FMLink Newsletter — Maintenance and Operations — March 9, 2017

FMLink Newsletter — Maintenance and Operations — March 9, 2017

This Maintenance & Operations newsletter is one of a series of five specialized newsletters, supplementing our weekly general newsletter (sent on Mondays). For each of five weeks you will receive a different specialized newsletter on Thursdays or Fridays, focusing on a different FM-related area. To manage which ones you receive, click on the link below.

This newsletter covers maintenance and operations news from February 2 through March 8, 2017.

TOP STORIES

Large portfolio benchmarking: Maintenance (Benchmarking » FM BENCHMARKING)
Justifying benchmarking for my organization

BSRIA launches best practice guide for maintenance contracts procurement (Products and Services » Publications)

Looking backward, moving forward: The near future of the workplace (Magazines » FMJ)
What will tomorrow’s workplace look like?

IBHS offers guidance to reduce property damage from severe winter weather (Products and Services » Publications)

Cyberattacks, data breaches remain top business continuity concerns for 2017, finds BSI/BCI report (Surveys and Trends)

Waterless Co.: Four things FMs should know about sewer odors (Products and Services » Publications)

ISSA-TV videos cover building a campus green cleaning program; networking (Products and Services » Publications)

Prevent flooding, damage from heavy rains with tips from Heaviland Landscape Management (Products and Services » Publications)

Global contract cleaning services on rise, led by Americas and healthcare, finds report (Surveys and Trends)

ASIS publishes field-tested security risk assessment guide (Products and Services » Publications)

HCI helps avoid four common traps when using BIM in healthcare operations and maintenance (Products and Services » Publications)

Healthcare sector to boost demand for global industrial cleaning market through 2021, finds Technavio (Surveys and Trends)

MORE STORIES

ISS wins facility services contracts in Singapore, Denmark (Contract Awards)

Workplace tools that build trust (Magazines » FMJ)
How the FM can become a leader and company facilitator

BSRIA launches its Blue Book building services databook for 2017 (Products and Services » Publications)

ISS acquires strategic space management and workplace design firm SIGNAL (Developments » Corporate and Organization)

Green Star successes in 2016 show sustainability trends in Australia, finds GBCA (Surveys and Trends)

ISSA-TV videos cover exercise to release stress, chemistry behind cleaning chemicals (Products and Services » Publications)

ISS Netherlands launches IoT-driven catering app (Products and Services » Software)

Clorox launches odor elimination products for toughest commercial malodors (Products and Services » Indoor Air Quality)

MML extends maintenance management contract for John Lewis Partnership (Contract Awards)

ProTeam introduces new ProBlade backpack vacuum floor tools, wand (Products and Services » Carpeting and Flooring)

IAOP announces 2017 Global Outsourcing 100, World’s Best Outsourcing Advisors (Developments » Industry Awards)

Diversey Care launches hydrogen peroxide-based disinfectant cleaner wipes (Products and Services » Other)

IREM: ADA Education and Reform Act includes “notice and cure” provision (Developments » Real Estate)

IAOP, Avasant release results of Women Empowerment and Opportunity in Outsourcing survey (Surveys and Trends)

EnerNOC energy intelligence software to optimize BGIS FM services (Products and Services » Software)

CIBSE names Building Performance awardees for 2017 (Developments » Industry Awards)