy conservation funds and dramatically reduces maintenance expenses. Develop and manage a construction...
A large and popular shopping destination in Toronto is demonstrating the benefits of improving older comfort systems. According to John Crane, operations manager at Yorkdale Shopping Centre, the updates in the comfort systems serving the huge facility were done to enhance comfort levels, reduce operating costs, and simplify facility management....
Louisiana State University serves approximately 27,000 students and comprises 250 buildings nestled on a 650-acre plateau of a 2,000 acre campus. Reduce rising utility bills created by out-of-date, inefficient equipment. Eliminate humidity and air quality problems caused by outdated, unreliable equipment that contributes to an unproductive learning environment. Comply with...
Best practice facility management operation's share several common traits, two in particular stand out above the rest; outstanding leadership and clarity of purpose. Achieving the balance between minimum levels of service, and minimum cost requires quality information, great planning and above all - a well led, talented and focused team...
This paper focuses on why capital asset reinvestment planning is strategically important to an agency based facility management organization, and the benefit and value it can bring to overall decision support processes surrounding the long-term operation and maintenance of physical assets. Capital asset reinvestment provides the agency with a knowledge...
Even if a space planner prepares the actual package, the occupant must provide this information. Most facility management departments employ or retain design professionals to provide technical assistance to occupant personnel. These professionals can assist occupants with completing forms, defining the nature of the space problems to be solved, and...
Flexibility, cost control and increased employee retention are just some of the many attributes a corporate campus can deliver, regardless of economic conditions. This cost index briefing is published twice a year and has become a powerful and dynamic business reference point for property and facility management professionals. With property...
In today's high-speed global business environment, every organization is out to maximize its profits, enlarge its market share, and above all, put a check on ever-increasing costs. Outsourcing is the process of procuring services or products from an external service provider with a view to curb costs, replace in-house capabilities,...
Construction Project Management CPM and Facility Management FM are both very important disciplines for advanced study by building professionals. Both disciplines attempt to meet/ resolve built-asset stakeholders' need for an effective means to meet their objectives short or long term. In the context of Corporate Real Estate CRE or Asset...
With property and facility management budgets often being squeezed and pressure increasing on managers to demonstrate greater effectiveness and provide more value, understanding how the costs of operation are changing and how they compare with others is vital to identify particular areas of concern. This article discusses key points for...
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-8 June 2009-Dave & Buster's Sets Date to Report Fiscal 2008 First Quarter ResultsC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Dave & Buster's, an operator of high volume entertainment/dining complexes, announced that it plans to report financial results for its fiscal 2008 first quarter before the Market...
Millard County sheriff's deputies are trying to find whoever abandoned a horse in Utah's western desert. The horse was found June 27 near a gravel pit on U.S. 6/50, about 30 miles west of Delta. Deputies said the 7-year-old horse was "in really bad shape" and so...
Photon Infotech, a next generation Internetconsulting firm creating innovative e-business solutions with SOA, OpenSource, and Web 2.0 technologies, today announced the opening of the PhotonDrupal Training Center, a new facility that will leverage and expandPhoton's experience and expertise with Drupal, anopen-source PHP-driven Content Management System. With a goal of certifying200...
KANKAKEE, Ill. -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the Rohm and Haas Company (NYSE:ROH) Kankakee facility with their National Environmental Performance Track Award for progress toward achieving environmental performance goals and the breadth and challenge of those goals. "Results are what are most important to the...
Order set authoring and management solution helps improve patient outcomes through established standards of care MINNEAPOLIS -- Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Exempla Healthcare has purchased ProVation[R] Order Sets, the actionable, evidenced-based order set authoring and...
