May 5, 2008—The IFMA Foundation and FMLink are conducting an international research survey for facility managers. The survey, sponsored by ABM Industries, Inc. and Planon, Inc., is designed to provide feedback related to topics of interest to facility managers worldwide.
Users are asked to rate categories of interest and, for each category, specific research topics. Major categories for the topics include: Energy Management; Emergency Planning; Security and Disaster Recovery; Technology; Health and Safety; Maintenance and Operations; Outsourcing; Metrics/Benchmarks; Sustainability; Strategic FM; Best Practices; Facility Condition Assessment; Financial; Training, Certification and Education; and FM Legal Issues.
The survey results will be used by the IFMA Foundation to rank the production of its educational white papers and by FMLink to help prioritize content of its Web site.
We invite your input for this multiple-choice survey—we anticipate that it will take approximately 10 minutes to complete. To participate, please visit the following link:
http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e2afetc7ffq0b3ip/start
Respondents will receive a summary of the findings.
The IFMA Foundation is a non-profit corporation whose primary functions relate to grants and scholarships as well as research and educational opportunities for the advancement of facility management.
FMLink is a comprehensive online facilities management publication with over 10,000 pages of news, feature articles, benchmarking data, links, directories, calendars, a job mart and much more to support facilities professionals in their jobs.
ABM Industries is one of the world’s largest leading facility services contractors listed on the New York Stock Exchange. ABM provides a broad range of facility services including janitorial, parking, security, engineering, maintenance, lighting, energy, and comprehensive facility management solutions throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.
Planon’s Integrated Workplace Management Software offers comprehensive and accurate information that enables FMs to monitor, measure, and manage facilities while maintaining an overall view of operational commitments.
