FACILITIES MANAGEMENT SURVEYS

NEW FOR MAY 2008! FM INTEREST TOPICS FMLink and the IFMA Foundation are conducting a survey to see which topics will interest you the most over the year ahead. The questions are all multiple choice and it should take only about 10 minutes to complete.   CLICK TO HELP US (and we'll send you the results)!

Industry-Wide FM Trends Survey

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.

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 May.

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.

Facilities Management Software Survey

See the survey results on automated solutions in the FM marketplace, co-sponsored by CenterStone Software and FMLink

FMLink Outsourcing Survey — Results

See the results from FMLink's outsourcing survey. The results identify not only the steady trend toward more outsourcing, but also the number of functions that are outsourced. The results include findings relating to cost savings and time required to manage the contractors, as well as special considerations for mission critical facilities.

Surveys...

Review the results of surveys and benchmarking studies on a wide variety of topics researched 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.