Blogs
Profile of Linda Foggie
Building a Foundation to Drive Positive Influence with The Largest Number of People
As the managing director and global head of real estate operations of Citibank’s occupied real estate arm, Citi Realty Service, Linda Foggie oversees design and construction, facilities management, critical facilities, data centers, workplace and sustainability and is responsible for managing a global property portfolio consisting of some 45 million square feet. ...
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ARC Facilities Rolls Out Exciting New Features for 2022 Customer-Driven Enhancements: Simpler, Faster, More Productive
The facility management world is filled with facts and figures. We’re always talking in terms of square feet, numbers of buildings, locations, acreage, team members. ...
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Technology, Innovation, and Adventure:
A Profile of Nancy Novak
Nancy Novak is the Chief Innovation Officer for Compass Datacenters. She recently shared her observations, opinions, and predictions about facility management, technology, education, and retirement, based on 20+ years of construction industry experience....
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Labor Shortage?
What about the Knowledge Shortage?
As we get rolling into 2022, there is a labor shortage looming across every industry segment in the nation. Of all the things people expected to come out of the pandemic, no one expected this! In fact, most people thought the opposite would be true – that their jobs would be in jeopardy....
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Profile of Salisbury University’s Nancy Birch: Continuous Improvement Through Communications
Nancy Birch’s ascent into facility management began at NASA, Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, where she worked in logistics, accounting, and procurement to provide institutional services to support base operations. In her roles as Contract Administrator and Help Desk Manager, she gained experience in the building trades, construction, and engineering....
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Chonte' Martin Radiates Positivity and Promise for the Facility Management Industry
Chonte' Martin, Facility Management Director of Operations for the City of Atlanta, is responsible for about 3.6 million square feet of occupied facilities in the city. ...
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Training + Technology: The Cure for Facility Retirement Woes
Many facility maintenance teams will say goodbye to key staff members due to retirement in the next 5 years, according to an ARC Facilities LinkedIn poll conducted by David Trask, National Director – ARC Facilities....
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COLD WEATHER FACILITY MAINTENANCE TIPS
Now that the turkey, sweet potatoes, and other holiday foodstuffs have been consumed, it’s a good time to look at how we can best maintain our facilities during the cold weather that’s been hitting parts of the country....
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Shannon Prince-Thomas
At the intersection of people, projects, and facilities
Shannon Prince-Thomas, Account Director at Cushman & Wakefield, is responsible for overseeing project management to support tenants through facility management, about 1.7 million square feet in Pleasanton, California....
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Accomplished, Opinionated, Out There
A Profile of Carolyn McGary
Carolyn McGary, known throughout the industry as a Wonder Woman of Facility Management is a woman of many hats: facility/project manager, consultant, author, educator, mentor, student, and overall zealot for the profession of facility management....
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University of Georgia Facility Innovation, Diversity, Collaboration
A profile of Kimberly J. Thomas
Kimberly J. Thomas, Facilities Management Division, Senior Director of Services, leads a team of 700 facility professionals at The University of Georgia. UGA is the flagship institution for the state and was chartered in 1785. Thomas and her team have a lot of ground to cover and are kept extremely busy, but we managed to squeeze in a great conversation that also covered a lot of ground – everything from how to encourage more women to pursue facility management as a career, how retirement is impacting facility operations, best ways to handle emergencies, and more....
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Robyn Pacini Hits It Out of the Ballpark
How many know what equipment is hidden in the crawl spaces of Fenway Park? As a new facilities coordinator, Robyn Pacini was assigned the challenging task of documenting, servicing, and maintaining...
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