Friday, March 6, 2009

Facility Management (FM)

It is the practice of coordinating the physical workplace with the people and work of the organization. It integrates the principles of business administration, architecture and the behavioral and engineering sciences. Although the facility management profession has been in existence since the evolution of the office, only in recent years has it received worldwide recognition.

Business entities have come to realize that maintaining a well managed and highly efficient facility is critical to success. New technologies, environmental consciousness and health concerns also have had a major impact on the importance of and need for facility professionals in organizations.

Facility professionals must be equipped with a tremendous amount of knowledge and the ability to cope with and solve a multitude of complex problems and challenges. Their numerous job responsiblities can be categorized into the following major functions: Facility strategic and tactical planning, Facility financial forecasting and budgeting, Real estate procurement, leasing and disposal, Procurement of furnishings, equipment and outside facility services, Facility construction, renovation and relocation, Health, safety and security

Also Environmental issues, Development of corporate facility policies and procedures, Quality management, including benchmarking and best practices, Architecture and engineering planning and design, Space planning and management, Building operations, maintenance and engineering, Supervision of services such as reprographics, transportation and food, Telecommunications, Code compliance.

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