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How to Build a Facilities Management Budget That Gets Approved

The FM budget guide that turns requests into approvals.

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Does Your Asset Register Actually Support Maintenance Planning - or Just Document It?

Better data, better decisions. Start building a strong asset register.

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10 Signs You're Under-using Your Facility Management Software

Are you really getting the most from your FM software? Find out here.

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Stop the Double-Up: Why Facility Teams Can End Up Processing the Same Maintenance Request Twice

Same job, two work orders, double the wasted hours.

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What Happens When the Person Who Set Up Your FM Software Leaves?

One person shouldn't be the only one who understands your system.

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CMMS vs FM Software: What's the Difference and Which One Does Your Team Actually Need?

Same category, very different FM capabilities. Here's how to choose.

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What Is Preventive Maintenance? A Smarter Way to Reduce Facility Downtime and Equipment Failures

Fix it before it breaks. Here's why preventive maintenance pays off.

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Repair or Replace? A Practical Decision Framework for Asset Managers

Repair or replace? Here's a decision framework for asset managers.

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Are You Only Measuring Asset Downtime? Here's What Your Facility Asset Performance Reporting Might Be Missing

Downtime tells you what broke - these metrics tell you why.

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What Is Condition-Based Maintenance?

Service assets when the data says so - not just because the calendar d

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4 Facility Inspection Checklists Every Team Should Be Using

Four checklists. Fewer failures. Here's what every FM team needs.

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When to Repair vs Replace a Facility Asset: A Simplified Decision Framework

Fix it or replace it? The asset decision framework FM teams need.

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3 Considerations for Facilities Managers to Improve Disability Access

Here are three considerations to help improve disability accessiblilty

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The Perils of Paper

In this article, we look at why it's time to leave paper in the past

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Old Habits Die Hard

Some habits are hard to break, but it's time to move on

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Beating the Breach

In this article, we look at how data governance is critical in FM.

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Industry Insights: Kim Smith

Read our interview with an industry leader in asset management

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Net Zero and What it Means for Facilities Managers

What does a commitment to carbon-neutral mean for facilites managers?

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Rethinking Business as Usual

In this article we look at how FM had to pivot in response to COVID-19

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Selecting a Successful Maintenance Strategy

In this blog, we look at maintenance strategies and their differences

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Facilitating Success: Setting KPIs in Facilities Management

In this article, we look at what KPIs mean to facilities management

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Managing Assets or Asset Management?

A look into the impact of Asset Management Frameworks

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Employee Happiness Heroes

An ever-increasing emphasis on employee wellbeing means ever-higher...

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Creating Human-Centered Facilities

Traditionally, facilities management and human resources teams have...

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