Efficiency and best practice in FM Procurement: Introducing the NEC4 Facilities Management Contracts

Efficiency and best practice in FM Procurement: Introducing the NEC4 Facilities Management Contracts

  Last year, NEC Contracts released a new set of contracts specifically designed for the procurement of facilities management services. NEC worked with the Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management (IWFM) to develop the contracts, ensuring that they demonstrate and encourage best practice in the sector. The suite contains four contracts, six user guides and…

How to Be Proactive in Solving Staff Shortages

How to Be Proactive in Solving Staff Shortages

  The pandemic did a number on staffing and skilled labor for many FM organizations. Here’s how one top-level FM executive is solving that problem./DECK–> The coronavirus pandemic has wrought havoc on just about every aspect of the facility management and buildings industries. Facility managers have had to navigate material shortages, staffing shortage, changes in…

Why FMs Should Consider Lemons & Limes

Why FMs Should Consider Lemons & Limes

  In December 2021, President Joe Biden signed Executive Order 14057, which includes several initiatives to help protect the environment. However, of the many initiatives in the order, its overriding key focus is sustainability. While the order applies primarily to U.S. government-owned and -operated facilities, whenever such orders are signed, they typically encourage other facilities,…

Technology Informs on Extreme Weather

Technology Informs on Extreme Weather

  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has predicted an above-normal Atlantic hurricane season for 2022, marking this as the seventh consecutive year with an above-normal season has been predicted. This year’s Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30. Unfortunately, extreme weather cannot be prevented, but there is technology that can be…

What You Need to Know About Building Performance Standards

What You Need to Know About Building Performance Standards

  Building performance standards are the latest tool being used by state and local governments to reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in existing buildings. For the last decade, benchmarking ordinances have been all the rage as one of the best tools to get existing buildings to reduce energy use. Based on the theory…