Journal of Facilities Management: Volume 3 Issue 1

Disaster preparedness and Business Continuity Planning at Boeing: An integrated model

Carolyn Castillo

Traditionally, facilities professionals are responsible for maintaining business operations after a disaster by safeguarding people and the physical infrastructure. While most…

Energy management: How to deliver cost savings in a time of rising rates

Mike Moran, Marc Berman, Launa Morasch

Keeping energy costs contained during a time of rising rates takes ingenuity, coordination, perseverance and educated staff. Facility managers at Pacific Northwest National…

Coming of age: Strategic asset management in the municipal sector

Pierre W. Jolicoeur, James T. Barrett

The application of strategic asset management in the municipal sector is of growing concern and importance. Increasingly, municipalities are faced with shrinking facility budgets…

Adapting security operating procedures to threat levels

David G. Patterson

This paper provides readers with an in‐depth look at the steps that must be taken to provide the proper planning for the implementation of physical security measures at various…

Raising facilities management’s profile in organisations: Developing a world‐class framework

Sezgin Kaya, Christopher Andrew Heywood, Kirsten Arge, Graham Brawn, Keith Alexander

Leading organisations expect that all business processes, including facilities management (FM), achieve world‐class standards. This paper presents the results of an international…

Professional sustainability in facility management

Keith Pratt, Audrey Kaplan

We live in a world of constant change. Sustaining careers for those who practise the profession of managing facilities is therefore increasingly becoming a challenge. In…

Assessing the performance of construction projects: Implementing earned value management at the General Services Administration

Carlos M. Alvarado, Robert P. Silverman, David S. Wilson

There are many potential measures of performance for evaluating the success of a construction project. All address performance in three key areas: scope, schedule and budget. In a…