The Ideaction Oceania conference dinner on Monday marked a significant milestone in the history of the Facility Management Association, as the National Board Chair, Kristiana Greenwood, and Diversity Portfolio Group Chair, Suellyn Ward, opened the dinner with the launch of the Association’s first Indigenous Engagement Strategy. The launch of the Strategy at the start of [...]

Facility Management Enables Positive Experiences!   It is great to see the number of events and social media ‘chatter’ on how so many Facility Managers, their teams and facility service and product suppliers around the world are celebrating World FM Day 2018!   As a complete delivery Team, we truly enable positive experiences for all [...]

Excellence abounds as Global FM Award winners are announced on World FM Day   The Global FM Awards celebrate and acknowledge the best and most competent in facilities management practice across the world. With its main purpose to identify and recognise those in the facilities management industry who have done a great deal in contributing [...]

ISO 41001 Facility Management (FM) management systems standard was published on 23 April 2018.   The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has announced the publication of a new management system standard to join the ranks of ISO 9001 Quality Management and ISO/IEC 27001 Information security management.   “This latest release: ISO 41001 Facility management – [...]

Theme: Enabling positive experiences Date:  16 May 2018;  events between 14-18 May 2018 Once a year the global facilities management community comes together to celebrate FM on World FM Day .   Duncan Waddell, Chairman of Global FM, said: “The 2018 theme shines the spotlight on facilities management’s important role across the globe. Facility managers [...]

Global FM members are requested to submit a maximum of three entries, following the rules included in this brochure Global FM Awards 2018 Brochure. These entries shall be subject to a selection process by the Judging Panel. The selection shall be made according to the criteria set out in this brochure and subject to the [...]

The market size of facilities management globally is predicted to reach $79 Billion by 2023, rising at a market growth of 15%.   This growth in the market is due to a number of factors, including:   The adoption of cloud-based solutions Change in organisation structure and workforce management, and Introduction of innovative solutions by [...]

The FM Industry Awards for Excellence in Australia announced its winners of its 2017 Awards at a Gala Dinner on Thursday 16 November in Melbourne, Australia. The annual awards recognises outstanding achievements of the FM industry in Australia by projects, businesses and individuals. Winners were announced at the Gala Dinner to honor those who have [...]

IFMA announced the recipients of its 2017 Awards of Excellence at IFMA’s World Workplace Conference and Expo in Houston, Texas, USA. The annual awards recognize outstanding achievements of IFMA members, chapters, councils and communities of practice. Recipients were announced at a luncheon and banquet honoring those who have made exceptional contributions to the advancement of [...]

    The FMA will be submitting a proposal to identically adopt the first two published international standards in facilities management (ISO 41011 and 41012) as Australian Standards. This move will mean the standards will now go through the formal consultation process with industry stakeholders prior to being endorsed as an Australian standard. To ensure [...]