Geographic information systems (GIS) is a technology with many practical uses for facility managers. GIS systems allow you to view, understand, question, interpret and visualize data in many ways that reveal relationships, patterns and trends in the form of maps,...

Overview Whether you are a Senior Real Property Officer, Director of Facilities or serve in any position as a federal real property management professional, you have a responsibility to promote the “efficient and economical use of America’s real property assets and to...

K12 school districts assume a wide variety of responsibilities and activities that require suitable, productive, and safe working, learning, and recreational environments. You only have to imagine a school district without its facilities—its buildings, grounds,...

Facilities are mission critical for any organization. From military bases to hospitals, schools, office buildings, and government buildings, your organization cannot function unless your facilities are open for business. But they are costly: facilities-related costs...

Higher education (HE) institutions assume a wide variety of responsibilities and activities that require suitable, productive, and safe working, learning and living environments. You only have to imagine a campus without its facilities—its buildings, grounds,...

The infrastructures of modern facility portfolios are more complex than most people realize—and far more expensive. The land itself has extraordinary value, each of the buildings cost millions to build and maintain, and the utilities and technology that serve them...

Where Geography Meets Geometry for Facilities Operations and Security Facilities are mission critical to an organization because they impact everyone — whether they realize it or not. They represent an organization’s largest financial asset, second-largest expense,...