FACILITIES MANAGEMENT SURVEYS

Special FMLink Surveys

Energy Savings Survey. This award-winning survey identifies which energy-savings strategies facilities and property managers have attempted, and which have been most successful (note that the detailed results are now available). The survey was run through FMLink and developed with input from the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and the Association for Facility Engineers (AFE).

FM Topics of Interest. See which topics fellow FMs saw as those in which they had the most interest, produced by FMLink and The IFMA Foundation.

Facilities Industry Trends-Survey. Results of the industry-wide survey. The survey was co-sponsored by six facility management organizations and publications. Besides FMLink, these include: IFMA, Building Operating Management, AFE, BOMA and APPA.

Facilities Management Software Survey. See the survey results on automated solutions in the FM marketplace, co-sponsored by Manhattan Software and FMLink.

FMLink Outsourcing Survey — Results. The results from this survey focus on outsourcing trends, and include findings relating to cost savings and time required to manage the contractors.

Question of the Month...

FMLink conducts a monthly poll on an item of current topical interest. Results of the poll will appear next month. The current question will run through the end of July.

See results from previous Questions-of-the-Month.

Send FMLink a suggestion for Question-of-the-Month, and if it gets used, we'll send you $25! Be sure to include your name, company name, phone, e-mail and snail-mail addresses.

Surveys...

Review the results of surveys and benchmarking studies on a wide variety of topicsresearched by many facilities and real property organizations and publishers.

Trends...

Results from studies indicating changes in FM over time.Building Cost Indexes...

Monthly updates on current building cost indexes, as provided by Whitestone Research.